La Mesa City Council
October 11, 2022

LA MESA CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA

A Regular Meeting

Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 6:00 p.m.

Location: City Council Chambers, 8130 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, California
Elected
Officials:

Mayor Mark Arapostathis
Vice Mayor Colin Parent
Councilmember Bill Baber
Councilmember Laura Lothian
Councilmember Jack Shu
City Treasurer Eldon Vogt
Staff: City Manager Greg Humora
City Attorney Glenn Sabine
City Clerk Megan Wiegelman
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Pages

1. CALL TO ORDER

1.1. INVOCATION - VICE MAYOR PARENT

1.2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS

3. COMMUNITY BULLETIN REPORTS

4. ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA

5. PUBLIC COMMENTS – (TOTAL TIME – 15 MINUTES)
NOTE: In accordance with state law, an item not scheduled on the agenda may be brought forward by the general public for comment; however, the City Council will not be able to discuss or take any action on the item at this meeting.

If appropriate, the item will be referred to Staff or placed on a future agenda.

6. CONFLICT DISCLOSURES

7. BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS

7.1. RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY

COMMISSION
1 Staff Reference: Ms. Wiegelman
Recommended Motion:

The Mayor to make the appointments, with the approval of the Council, and adopt Resolution confirming the appointments.

8. BOARD AND COMMISSION INTERVIEWS

8.1. INTERVIEW OF APPLICANT FOR AN UNSCHEDULED VACANCY ON

THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
6 Staff Reference: Ms. Wiegelman

9. CONSENT CALENDAR
(Items 9.1 through 9.10)
The Consent Calendar includes items considered to be routine. Unless discussion is requested by members of the Council or audience, all Consent Calendar items may be approved by one motion.

Recommended Motion:

Approve Consent Calendar Items 9.1 through 9.10.

9.1. APPROVAL OF MOTION TO WAIVE THE READING OF THE TEXT OF

ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS AT THIS MEETING
Recommended Motion:

Approve.

9.2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING HELD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
9 Recommended Motion:

Approve.

9.3. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING HELD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
11 Recommended Motion:

Approve.

9.4. RESOLUTION APPOINTING THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER

PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION
18 Staff Reference: Ms. Wiegelman
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

9.5. RESOLUTION TO APPROVE ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENTS WITH

BAKER TILLY US, LLP FOR PERMITTING PROCESS CONSULTING

SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN
21 Staff Reference: Mr. Dedmon
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

9.6. RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR BUILDING

SERVICES
30 Staff Reference: Mr. Kusiak
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolutions.
a. RESOLUTION AWARDING RFP 23-03 FOR CONSULTANT

SERVICES FOR BUILDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE

BUILDING DIVISION TO INTERWEST CONSULTING GROUP
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.
b. RESOLUTION TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR BUILDING

DIVISION PROFESSIONAL AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES
ACCOUNT BY $225,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

9.7. RATIFICATION OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD'S APPROVAL OF PROJECT 2021-43 (CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCES)
148
A PROPOSED REMODEL AND 20,182 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO

THE EXISTING SINGLE-STORY REHABILITATION CENTER TO

CREATE A TWO-STORY CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCES AT THE
SHARP GROSSMONT HOSPITAL AT 5555 GROSSMONT CENTER
DRIVE, APN 490-340-23-00 IN THE RB-G-D (RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS / GROSSMONT OVERLAY / URBAN DESIGN OVERLAY) ZONE
Staff Reference: Mr. Kusiak
Recommended Motion:

Approve.

9.8. RATIFICATION OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD'S APPROVAL OF PROJECT 2021-40 (PALM STREET VENTURES LLC)
192
A PROPOSED MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AT 4757 PALM AVENUE,
APN 494-410-24-00 IN THE CD-D (DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL /

URBAN DESIGN OVERLAY) ZONE
Staff Reference: Mr. Kusiak
Recommended Motion:

Approve.

