(a) Upon approval of the city council of the City of Long Beach, the City of Long Beach may use the design-build contracting process described in this chapter to award contracts for curb ramps that are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
(b) In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 22164, for a project authorized under subdivision (a), the city and city employees in the City of Long Beach Public Works Department may perform project development services, including performance specifications, preliminary engineering, procurement services and the preparation of project reports, and construction inspection services, excluding specialty bridge inspections. The city shall also be the responsible agency for, and city employees in the Public Works Department may perform, the preparation of documents that may include, but need not be limited to, the size, type, and desired design character of the project, performance specifications covering quality of materials, equipment, and workmanship, preliminary plans, and any other information deemed necessary to describe adequately the needs of the city.
(c) For a project authorized under subdivision (a), the city shall be limited to no more than 3,000 ramps, with the total cost not to exceed twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) per year, that are subject to completion prior to January 1, 2025.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 54, Sec. 1. (AB 2932) Effective September 9, 2020.)