To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: ANDREW WINJE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
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APPROVE AN AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTING SERVICES WITH GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS, INC. FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $216,100 TO PERFORM ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES TO SUPPORT A FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE REDONDO BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOOTING RANGE PROJECT, JOB NO 20810 AND TO ASSIST WITH INQUIRIES FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH REGARDING THE DOMINGUEZ PARK LANDSCAPING AND PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, JOB NO 30730
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Approval of this Agreement would permit Geosyntec Consultants Inc. (Geosyntec) to provide urgently needed services to support two important capital projects located at the Parks Maintenance Yard and Dominguez Park playground area, adjacent sites that were once part of the Redondo Beach Municipal Dump.
Pursuant to the City Council's direction, staff is pursuing a federal Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program grant to fund a rebuild and enhancement of the Redondo Beach Police Department (RBPD) Shooting Range. The deadline for the submittal of the application for the 2025 Fiscal Year federal grant cycle is June 2025, with expected award in September 2025. The grant requires that awarded projects start construction within a reasonable period of time. The project is subject to environmental review under the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and potentially the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The site of the proposed shooting range lies within the boundaries of the former Redondo Beach Municipal Dump site, located at 1400 Beryl Street (Landfill), which closed in 1967. Geosyntec will perform the necessary environmental review to assess any potential environmental impacts from constructing a new shooting range, as required by NEPA and CEQA. Initiating the assessment now will help the City's application score more favorably under the established evaluation criteria for the ...
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