9.9. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER NO. 1

FOR THE CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL UPGRADES PROJECT,
BID NO. 22-08, TO YUNEX, LLC
258
Staff Reference: Mr. Throne
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

9.10. RESOLUTION AWARDING RFP 23-08 AND AUTHORIZING

EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH

KTUA TO PREPARE THE CITYWIDE RECREATION AND PARKS

MASTER PLAN AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR THE

PROJECT
263
Staff Reference: Ms. Richardson
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

10. ORDINANCE: FIRST READING

10.1. 2022 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE 288

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2022 EDITION OF THE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, TITLE 24 OF THE

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, INCORPORATING THE
2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, THE 2021 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, THE
2021 UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE, AND THE 2020 NATIONAL
ELECTRICAL CODE, AND AMENDING TITLE 14 OF THE LA MESA

MUNICIPAL CODE AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT

THEREWITH
Staff Reference: Mr. Kusiak
Recommended Motion:

Approve the introduction and first reading of the Ordinance and schedule the second reading of the Ordinance and the required public hearing for Tuesday, November 22, 2022.

11. HEARING

11.1. CONSIDERATION OF PROJECT 2022-0770 (BINOTTI) 301
A REQUEST TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9190
BRIER ROAD, APN 490-402-72-00 IN THE R1S-BT (SUBURBAN

RESIDENTIAL / BRIER TRACT OVERLAY) ZONE AS A HISTORIC

LANDMARK AND TO ESTABLISH A PROPERTY PRESERVATION
(MILLS ACT) AGREEMENT FOR THE SITE
Staff Reference: Mr. Kusiak
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolutions.
a. RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE STANLEY AND VIRGINIA
SCOTT HOUSE LOCATED AT 9190 BRIER ROAD, APN 490-
402-72-00 AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.
b. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A HISTORIC

LANDMARK PROPERTY PRESERVATION AGREEMENT

WITH THE OWNERS OF THE HISTORIC LANDMARK

KNOWN AS THE STANLEY AND VIRGINIA SCOTT HOUSE
LOCATED AT 9190 BRIER ROAD, APN 490-402-72-00
Recommended Motion:

Adopt Resolution.

12. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS (3 MINUTE LIMIT)

13. AB 1234 REPORTS (GC 53232.3 (d))

14. CITY ATTORNEY REMARKS

15. ADJOURNMENT
DATE: October 11, 2022
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Megan Wiegelman, CMC, City Clerk
VIA: Greg Humora, City Manager
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION APPOINTING AND/OR REAPPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE CITY’S YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION
On September 27th, the City Council interviewed applicants who were interested in being appointed to fill vacancies on the City’s Youth Advisory Commission. At the Council meeting on October 11th, the Mayor will make the appointments with the approval of the City Council.

Attached is a brief description of the requirements, the number of openings, and the names of each applicant seeking to be appointed.

Staff recommends the City Council appoint members to fill the vacancies and adopt the attached resolution confirming the appointments.

Attachments

Youth Advisory Commission: 8 positions – two-year terms Members must be between the ages of 13 and 20 years and reside within the City of La Mesa or attend school in the City of La Mesa.

First Appointed Number of Terms
Fahim Chakibou
Mustafa Dost 04/26/2022 partial
Camille Forga
Samantha Luevano
Anthony Martinez
Grace Reagan
Elyse Wainscott

APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW IN THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE

RESOLUTION NO. 2022-

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA APPOINTING

MEMBERS TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION
___________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, terms on the City of La Mesa Youth Advisory Commission have expired; and WHEREAS, the list of persons below have been recommended to the City Council for appointment to said City of La Mesa Commission.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, that the following are hereby appointed and/or reappointed as members of the City of La Mesa Youth Advisory Commission, with their terms to commence after the oath or affirmation of allegiance for public officers or employees is executed as required by Article XX, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of California, and to expire on the dates stated below, or until their successors are appointed and qualified:

Youth Advisory Commission: 7 appointments
Mustafa Dost is reappointed for term ending September 30, 2024 Elyse Wainscott is appointed for term ending September 30, 2024 Grace Reagan is appointed for term ending September 30, 2024 Fahim Chakibou is appointed as an Alternate Member for term ending September 30, 2024
Anthony Martinez is appointed as an Alternate Member for term ending September 30, 2024
Camille Forga is appointed as an Alternate Member for term ending September 30, 2023 Samantha Luevano is appointed as an Alternate Member for term ending September 30, 2023
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 11
th day of October 2022, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, MEGAN WIEGELMAN, City Clerk of the City of La Mesa, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and exact copy of Resolution No. 2022- , duly passed and adopted by the City Council of said City on the date and by the vote therein recited.

