ITEM 6-N

City Council Meeting:  Sept. 11, 1990    Santa Monica, California

                          STAFF REPORT

TO:      Mayor and City Council

FROM:    City Staff

SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATION TO ADD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE  RELOCATED
         BIKE  PATH  BY  CHANGE  ORDER  TO  THE  1980-1990 STREET
         RESURFACING CONTRACT NO. 5491

INTRODUCTION

This report requests that the City Council grant their permission
to  add  the  construction  work related to the relocation of the
bike path by change order to  the  1989-1990  Street  Resurfacing
Contract  No.  5491.   The contractor is Shawnan Construction Co.
and is capable of expeditiously accomplishing this work.

BACKGROUND

The existing bike path is located immediately in front of the new
Park  Hyatt  Hotel  Project,  One  Pico  and  interferes with the
related SMARTS/One Pico Art Project.  The Hotel is  scheduled  to
open  in  September, 1990 and the construction of the Art Project
will  commence  sometime  in  October,   1990.    This   requires
relocation  of  the bike path to the west to avoid the previously
mentioned interference.  A conceptual layout of the relocated has
been  submitted and approved by the Coastal Commission.  The City
Engineer's  staff is completing the necessary  relocation  plans,
construction details and specifications.


BUDGET/FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Funds required:

                   Change Order        $  100,000
                   Contingencies           15,000
                  Total required       $  115,000

Engineer's estimate  =  $100,000
Appropriation authority is available in the following accounts:
$60,359     is     currently      encumbered      in      account
11-740-522-26690-8926-99178   for  this  project.   In  addition,
$47,300  is  available  in  account  11-740-522-26690-8926-99178.
Finally,   there   is  a  cash  balance  of  $63,995  in  account
20-000-000-00000-9400-00073.       $50,000      from      account
20-000-000-00000-9400-00073   can   be   transferred  to  account
20-770-511-22487-8918-99156 for this project as well.

RECOMMENDATIONS

It is recommended that the City Council:

1.  Grant permission to add the construction work related to  the
    relocation  of the bike path at One Pico Center by negotiated
    change order to the 1989-1990 Street Resurfacing Contract No.
    5491; and

2.  Authorize the City Engineer to issue  related  change  orders
    necessary  to  complete this additional work to the extent of
    funds  available  in  accordance  with   the   administrative
    instruction on change orders.

Prepared by:  Stanley Scholl, Director
              Dave Britton, Acting City Engineer