Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 07, 2019
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATES (ESA) TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 19-090 (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On October 18, 2016, the City entered into an agreement with the firm Environmental Science Associates (ESA) to provide on-call environmental consulting services (Exhibit No. 1). These services are necessary to ensure proposed development projects meet the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by preparing or peer-reviewing technical studies such as traffic studies and producing mitigated negative declarations and EIRs that inform the City Council, Planning Commission, and the public regarding the potential environmental impacts of development projects. ESA is one of four on-call CEQA consulting firms for the City.
Due to continued growth in development within the City, the need for the on-call consulting services provided by ESA increased. On May 1, 2018, City Council approved contract Amendment #1 to increase the contract amount to $1,516,210 over the three-year contract period (Exhibit No. 2). While the first contract amendment provided for adequate funds, the contract language limits the spending of funds by contract year rather than when services are actually requested and delivered. This second Amendment No. 2 will allow for payment when services are rendered. Staff is requesting that Council approve the second amendment to the agreement with ESA (Exhibit No. 3) to pay for past services, continue on-call environmental consulting services and enable payment for services when rendered. No additional funds are being requested.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. APPROVE Amendment No. 2 to the on-call environmental consulting services agreement with Environmental Science Associates (ESA).
2. ADOPT Resolution...
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