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ORIGINAL DESIGN PROFESSIONAL AGREEMENT (ELS Architecture and Urban Design) r{� THIS AGREE ENT (the "Agreement') is made and entered into as of the 14 _ day of 2011, by and the CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, a charter city and municipal corporation of the State of California, and the YMCA of Silicon Valley, a California nonprofit corporation, (together, for purposes of this Agreement, the "Client," or if separately referenced, "City" and/or "YMCA") and ELS Architecture and Urban Design, a California corporation ("Consultant'). Client and Consultant are sometimes referred to in this Agreement as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties." RECITALS A. The City of Redwood City ("City) currently owns and operates the Veterans Memorial Senior Center, the Herkner Pool, and the Senior Center Annex within the Red Morton Community Park, located at 1120 Roosevelt Avenue in the City (the "Park"). The Veterans Memorial Senior Center was built in or about 1955 and is nearing the end of its useful life. B. The YMCA currently operates a facility at 1445 Hudson Street in the City, which is approximately 0.65 miles east of the Veterans Memorial Senior Center at the Park. The YMCA desires to relocate to a larger facility. C. City and YMCA entered into a Letter of Intent approved by the Redwood City Council and YMCA Board of Directors on January 7, 2015, to jointly re -develop a portion of the Park with a Veterans Memorial Senior Center/YMCA Facility ("Project') on a 5.4 -acre site within the Park, located at 1455 Madison Avenue ("Project Site"). City and YMCA entered into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement on July 22, 2016, to work in good faith to establish the details related to and associated with joint development of the Project. D. The Project consists of the demolition of existing buildings (including the Veterans Memorial Senior Center, Herkner Memorial Pool, and the Senior Center Annex) and surface parking lots at the Project Site and construction of a joint -use, inter- generational health, wellness and recreational facility. The new facilities will include a new Veterans Memorial Senior Center and YMCA building including an aquatic facility, and common areas, including but not limited to parking. E. Client intends for the Project to expand and strengthen the quality of life in the City, leverage the strengths and assets of City and YMCA, enhance volunteer efforts, provide multi -generational experiences, and inspire healthy, active living. F. Phase I design services for the Project, which were completed by Consultant, included site analysis, building massing and establishment of maximum parameters for developing the project description for environmental review scoping purposes. ATTY/AGR/2017-263/CITY —YMCA ARCH ITECTU RE AGREEMENT REV: 11-09-17 VR Page 1 of 15