Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. RFP PW14-058 for Construction Management Services for the North Branch Library project; award the contract to Vanir Construction Management, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, in the amount of $1,088,520, plus a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $108,852, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,197,372; and authorize City Manager or designee to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any amendments thereto.  (District 9)
Believe item 18. Oh, there's one more. 18 It's so report from Public Works Department with the recommendation to award a contract to veneer construction management for service management services for the North Branch Library Project in amount not to exceed $1.197 million. Some of it has been in motion. And a second and yes. I just want to say something about the library. So. Oh, sure. So quickly. So we had some challenges with Fire Station 12 and its construction. It's particularly important that we have construction management on this library. I think folks should know that we've you know, we've taken our time to select a construction manager to ensure that we we do the right thing and we don't have to run into the problems we ran into with Fire Station 12. The date for the for the fire station for the library groundbreaking will be will be within this next month. So it's a very exciting time. Now, this is the last agenda item for the library until we see some some shovels in the ground. So thank you. Oh, great. There's been a motion. Any public comment on this item? Mr. Goodhew. Very good. Your clinic has addressed, obviously, supporters of finance for libraries. My mother was a librarian, actually went earned her degree about a decade and a half earlier or before. Eleanor Schmidt, who was our librarian for almost two and a half decades here. Also my great great uncle who I never met but designed our is main library. I fully support this. I'm hoping you can find some money at some point in time and I'm going to recommend that you buy that they. One of the first books they buy there and then have an average library. This book called The Boys in the Boat. In fact, I've recommended to Mr. Steinhauser that it be required reading it put on the required reading list or social studies in the Long Beach Unified School District. It is a fantastic book about what it is. It's a story about the 1936 Olympic eight, the gold medal boat. But it is much more than that. It is a fantastic recount of what life was like in the Depression area era up in Washington and across the country. It's got you can Google of sight and you can see it. You can actually see a two and a half minute video of the final race in Berlin. But again, it's called Boys in the Boat. I think every single council person should read it. I think, as I say, I think it will be read in the schools. I know every athletic coach, regardless of the sport, will read it. But it's just a fantastic, well-written it's well-written account of the struggles of the average American family back in the Depression and the economic hard times they face, which will probably resonate with a lot of people today. And so they get a good perspective of what life was back in the United States, although it does center in the northwestern part of this country again. Boys in the boat. Google it. You can read the reviews and you can even see the the video of black and white, the final race in Berlin . Thank you. Thank you. And let's I want to make sure that we're trying to keep the comments to the item at hand. The North Library. Will. Surely be installed. That book will. Be in the library. Right. That was that was that was the connection. You have libraries where they have books. Thank you. I did not. Know. Would you mind donating that book to the library? I'll. I will. This is somebody else's copy. I will. Great. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Moving on. There is a motion on the floor. However, there anyone that has any comments and I think these people are queued up for new business. Probably hope so. Please go ahead and cast your vote. Motion carries nine votes. Yes, I mean eight votes. Yes. Sorry about that. Thank you. Run off to the bookstore. Okay. First up is Councilman Andrews. Yes. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you very much. I will be teaming up with the Cambodian American Business Association to host the fourth Cambodian Business Expo. That will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, September 28, at Mark Twain's Library Park at night.