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HomeMy WebLinkAbout80A - BOWERS PARKING LOT REQUEST FOR AGENCYJ ~ COUNCIL ACTION A CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: MARCH 6, 2006 TITLE: APPROVED APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT AND CONTRACT AWARD FOR BOWERS MUSEUM OVERFLOW PARKING LOT (PROJECT NO. 06-3000) D As Recommended D As Amended D Ordinance on 151 Reading D Ordinance on 2nd Reading D Implementing Resolution D Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO 110- \:::.~ lJ. f-J~ CITY MANAGER FILE NUMBER RECOMMENDED ACTION COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Adopt a resolution funding improvement, a parking lot, Redevelopment Project Area. the construction at 2129 North Main of a Street publicly in the owned Merged CITY COUNCIL 1. Adopt a resolution consenting to the payment by the Community Redevelopment Agency of the cost of construction of a publicly owned improvement, a parking lot, at 2129 North Main Street. 2. Approve an appropriation adjustment accepting $445,900 from the Merged Redevelopment Proj ect Sale of Land Area Fund (account no. 570-01-5721) and appropriating the funds to the Merged Redevelopment Project Area Capital Improvements fund (account no. 570-936-6631 Project 06-3000). 2. Award a contract to Hardy & Harper, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, in accordance with unit bid prices in the estimated amount of $356,715.10 for construction of a new off-site parking lot of the Bowers Museum. 3. Approve a Funding Analysis with a total estimated construction cost of $445,900. 80A-1 AA and Contract Award for Bowers Museum Overflow Parking Lot (Project 06-3000) March 6, 2006 Page 2 DISCUSSION In September 2005, the City Council and Redevelopment Agency approved and authorized several actions to facilitate the 30,000 square feet expansion of the Bowers Museum. The parking demand generated by the museum expansion requires supplementing the proposed on-site parking with additional off-site parking. The proposed 94-space parking lot is located at the southeast corner of Main & Buffalo (Exhibit 1). This project provides for the construction of a new parking lot with landscaping, lighting signage and irrigation. Once completed, these improvements will provide the additional parking demand of the museum. The Notice Inviting Bids was advertised on February 1 and 3, 2006, and bids were opened on February 21, 2006. A summary of the bid invitations mailed, received, and bid results follows: Santa Ana Contractors receiving notices: 11 Contractors requesting bidding documents: 14 Bids received: 6 Bids received from Santa Ana Contractors: 1 Name Of Bidder City Bid Amount 1. Hardy & Harper, Inc. Santa Ana $ 356,715.10 2. Excel Paving Company Long Beach $ 364,870.00 3. International Pavement Mentone $ 374,890.00 Solutions, Inc. 4 . L H Engineering Company, Anaheim $ 388,224.00 Inc. 5. Faris Construction Company Dana Point $ 424,998.93 A total of 6 bids were received and all but one were responsive. Commencement of construction is scheduled to begin April 2006, and will be completed in August 2006. Under State law, a redevelopment agency is permitted, with consent of its city council, to pay for construction of publicly-owned improvements under certain conditions. This project meets those requirements. 80A-2 AA and Contract Award for Bowers Museum Overflow Parking Lot (Project 06-3000) March 6, 2006 Page 3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Environmental Review No. 2005-45 has been completed and a Negative Declaration has been filed for this project. FISCAL IMPACT The Funding Analysis shows a total $445,900 for the project (Exhibit 2) Redevelopment proj ect Area Capital 936-6631 Project 06-3000. estimated construction cost of Funds are available in the Merged Improvements fund (account no. 570- APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: ~.(- (~ L~ Jame G. Ross C)-Executive Director Public Works Agency "\: {\('o,. "" ~ : ,,~ '-" \\ ~~"" Francisco Gutierrez Executive Director Finance & Management Services Agency Patricia C. Whitaker Executive Director Community Development Agency PCW/JLQ/mlr H:\ACTIONS\2006 CC\JT CC-CRA AA-ContAwardBowersParkingLot 3-6-06.doc 80A-3 PROJECT LIMITS: SANTA CLARA BUFF ALO >- <:( S o <:( o cr:: OJ SANTA ANA , PW A ' , , EXHIBIT 1 N (NTS) CITY COUNCIL AGENDA DATE: MARCH 6, 2006 Title: PROJECT 06-3000 - BOWERS MUSEUM OVERFLOW PARKING LOT PtJILtIORlSACEII:'1 80A-4 FUNDING ANALYSIS PROJECT 06-3000 BOWERS MUSEUM OVERFLOW PARKING LOT Construction Contract Contract Administration Inspection and Testing Survey Contingencies $356,715.10 14,165.90 21,718.00 17,621.00 35,680.00 TOTAL ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS $445,900.00 Exhibit 2 80A-5 RESOLUTION NO. CRA 2006-xxx A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO PAY THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLICLY OWNED IMPROVEMENT, A PARKING LOT LOCATED AT 2129 NORTH MAIN STREET, PURSUANT TO SECTION 33445 OF THE HEALTH & SAFETY CODE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The Board of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency") is engaged in activities necessary to execute and implement the Redevelopment Plan for the Merged Project Area (the Redevelopment Plan"), in the area formerly known as the Central City Project Area. B. Section I, Paragraph B of the Central City Redevelopment Plan, as amended, states that the "provision of substantial offstreet parking" in the project area is necessary to implement the objectives of the Plan. Section III, Paragraph G.2. of said Plan further provides that the Agency is authorized to construct public improvements and public facilities necessary to carry out the Plan. C. The most recent Five Year Implementation Plan of the Agency further provides that one of the prospective projects of the Agency for the period of July 2005 to June 2010 is: "Expansion of the Bowers Museum." D. Section 33445 of the Health & Safety Code, part of the California Redevelopment Law, provides that the Agency may pay for the cost of construction of a public improvement, upon the consent of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, if the following findings can be made: 1. That the public improvement is of benefit to the project area or the immediate neighborhood in which the project is located; 1 80A-6 2. That no other reasonable means of financing the public improvement is available to the community; and 3. That the payment of funds for the cost of the public improvement will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the project area. E. The City of Santa Ana is the owner of a vacant lot, located generally at 2129 North Main Street, within the former Central City Project Area. The City desires to construct a public improvement, a parking lot, on this vacant lot, primarily to serve as additional public parking for employees and visitors to the Charles W. Bowers Museum, a City owned, nationally renowned museum, currently being expanded. F. The City lacks funds to pay for the construction of a parking lot at this time. G. Construction of a publicly owned parking lot at 2129 North Main Street will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions in that it will help reactivate the east side of north Main Street, provide additional public parking for the expanded Charles W. Bowers Museum, the cornerstone of the City's Museum District, and is called out for in both the Central City Redevelopment Plan and the most recent Five Year Implementation Plan. H. The Central City Redevelopment Plan was last amended to add territory in 1975. For this reason the findings specified in section 33445(b) of the California Health & Safety Code, although set forth above, are not required. I. Negative Declaration for Environmental Review No. 2005-45, was approved and adopted by resolution which came before the City Council on this date. This resolution incorporates by reference, as though fully set forth herein, said Council resolution and the Negative Declaration. Section 2. The Agency is hereby authorized to contribute up to $445,900 in Agency funds from the Merged Project Area for this publicly owned improvement, in accordance with that certain Cooperative Agreement between the Agency and the City of Santa Ana. Section 3. The Executive Director of the Agency is hereby authorized to take all steps, and to sign all documents and instruments necessary to implement and carry out the Resolution on behalf of the Agency. 2 80A-7 ADOPTED this day of ,2006. Miguel A. Pulido Chair APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher, General Counsel By: Benjamin Kaufman Assistant General Counsel AYES: Boardmembers: NOES: Boardmembers: ABSTAIN: Boardmembers: NOT PRESENT: Boardmembers: CERTIFICATION OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Secretary of the Agency, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. to be the original resolution adopted by the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana on Date: Secretary City of Santa Ana 3 80A-8 bk:3/02/06 RESOLUTION NO. 2006- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SANTA ANA CONSENTING TO THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLICLY OWNED IMPROVEMENT, A PARKING LOT AT 2129 NORTH MAIN STREET, BY THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, PURSUANT TO SECTION 33445 OF THE HEALTH & SAFETY CODE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency") is engaged in activities necessary to execute and implement the Redevelopment Plan for the Merged Project Area (the Redevelopment Plan"), in the area formerly known as the Central City Project Area. B. Section I, Paragraph B of the Central City Redevelopment Plan, as