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Public Works Agency <br />https://www.santa-ana.org/pw <br />Item # 24 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />April 20, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Agreement with CLR Design, Inc. for Bidding and Construction Administration <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve Agreement with CLR Design, Inc. for Bidding and Construction Administration <br />Services for the Santa Ana Zoo Giant River Otter and Primate Trails Project in the Amount <br />of $106,980 With an Estimated Total Cost of $118,000 (Project No. 16-2658) (Non - <br />General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with CLR Design, Inc. for Bidding <br />and Construction Administration Services for the Santa Ana Zoo Giant River Otter and <br />Primate Trails Project, for a two-year period beginning April 20, 2021 and expiring April <br />20, 2023, with provisions for two one-year renewal options exercisable by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney, in an amount not to exceed $118,000, including any <br />renewals, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City <br />Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Amazon's Edge exhibit at the Santa Ana Zoo opened to the public in 1993. Through <br />the Giant River Otter and Primate Trails Project, the exhibit will be renovated, upgraded, <br />and expanded into a new multi -species complex. The complex will include giant river <br />otters and large primates. Improvements include renovation of the current exhibit area, <br />water moat, life support -water filtration system, viewing structure, and holding facility. The <br />project will also include the addition of an adjacent exhibit area, which will be connected <br />to the original Amazon's Edge by an overhead primate trail system. <br />CLR Design Inc. was originally retained in 2016 through a competitive procurement <br />process to provide zoological design services for the renovations to the Amazon's Edge <br />exhibit. The agreement laid out a five -task approach for completing the scope of work. In <br />January 2018, the City Council authorized an amendment to the agreement to expand <br />the scope in response to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' concerns about current <br />primate housing at the Zoo. The design and plan check process for the additional work <br />was lengthier than anticipated and the terms of the agreement were exhausted before the <br />final task (Bidding and Construction Administration) could be completed. <br />