To: Board of Supervisors
From: Lewis Broschard, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Report Title: Amendment to Agreement for Architectural Design Services
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Acting as the governing board of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Shah Kawasaki Architects, Inc., to increase the payment limit by $435,000 to a new payment limit of $1,008,850 or architectural design services for a new fire station at the corner of Lone Tree Way and Windy Springs Lane in Brentwood.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Measure “X” / Fire District Capital Construction Fund.
BACKGROUND:
On June 30, 2022, East Contra Costa Fire Protection District (ECCFPD) entered into an agreement with Shah Kawasaki Architects Inc. (SKA) for the design of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District (ECCFPD) Administration and Fire Station to be located at 2171 Empire Avenue, west of Empire Avenue between Amber Lane and Grant Street, in Brentwood. On July 1, 2022, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (District) annexed ECCFPD and became the successor agency for this agreement.
During the CEQA process for the site on Empire Avenue, soil contamination was discovered, which would require significant expense to remediate. Therefore, the District has purchased land at a new location for this project, at the corner of Lone Tree Way and Windy Springs Lane in Brentwood.
As the District inherited this contract from the East Contra Costa Fire District, there have been several changes from the original plan. Originally, ECCFD was going to build an administration building, along with a fire station, but as the project has morphed over the last few years, including a change in location, the administration building project was removed, and a future building pad was added. In addition to the new location, these two changes represent significant modifications in the scope of work from the original contract. Now that a new site has been identified, this amendment identifies the services that have been completed as of March 1, 2025, the services that need to be redone, and the services that remain to be completed for the project.
This amendment also formally recognizes Contra Costa County Fire Protection District as the successor agency to East Contra Costa Fire Protection District, identifies the new project location as the focus of the services to be completed under the agreement, and updates the scope of services to include new services now required for this project that were not included as part of the original agreement in 2022.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Fire District would have to identify alternative ways to design a new fire station in order to provide increased service to the Brentwood community.