Resolution 12990CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12 9 9
AUTHORIZING EXCEP I ION TO BIDDING REQUIREMENTS DUE TO GREAT
NECESSITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 -15 OF THE CITY CHARTER, AND
AUTHORIZING NEGOTIATIONS IN THE OPEN MARKET FOR BUILDING
ONE UPGRADES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $580,000
WHEREAS, a portion of the City's Public Works employees; Administration, Engineering
and Solid Waste Management, are currently temporarily housed in the Historic Alameda High
School located at 2250 Central Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the City's lease with the School District is expected to terminate in September,
1998 and the City must vacate the leased premises at that time to accommodate the School District's
need to utilize the building for its Adult Education instruction; and
WHEREAS, at the February 3, 1998 City Council meeting, City Council accepted the
recommendation to relocate the above referenced employees and employees from the Community
Development Department to Building 1, Alameda Point; and
WHEREAS, the cost of rehabilitating Building 1 at Alameda Point has been estimated at
$580,000; and
WHEREAS, the City anticipates the use of caretaker funds from the Navy for the cost of
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements up to $140,000; and
WHEREAS, Community Development has agreed to program up to $136,782 for the portion
of cost associated with relocating their staff; and
WHEREAS, the remaining cost can be funded from the City's Construction Improvement
Tax funds; and
WHEREAS, negotiations in the Open Market will reduce the amount of time necessary to
accomplish this work by up to 8 weeks allowing for the timely relocation of City offices by the
termination of the City's lease with the school district; and
WHEREAS, Section 3 -15 of the City Charter provides that the City Council, by four votes,
can authorize an Open Market purchase if it determines that great necessity or emergency requires
immediate action; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that all other practical alternatives were
examined, that great necessity exists to relocate City offices to Building 1 at Alameda Point by
September, 1998 due to termination of the City/School District lease and that negotiations in the
Open Market will allow the work to proceed immediately to enable timely relocation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Alameda that
pursuant to Section 3-15 of the City Charter, and by four votes, the City Council hereby authorizes
the Public Works Director or his/her representative to proceed with negotiations in the Open Market
for Building One upgrades in an amount not to exceed $580,000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda hereby
authorizes the Public Works Director or his/her representative to proceed with negotiations in the
Open Market for Building One upgrades in an amount not to exceed $580,000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council allocate $303,218 in Construction
Improvement Tax for the City's portion of the work.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council
of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 19th
day of May , 1998, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Kerr, Lucas
and President Appezzato - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 20th day of May , 1998.
Diane Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda