RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED AUTHORITY AND AMENDMENTS TO CONSULTANT AGREEMENTS WITH SOUTHSTAR ENGINEERING & CONSULTING, JM DIAZ, INC.AND MOTT MACDONALD FOR A HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT WHEREAS, the High Speed Rail (HSR) was one of the key components of the adopted American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009; and WHEREAS, in 2008, the California High Speed Rail, also known as the High Speed Train System, was approved by voters under Proposition 1A allocating almost $10 billion to HSR; and WHEREAS, the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is tasked with all planning, design, environmental impact and operational phases of the statewide rail network and Los Angeles would serve as a major terminus; and WHEREAS, the proposed segment from Los Angeles to Anaheim will be constructed along the BNSF corridor which passes through the City of Commerce; and WHEREAS, on June 21, 2016, CHSRA entered into a reimbursement agreement with the City of Commerce which was amended and expired on December 31, 2022; and WHEREAS, CHSRA is requesting execution of a new Agreement with the City effective through January 31, 2025, with a budget amount of $210,000 for costs associated with the City’s technical engineering reviews of the proposed alignment based on reimbursement; and WHEREAS, CHSRA budget also covers staff and consultant costs associated with identifying potential conflicts with the City’s infrastructure as well as any other costs and to coordinate communications with the CHSRA; and WHEREAS, the City engaged consultants Southstar Engineering & Consulting, Inc. (Southstar) to conduct environmental and engineering services, JM Diaz, Inc. for Engineering Support and Mott MacDonald, LLC to perform civil engineering design services; and WHEREAS, the Amendment to the consultant agreements with Southstar, JM Diaz, Inc, Mott MacDonald, attached herein as Exhibits B, C and D may be necessary for the continued professional services on CHRA project.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Agreement with California High Speed Rail Authority effective through January 31, 2025 with a budget amount of $210,000 attached herein as Exhibit A is hereby approved.
Section 2. Amendment 2 to the On-Call for General Civil Engineering with Southstar Engineering & Consulting, Inc. reflecting their revised Rate Sheet, attached herein as Exhibit B, is hereby approved Section 3. Amendment 4 to the On-Call for General Civil Engineering with JM Diaz, Inc. reflecting their revised Rate Sheet, attached herein as Exhibit C, is hereby approved Section 4. Amendment 4 to the On-Call for General Civil Engineering with Mott MacDonald, LLC reflecting their revised Rate Sheet, attached herein as Exhibit D, is hereby approved Section 4. The Mayor is authorized to execute the referenced Agreement and Amendments to Agreements as well as future Amendments to Agreements associated with CHSRA for and on behalf of the City of Commerce and furthermore, City Manager is authorized to execute future Amendments to Agreements associated with CHSRA.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED, this 25th day of April 2023 Hugo A. Argumedo
ATTEST:
Lena Shumway, City Clerk