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City Council/ Redevelopment Agency Memorandum TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: May 10, 2011 AND AGENCY MEMBERS FROM: DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ITEM NO: 20 SUBJECT: RIVERSIDE RENAISSANCE — SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH ALBERT A. WEBB ASSOCIATES FOR PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE RIVERSIDE MAIN LIBRARY PROJECT- FUNDS TRANSFER- MERGED DOWNTOWN /AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL HUNTER PARK/NORTHSIDE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA ISSUE The issue jointly before the City Council and Agency Board is whether to approve a funds transfer to enter into a supplemental agreement with Albert A. Webb Associates for professional environmental consulting services for the Riverside Main Library Project, located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue (Exhibit "A "). RECOMMENDATIONS That the City Council increase funding from $200,000 to $352,100, plus a 10% contingency of $35,210 for a total not to exceed amount of $387,310, pursuant to a supplemental agreement with Albert A. Webb Associates for professional environmental consulting services for the Riverside Main Library. That the Redevelopment Agency authorize a funds transfer in the amount of $308,495 from the Unprogrammed 2011 Taxable Bond Account No. 9854800 - 440446 to an account to be determined by the Finance Division. BACKGROUND On August 11, 2009, the City Council authorized a supplemental agreement with Albert A. Webb and Associates (Webb) for professional environmental consulting services for the Riverside Main Library Project for a total amount not -to- exceed $200,000 for review of replacement of the existing 60,000 square foot library built in the 1960's with a new 100,000 square foot library. Services would be rendered per the terms of a Master Professional Service Agreement approved by the City Council on August 26, 2008. As staff has worked with the Main Library Design Consultant to develop several design options for the new Downtown Library project it was determined that complete demolition and removal of the existing 60,000 square foot library would be required to facilitate the proposed 100,000 square foot Main Library. In order to fully assess the environmental impacts of this project, additional environmental consultant studies are needed including, but not limited to: cultural; historical; noise; traffic; and air quality. In addition, staff has requested Webb to address an option for a subterranean parking structure to increase the amount of the existing surface parking as part of the traffic study environmental review, and potentially allow the proposed building footprint to be reconfigured to 20 -1