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File #: 24-046    Version: 1
Type: Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/31/2024 In control: REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY*
On agenda: 2/20/2024 Final action:
Title: SPENDING AUTHORIZATION APPROVAL FOR ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL, TECHNICAL AND STAFFING SERVICES LIST
Attachments: 1. Agenda Report, 2. 1. PSA Environmental List
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SPENDING AUTHORIZATION APPROVAL FOR ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL, TECHNICAL AND STAFFING SERVICES LIST
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DEPARTMENT: ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT/PLANNING DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: SILVIA KENNERSON, SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST
CONTACT INFORMATION: SILVIA KENNERSON, SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, (714) 754-5023
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the Council:
1. Approve and authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to authorize spending authority with each consulting firm listed below through June 30, 2025, in such final form as approved by the City Attorney for on-call environmental, technical, and staffing services:

* Dudek
* ECORP Consulting, Inc.
* Environmental Science Associates
* FCS International, Inc.
* Galvin Preservation Associates, Inc.
* LSA Associates, Inc.
* Michael Baker International
* PlaceWorks, Inc.
* PSOMAS
* Sagecrest Planning and Environmental
* Stantec Consulting Services
* The Natelson Dale Group, Inc.

2. Authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute future amendments and spending authority with the above-listed firms including any potential increases in compensation as long as the amendments are pass-through costs from entitlement application deposit accounts or within the City's annual budget.


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BACKGROUND:
The City began the consultant "Request for Statement of Qualifications" (RFSQ) process in May 2019. RFSQ 19-02 was released on May 29, 2019, and proposals were due on July 1, 2019. After receiving proposals, the Economic and Development Services Department/Planning Division created a pre-qualified, on-call consultant list for a five-year period in April 2020, expiring on June 30, 2025. This on-call list streamlines the consulting selection process and overall project application timeframe to expedite technical, environmental studies and/or staffing services, and is used by the City to fulfill any demands on future or existing projects for technical review and California Environmental Q...

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