DATE: March 25, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: AMENDMENT 7 TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LPA, INC. FOR ADDED SCOPE OF WORK TO PREPARE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND COST ESTIMATES FOR A NEW POLICE TRAINING FACILITY
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve Amendment 7 to the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with LPA, Inc. ("LPA") in the amount of $198,800 for a revised contract amount of $1,843,291, to prepare construction plans and cost estimates for the construction of a new Police Training Facility including shooting proficiency range at the City Operations Center located at 4925 Oceanside Boulevard, and authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment upon receipt of all documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The current Oceanside Police Department (OPD) firearms training facility located at the San Luis Rey Wastewater Treatment Facility needs to be relocated due to a planned expansion of the plant. As such, the plan to move forward with a new location for training must be initiated as soon as feasible. Currently, OPD uses a combination of the treatment facility location and an off-site facility in Pala to fulfill firearm training needs.
Since 1999, the City of Oceanside ("City") has housed OPD Headquarters in the Mission Plaza Real shopping center located at 3855 Mission Avenue. This facility currently occupies two buildings totaling 49,108 square feet and includes a parking lot for police vehicles. At the time the site was planned and developed, it was considered to be an interim facility that OPD would occupy for a period of approximately ten years.
On September 15, 2020, the City entered into a PSA with LPA to update a 2009 police headquarters needs assessment study. The PSA was issued under two phases. Phase I included updating the 2009 needs assessment study while Phase II included completion of a separate study analyzing the following option...
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