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City Manager’s Report
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL ~
CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC WORKS
MARCH 1, 2004 CMR:142:04
APPROVAL OF COST SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF PALO ALTO, THE PALO ALTO LIBRARY
FOUNDATION AND THE FRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO
LIBRARY FOR THE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF
CHILDREN’S LIBRARY
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a cost sharing agreement (Attachment
A) between the City of Palo Alto, Palo Alto Library Foundation and the Friends of the
Palo Alto Library for the expansion and renovation of the Children’s Library.
BACKGROUND
On February 10, 2003 the City Council approved a public-private partnership between
the City and the Friends of the Palo Alto Library (Friends) to support the fundraising
effort the Friends proposed for the renovation and expansion of the Children’s Library.
At the meeting the Council deferred designing a renovation and upgrade of the existing
Children’ s Library until December 31, 2003 when the results of the Friends and the Palo
Alto Library Foundation’s (Foundation) efforts to raise half the funds needed to complete
a $2.3 million renovation and expansion project would be known. The Friends and the
Foundation’s fundraising was targeted at adding a north wing expansion to the project.
The Children’s Library north wing expansion was proposed as part of the Fall 2002
Library bond election and would add approximately 1600 square feet of program space to
Children’s Library to alleviate over-crowding. The north wing would consist of a large
room that could be used for children’s programs, as a reading room, or by the public as a
meeting room when the library is closed. The expansion would also include storage
space and restrooms, allowing the restrooms in the existing building to be reconfigured to
provide more flexibility to the interior space in that part of the building. Renovation of
the Secret Garden behind the Children’s Library was also proposed, pending a successful
fundraising effort. Attachment B is a site plan of the Children’s Library showing the
proposed north wing expansion in relation to the existing building and the Secret Garden.
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Preliminary des’-’2~ work on the renovation and upgrades to the Children’s Library
building and the proposed north wing expansion was done and presented to the public
during the Fall 2002 bond election process. This work was performed by the design firm
Architectural Resources Group (ARG) and was reviewed by the Architectural Review
Board and Historic Resources Board prior to City Council approval at that time. The
preliminary design work completed to date will be used as the starting point in the
upcoming design effort resulting in significant savings in design time (3 to 4 months) and
cost (about $135,000) to the project.
DISCUSSION
The Friends and the Foundation have successfully raised $960,000 for the Children’s
Library Improvements and Expansion Project (PE04010). The City, Friends and
Foundation need to enter into a cost sharing agreement to set forth the terms and
conditions for funding the design and construction of the desired project. The proposed
agreement contains the following key points:
The $1.1 million "matching funds" is composed of $960,000 raised by the Friends
and Foundation, $90,000 from a Federal grant for the Children’s Library and a
$50,000 donation from the Arrillaga family for use on the Children’s Library
project. The City already holds the $90,000 federal grant and $50,000 Arrillaga
donation.
To ensure the City’s General Fund is not put at risk, the Friends and Foundation
will deposit with the City $960,000 30 days prior to the date set for Council award
of a construction contract for the project.
City staff will develop an ongoing collaborative arrangement with the Friends and
Foundation during design and construction of the project. This will include notice
of project milestones, formal design reviews at completion of the 35% (concept
plan), 65% (schematic design) and 95% (prefinal) design phases. In addition the
Friends and Foundation will be involved in the selection of a design architect for
the project.
The Friends and Foundation will not be responsible for any cost overnms if they
occur and any remaining matching funds will be returned to the Friends and
Foundation in the event the project is completed under budget.
The City will work with the Friends and Foundation to recognize the support and
commitment of donors to the project. This will include reasonable and appropriate
design features such as areas for placement of recognition plaques inside the
Children’s Library and including donation bricks in the renovation of the Secret
Garden.
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The City will notify the Friends and Foundation of any construction contract
change orders exceeding 15% of the construction cost. Such changes may result
from unforeseen design or site conditions during construction.
The City will keep records of all funds advanced by the Friends and Foundation
and of all expenditures of such fimds on the project. City will submit quarterly
reports to the Friends and Foundation describing work performed and amounts
paid by the City to contractors, consultants and other third parties in connection
with the design and construction of the project. The City will submit a reasonably
detailed final report of all project expenditures within 60 days of project
completion.