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

DATE: October 11, 2022
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Megan Wiegelman, CMC, City Clerk
VIA: Greg Humora, City Manager
SUBJECT: INTERVIEW OF APPLICANT FOR AN UNSCHEDULED VACANCY ON

THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Attached is an application from a citizen who wishes to be considered for appointment to fill the unscheduled vacancy on the Historic Preservation Commission. The applicant has been invited to attend the meeting and make a brief three-minute presentation describing their qualifications and interest in serving on the Commission.

The applicant will be called forward for their interview by the City Clerk. After the presentation you may ask questions of the applicant, if you wish.

The appointment will be made at the City Council meeting on October 25th.

Attachments

Historic Preservation Commission: 1 position – four-year term One appointee will fill the position vacated by Tyler Rogers whose term expires June 30, 2023.

Members shall be residents of the City of La Mesa
First Appointed Number of Terms
Lori Wilcox

APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW IN THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE

1 La Mesa City Council
Minutes of a Special Meeting
Date:

Location:

September 27, 2022, 5:00 p.m.

Council Chambers and City Manager's Conference Room
City Hall, 8130 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, California

Present: Mayor Arapostathis
Vice Mayor Parent
Councilmember Lothian
Councilmember Shu

Absent: Councilmember Baber
Staff: City Manager Humora
City Attorney Sabine
City Clerk Wiegelman
This meeting was conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with Government Code Section 54953, as amended by Assembly Bill 361, in relation to the COVID-19 State of Emergency and recommended social distancing measures. _____________________________________________________________________

1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Arapostathis called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.

2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.

Mayor Arapostathis adjourned the meeting to Closed Session at 5:01 p.m.

3. CLOSED SESSION

3.1 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PURSUANT TO
GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957
Title: City Manager

2 Vice Mayor Parent arrived to the meeting at 5:11 p.m.

The meeting reconvened at 5:54 p.m. with Mayor Arapostathis, Vice Mayor Parent, Councilmember Lothian, and Councilmember Shu present and Councilmember Baber absent.

4. REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION - CITY ATTORNEY
City Attorney Sabine announced there were no reportable actions.

5. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Arapostathis adjourned the meeting at 5:54 p.m.
_________________________
City Clerk

1 La Mesa City Council
Minutes of a Regular Meeting
Date:

Location:

September 27, 2022, 6:00 pm
City Council Chambers, 8130 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, California

Present: Mayor Arapostathis
Vice Mayor Parent
Councilmember Baber
Councilmember Lothian
Councilmember Shu
Staff: City Manager Humora
Assistant City Manager Tomaino
City Attorney Sabine
City Clerk Wiegelman
This meeting was conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with Government Code Section 54953, as amended by Assembly Bill 361, in relation to the COVID-19 State of Emergency and recommended social distancing measures. _____________________________________________________________________

1. CALL TO ORDER
The City Council minutes are prepared and ordered to correspond to the City Council Agenda. Agenda Items can be taken out of order during the meeting.

The Agenda Items were considered in the order presented.

Mayor Arapostathis called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

1.1 INVOCATION - COUNCILMEMBER BABER

1.2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Sabine announced there were no reportable actions.

3. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS

2 There were no comments.

4. COMMUNITY BULLETIN REPORTS
The Mayor, Council and staff made announcements and reported on various events taking place in the City. No action was taken.

5. ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA
There were no additions or deletions to the agenda.

6. PRESENTATIONS

6.1 PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 9 THROUGH 15, 2022, AS

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
Mayor Arapostathis read the proclamation proclaiming the week of October 9 through 15, 2022, as Fire Prevention Week.

6.2 PRESENTATION OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR
Mayor Arapostathis and City Manager Humora presented Fred Juarez, Custodian, and Sheryl Sherman, Management Analyst, with Certificates of Recognition from Senator Brian Jones and the City of La Mesa Employee of the Year plaques.

The Mayor and Council expressed their appreciation for Fred Juarez and Sheryl Sherman.

7. PUBLIC COMMENTS – (TOTAL TIME – 15 MINUTES)
Steve Galbs spoke regarding the action of the San Diego Association of Governments ("SANDAG") Board of Directors to remove the road usage charge from the Regional Transportation Plan.

Wendy Mihalic spoke regarding a Climate Action Plan update process.

Antonia Lopez spoke regarding the power washing schedule for the La Mesa Village Plaza sidewalks.

Mary D. spoke regarding SANDAG's road usage charge and Councilmember Shu's comments at the September 9, 2022, SANDAG Board of Directors meeting.

