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3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the professional services agreement with JKA in the amount of$112,000. 4. Authorize the Director of Engineering to increase the agreement amount to a not to exceed amount of $125,000 if additional services are determined to be necessary during the course of the study. FINANCIAL STATEMENT There is $100,000 currently budgeted in the Capital Improvement Program Budget for this project - Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Station Two and Three Assessment Study, CIP No. 158042. An additional $25,000 is necessary and is available in the General Fund Contingency to fully fund the project at $125,000, including $112,000 for the base scope of work and $13,000 as contingency if additional services are determined to be necessary during the course of the study. BACKGROUND Addressing the remodel/renovation needs of Fire Station Two and Three is a listed priority in the current City Council Work Plan. Funds were budgeted in the Capital Improvement Program budget to begin work on this priority - Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Station Two and'Three Assessment Study - CIP No. 158042. Through a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) selection process, JKA was selected as the most qualified firm to assist City staff in moving forward with this priority. DISCUSSION In November 2015 an RFQ was advertised seeking an architectural firm qualified to design and prepare biddable construction documents to renovate Fire Station Two and Three. Fire Station'Two is located at the intersection of West Las Positas and Santa Rita - Road. Fire Station Three is next to the Stoneridge Mall. In response to the RFQ, eight architectural firms (along with their assembled subconsultant teams) submitted their Statement of Qualifications (SOQs). A selection committee consisting of Kathleen Yurchak (Director of Operations and Water Utilities), Chris Rizzoli (Support Services Supervisor), Jeff Peters (Deputy Fire Chief), and Stephen Kirkpatrick (Director of Engineering/City Engineer) reviewed the SOQs. The selection committee invited the following four firms to participate in an interview: ATI Architects Danville, California Brown Reynolds Watford San Francisco, California Jeff Katz Architecture Sonoma, California Mark Albertson Petaluma, California On January 6, 2016, the consultant selection committee interviewed the four firms and unanimously chose JKA as the most qualified to assist the City with the project. JKA has been involved in the design and construction or renovation of more than 50 fire stations in California. This experience has given JKA a keen understanding of not only fire station Page 2 of 3