TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steven Lederer, Director of Public Works
REPORT BY: Liang Chin Su, Assistant Engineer
SUBJECT: Approval of Plans and Specifications and Authorization to Advertise for Bids for the "Napa Library Building Maintenance Project", PW 25-13A
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve the Plans and Specifications for the "Napa Library Building Maintenance Project", PW 25-13A; and authorization to advertise for sealed bids and opening of the bids at a time, date, and location to be published by the Director of Public Works pursuant to Section 20150.8 of the Public Contract Code. (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
The Napa County Library Main Branch was the result of the efforts of a group of 19th-century young men who called themselves "The Excelsior Club." They developed a small collection over the years to serve the Napa community, and that collection was taken over by the City of Napa in 1885. In 1901, George E Goodman donated a building for housing the library-the Goodman Library-which served the citizens of Napa for 60 years.?In 1916, the State of California passed legislation that allowed counties to establish free public libraries, and the Napa County Board of Supervisors then established the Napa County Free Library, located just three blocks from the Goodman Library in downtown Napa. In 1963, the Napa City Library merged with the Napa County Free Library. To better serve the growing service area, and with a combination of funds from the library, the Friends of the Library, and federal and local grants, the current library on Coombs Street was built in 1974 and expanded in the 1990s.?Overall, the facility functions well but shows signs of paint failure, efflorescence at the concrete head of windows (indicating moisture), and minor concrete cracking.
On February 4, 2025 the Board authorized a professional services agreement with Nacht & Lewis Architects, Inc., who was selected in 2022 through 2027 for on-call architectural services, for a not...
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