Report to Carson Reclamation Authority
Monday, March 06, 2023
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER RECOMMENDING THE CREATION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST AND A TYPIST CLERK II POSITION BY THE CITY OF CARSON, TO BE FUNDED BY THE CARSON RECLAMATION AUTHORITY, AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 23-05-CRJPA, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 BUDGET, AS PART OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACTING AND STAFFING PLAN FOR THE CARSON RECLAMATION AUTHORITY TO TRANSITION FROM A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
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I. SUMMARY
On January 3, 2023, staff made a presentation to the Board a plan to replace the services received under the Authority's Amended and Restated Development Management Agreement ("DMA") with its Horizontal General Contractor, RE| Solutions, LLC ("RES") with additional consultants, new staff, or some combination of the two.
Staff recommended a plan in January, as outlined below:
1. Contracting separately with the current on-site manager and the on-site secretary to allow them to continue to perform their current duties;
2. Expanding the contract with the current O&M contractor, WSP, Inc., to provide the environmental advisory and design oversight services separate from their O&M services;
3. Adding three new City employees with specific skills to address the project management needs of the Authority;
4. Bidding the construction management of the Lenardo Road construction project through the City.
Staff is currently scoping the services and negotiating the agreements for the on-site manager (No. 1) and for the supplemental environmental services (No. 2), but several factors have changed the timing of the creation of the staff positions in No. 3, including budget considerations and working through issues associated with professional liability risk. The construction management of the Lenardo Road construction project will be bid through the CRA and not the City and will occur later in 2023.
This recommendation is to request the City Council cr...
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