Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Adam Ely, Director of Project Development Unit
Subject: Amendment to the Agreement with Taylor Design
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Authorizing the President of the Board to Execute an amendment to the Architectural and Engineering Services agreement with Taylor Design for the San Mateo Health Campus Upgrade Project, increasing the agreement by $2,500,000 for a new not to exceed amount of $10,265,682; and
B) Authorizing the Director of the Project Development Unit or designee to execute additional contract amendments which modify terms and or services within the revised not to exceed amount.
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BACKGROUND:
In March 2017, this Board held a study session to consider multiple capital projects that were recommended in County feasibility and master plan studies as efficient and responsible long-term responses to, among other things,: (1) the County's significant use of leased space; (2) the County's reliance on increasingly aged and outdated facilities; (3) costly mandatory seismic retrofitting compliance work required for existing facilities; (4) public accessibility and navigational challenges in utilization of County services and facilities; and (5) locational, service, and programming improvements necessary to better serve County residents.
At the conclusion of the 2017 study session, this Board directed staff to pursue several capital projects, including the San Mateo Health Campus Upgrade Project (Health Campus Project). The Health Campus Project includes demolition of the Campus Administration Building, originally built in 1954, which houses, among other things, the County Coroner's Morgue.
Following approval of the Health Campus Project, a multi-departmental work group that included staff from the Coroner's Office, the Project Development Unit (PDU), Real Property Services, and the County Manager's Office, thoroug...
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