Upon City Council approval of the cost sharing agreement, staff will proceed with
selection of a design architect for the project. The design scope of work will include
seismic upgrade, roof replacement and building systems upgrades, including air-
conditioning for the existing Children’s Library building, the north wing expansion and
renovation of the Secret Garden. It is anticipated that staff will return to the city Council
this spring with a recommendation for Council award of a design contract so that design
may begin as early as June 2003.
RESOURCE IMPACT
The 2003-05 Capital Budget adopted by the City Council on June 16, 2003 includes the
Children’s Library Improvements and Expansion Project (PE04010, p. 71) with $300,000
budgeted in fiscal year 2003-04 for design and $2.1 million budgeted for construction in
2004-05. Upon approval of the cost sharing agreement funding for the project will be a
combination $1.2 million of City Infrastructure Reserve funding with $960,000 of
matching funds from the Friends and the Foundation, a $90,000 Federal grant and a
$50,000 donation from the Anillaga family for use on the Children’s Library project.
The City already holds the grant and the Arfillaga family donation. The fiscal year 2004-
05 update of the Capital Budget will reflect this funding with the project total revised to a
new total of $2.3 million ($400,000 for design and $1.9 million for construction). The
new total of $2.3 million for the project is $100,000 less than budgeted in 2003-05 and
equals the cost estimate staff presented to the City Council last February when the
Friends proposed including a north wing addition.
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Tbds recommendation is consistent with existing City policies regarding infrastructure
improvement and expansion.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The proposed north wing expansion for Children’s Library underwent environmental
review during the conceptual design phase done for the Fall 2002 bond election. A
Mitigated Negative Declaration was approved at that time for the project. Also, because
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the Children’s Library is a historic structure, any modifications to the building required to
install seismic and ADA retrofits will be done per the Secretary of Interior’s Standards
and will be reviewed by the Planning Department and HRB.
ATTACttMENTS
Attachment A: Cost Sharing Agreement
PREPARED BY:
J. M~HAEL SARTORAssigtant Public Works Director
DEPARTMENT HEAD:
GLENN ROBERTS
Director of Public Works
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
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Assistant City Manager
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ATTACHMENT A
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AND THE PALO ALTO
LIBRARY FOUNDATION AND THE FRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO LIBRARY FOR
FUNDING THE PALO ALTO CHILDREN’S LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS AND
EXPANSION PROJECT
THIS AGREEMENT (~Agreement") is made and entered into
and effective this day of , 2004 ("Effective
Date") by and between, The Palo Alto Library Foundation
(~FOUNDATION") a California nonprofit public benefit
corporation, whose mailing address is P.O. Box 181, Palo Alto,
CA 94302-0181, The Friends of the Palo Alto Library ("FRIENDS"),
a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, whose mailing
address is P.O. Box 41, Pa!o Alto, CA 94302-0041, and the City
of Palo Alto ("CITY"), a California municipal corporation, whose
mailing address is 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94303.
¯RECITALS
A. CITY owns and operates the Children’s Library
located at 1275 Harriet Street Palo Alto. The Children’s
Library is a 3,400 square foot facility constructed in 1940.
The CITY has identified needed infrastructure upgrades and
renovations for the existing Children’s Library structure
including seismic retrofitting; asbestos abatement; roof
replacement; plumbing, electrical, and mechanical upgrades;
improved facilities for persons with disabilities; flooring;
lighting; interior painting work; and renovation of the outdoor
~secret" garden.
B. FOUNDATION and FRIENDS are nonprofit corporations
exempt from taxation under Interna! Revenue Code Section
50!(c)(3) raising funds for and working to improve public
library facilities and programs within the CITY of Palo Alto.
C.On February i0, 2003, FRIENDS informed the CITY
Council that it was undertaking a fundraising effort for
expansion of the Children’s Library.The CITY Council
determined that rather than proceeding immediately~ with design
of a CITY project to upgrade and renovate the existing
Children’s Library structure, it would be beneficial to defer
any action until December 31, 2003. This would al!ow FRIENDS
and FOUNDATION sufficient time to raise half the funds needed to
complete a $2.3 million dollar project to both renovate and
expand the Children’s Library. The private funds could then be
matched one to one by the CITY up to $1.2 million dollars.
