HEARN COMMUNITY HUB PHASE 1
CONTRACT AWARD, BUDGET
AMENDMENTS, CEQA, AND
DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY
George Dyckes
Project Director – Kitchell CEMCity Council Meeting – October 22, 2024
BACKGROUND
On January 12, 2022, the Santa Rosa City
Council voted unanimously to approve the
purchase of an approximately six-acre site for
the proposed Hearn Avenue Community Hub.
The “Hearn Community Hub”, provides plans
for the future extension of Dutton Avenue,
the Colgan Creek Multi-use Path, and for
multiple public uses identified in the
Roseland Area/Sebastopol Road Specific
Plan, such as a:
• Fire station
• Public library
• Multicultural community
center-gymnasium
PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM
COMMUNTY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS
Community Outreach 2022
• Block party, 6 community
workshops and meetings
• Online surveys
• 7,000+ people provided feedback
Community Outreach 2023
• Community workshops
• Pop-up survey kiosks at Roseland Library,
Mitote Food Park, Finley Center, farmers’ markets
• 900 people provided feedback
HEARN COMMUNITY HUB PHASE 1
FIRE STATION 8
ROSELAND REGIONAL LIBRARY
It is recommended by the Fire Department, Finance Department, and Transportation and Public Works that the Council, by resolution:
1) Award a Design-Build Contract No. 2412, Hearn Community Hub Phase 1 (Project), in the amount of $31,000,000 to the best value Design-Build entity, Swinerton Incorporated (Swinerton Builders) of Sacramento, California, and approve a 6.4% contingency for a total contract amount of $33,000,000. 2) Amend the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 budget to increase appropriations in the amount of $3,000,000, from the Public Safety and Prevention (PSAP)-Fire fund reserves;
3) Make findings that the Hearn Community Hub Project is within the scope of the previously certified 2016 Program EIR and that no further environmental review is required; 4) Adopt the CEQA checklist prepared for the Hearn Community Hub Project; 5) Authorize the City Manager or designee to negotiate and execute all related agreements, documents and any amendments thereto to receive such funds, including any necessary cooperative funding agreement(s) between the City and Sonoma County Library; including increasing appropriations for revenue, transfers and expenditures; 6) Authorize City Manager or designee to negotiate and execute all related agreements pertaining to the Design-Build contract’s Additive Enhancements, Voluntary Enhancements and Additive Alternates.
RECOMMENDATION
QA