Recommendation to authorize City Manager to amend Contract No. 34080 with Environmental Construction Group, Inc., of Signal Hill, CA, to increase the scope of work to include the demolition of the old County Courthouse building and to increase the contract amount by $1,559,000, for a revised contract amount of $5,987,000, and authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $1,197,400, for a total contract amount not to exceed $7,184,400; Increase appropriations in the General Fund (GF) in the Citywide Activities Department (XC) by $2,756,400 for a transfer to the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW); and Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Funds (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $2,756,400, for a total project cost of $7,184,400, offset by currently appropriated Fiscal Year 2016 (FY 16) one-time General Fund strategic investments, and the remainder from bond proceeds. (District 2)
Thank you. And then the final piece of this vote is item 16. Also related to the Civic. We got a motion and a second. Do you want to read? Madam Clerk, the item. A report from Economic and Property Development and Financial Management recommendation to amend Contract with Environmental Construction Group to increase the scope of work, to include the demolition of the Old County Courthouse and to increase the contract amount by 1.5 million district to great. I have a motion and a second is or any public comment on this item. Mr. Goodhew. Refresh my memory and what is the reason for the increase? Why do we have to go back and get more money? Does anybody know? Well. Mr. Graves, you know, this is a person where you ask the counsel questions so you can make questions or comments. And we're going to have. You explain why we're just handing this out. I mean, without any public discussion, you just you. Standing. It's like standing out in the street corner handing out the money. This is the point Terry Jensen made. If the guy made a mistake. And step up to it and say he made a mistake and he eats the cost. That's part of your job. That's called responsibility, period. Thank you, Mr. Walker. Any comment on this? Yes, sir. This is a plan cost, and this is amending the contract for the demolition of the courthouse. Thank you. And you see no other comment or question. You have the motion on the floor. Please cast your vote. Motion carries. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. That. That concludes our Civic Center. Multiyear discussion and voting process. I want to thank all of you for being here. We're going to take a recess here for probably about 5 minutes or so to people, let people stretch and use the restroom, and we will be back for the rest of our agenda. Thank you. Okay. We are going to get this meeting back started. If I can do a roll call, please. Oh, it is for Councilwoman Gonzalez. Vice Mayor Lowenthal. Councilwoman Price. Councilmember Superman. Here. Councilwoman Mongo. Councilman Andrews. Councilmember Otunga. Councilman Austin. Councilmember Richardson. Mayor Garcia. I'm here thinking we're going to hear the the pre-bid item first, as requested by Councilman Richardson. The one thing we're going to do without objection, unless there's any objection, is the infrastructure study session is actually important and it's 10 p.m. and there's actually a real presentation attached to it.