Staff advised the Council that an expanded project could include
upgrades and renovations to the existing structure, renovation
of the "secret" garden, an approximately 1600 square foot north
wing addition with new restrooms, and reconfiguring the space
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where the existing public restrooms and staff work area are
located. Unaertaking the renovation and upgrade work at the same
time as the expansion would be more efficient and avoid the
possibility of having to reconstruct or demolish improvements at
the time the expansion project was undertaken.
D. On June 16, 2003, the Council approved the 2003-
05 Budget. The 2003-05 Budget contains a capital improvement
project for the Children’s Library Improvements and Expansion
Project. The project elements are those discussed by the
Counci! on February i0, 2003. The budget item reflects the
February I0, 2003 Counci! decision to allow sufficient time for
private fundraising to match up to $1.2 million dollars in CITY
funds for the project.
E. FRIENDS and FOUNDATION have successfully raised
Nine Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($960,000.00) for the
Children’s Library Improvements and Expansion Project. But for
the agreement of FRIENDS and FOUNDATION to contribute these
funds to the Children’s Library Improvements and Expansion
Project, CITY would not undertake expansion of the Children’s
Library at this time and would proceed only with the upgrades
and renovations required for the existing structu.re.
F. CITY, FRIENDS and FOUNDATION desire to enter into
this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions for funding
the design and construction of the Children’s Library
Improvements and Expansion Project ("PROJECT") as described in
Exhibit "A" attached to and made a part of this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and
mutual covenants herein contained, the parties agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
i.RESPONSIBILITIES OF FRIENDS AND FOUNDATION
i.i. Evidence of Funds Available.No later than thirty (30)
calendar days prior to the date setfor CITY Counci! award of a
design contract for the Project, FRIENDS and FOUNDATION shall
each provide evidence satisfactory to the CITY Manager of the
funds each organization has on hand for the Project.
1.2 Selection of Administrators. FRIENDS and FOUNDATION shall
each designate a person to serve as the organization’s
administrator for purposes of this Agreement (~Administrator").
The Administrators shal! be responsible for receipt of all
notices under this Agreement, making payments to CITY and
coordinating with the other organization’s Administrator in all
matters related to this Agreement. FRIENDS and FOUNDATION shall
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each provide CITY in writing within fifteen (15) calendar days
of the Effective Date of this Agreement, or such later date as
may be agreed to in writing by all the parties, with the name
and contact information for the person each organization has
designated as the Administrator for purposes of this Agreement.
The selection of and authority of the Administrator to act on
behalf of the organization shall be evidenced by a corporate
resolution or other officia! documentation of an action of the
Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be provided to the
City.
1.3 Contribution to CITY. FRIENDS and FOUNDATION shall make a
combined contribution to the CITY of Nine Hundred Sixty Thousand
Dollars ($960,000.00) to fund Project construction costs.
Project construction costs are all those costs incurred by the
CITY in connection with the Project during the construction
phase following award of a construction contract, including, but
not limited to: labor, equipment and materials costs associated
with demolition and construction; hazardous material assessment
and abatement services; permit and inspection fees; specialized
inspection and testing services and other specialized consultant
services; construction management services; and design services
required during construction. Construction costs shall not
include the cost of design services provided during the design
phase to complete a bid package for the Project. Construction
costs shall not include the costs of CITY employees assigned to
work on the Project.
1.3.1 FRIENDS agrees to contribute a total sum of Four
Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($420,000.00) to CITY to fund
Project construction costs. FOUNDATION agrees to contribute a
total sum of Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($540,000.00)
to CITY to fund Project construction costs. These contributions
shal! be paid to CITY as described in section 1.4 below.
1.3.2 FRIENDS and FOUNDATION together shall be responsible
for not more than fifty percent (50%) of the Project
construction costs and, under no circumstances, shall either
organization be required to contribute more than the amounts set
forth in section 1.3.1 above. If the Project construction costs
are less than One Million Nine Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars
($1,920,000.00), each organization shall be entitled to a refund
based on the ratio between the amount of each organization’s
contribution to the Project and the total cost of Project
construction as described in section 2.4.2 below.
1.4 Deposits of Funds with CITY. The Administrators shall
deposit funds with the City for construction of the Project as
set forth in Section 1.4.1 below. The deposits shall be made in
the form of a cashier’s check or other financial instrument
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acceptable to CITY. CITY shall use the funds only for Project
construction costs. CITY shall provide the Administrators with
unified quarterly reports of the expenditures of the funds
deposited pursuant to this Section as described in Section 2.4.1
below.