8. CONFLICT DISCLOSURES
There were no conflict of interest disclosures.

9. BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS

3 9.1 RESOLUTION APPOINTING A MEMBER TO FILL A VACANCY ON

THE LA MESA COMMUNITY PARKING COMMISSION
Mayor Arapostathis nominated Scott Favero for appointment to the La Mesa Community Parking Commission.

Resolution No. 2022-102
Moved By Mayor Arapostathis
Seconded By Vice Mayor Parent
Approve the appointment of Scott Favero to the La Mesa Community Parking Commission and adopt Resolution confirming the appointment.

For (5): Mayor Arapostathis, Vice Mayor Parent, Councilmember Baber, Councilmember Lothian, and Councilmember Shu
Approved (5 to 0)

10. BOARD AND COMMISSION INTERVIEWS

10.1 ANNUAL INTERVIEW OF APPLICANTS FOR OPENINGS ON THE

YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION
City Clerk Wiegelman briefly explained the interview process. City Clerk Wiegelman stated that Samantha Luevano had sent their regrets that they would not be able to attend the meeting due to a prior commitment but had expressed their interest in being considered for appointment.

The following applicants spoke regarding their qualifications and interest in being appointed or reappointed to the Youth Advisory Commission:

Fahim Chakibou
Mustafa Dost
Anthony Martinez
Grace Reagan
Elyse Wainscott
City Clerk Wiegelman said the appointments would be made at the October 11th Council meeting.

Following the interviews, no action was taken.

4 11. CONSENT CALENDAR
(Items 11.1 through 11.10)
Councilmember Baber inquired about Item 11.5 regarding the proposed amendments to the body and appendix of the City's Amended Local Conflict of Interest Code.

City Clerk Wiegelman responded to Councilmember Baber's questions.

Moved By Councilmember Baber
Seconded By Mayor Arapostathis
Approve Consent Calendar Items 11.1 through 11.10.

For (5): Mayor Arapostathis, Vice Mayor Parent, Councilmember Baber, Councilmember Lothian, and Councilmember Shu
Approved (5 to 0)

11.1 APPROVAL OF MOTION TO WAIVE THE READING OF THE TEXT OF

ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS AT THIS MEETING
Approve.

11.2 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING HELD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Approve.

11.3 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING HELD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Approve.

11.4 RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT
CODE SECTION 54953, AS AMENDED BY ASSEMBLY BILL 361, AND

RE-AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED USE OF VIRTUAL AND/OR

HYBRID MEETINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES BEGINNING
OCTOBER 1, 2022 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2022
Resolution No. 2022-103
Adopt Resolution.

11.5 RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE

BODY AND APPENDIX OF THE CITY'S AMENDED LOCAL CONFLICT

OF INTEREST CODE

5 Resolution No. 2022-104
Adopt Resolution.

11.6 PROPOSED LEASE AMENDMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES

POSTAL SERVICE

RESOLUTION APPROVING A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA MESA AND THE UNITED
STATES POSTAL SERVICE FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8064

ALLISON AVENUE AND APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUND

RESERVES TO FUND BROKERAGE COMMISSION FEES RELATED

TO THE LEASE AMENDMENT
Resolution No. 2022-105
Adopt Resolution.

11.7 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF

UNDERSTANDING FOR CENTRAL ZONE JOINT EMERGENCY

RESPONSES FOR FIRE AND RESCUE RESOURCES
Resolution No. 2022-106
Adopt Resolution.

11.8 2022-2023 SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM GRANT

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE AND

APPROPRIATION OF A GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF

TRAFFIC SAFETY TO CONDUCT A LOCAL TRAFFIC SAFETY, DUI

ENFORCEMENT AND AWARENESS PROGRAM BY APPROVING THE
ADDITION OF THE GRANT FUNDS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 BUDGET
Resolution No. 2022-107
Adopt Resolution.

11.9 RESOLUTION AMENDING SECTION 12.44.130 OF THE LA MESA

MUNICIPAL CODE INSTALLING A DISABLED PERSONS PARKING
SPACE AT 4817 71ST STREET
Resolution No. 2022-108

6 Adopt Resolution.

11.10 RESOLUTION AMENDING SECTION 12.52.050 OF THE LA MESA

MUNICIPAL CODE LIMITING THE GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT OF A

PORTION OF SENECA PLACE BETWEEN JESSIE AVENUE AND

POMONA AVENUE TO THREE TONS
Resolution No. 2022-109
Adopt Resolution.