amended, states that the "provision of substantial offstreet parking" in the project area is necessary to implement the objectives of the Plan. Section III, Paragraph G.2. of said Plan further provides that the Agency is authorized to construct public improvements and public facilities necessary to carry out the Plan. C. The most recent Five Year Implementation Plan of the Agency further provides that one of the prospective projects of the Agency for the period of July 2005 to June 2010 is: "Expansion of the Bowers Museum." D. Section 33445 of the Health & Safety Code, part of the California Redevelopment Law, provides that the Agency may pay for the cost of construction of a public improvement, upon the consent of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana ("City"), if the following findings can be made: 1 . That the public improvement is of benefit to the project area or the immediate neighborhood in which the project is located; 1 80A-9 2. That no other reasonable means of financing the public improvement is available to the community; and 3. That the payment of funds for the cost of the public improvement will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the project area. E. The City is the owner of a vacant lot, located generally at 2129 North Main Street, within the former Central City Project Area. The City desires to construct a public improvement, a parking lot, on this vacant lot, primarily to serve as additional public parking for employees and visitors to the Charles W. Bowers Museum, a City owned, nationally renowned museum, currently being expanded. F. The City lacks funds to pay for the construction of a parking lot at this time. G. Construction of a publicly owned parking lot at 2129 North Main Street will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions in that it will help reactivate the east side of north Main Street, provide additional public parking for the expanded Charles W. Bowers Museum, the cornerstone of the City's Museum District, and is called out for in both the Central City Redevelopment Plan and the most recent Five Year Implementation Plan. H. The Central City Redevelopment Plan was last amended to add territory in 1975. For this reason the findings specified in section 33445(b) of the California Health & Safety Code, although set forth above, are not required. Section 2. The City Council has reviewed and considered the information contained in the initial study and the negative declaration prepared with respect to this Project, Environmental Review Number 2005-45. The City Council has, as a result of its consideration and the evidence presented at the hearings on this matter, determined that, as required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State CEQA Guidelines, a Negative Declaration adequately addresses the expected environmental impacts of this Project. On the basis of this review, the City Council finds that there is no evidence from which it can be fairly argued that the Project will have a significant adverse effect on the environment. The City Council hereby certifies and approves the negative declaration and directs that the Notice of Determination be prepared and filed with the County Clerk of the County of Orange in the manner required bylaw. 2 80A-1 0 Pursuant to Title XIV, California Code of Regulations ("CCR") S 735.5(c)(1), the City Council has determined that, after considering the record as a whole, there is no evidence that the proposed project will have the potential for any adverse effect on wildlife resources or the ecological habitat upon which wildlife resources depend. The proposed project exists in an urban environment characterized by paved concrete, roadways, surrounding buildings and human activity. Therefore, pursuant to Fish and Game Code S 711.2 and Title XIV, CCR S 735.5(a)(3), the payment of Fish and Game Department filing fees is not required in conjunction with this project. Section 3. The City Council hereby consents to the payment by the Agency of up to $445,900 in Agency funds from the Merged Project Area for this publicly owned improvement, in accordance with that certain Cooperative Agreement between the Agency and the City. Section 4. The City Manager is hereby authorized to take all steps, and to sign all documents and instruments necessary to implement and carry out the Resolution on behalf of the City. Section 5. The Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this Resolution. ADOPTED this day of ,2006. Miguel A. Pulido Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney By: Benjamin Kaufman Chief Assistant City Attorney 3 80A-11 AYES: Councilmembers: NOES: Councilmembers: ABST AI N: Councilmembers: NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: CERTIFICATION OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on Date: Clerk of Council City of Santa Ana 4 80A-12