Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 07, 2019
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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TERMINATE OR AMEND CONSULTANT RETAINER AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE ON-CALL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO THE ENGINEERING DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
This item was considered at a Special City Council Meeting held on April 26, 2019. At the meeting, the City Council voted 3-0 (MPT Hicks, Councilmember Davis-Holmes, Councilmember Dear) to select Recommendation No. 2, Recommendation No. 6 and Recommendation No. 10 and amend the not-to-exceed amounts of the On-Call Engineering Professional Services Agreements with KOA Corporation, John M. Cruikshank Consultant Inc., and P.A. Arca Engineering, Inc., from $500,000.00 to $250,000.00.
Below is the staff report from April 26 in its entirety:
On April 2, 2019, the City Council approved three contracts with three separate vendors for On-Call Engineering Professional Services, in the amount of $500,000 per contractor over a period of two years, until June 30, 2021. These were brought forward by the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department, which is responsible for the design and construction of all public works projects, including several that are grant funded. As an example, the City Council recently approved the issuance of tax-exempt bonds for a portion of its annual Measure M/Measure R local share county sales tax for transportation projects for at least $10,000,000 in local street improvement projects, as well as the refunding of bonds issued on behalf of the Dominguez Technology Center Community Facilities District, which will create about $2,000,000 in net present value savings available for street projects which benefit that district.
Most of the projects proposed for bidding under these contracts would be bid or funded out of non-General Fund sources, such as Measure R/Measure M or SB-1 or the two bond issues. Other smaller projects would be funded out of the General Fu...
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