League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Sonoma County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
	Measure S Design Build Procurement City of Santa Rosa Majority Approval Required Pass: 34,524 / 67.1% Yes votes ...... 16,946 / 32.9% No votes See Also: Index of all Measures

Arguments For Measure S

Since our City Charter was originally written, a new way to build energy efficient projects, playgrounds and other public projects that can potentially save money known as Design Build, has become available. This Charter Amendment, Measure S, allows the City to use Design Build when it makes sense, to speed up the delivery of construction projects and save money. Currently, construction projects in the city are done on a Design-Bid-Build basis, in which separate contracts and companies are used for design and construction. Measure S would simply allow the City to also use the Design Build method in which one entity is contracted to both design and build a project. Many manufacturers of solar equipment, playground equipment and other products will provide design installation services of their products at little or no additional cost to the City which the City cannot currently take advantage of. It is important to note when you read Measure S that this proposal simply authorizes the adoption of an ordinance to allow the use of the Design Build method under criteria to be established by the City Council. It does not mandate the use of Design Build and most projects will continue to be built using the Design-Bid-Build method. Design Build also provides the flexibility to allow the City to explore potential public- private partnerships to build large City projects that would also benefit the taxpayers. This measure was written to give the City the option to pick the best method for each project and to get the taxpayers the best deal with the most efficient delivery of the project. SANTA ROSA CITY COUNCIL s/ Ernesto Olivares, Mayor s/ Jane Bender Former Mayor/Council Member SONOMA COUNTY TAXPAYERS' ASSOCIATION s/ Daniel Drummond, Executive Director SANTA ROSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE s/ Jonathan Coe, President/CEO s/ Michael D. Senneff Chair, Charter Review Committee (No arguments against Measure S were submitted)

Full Text of Measure S

Section 1. Shall Section 58 be added to the City of Santa Rosa Charter to read as follows? Sec. 58. Design Build Procurement. Notwithstanding any provision to the con- trary in the California Public Contracts Code, in Charter Section 44, or any other law or regulation of the City of Santa Rosa, the use of design-build procurement by competitive negotiation is authorized. The City Council shall establish by ordinance regulations for the award, use and evaluation of such design-build contracts, in which the design and construction of a public works project are procured from a single entity. Section 2. Enumeration of New Powers. This proposed Charter Amendment does not result in any new powers for the City and does not grant any new power to the Council to increase its own compensation or the compensation of other City officials. The proposed amendment does grant the City a new power to use design- build procurement.