APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
9, 1 ?Ji� C S RESOLUTION NO. .M. . ---------
RESOLUTION WAIVING ADVERTISING AND COMPETITIVE
BIDDING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO
INCREASE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CHANGE
ORDER AMOUNT FOR THE EAST OAKLAND ARTS CENTER
PROJECT (PROJECT NO. 1004851) WITH CWS
CONSTRUCTION GROUP, INC., FROM TWENTY-FIVE
PERCENT (25%) TO FIFTY-SIX PERCENT (56%) OF THE
ORIGINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION
SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($1,785,000.00) FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT-TO
EXCEED TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2,784,600.00)
WHEREAS, the East Oakland Arts Center (EOAC), formerly known as the Digital Arts and Culinary Academy (DACA), was built in the 1940's and is located at 5818 International Boulevard within District 6; and
WHEREAS, the existing facility needed building system upgrades to expand cultural arts programming serving the community, having served the East Oakland community for over 15 years with afterschool and summer programs focusing on Digital Audio Production, Digital Video Production, Culinary Arts, and Urban Agriculture; and WHEREAS, the Project was prioritized and adopted through the Capital Improvement Program Budget process during Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2021 under Resolution No. 87759 C.M.S. in June 2019; and
WHEREAS, in November 2016, Oakland voters approved Measure KK, authorizing $600 million in general obligation bonds for infrastructure improvements, including capital improvements to City facilities, and the Project is funded in part through Measure KK bond proceeds; and
WHEREAS, on March 21, 2023, City Council passed Resolution No. 89625 C.M.S. granting authorization for the City Administrator to reject all bids as non-responsive, waiving further advertising and competitive bidding, and allowing negotiations in the open market for a qualified, responsive, and responsible company for an amount not to exceed $1,836,000.00; and