Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, August 03, 2021
Consent
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CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CONTRACT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GHD, INC., FOR 2021 NPDES DIGITAL DATA COLLECTION SUPPORT; AND, CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 21-104, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,755 (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On June 29, 2021, the City Manager approved a Contract Services Agreement (the "Agreement", Exhibit No. 1) with GHD, Inc. ("GHD") to immediately assist the City in implementing Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) commercial facility storm water inspections. MS4 inspections are a requirement of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program, administered by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) under the MS4 permit. NPDES is a federal standard administered by the State.
GHD began preparing the City for the 2021 MS4 inspections. Specifically, they trained City of Carson staff and reviewed 4,900 potential businesses for commercial facility storm water inspections. Based on GHD's expertise, and working with the City's Revenue Manager, the number of businesses to be inspected was reduced to only 1,266. This is significant since in 2015 it appears all businesses were inspected. Labor hours will be substantially reduced and cost savings will be realized this year. In addition, GHD was able to review the City's IT and GIS capabilities and offer recommendations.
Based on GHD's experience and observations of the City's IT and GIS capabilities, it was recognized that the City would be able to save money by automating certain activities. It has been estimated that approximately $100,000 could be saved by the City for the inspection process alone. Therefore, it is recommended that Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with GHD be awarded to authorize GHD to create an iPad/WebGIS system which continues the City's efforts on the NPDES inspect...
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