Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, October 01, 2019
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH DUDEK TO PROVIDE ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On October 18, 2016, the City and Dudek entered into an agreement for on-call environmental consulting services (Exhibit No. 1). These services are necessary to prepare Environmental Impact Reports, Environmental Assessments, peer reviews and other environmental assignments. The services provided by this consultant are very specialized and require an in-depth technical analysis of the environmental impacts of the projects staff is not able to provide, so hiring specialized full-time staff would not be feasible. Currently, the City uses four (4) firms to provide these on-call services.
Dudek's scope of services also includes preparation or review of studies in accordance with CEQA guidelines, environmental analysis, and initial studies, as well as evaluations and recommendations for appropriate action by the City. Consultant will represent the Planning Division's project team at meetings/hearings and make presentations as necessary.
The term of the original agreement was from October 18, 2016 to October 17, 2019, with the City's option to renew the agreement for two additional one-year terms. The contract sum was a not-to-exceed amount of $250,000 per year. The entire cost incurred for these consulting services is offset by funds deposited by developers. Staff is requesting approval of the proposed Amendment No. 1 (Exhibit No. 2) to extend the term of the contract for the first of the two optional years for $250,000. This amendment is necessary to allow for continued environmental consulting services for development proposals throughout the City for the next year.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. APPROVE Amendment No. 1 to the agreement with Dudek for a one-year extension for on-cal...
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