1.4.1 Construction Deposit. Not less than 30 days prior to
the date set for CITY Counci! award of a construction contract
for the Project, the FRIENDS’ Administrator shall deposit Four
Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($420,000.00) and FOUNDATIONS’
Administrator shall deposit Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars
($540,000.00) with the CITY for a combined deposit of Nine
Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($960,000.00)
2.RESPONSIBLITIES OF CITY
2.1 Project Initiation and Completion. CITY agrees to use
reasonable good faith efforts to initiate construction of the
Project by June 30, 2005 and to complete the Project by January
31, 2007. FRIENDS and FOUNDATION each acknowledge and agree
that the Project schedule may be adversely impacted by delays
related to factors outside CITY staff control, including, but
not limited to design review, changes in scope, and unforeseen
conditions discovered while carrying out the Project.
2.2 Project Design. CITY shall fund the Project design
contract. FRIENDS and FOUNDATION each acknowledge and agree
that CITY may elect to contract with Architectura! Resources
Group ("ARG") to provide design services for the Project. In
the event that CITY does not contract with ARG, the procedures
in Section 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 below shall be followed.
2.2.1 Request for Proposals for Design Firm. In the event
CITY does not contract with ARG to provide design services for
the Project, CITY shall prepare a Request for Proposals for
design of the Project. CITY shal! provide a copy of the RFP to
the Administrators at least 14 calendar days prior to the date
selected for issuance of the RFP. The Administrators shall
provide a single integrated set of FOUNDATION and FRIENDS’s
review comments on the RFP to CITY at least 3 working days prior
to the date selected for issuance of the RFP. CITY shal! in
good faith consider the review comments and revise the RFP where
it deems appropriate.
2.2.2 Selection of Design Firm. CITY shall create a team to
evaluate the proposals, to conduct interviews and to select a
design firm to recommend to the CITY Council for award of the
design contract. The team shall have five (5) to seven (7)
members and shal! be composed of CITY staff, Library Advisory
Commission member(s), one representative of FRIENDS and one
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representative of FOUNDATION. The team shall select the design
firm on the Dasis of qualifications and experience. FRIENDS and
FOUNDATION understand and agree that the CITY staff shall have
the final decision on recommendation of a design firm and that
the award of contract to the design firm shall be within the
sole discretion of the CITY Council.
2.2.3 Design Elements. CITY staff shall endeavor to cause
the design of the Project to be in substantial conformance with
the conceptual plan attached as Exhibit ~B" and made a part of
this Agreement, including a North Wing addition of approximately
1600 square feet in size. However, FRIENDS and FOUNDATION
understand and agree that the ultimate plan may vary from the
conceptua! plan as a result of recommendations and decisions of
various CITY boards and commissions such as the Historic
Resources Board, Library Advisory Commission,Architectural
Review Board, Planning Commission and the CITYCouncil. CITY
agrees that the design shall include features to allow
recognition of members of the public who contributed to the
Project through plaques, bricks or other devices. The CITY,
FRIENDS and FOUNDATION shall in good faith work together during
the design process to determine how the recognition features
should be configured and displayed.
2.2.4 Design Review. CITY shall provide one set of design
documents to each Administrator for review and comment at the
following design intervals: completion of the 35% (conceptual
plan) phase; completion of the 65% (schematics) phase; and
completion of the 95% (prefina!) phase. The Administrators
shall provide to CITY a single integrated set of FOUNDATION and
FRIENDS’s review comments at each interval within fourteen 14)
calendar days of their receipt. If no comments are rece!ved
within the applicable time period CITY may proceed with the next
phase of design and shall have no obligation to consider
comments at a later design phase that could have been raised at
the earlier phase for which no comments were received. CITY
shal! provide to and review in good faith FRIENDS’ and
FOUNDATION’s comments with the Project design firm for design
feasibility and budget and schedule impacts. The CITY shall have
the sole discretion to determine whether to incorporate the
review comments into the design.
The participation of FRIENDS and FOUNDATION in the Project
design as provided in this Section 2.2.4 shall be in addition to
meetings between representatives of these organizations and
other organizations and groups during the design phase.
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2.3 Project Construction.
