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balance the project budget. Authorize the City Manager to approve additional expenditures as may be needed to meet final project costs. SUMMARY: On June 1, 2004, City Council awarded a contract for the construction of Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Station No. 4 on the Bernal Property, to the low bidder, Blackshear Construction, Inc., in the amount of $3,280,000. The subject project consisted of the construction of an approximately 7,500 square foot fire station, as well as site improvements to the 3.26 acre parcel on which it will be located, including landscaping, lighting, and hardscape around the facility. The project budget was $4,095,000. Final project costs are estimated at $4,110,631. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND Currently, the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department (LPFD) Fire Station No. 4 is located in Downtown Pleasanton. As the City's boundaries have changed and other fire stations have been constructed, the existing Fire Station No. 4 is no longer centrally located within the response district that it serves. As a result, new Fire Station No. 4 was built at the corner of Oak Vista Way and Bernal Avenue (1600 Oak Vista Way) on the Bernal Property. The new facility was constructed on a 3.26-acre parcel owned by the City. The fire station will house a four-person engine company and is approximately 7,500 square feet in size. In its ongoing commitment to energy efficiency and green buildings, the City Council approved the Fire Station No. 4 project with the condition that a U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Level certification be achieved. The City Council also directed staff to complete all phases of project commissioning through the USGBC LEED program. At its meeting of October 7, 2003, the City Council authorized the award of a consulting contract to Kema-Xenergy to provide project documentation and commissioning. All necessary documents required by USGBC LEED program are currently being compiled by Kema-Xenergy for submittal to USGBC for consideration of the Silver Level certification. The final certification approval will take approximately four to six months from time of receipt of all documents by USGBC. On June 24, 2005, the City Manager signed the first amendment to the Earth Systems contract for soils testing and specialty inspection, in the amount of $36,718.40. Because City Council did not expressly authorize that action, although it implicitly authorized it in April 20, 2004, when City Council awarded the construction contract for Fire Station No. 4, staff is of the opinion that the City Council should ratify the action of the City Manager in executing the contract amendment. SR:05:216 Page 2 of 4