12. STAFF REPORT

12.1 CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION APPROVING PHASE 3

EXPENDITURE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AD-HOC SUBCOMMITTEE
Assistant City Manager Tomaino provided a PowerPoint presentation on the proposed Phase 3 allocations for the American Rescue Plan Act ("ARPA") funds, highlighting the allocation dates and amounts, the eligibility categories, and the Ad Hoc Subcommittee's priority categories.

Assistant City Manager Tomaino summarized the Phase 1 and Phase 2 expenditures and reviewed the proposed ARPA Phase 3 expenditures and programs which included a Litter Removal Program, Façade and Property Improvement Grant, municipal recovery, and Boulevard Drive and 69th Street Capital Improvement Project.

Council questions and comments ensued.

Craig Maxwell spoke in support of the proposed Façade and Property Improvement Grant Program.

Ned Swanson spoke regarding the guidelines of the proposed Façade and Property Improvement Grant Program.

Resolution No. 2022-110
Moved By Councilmember Shu
Seconded By Councilmember Lothian
(1) Adopt Resolution approving Phase 3 expenditure recommendations from the City Council American Rescue Plan Act Ad Hoc Subcommittee.

The Phase 3 expenditure recommendations were as follows: (a) $100,000 for a Citywide Litter Removal Program; (b) $500,000 for a Commercial Façade and Property Improvement Grant Program; (c) $2,900,000 for recovery of City revenue losses; and (d) $2,000,000 for the Boulevard Drive and 69th Street Storm Drain Infrastructure Capital Improvement

7 Project; (2) Approve the proposed Commercial Façade and Property Improvement Program Guidelines substantially in the form included in the staff report as Attachment B; and (3) Authorize staff to issue a Request for Proposals for a Citywide Litter Removal Program.

For (5): Mayor Arapostathis, Vice Mayor Parent, Councilmember Baber, Councilmember Lothian, and Councilmember Shu
Approved (5 to 0)

13. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS (3 MINUTE LIMIT)
The Mayor and Council reported on various outside boards, commissions and committee meetings they attended. No action was taken.

14. AB 1234 REPORTS (GC 53232.3 (d))
There were no reports.

15. CITY ATTORNEY REMARKS
There were no remarks.

16. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Arapostathis adjourned the meeting at 7:04 p.m.
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City Clerk

DATE: October 11, 2022
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Megan Wiegelman, CMC, City Clerk
VIA: Greg Humora, City Manager
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION APPOINTING THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

COMMISSION
The City was notified by San Diego Community Power (“SDCP”) that Jen Lebron, Director of Public Affairs, and Victoria Abrenica, Public Outreach Associate, have been selected to replace Sebastian Sarria, Policy Manager, and Nelson Lomeli, Program Manager, as the SDCP primary and alternate representatives on the Environmental Sustainability Commission. This change only requires ratification from the Council.

Staff recommends the City Council approve the appointments and adopt the attached Resolution.

Attachment: A. Resolution
B. SDCP Nomination Letter

RESOLUTION NO. 2022-

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA APPOINTING

THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

COMMISSION
___________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, on March 23, 2021, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2021-2884 adding a San Diego Community Power (“SDCP”) representative as a non-voting member of the La Mesa Environmental Sustainability Commission; and
WHEREAS, the SDCP Board of Directors has recommended the persons below to the City Council for appointment to the La Mesa Environmental Sustainability Commission.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, that the following are hereby appointed as members of the City of La Mesa Environmental Sustainability Commission, with their terms to commence after the oath or affirmation of allegiance for public officers or employees is executed as required by Article XX, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of California, and to expire when their successors are appointed and qualified:

Environmental Sustainability Commission:

Jen Lebron is appointed as the SDCP primary representative Victoria Abrenica is appointed as the SDCP alternate representative PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 11
th day of October 2022, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, MEGAN WIEGELMAN, City Clerk of the City of La Mesa, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and exact copy of Resolution No. 2022- , duly passed and adopted by the City Council of said City on the date and by the vote therein recited.

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

815 E Street, Suite 12716
San Diego, CA 92112
sdcommunitypower.org
September 22, 2022
City of La Mesa
Mayor and City Council
8130 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, CA 91942
RE: SDCP Representative and Alternate to the Environmental Sustainability Commission
Dear Mayor and City Council,
On behalf of the San Diego Community Power (SDCP) Board of Directors, Jen Lebron, Director of Public Affairs, and Victoria Abrenica, Public Outreach Associate, have been appointed to the La Mesa Environmental Sustainability Commission as SDCP’s primary and alternate representatives, respectively. They will replace Sebastian Sarria, Policy Manager, and Nelson Lomeli, Program Manager, who were previously appointed in April of 2021.

