Adds $88,896 to Terraphase Engineering's environmental review for the Garfield Elementary modernization

The district is adding $88,896.00 to its contract with Terraphase Engineering, which includes an $8,081.00 contingency. The company will evaluate the site's environmental condition and prepare a Health & Safety Report and field assessment for the Garfield Elementary School modernization. The contract's maximum rises from $19,801.00 to $108,697.00.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the official text. AI summary · amounts checked against official text

Discrepancy from the official text. The text calls the term 'unchanged' but gives two end dates, December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026, so the agreement's end date is unclear. (Confirmed by a second, independent AI reading.)

Vendor / partner: Terraphase Engineering Inc. · Oakland, CA
Action: Amendment
Category: School buildings & construction
Term: May 15, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026
This vote: $88,896
Previous total: $19,801
New total: $108,697
Schools: Garfield Elementary School
Funding: Fund 21 Building Fund Measure Y
Resource / site: 9657 118
Vendor no.: 004240
Presented by: Deputy Chief, Facilities Planning and Management
File: 25-2088 · agenda P.-3
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Sep 24, 2025

Official text

Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 2, General Services Agreement by and between the District and Terraphase Engineering Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the site's environmental condition and prepare a Health & Safety Report along with a field assessment, as outlined in the Proposal dated August 6, 2025, which is attached to this Amendment as Exhibit A, for the Garfield Elementary School Modernization Project, in the additional amount of $88,896.00, which includes a contingency fee of $8,081.00, increasing the not to exceed amount of the Agreement from $19,801.00 to $108,697.00, for the unchanged term of May 15, 2025 through December 31, 2025 to June 30, 2026. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

History

Sep 24, 2025 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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