Report to Carson Reclamation Authority
Tuesday, April 04, 2017
Consent
SUBJECT:
Title
CONSIDER AWARDING AMENDIMENT NO. 1 TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH RE|SOLUTIONS, LLC, EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF WORK AND INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $100,000, TO A TOTAL OF $300,000
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I. SUMMARY
This action would approve Amendment No. 1 to a Professional Services Agreement increasing the Scope of Work, particularly in the area of the DTSC negotiations, with RE|Solutions, LLC, increasing the contract amount by $100,000.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. APPROVE Amendment No. 1 to a Professional Services Agreement with RE|Solutions, LLC for environmental regulatory and project management services, increasing the contract amount by $100,000.00.
2. AUTHORIZE the Chairman to execute the agreement in a form approved by Authority Counsel.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE any other action the Reclamation Authority Board deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
This Amendment No. 1 to a Professional Services Agreement with RE|Solutions (RES) increases the amount of the contract to reflect the additional duties they have been tasked to do since the approval of the original contract, as well as the greatly expanded set of negotiations with DTSC over regulatory issues since the original contract was approved in November.
These duties include:
1. Additional negotiation with DTSC on replacement financial assurance, enterprise fund rebalancing, Compliance Framework Agreement (CFA)/Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD), Site Soils classification, and Phased Development Plan. As part of the negotiation of the Tera Tech Termination and Release Agreement, an entire new compliance regime needed to be negotiated with the regulators, including providing evidence of the CRA's financial capacity to perform the remedial work and future O&M. There are still myriad issues under negotiation with DTSC.
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