2.3.1 Bidding. CITY shall bid the project in accordance
with the requirements of the Palo Alto Municipal Code.
FOUNDATION and FRIENDS acknowledge and understand that the CITY
is required to solicit bids for Project construction and to
award the construction contract to the lowest responsive and
responsible bidder. CITY shall provide each Administrator with
the name of the contractor who has been determined by CITY to be
the lowest responsive and responsible bidder within five (5)
calendar days of such determination.The notice shall also
include the dollar amount of the bid.
2.3.2 Project Progress. CITY shall provide written notice
to each Administrator when Project milestones such as
foundation, framing, and shell are achieved.
2.3.3 Project Changes. If a change or changes in Project
design or construction materials, equipment or methods are
required for any reason, including changes due to unforeseen
design or site conditions, and the estimated cost of such change
or changes will exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Project
construction contract amount, CITY shall, as a courtesy, provide
each Administrator with notice describing the Project change.
The CITY shall have the sole discretion to approve a change
order for or to otherwise authorize a change.
2.4 Deposit.
2.4.1. Reporting. The CITY shall keep records of all funds
advanced by the Administrators pursuant to this Agreement and of
al! expenditures of such funds. CITY shall submit unified
quarterly reports (or more or less frequently as may be agreed
to in writing by the parties) to the Administrators. The
reports shall describe the work performed and amounts paid by
the CITY to contractors, consultants and other third parties in
connection with the construction of the Project during the
previous quarter. CITY shall provide the Administrators with a
reasonably detailed final report of all Project construction
expenditures within sixty (60) days of completion of the
Project, as evidenced by recording of a Notice of Completion for
the Project, or earlier termination of this Agreement.
2.4.2 Refunds. FRIENDS and FOPAL together shall be
responsible for no more than fifty percent (50%) of the Project
construction costs or Nine Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars
($960,000.00), whichever is less. If, following completion of
the Project, a portion of the amount(s) advanced to CITY by the
Administrators remains unexpended and unencumbered, the CITY
shall return such amount to the Administrators within thirty
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(30) days after issuance of the final report pursuant to
Section 2.4.i above. The amount returned shall be prorated in
accordance with the ratio between the amount of each
organization’s contribution to the Project and the total cost of
Project construction. If the Agreement is terminated as
provided in Section 3.1 below, FRIENDS and FOPAL shall each be
entitled to a refund of their proportionate share of the balance
(calculated as provided above), if any, of the deposits made
pursuant to section 1.4 of this Agreement.
2.5 Indemnity. CITY shall indemnify, defend and hold FRIENDS
and FOUNDATION harmless from al! liability, loss .or damage and
from any suits, actions or claims, filed or brought as a result
of or arising out of the work performed under the Project design
contract and/or the Project construction contract.
2.6 Insurance.
2.6.1 City shall cause the Project design firm to obtain and
maintain comprehensive general liability and professional
liability insurance with respect to its work on the Project in
such amounts as may be determined to be appropriate by the
City’s risk manager and to name the CITY, FRIENDS and FOUNDATION
as additional insureds under such policies. City shall cause
the Project construction contractor to provide comprehensive
general liability insurance with respect to its work on the
Project in such amounts as may be determined to be appropriate
by the City’s risk manager and to name the CITY, FRIENDS and
FOUNDATION as additional insureds under such policy. The design
firm and construction contractor insurances shall be considered
primary and any other insurance the City possesses shall be
considered excess insurance only.
2.6.2 City shall obtain and maintain or cause the
construction contractor to obtain and maintain builder’s risk
insurance in such amount as may be determined to be appropriate
by the City’s risk manager. In the event of a loss during
Project construction due to fire or other covered casualty, City
agrees that any builder’s risk insurance proceeds it receives
due to such loss shall be used for Children’s Library purposes.
3.OBLIGATIONS OF ALL PARTIES
3.1 Termination and Expiration.
3.1.1 Termination Prior to Award of Design Contract. FRIENDS
and FOUNDATION together through the Administrators may terminate
this Agreement at any time prior to execution of a design
contract for the Project by delivering to the City ten (!0) days
advance written notice of election to terminate. City through
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the City Manager may terminate this Agreement at any time prior
to execution of a design contract for the Project by delivering
to the Administrators ten (i0) days advance written notice of
election to terminate.
