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Cheech Center Update and State Grant Resolution • Page 2 BACKGROUND: On May 16, 2017, the City Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among the City of Riverside (City), Richard "Cheech" Marin (Cheech Marin), and the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) to complete a feasibility analysis of the Main Library building located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue to repurpose the facility into a public center for the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture and Industry project (Cheech Center); the new Main Library will be relocated to 3911 University Avenue. Under the MOU, the City is required to retain the services of consultants and work with RAM and Cheech Marin to create a facility assessment, determine art center programming, complete conceptual plans, and develop conceptual cost estimates for the future renovation of the Main Library to the Cheech Center. After several site visits and facility assessments, City staff, RAM and Cheech Marin determined the facility met the location, spatial accessibility and layout requirements for the new Cheech Center. On June 30, 2017, the Purchasing Division of the Finance Department issued a Request for Qualifications No. 1728 (RFQ) seeking professional architectural design services from experienced firms for the development of Phase 1 conceptual plans and drawings for the Cheech Center. The RFQ responses were due on July 26, 2017, with 11 firms responding. In order to identify the most qualified firm, a Screening and Selection Committee (Committee) was formed to evaluate and score all responsive Statements of Qualifications based on the evaluation criteria set forth in the RFQ. The Committee included one member from the Riverside Art Museum, one member from the Board of the Riverside Art Museum, one staff person from the Library Department, two staff persons from the General Services Department, and one member of the local business community. On July 31, 2017, the Committee met to review the RFQ evaluation process and on August 17, 2017, the Committee met to discuss the scoring results. After reviewing scores, the Committee agreed to invite the top five architect teams that best met the requirements of the RFQ to participate in presentation and interview sessions with the Committee. Following interviews, the Committee determined Page and Turnbull to be the most qualified firm. Page and Turnbull's design team includes wHY, a highly experienced and recognized company that designs art centers and museum exhibits. On October 3, 2017, the City Council approved the new main library project construction at 3911 University Avenue. On October 24, 2017, the City Council approved a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Page and Turnbull for Phase 1 architectural and art center conceptual design services for the Cheech Center. Page and Turnbull, City staff and RAM have worked diligently to complete the Phase 1 facility analysis, determine art center programming, complete conceptual designs, and finalize preliminary cost estimates for the Cheech Center. In an effort to obtain broad community feedback, Page and Turnbull held three community/visioning workshops on November 28 and December 15, 2017, and February 1, 2018. At the February 1st meeting, Page and Turnbull presented preliminary conceptual plans to the RAM board members. The conceptual designs received majority approval, with minor overall questions and comments from meeting attendees. Public feedback has been integrated into the final conceptual ideas presented herein to the City Council.