Speaker 1: 17.
Speaker 0: Item 17 is a report from City Manager and Financial Management. Recommendation to Award a contract to Los Angeles Engineering for the Colorado Lagoon Restoration Phase two B Project for a total contract amount not to exceed 3.1 million. District three.
Speaker 1: Can I get a motion in a second? Okay. Public comment. Please come forward.
Speaker 8: Larry. Larry. Good. You clear Casey dressed before I get into the specifics of how I think this can be adjusted better. My support for this concept. I fully supported the concept that I became involved in it. I think it was the second week or second month that Doug Drummond was a council person, and one day when after work workout going home, I had noticed a guy in an orange vest with a surveyor survey equipment, and I asked him what he was doing and he said, Well, well, we're bringing down this. We're creating the Terminal Avenue storm, Barry. And I said, Where are you going? To empty it. And he pointed right to the end of the Marine Stadium. So Doug Drummond set up a meeting with a bike person who is then Dean? Dean, his chief of staff. We had a meeting and the guy from the county, he was a young guy, was very pleased because he had gone knocking on all the doors at the other end where the floods were and said, Would you like to take care of these floods? Yeah. I said, Did you ever bother to knock on the doors of the people at the other end to see how they like it, i.e. the residents there, but more particularly the water skiers and also the rowers that come in contact with the water. And essentially I told them, you're not crossing the Rubicon and enter into the picture than the good Michael Paul's who started vocal and then the rest of it. They've done a tremendous job on it. My affinity for such projects itself started way back when I was in high school and college, when I had the good fortune to interface, particularly in college, with Rachel Carson. What I think needs to be done here. One, there's a policy that the city needs to change. And I actually before this item came up, I had suggested last week or a week or two weeks ago to the city auditor that we should reduce we have this is this city should have a policy that only the contingency fee for any project will not exceed 3%. I've asked her to give us the figures so we know how much we're paying in contingency fees at the end of a year in all these contracts. And I venture to say not a you know, I don't know. And I think we'll find it to a sizable sum. But one of the concerns I have and I attended some of the meetings and I think that led up to this. And what they had said is that they were going to they were very proud and said, we're going to meet all our standards. I'm not interested in meeting the standard. I want to exceed the standard. And I want to make sure that it's done right. But I don't think as a matter of policy, this city should never have a contingency. Over 3% and 15% really raises the red flag. And I'd get inside of that. But I want. If it takes more money to exceed the. Standard, then go ahead and do that. But cut down to it. Thank you, Mr. Good. You 15%.
Speaker 1: Any other public comment on this item saying now please cast your votes.
Speaker 0: Councilwoman Mango. Councilman Alston. Bush and Kerry's.
Speaker 1: Okay. Item 18. I know that staff is asked to do a brief staff report at a meeting.
Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-7054 for the Colorado Lagoon Restoration Phase 2B Project; award the contract to Los Angeles Engineering, Inc., of Covina, CA, in the amount of $2,771,625, and authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $415,744, for a total contract amount not to exceed $3,187,369; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments thereto.  (District 3)