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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: October 5, 2015 <br />aAt� Staff Report <br />File Number: 15-556 Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: 8.J. <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW: David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE: Staff Report for a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a <br />Consulting Services Agreement with The Exploratorium for the Design and <br />Installation of an Interactive Exhibit in Joaquin Plaza <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to approve a Consulting Services <br />Agreement and authorize the appropriation of $235,000 of grant funds from the State of <br />California - Department of Housing and Community Development for the Exploratorium to <br />design, fabricate, and install an interactive musical exhibit in Joaquin Plaza. <br />BACKGROUND <br />On November 20, 2014, the City of San Leandro was awarded a Housing -Related Parks <br />Program Grant in the amount of $1,376,600 from the State of California - Department of <br />Housing and Community Development. This grant was awarded based on the creation of 746 <br />low-income and 84 very low-income units, and will be used to fund three "Qualifying Park <br />Projects," which are City parks and recreation facilities that meet the eligible use criteria for <br />funding. <br />One of the "Qualifying Park Projects" submitted for grant funding was a project with the <br />Exploratorium, a museum of science, art, and human perception located in San Francisco, <br />California, for the installation of an interactive exhibit at Joaquin Plaza in Downtown San <br />Leandro. <br />On October 14, 2014, the City and the Exploratorium entered into a Consulting Services <br />Agreement for the development of an initial concept design document, to include elements <br />necessary to move forward with the design development phase. In August, 2015, the concept <br />design was completed and plans to initiate Phase II began. <br />Analysis <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 9/29/2015 <br />