Verdugo Wash Master Plan
Consultant Selection
City Council Presentation | March 18, 2025
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CONTRACT APPROVAL WOULD…
Select a consultant to prepare a master plan document, an Environmental Impact Report, and background technical studies
Expend State grant funds that were accepted into the City’s budget in 2023 Evaluate existing conditions of the Wash to ensure it continues providing necessary flood control protection
Authorize a three-year contract to study the feasibility of a linear park Continue and expand on public outreach
3 CONTRACT APPROVAL WOULD NOT…
Approve construction of any part of the
Verdugo Wash project
Authorize any future expenditure of City
General Fund money
MASTER PLAN OBJECTIVES
4 § Significant Community Outreach & Engagement
§ Study Opportunities for Multi-modal Transportation & Connectivity § Assess Improvements to Environmental Sustainability & Interconnected Ecologies § Determine Market Feasibility & Produce Cost Analyses
§ Propose Ongoing Operations & Maintenance Plans
§ Develop Branding & Identity for Wayfinding & Other Graphics § Create Public Art that Engages & Educates
§ Discover Potential Partnerships Opportunities
v Engagement, Engineering, Phasing, and Funding
§ Nine submittals from very well-qualified, renowned firms § Interdepartmental review – Public Works, CSP/Parks, CDD § Project understanding
§ Creativity
§ Experience with similar projects
§ Experience with complex projects that include multiple stakeholders and governmental agencies
§ Project management and expertise (prime and sub-consultants) § Fee proposal
5 RFP PROCESS
§ Interviews of top five teams on June 27, 2024
§ Ranked by:
§ Team Presentation
§ Methodology and Decision-Making Process
§ Organization and Clarity
§ Communication Skills, Opportunities for Engagement &
Consensus-Building Ability
§ Technical Understanding of Project
§ Responses To Follow-Up Questions
6 RFP PROCESS
MICHAEL VAN
VALKENBURGH
ASSOCIATES
7 MVVA
§ Expertise at Master Planning and
Project Implementation
§ Skilled at Finding Opportunity for
Challenging Infrastructure
§ Integration of Different Focuses
§ Creative Approaches to Wash
segments – Upstream, Midstream,
Downstream
§ Local Project Team Leaders
8 RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
9 MVVA
§ Local Project Team and Experience in California – Beverly Hills Gateway Project § Flood Control Solutions – Port Lands Flood Protection Toronto, Ontario, CA § Active Transportation Corridors on Existing Infrastructure – Chicago 606 § Linear Park Spaces – Brooklyn Bridge Park
§ Ecological Restoration and Sustainable Hydrology – Waterloo Greenway Austin, TX
§ Creatively Creating Connectivity – CityArchRiver St. Louis, MO § Cultural Resource Development – Obama Presidential Library Chicago 10 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
11 § Finalize contract and scope of work
§ Preliminary data collection and information gathering § Public outreach and engagement by neighborhood and stakeholder group § Master Plan process: 34 to 36 months
§ Check-ins with City Council and community
NEXT STEPS
12 Approve the motion to enter into a contract
with the firm MVVA in the amount of $5,762,370
for the Verdugo Wash Master Plan
RECOMMENDATION
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