Sincerely,
Karin Burns
Chief Executive Officer

REPORT to the MAYOR and MEMBERS of the CITY COUNCIL
From the CITY MANAGER
DATE: October 11, 2022
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION TO APPROVE ASSIGNMENT

AGREEMENTS WITH BAKER TILLY US, LLP FOR

PERMITTING PROCESS CONSULTING SERVICES

AND DEVELOPMENT OF A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC
PLAN
ISSUING DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
SUMMARY:

Issue:

Should the City Council adopt a Resolution approving Assignment Agreements with Baker Tilly US, LLP for permitting process consultant services and development of a five-year strategic plan?
Recommendation:

Staff recommends the City Council adopted a Resolution approving Assignment Agreements with Baker Tilly US, LLP for permitting process consultant services and development of a five-year strategic plan.

Fiscal Impact:

There is no fiscal impact associated with the staff recommendation. Terms of the Agreements including pricing remain the same with the approval of the Assignment Agreements.

BACKGROUND:

In 2022, the City entered into two separate agreements with Management Partners, Inc. (“Management Partners”) for permitting process consultant services and for the development of a five-year strategic plan. The Agreement for permitting process consultant services is in support of the City’s Community Development Department to

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continue working on process improvements as the department rolls out new permitting software to streamline the application review process. The Agreement with Management Partners for the development of a five-year strategic plan is an effort to update the City’s current strategic plan to set a course of action for the next five years to align policy priorities with public resources while creating measurable outcomes to track progress. The new strategic plan process includes City Council feedback, community engagement, and buy-in from City staff to achieve its objectives.

DISCUSSION:

On August 29, 2022, the City received a letter from Management Partners notifying the City that their legal entity name will change to Baker Tilly US, LLP effective October 1, 2022. To assign all rights and obligations of the Agreements from Management Partners to Baker Tilly Us, LLP, approval of two Assignment Agreements is necessary.

The Assignment Agreements do not modify terms or pricing and all other obligations contained in the Agreements remain in full force and effect.

CONCLUSION:

Staff recommends the City Council adopt a Resolution approving Assignment Agreements with Baker Tilly US, LLP for permitting process consultant services and development of a five-year strategic plan.

Reviewed by: Respectfully submitted:
____________________
Greg Humora
City Manager
____________________________
Lyn Dedmon
Assistant to the City Manager
Attachment A – Resolution
Attachment B – Assignment Agreement for Permitting Process Consulting Services Attachment C – Assignment Agreement for Development of a Five-Year Strategic Plan Attachment D – Letter from Management Partners

RESOLUTION NO. 2022-____

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA TO

APPROVE ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENTS WITH BAKER TILLY US, LLP FOR

PERMITTING PROCESS CONSULTING SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A

FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN
________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, the City and Management Partners, Inc. (“Contractor”) entered into an Agreement for permitting process consulting services and an agreement for the development of a five-year strategic plan (the “Agreements”);
WHEREAS, the Contractor has changed its legal entity name to Baker Tilly US, LLP and now desires to assign all rights and obligations in their entirety pursuant to the Agreements to the same; and
WHEREAS, City desires to consent to said assignment.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, that the City Council approves the assignment of the Agreements due to the change in legal entity name.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 11th day of October 2022, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, MEGAN WIEGELMAN, City Clerk of the City of La Mesa, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and exact copy of Resolution No. 2022- , duly passed and adopted by the City Council of said City on the date and by the vote therein recited.

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF LA MESA,
MANAGEMENT PARTNERS, INC., AND BAKER TILLY US, LLP FOR

PERMITTING PROCESS CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY OF LA MESA

1.1 The City and Contractor entered into an agreement for permitting process consultant services for the Community Development Department at the City of La Mesa dated June 3, 2022, the (“Agreement”).

1.2 Section 16 of the Agreement contains an “assignability” clause authorizing an assignment by the Contractor with the express written consent of the City.

1.3 The Contractor is planning to combine with Baker Tilly US, LLP in a transaction that is expected to close on or about October 1, 2022 (“Transaction”), and subject to, conditioned upon, and effective upon the closing of the Transaction, Contractor now desires to assign all rights and obligations in their entirety pursuant to the Agreement to Assignee.

1.4 City desires to consent to the same.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED by and between the parties that subject to, conditioned upon, and effective upon the closing of the Transaction:

Section 1. All rights and obligations of Contractor in their entirety contained in the Agreement are hereby assigned to Baker Tilly US, LLP and by City’s signature affected hereto, City hereby accepts said assignment pursuant to Section 16 of the Agreement.

Section 2. All other rights and obligations contained in the Agreement other than that specified in this Assignment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be effective and be binding exclusively between the City and Assignee. In the event the Transaction does not close, this Assignment Agreement is null and void.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Assignment Agreement as of the date first above written.
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THIS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT executed this __ day of , 2022, by and between the City of La Mesa, a municipal corporation, "the City", Management Partners, Inc. ("Contractor") and Baker Tilly US, LLP (“Assignee”).

1. RECITALS:

Management Partners, Inc.

By:_
Baker Tilly US
A Limited Liability Partnership
Date: By:

CITY OF LA MESA,
A Municipal Corporation
Date: By:

Mark Arapostathis, Mayor
Date: Attest:

Megan Wiegelman, City Clerk
Date: By:

Greg Humora, City Manager

APPROVED AS TO FORM

CITY ATTORNEY
Attachment A: Agreement with Management Partners - Permit Processing Consultant Services
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Vicki Hellenbrand, Managing Partner

ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF LA MESA,
MANAGEMENT PARTNERS, INC., AND BAKER TILLY US, LLP FOR THE

DEVELOPMENT OF A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN

1.1 The City and Contractor entered into an agreement for the development of a five-year Strategic Plan dated March 22, 2022, the (“Agreement”).

1.2 Section 16 of the Agreement contains an “assignability” clause authorizing an assignment by the Contractor with the express written consent of the City.

1.3 The Contractor is planning to combine with Baker Tilly US, LLP in a transaction that is expected to close on or about October 1, 2022 (“Transaction”), and subject to, conditioned upon, and effective upon the closing of the Transaction, Contractor now desires to assign all rights and obligations in their entirety pursuant to the Agreement to Assignee.

1.4 City desires to consent to the same.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED by and between the parties that subject to, conditioned upon, and effective upon the closing of the Transaction:

Section 1. All rights and obligations of Contractor in their entirety contained in the Agreement are hereby assigned to Baker Tilly US, LLP and by City’s signature affected hereto, City hereby accepts said assignment pursuant to Section 16 of the Agreement.

Section 2. All other rights and obligations contained in the Agreement other than that specified in this Assignment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be effective and be binding exclusively between the City and Assignee. In the event the Transaction does not close, this Assignment Agreement is null and void.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Assignment Agreement as of the date first above written.
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THIS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT executed this day of ___________ , 2022, by and between the City of La Mesa, a municipal corporation, "the City", Management Partners, Inc. ("Contractor") and Baker Tilly US, LLP (“Assignee”).

1. RECITALS:

Management Partners, Inc.

By:_
Baker Tilly US
A Limited Liability Partnership
Date: By:

CITY OF LA MESA,
A Municipal Corporation
Date: By:

Mark Arapostathis, Mayor
Date: Attest:

Megan Wiegelman, City Clerk
Date: By:

Greg Humora, City Manager

APPROVED AS TO FORM

CITY ATTORNEY
Attachment A: Agreement with Management Partners – Strategic Plan



-HUU\1HZIDUPHU3UHVLGHQWDQG&(2
Vicki Hellenbrand, Managing Partner

REPORT to the MAYOR and MEMBERS of the CITY COUNCIL
From the CITY MANAGER
DATE: October 11, 2022
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION TO AWARD RFP 23-03 FOR

CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR BUILDING SERVICES

TO INTERWEST CONSULTING GROUP AND

RESOLUTION TO INCREASE THE BUILDING

DIVISION PROFESSIONAL AND SPECIALIZED
SERVICES ACCOUNT BY $225,000 FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2022-2023
ISSUING DEPARTMENT: Community Development
SUMMARY:

Issues:

1. Should the City Council adopt a resolution to award RFP 23-03 for Consultant Services for Building Services to Interwest Consulting Group?

