DATE: September 17, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: AMENDMENT 6 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 6 to the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with LPA, Inc. ("LPA"), in the amount of $1,074,246 for a revised contract amount of $1,644,491, 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 4927 Oceanside Boulevard, and authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment upon receipt of all documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Since 1999, the City of Oceanside ("City") has housed the Oceanside Police Department (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 surface 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 10 years.
On September 15, 2020, the City entered into a PSA with LPA to update a previously prepared needs assessment study that was completed in 2009. The PSA was issued under two phases. Phase I included updating the 2009 study while Phase II included completion of a separate study analyzing the following options:
1. Continued operation of the existing facilities on Mission Avenue;
2. Relocation to another building, including renovation concepts and costs to cover current and future facility needs, a training facility, evidence storage, etc.;
3. Construction of a new facility as a replacement to the existing facilities; and,
4. Construction of a new facility in addition to maintaining the existing f...
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