3.1.2 Termination Prior to Award of Construction Contract.
Following execution of the design agreement and prior to
execution of the construction contract, CITY may terminate this
Agreement upon ten (!0) days notice to the Administrators in the
event: (i) the lowest responsive and responsible bid for
construction of the Project exceeds the construction budget
established for the Project; or (2) the City Counci!, in its
sole discretion, has determined for any reason that construction
of the Project should not proceed.
3.1.3 Termination After Award of Construction Contract.
Following execution of a construction contract for the Project,
CITY may terminate this Agreement upon ten (10) days notice to
the Administrators only in the event that the estimated Project
costs have increased and exceed the amounts budgeted for the
Project by CITY or in the case of a Force Majeure Event. As used
herein "Force Majeure Event" means any matter or condition
beyond the reasonable control of CITY, including war, public
emergency or calamity, fire, earthquake, extraordinary inclement
weather, Acts of God, strikes, labor disturbances or actions,
civil disturbances or riots, litigation brought by third parties
against the CITY, or any act of a superior governmenta!
authority or court order, which delays or prevents the CITY from
performing under this Agreement. FRIENDS and FOUNDATION shall
remain responsible for their share of, and CITY may use the
funds on deposit to pay for, construction costs incurred at the
time of termination, as well as costs incurred, whether before
or after termination of this Agreement, in connection with
termination of the construction contract.
3.1.4 Expiration. If not subject to earlier termination, as
provided herein, this Agreement shall expire sixty (60) days
following the completion of construction and acceptance of the
Project by the CITY as evidenced by recording of a Notice of
Completion.
3.2 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence in the performance
of the parties’ obligations pursuant to this Agreement.
3.3 Notices. All notices and other communications required or
permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing
and may be delivered by hand, by facsimile transmission with
verification of receipt, or by United States mail, postage
prepaid and return receipt requested, addressed to the
respective parties as fol!ows:
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Assistant City Manager
CITY of Palo Alto
250 Hamilton Avenue, 7th Floor
Palo Alto, CA 94303
ADMINISTRATORS FOUNDATION
P.O. Box 181,
Palo Alto, CA 94302-0181
FRIENDS
P.O. Box 41,
Palo Alto, CA 94302-0041
or to such other address as any party may designate by notice in
accordance with this Section.
A copy of any notice of a legal nature, including, but not
limited to, any claims against CITY, its officers or employees
shall also be served in the manner specified above to the
following address:
CITY Clerk
250 Hamilton Avenue, 7~h Floor
Pa!o Alto, CA 94301
CITY Attorney
250 Hamilton Avenue, 8th Floor
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Notice shall be deemed effective on the date delivered or, if
appropriate, on the date delivery is refused.
3.4 Breach. In the event any party breaches any of the terms,
covenants or provisions of this Agreement, and another party
commences litigation to enforce any provisions of this
Agreement, the cost of attorney’s fees and the attendant
expenses will be payable to the prevailing party by the non-
prevailing party upon demand.
3.5 Successors and Assigns. The terms of this Agreement shal!
be binding and inure to the benefits of the parties hereto and
their successors and assigns. Neither FRIENDS nor FOUNDATION
shall assign or transfer any interest in this Agreement without
the prior written consent of CITY.
3.6 Governing Law. The law governing this Agreement shall be
that of the State of California.
3.7 Venue. In the event that suit shall be brought by any
party hereunder, the parties agree that trial of such action
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shall be exclusively vested in a state court in the County of
Santa Clara or, where appropriate, in the United States District
Court for the Northern District of California, San Jos4,
California.
3.8 Headings. The headings of the sections and subsections of
this Agreement are inserted for convenience only. They do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be used in its
construction.
3.9 Waiver. The waiver by any party to this Agreement of a
breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a
continuing waiver or a waiver of any subsequent breach of that
or any other provision of this Agreement.
3.10 Integration. Any and all exhibits that are referred to in
this Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and are
deemed a part of this Agreement. This Agreement, including all
Exhibits attached hereto, represents the entire understanding of
the parties as to those matters contained herein. No prior oral
or written understanding shal! be of any force or effect with
respect to those matters covered hereunder. This Agreement may
only be amended by formal written Agreement executed by all the
parties.
3.11 Severability. If any term, covenant, condition or
provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance, shall to any extent be held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable,
the remainder of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions
of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in
no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby.
