Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Deborah Bazan, Director of the Project Development Unit
Subject: Yow & Associates Agreement Amendment
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Project Development Unit Director or his/her designee to execute an amendment to the agreement with Yow & Associates to provide project management services and support, increasing the agreement by $500,000 for a new not to exceed amount of $700,000.
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BACKGROUND:
The San Mateo Health Services Building (SMHSB), located at 225 37th Avenue in San Mateo, was built in 1952. The adjacent Hospital Administration Building was built in 1954. To consider the future of these buildings and the campus where they sit, in February 2016, the County commissioned the Health System Master Plan Study.
Following the study, it was determined that the SMHSB building had outlived its useful life and should be demolished. It was also determined that the County should direct funds to the modernization and improvement of the Health System Campus, rather than to state-mandated seismic retrofitting of the out-of-date 1954 building.
Following a March 28, 2017 Study Session, the Board authorized the construction of a new 70,000 SF Non-OSHPD Hospital Administration Building, renovation of the Hospital Nursing Wing, and other campus improvements.
The Project will relocate approximately 300 County Staff from the heavily impacted Health System Campus to other new developments within the County including the new County Office Building 3. The Project will also create a prominent and easily navigable entrance for the modernized Health System Campus.
DISCUSSION:
Yow & Associates has worked with the Project Development Unit since July 1, 2017 when they were contracted to provide on call project management services working exclusively on the San Mateo Health System Campus Upgrade. Yow & Associates has provided excellent service and PDU would like to continue to retain them.
County Counsel has reviewed and approved the Resolution as to form.
Approval of these actions will contribute to the Shared Vision 2025 outcome of Collaborative and Safe Community by advancing this project that will provide regional benefits to San Mateo County residents.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost of this contract will be funded by the budgets for the individual projects to which they are assigned.