Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a Fourth Amendment to Contract No. 34342 with Plenary Properties Long Beach, LLC, of Los Angeles, CA, and any other documents or agreements necessary, to address COVID-19-related impacts to the Civic Center Project and to allow for the completion of Lincoln Park construction and the demolition of the old City Hall; Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an amendment to Contract No. 33444 with ARUP North America Limited, increasing the contract amount by $180,000 for additional services associated with support of the Civic Center Project Phase II and Lincoln Park operations, in a revised total amount not to exceed $11,461,545, and extend the contract term to February 15, 2023; Increase appropriations in the Civic Center Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $1,250,000, for the revitalized Lincoln Park, offset by a transfer of revenues from construction and development funds totaling $1,250,000 in the Development Services Fund Group in the Development Services Department; Increase appropriations
Thank you. Item 14, please. Item 14 Report from Public Works. Parks, Recreation and Marine. Recommendation to execute amendments to contracts with winery properties. Long Beach and Arab North America to address COVID19 related impacts and for additional services associated with support of the Civic Center Project Phase two and Lincoln Park Operation District two. Okay. Let's kind of briefly go to this presentation, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This is an exciting project we want to talk to you about. Want to show you the kind of updated design for the Lincoln Park that is part of our public private partnership. It is the last major piece of the public improvements that needs to be done for that agreement. And we're getting pretty close to moving forward to getting that started. So we'd like to go through that for you today and then also talk to you a little bit about the next steps for the demolition of City Hall and then hopefully the subsequent private development that will come on that site in the pending future. The Eric Lopez will give a staff report. Thank you, Tom. An honorable mayor and members of the city council. We're ready to proceed with construction for Lincoln Park and the demolition of the Old City Hall. Next slide. We've worked really hard on the side plan and on the different activation elements for this park. We're going to be providing opportunities for for dog owners at the new dog park. There's going to be a playground, a field, a basketball court, fitness equipment and an outdoor reading room and other elements focused on activation. Next slide, please. Shown here on the screen is a rendering of a nighttime shot. We've designed this park with the ability to be. Activated as. An 18 hour park. We know that. Costs money and we're working hard on the operations and maintenance plan and will be returning to council prior to the end of construction on on that on that plan and on that strategy. But we wanted to really make sure that this park had something for everyone and that it could be active not just in one element, but in multiple elements at the same time, and that it would have the opportunities for special events and that there would be synergy between the new library to the north and and the adjacent a park. And in the future with the block development, we're looking for connections. To the West as. Well. Next slide, please. This is the view from the. From the front, the corner of Ocean and Pacific, and it shows one of our art components. To the left, you can see the library. In the back, you can see the activity within within the park. This is one of a couple of renderings that we will. Quickly show you. Next slide, please. She has a rendering of the playground at at nighttime. This is just a rough rendering we're still working on on refining some of the color elements to to make it pop. But we're really happy about the effect. During the nighttime and really making this a a. Lively. And cool place for people and kids to to play and just interact at night with with their families. Next slide, please. We've identified multiple locations for public art in addition to the two, the Lincoln Memorial and the reading area, and to the link in our piece on Ocean Boulevard. These to our areas shown in this slide are going to be areas where we're going to be focusing on working with our arts communities to really develop sculpture art that can really help with the what our goal of activating the space and making this an iconic area. Next slide, please. We haven't designed the art, but we have developed the size and the scale and we want this to have a wow factor and this as well as we're ready to go through this process of developing the design of these sculptures. And we really. Want to. Work with our. Local artists to help them take a lead role with this component and really help us make this park great. Next slide, please. This is the view from the corner of Pacific of Ocean and Cedar. And you can again see the sea, the library in the background, see the playground and just different elements, different areas for people. To to. Interact at. Next slide, please. In addition to proceeding with construction of Lincoln Park staff, is proposing to proceed with the demolition of the Old City Hall concurrently. Like in other areas within our organization, the COVID pandemic has negatively impacted the Civic Center project. The sale and development of the MID-BLOCK has been significantly delayed, which has caused problems at the at the site. That early demolition would. Help us address. Next slide, please. This concludes staff's presentation. And we stand ready to answer any questions. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Lopez, before I turn this over to Councilman Allen, I want to make just a couple of brief remarks. This is, of course, going to be just a a spectacular park in the city of Long Beach. Really impressed with the work that the architects and the designers and our public works team put in place for the park. I want to just also just share one. I absolutely love that the. But the designers of the park really kind of took this idea of building some kind of special moments and spaces in the park of significance. And I think that speaks to the opportunity for those large art pieces and really to that just amazing piece that will be the the Lincoln Penny. And I imagine that that that a piece like that done the right way will become an instant overnight hit from an art perspective and the way that you connected that to the idea of Lincoln Park. Yet it also harkens back to the idea of of of the bike and of of of what was there before and the penny arcade. It's the whole thing, honestly, is amazing just the way that at least that's what I interpret from that Penny and the Lincoln on it. So I think it's just it's just pretty phenomenal. And I can guarantee you that you're going to have an endless stream of Long Beach residents and visitors posing in front of that large penny, taking endless pictures. And, you know, it will be a probably one of our most Instagrammed moments and sites across the city and so very well done on the park. Look forward to seeing it completed. And I just I love the attention to art that was placed in the park and the history that that that Lincoln still is spoken to at the park as a as a, you know, obviously. One of the greatest presents that we've ever had here in our country. And so thank you for still continuing to honor President Lincoln, which I think is really important and in a very unique way. Councilwoman Allen. Thank you, Mayor. I was so excited to get the report on Lincoln Park. And as you all see, it just has something for everyone. I love, love, love the playground with the black lights. And I can just see that there are going to be so many kids that are going to enjoy that. And the basketball courts. I love that. I was literally cheering. I love basketball courts. In fact, I was down at the I don't want a parallel like basketball courts over the weekend. And it's just so wonderful to see the families and children, you know, engage down there. And they even had some of the break dancers with music. And it just remind me, you know, back in the days when I was in high school here at college, just what these parks do and how they bring people together and create, you know, community. So I'm just so excited about this. Lincoln Park is going to be a gem. And our city, the planners did such an amazing, just amazing job on this. And I just cannot wait to see it completed. So thank you so much for this report and just I really appreciate this and excited about it. Thank you. And councilman's in the house. Congratulations. Council member Alan on this amazing park. I'm so excited. Of course, reactivating this green space in downtown Long Beach is going to be phenomenal for all of our residents, including the First District residents. So I can't wait to see you support this item. So again, congratulations. Thank you. And Councilman Allen, there was a motion. Yes, Mayor. That was a motion. In conference in the House. That was a second. So. Okay. I do not think I see public comment on this item. So with that, was there a roll call vote? Councilwoman Zendaya's. Councilwoman Ellen. I. Councilwoman Pryce. I. Councilman. All right. Councilwoman. Mongo. I as woman Sara. I. Council member oranga. I. Councilman Austin. I. Councilman Alston. I Vice Mayor Richardson. I. Motion k.