3.12 CITY Manager’s Authority. Where this Agreement refers to
CITY and no officer of the CITY is named, the CITY Manager or
his designate shall have the authority to act on CITY’s behalf.
The CITY Manager has designated the Assistant CITY Manager to
act on his behalf unless and until notice of termination of that
authorization is given to the FRIENDS and FOUNDATION as provided
above.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have by their
duly authorized representatives executed this Contract on the
date first above written.
ATTEST:CITY OF PALO ALTO
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Senior Asst. City Attorney
APPROVED:
Assistant City Manager
Director of Administrative
Services
Director of Community
Services
Risk Manager
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EX!{~iBITS:
EXHIBIT "A":
EXHIBIT "B" :
Taxpay~i~ Identification No.
(Compliance with Corp. Code § 313 is required
if the entity on whose behalf this contract is
signed is a corporation. In the alternative,
a certified corporate resolution attesting to
the signatory authority of the individuals
signing in their respective capacities is
acceptable)
CHILDREN’S LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSION
PROJECT DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT COMPONENTS
CONCEPTUAL PLAN
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STATE OF California
COUNTY OF Santa Clara
On February 23 , 2004, before me, the undersigned, a
Notary Public in and for said County andState, personally
appeared Helena Wheeler ,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s)i/are
subsc/~,~bed to the~within instrument and acknowledged to me that
he s~.e / they/execut ed the same /~D~ his/~/ their authorized
capacity(i~), and that by his~.r~their ~ignature~ on the
instrument~_ the perso~’J, or the entity upon behalf of which the
person~sJ acted, executed the instrument.
WITNESS my hand and offi~seal.
Signature of Notary Pub!iQ/
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CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWL~.D~M~NT
(Civil Code § 1189)
STATE OF California )
) ss.
CO~TY OF Santa Clara )
On February 23 , 2004, before me, the undersigned, a
Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally
appeared Jeffrey Levinskv ,
personally known to me or proved to rse on the basis_ of
satisfactory evidence to be the person~whose name~’~are
sj~scribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to m-4 that
/~ she / they executed the sam~_e in ~!her / their auk.thor i z ed
~pacity(~, and that by~/her/tl~i~lr signature~ on the
instrument the person(~, or the entity upon behalf of which theperson~ acted, executed the instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
Signature of Notary Publi
040217 sm 0100175
CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
(Civil Code § 1189)
STATE OF California )
) ss.
COUNTY OF Santa Clara )
On February 23 , 2004, before me, the undersigned, a
Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally
appeared Wendy Akers-Ghose ,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence to be the person (~hose na!nei~are
subsc~bed to the within instrument and ackn_o~wledged to me that
cap~t~ty(i~, and that by hist’/their signature(~ on the
instrume~ the person,~, or the%~ity upon behalf of which the
person~(/~ acted, exec[~ted the instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
/~i gna~ure of~Notary
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CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
(Civil Code § 1189)
STATE OF California )
) ss.
COUNTY OF Santa Clara )
DEANNA MAE RIDING
Commission # ] 396839
Notary PuDIic California-
Santa Clara Counh/
On February 23 , 2004, before me, the undersigned, a
Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally
appeared Katharine Shafer Miller ,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basi~ of
satisfactory evidence to be the person~whose namer,S/are
subs~bed to the within instrument and ac~o_.wledged to me that
he/~h~? they ~executed the same in hi s/~ their authori z ed
capaci--ty(i~, and that by his!~/their si~gnature! on the
instrument the person~, or the entity upon behalf of which the
person(~’~acted, executed the instrument.
WITNESS my hand and seal.
Signature
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EXHIBIT ~A"
CHILDREN’S LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSION PROJECT
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT COMPONENTS
Renovation of existing building (approximately 3400 square feet
Seismic upgrade
Roof replacement
Electrical and mechanical upgrades including alr
conditioning and heating and lighting
Accessibility Improvements
Architectural upgrades, including flooring and interior
paint
Office reconfiguration (approximately 900 square feet)
North addition
New construction including new restrooms (approximately
1600 square feet)
Required site work (such as relocating equipment, utility
service and other necessary work)
Add i0 parking spaces
Renovate Secret Garden (approximately 8,000 square feet)
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EXHIBIT "B"