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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: November 16, 2020 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:20-462 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.H. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Keith Cooke <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Susan Hsieh <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve a <br />Consulting Services Agreement with BKF Engineers, Inc. for Conceptual Design <br />of Shoreline Park at the Marina Project No. 2020.3080 for an Amount Not to <br />Exceed $597,190; to Authorize Individual Agreement Amendments Up to 5% of <br />the Contract and to Authorize Cumulative Agreement Amendments Up to 15% of <br />the Contract <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />This agreement will provide for development of site plans and estimates suitable for approval of <br />the project scope by City and Regulatory Agencies. <br />Staff recommends the following actions: <br />·Approve a consulting services agreement with BKF Engineers, Inc. (BKF) for the project; <br />·Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and approve individual agreement amendments <br />up to 5% of the contract; and <br />·Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and approve cumulative agreement amendments <br />up to 15% of the contract. <br />BACKGROUND <br />In the 1960’s, San Leandro constructed a new marina on the shore of the San Francisco Bay that <br />included a harbor master’s office, boat docks, fueling station, parking lots, restrooms for the <br />public and for boaters, and three restaurants: the Blue Dolphin, El Torito, and Horatio’s. A <br />9-hole golf course was across the street and shortly thereafter an 18-hole course with driving <br />range, Marina Park, and the Marina Inn were added to the neighborhood. While the San Leandro <br />Marina operated successfully for more than thirty years, by the year 2000, the Blue Dolphin was <br />vacant, and the Army Corps of Engineers had reduced its dredging to just the shipping channel <br />out in the San Francisco Bay. Dredging from the harbor to the shipping channel, and in particular <br />the disposal of the dredged material, proved to be prohibitively expensive for the City and the last <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/11/2020