RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING AN EXTENSION OF TIME
BETWEEN THE CITY AND TWENTY CONSULTANTS TO
PROVIDE ON- CALL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR CIVIL
ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION COST AUDIT, FISCAL
ANALYSIS, HOUSING, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND
PLANNING SERVICES
WHEREAS, the City has a need for on-call consultants to provide professional services to support ongoing development projects and City projects in the following professional service categories: Civil Engineering, Construction Cost Audits, Fiscal Analysis, Housing, Landscape Architecture, and Planning; and
WHEREAS, on March 12, 2021, the City issued a Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) for these on-call consultant professional services; and
WHEREAS, the City received forty (40) responses to the RFQ; and
WHEREAS, staff reviewed the submitted responses and selected a total of twenty (20) consultant firms for award in the following professional service categories: Civil Engineering – CR Associates, Inc, Ninyo & Moore, and RICK Engineering; Construction Cost Audit – Harris & Associates, Inc. and NBS; Fiscal Analysis – Economic & Planning Systems, Inc., Keyser Marston Associates, Inc., and Willdan Financial Services; Housing – Harris & Associates, Inc., Ross Financial, Michael Baker International and RSG, Inc.; Landscape Architecture – DeLorenzo International, Deneen Powell Atelier, Inc, Estrada Land Planning, Inc., KTU&A, and Spurlock Landscape Architects; and Planning – Michael Baker International, DUDEK, Eilar Associates, Inc., RECON Environmental Inc., and TRC Engineers (collectively, “Consultant Firms”); and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved a total of twenty (20 ) consultant service agreements with the Consultant Firms on November 8, 2022, via Resolution No. 2022-252; and
WHEREAS, the consultant services agreements approved November 8, 2022 contained a one year term and a not-to-exceed amount of $500,000 for each professional service category for which a consultant was selected; and
WHEREAS, payments to Consultant Firms under the agreements are paid from developer deposit accounts and not from the General Fund; and
WHEREAS, City issued a new RFQ for on -call consultant professional services in August 25, 2023 and anticipates that the process for selecting consultants will be completed in the next few months; and
WHEREAS, City has a continuing need to utilize the existing on-call Consultant Firms to provide professional services until the 2023 RFQ process is completed; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council approve an amendment to each of the existing twenty (20) consultant service agreements with Consul tant Firms to extend each agreement term through June 30, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista that it approves the amendments to the consultant service agreements approved via Resolution No. 2022 -252 between City and the Consultant Firms to extend the agreement terms through June 30, 2024, with such minor modifications as may be required or approved by the City Attorney, copies of which shall be kept on file in the Office of the City Clerk, and authorizes and directs the City Manager or designee to execute the same.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Laura C. Black, AICP Jill D.S. Maland
Director of Development Services Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak Acting City Attorney