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To:	Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From:	Jeff Carman, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Date:	November 8, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Consulting Services Agreement for Architectural Services for New Fire Station 70 in San Pablo

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/08/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Lewis Broschard, Deputy Fire Chief (925) 941-3501

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: November 8, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Acting as the Board of Directors for the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a Consulting Services Agreement with Loving Campos Associates, Architects, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $710,000, to provide architectural services for the new Fire Station No. 70 project at 1800 23rd Street in San Pablo.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Budgeted; 100% Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Capital Outlay Fund

BACKGROUND:

In late 2015 the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (District) initiated the process for the design of a replacement facility for Fire Station 70 (FS 70) in San Pablo, currently located at 13928 San Pablo Avenue. The current station is comprised of modular buildings installed in 1992 subsequent to the permanent station facility being abandoned due to damage sustained from the Loma Prieta earthquake. The current station was designed for a crew of three personnel and is now housing a crew of five personnel with the addition of Squad 70. In early discussions with the City of San Pablo, an alternate site at 1800 23rd Street was made available to relocate the station. Since those discussions, preliminary site plans have been developed and the project appears feasible for the new location.

The city of San Pablo has pledged $2.5 million in funds to assist in the construction and relocation of the station. A funding and construction agreement is currently being negotiated and is anticipated to be finalized within the next two months.

The new station would be built to house two full three-person crews for potential expansion of services in the future and will include modern seismic standards as well as being able to meet ADA requirements. The station would be built to provide protection for the community over the next fifty years and would allow for the facility to provide personnel with the components, systems, and features found in a modern fire station.

This Consulting Services Agreement (CSA) would be administered by the Public Works Department on behalf of the District.

On behalf of the District, the Public Works Department requested Statements of Qualifications ("SOQs") for architectural services for District fire station design projects, including the rebuilding of Fire Station 16. The Public Works Department received 18 SOQ's from interested firms and 5 firms were shortlisted. A selection committee comprised of County and District staff conducted interviews and ranked the short-listed firms. Loving Campos Associates Architects, Inc. (LCA) was one of the top ranking firms. It is recommended that LCA be awarded the agreement for the subject project.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the agreement is not approved, architectural plans and specifications cannot be completed and a new fire station would not be constructed. Delays in construction could increase construction costs significantly based on the recent, and expected, trends in overall costs of constructing essential use facilities.