Hearn Community Hub – Needs Assessment
and Collaboration Project
RossDrulisCusenberyArchitecture, Inc.
Professional Services Agreement
JUNE 21, 2022
CI T Y COU NCI L
Magali Telles, Director of Community Engagement
BACKGROUND
2 • January 11, 2022 – Hearn Community Hub site acquired • February 15, 2022 – Resolution RES -2022 -029 passed by Council appropriating the American Rescue Act Plan (ARPA) and
remaining PG&E settlement funds and approving spending plans • Roseland Community Center ($10,000,000)
• March 21, 2022 – Request for Proposals released for the Hearn Community Hub – Needs Assessment and Collaboration Project
PROGRAM FUNDING SOURCES
3 HEARN COMMUNITY HUB – NEEDS ASSESSMENT
AND COLLABORATION PROJECT
4 1. Develop a Community Needs Assessment in collaboration with the OCE and key project stakeholders.
2. Implement the Community Needs Assessment, conducting data collection utilizing a variety of outreach methods. Consultant will analyze collected data and develop a Needs Assessment Summary.
3. Conduct in-depth community engagement process to provide community members with opportunities to weigh-in on the vision for the Hearn Community Hub.
4. Create a final report, incorporating findings from the Needs Assessment and the Community Engagement Strategy, which will be presented to Council.
The expected completion date for this project is September 30, 2022.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
5 • 6 proposals received
• Proposal Review Team
• 2 City Staff
• 6 community members
• RossDrulisCusenbery Architecture, Inc. selected to complete the Needs Assessment and Collaboration Project
About RossDrulisCusenbery Architecture, Inc.
6 • Experience includes programming, planning, design and construction services for youth and community centers, fire stations, social service centers, library facilities, aquatic centers and other justice, public safety and community buildings. • Previous projects include:
• Programming & relocation concept design for Santa Rosa Fire Station #5 • REACH Ashland Youth Center in Alameda County, CA
• Stack Center, South Hayward Youth & Family Center in Hayward, CA • East Palo Alto Community Archive in Palo Alto, CA
• Kennedy Youth Center in Union City, CA
RECOMMENDATION
7 It is recommended by the Office of Community Engagement that the Council, by resolution, approve a Professional Services Agreement with RossDrulisCusenbery Architecture, Inc., a Sonoma, California firm, for the completion of the Hearn Community Hub – Needs Assessment and Collaboration Project in a not-to-exceed amount of $138,343.