2. Should the City Council adopt a resolution to increase the Building Division Professional and Specialized Services account by $225,000 for Fiscal Year 2022-2023?
Recommendation:

1. Adopt a resolution (Attachment A) to award RFP 23-03 for Consultant Services for Building Services to Interwest Consulting Group

2. Adopt a resolution (Attachment B) to increase the Building Division Professional and Specialized Services account by $225,000 for Fiscal Year 2022-2023

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Fiscal Impact:

The increase in budgeted funds is requested to be appropriated from General Fund reserves. The increase in expenditures will be directly offset by building permit and plan check revenues.

The procurement of consultant services for the Building Division is anticipated in the Building Division budget. With the requested increase, funds in the amount of $350,000 will be available from Building Division Professional and Specialized Services account 2301-6430. Expenses incurred are recovered through building permit and inspection fees.

City’s Strategic Goals:
 Maintain a financially sound and affordable city government  Continue to improve high quality municipal services
 Ensure safe and affordable homes for La Mesa's current and future residents
BACKGROUND:

The City has seen an upward trend in building permit activity in the past several years, in particular and most recently apartment and accessory dwelling unit (ADU) activity, and expects this trend to continue. Building permit applications require qualified staff to be available to complete plan checks and inspections in a timely manner. Flexible contract building services allow the City the ability to provide a consistent level of service to building permit applicants as building permit activity ebbs and flows.

The City periodically conducts Requests for Proposals (RFP) to identify qualified professional service providers to ensure that the City retains the most qualified providers at a reasonable cost. Staff initiated the process for RFP 23-03 (Attachment C) in June 2022 to obtain consultant services to support the Building Division. The City received proposals from four qualified firms and interviewed the two firms scoring highest upon review of the proposals received. City Manager Greg Humora, Director of Public Works Michael Throne, Director of Community Development Kerry Kusiak reviewed the proposals and conducted the interviews.

Similar to Fiscal Year 2021-2022, the high pace of building plan review and permit activity expected in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 is anticipated to outpace the amounts initially budgeted for this activity. In both fiscal years, the initial budget amount was $325,000 to support the Building Division consultant services. In Fiscal Year 2021-2022, the City Council approved an additional $200,000 for this purpose, for a total of $525,000.

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Revenues in Fiscal Year 2021-2022 from building plan review and inspection activities amounted to approximately 175% of the amount initially anticipated. The current pace and trend in building plan review and permit activity is expected to similar throughout Fiscal Year 2022-2023.

DISCUSSION:

After careful consideration of the proposals received and the interviews conducted, staff determined that Interwest Consulting Group would best serve the City in support of Building Division services. Interwest is a municipal consulting firm offering a broad range of building and safety, planning, engineering, and other professional services. With nearly 20 years of experience in the California market and the extended capabilities of their parent company, SAFEbuilt, they support a wide variety of jurisdictions with a high level of service, expertise, and resources.

Additionally, Interwest encompasses EsGil Corporation, which had provided a similarly high level of service in the same fields to jurisdictions in the San Diego area and beyond, including the City of La Mesa, for over 40 years. The local office includes 22 plan checkers and 14 inspectors to serve the San Diego area. Specific staff would be assigned to La Mesa and Interwest has the ability to draw on resources from the region, state, and even nationally should the need arise.

SAFEbuilt and Interwest have strong internal training programs including an online training academy that City staff would be able to access. Interwest’s proposal is attached hereto as Attachment D.

To maintain the consultant service support for the Building Division needed for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2022-23, staff requests an additional $225,000 be appropriated from the General Fund, increasing the annual budget amount in the Building Division Professional and Specialized Services account for this purpose from $325,000 to $550,000. The building services provided by the City’s consultant are directly supported by fees collected for building plan check, permit, and inspection, and the expenditure of the increased budgeted funds will be directly offset by revenue from these fees.

CONCLUSION:

Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Adopt a resolution (Attachment A) to award RFP 23-03 for Consultant Services for Building Services to Interwest Consulting Group

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2. Adopt a resolution (Attachment B) to increase the Building Division Professional Services account by $225,000 for Fiscal Year 2022-2023
Reviewed by: Respectfully submitted by:
____________________ ____________________________
Greg Humora Kerry Kusiak
City Manager Director of Community Development
Attachments:

A. Resolution to award RFP 23-03 for Consultant Services for Building Services to Interwest Consulting Group
B. Resolution to increase the Building Division Professional Services account by $225,000 for Fiscal Year 2022-2023
C. RFP 23-03 Consultant Services for Building Services
D. Proposal received from Interwest Consulting Group in response to RFP 23-03

RESOLUTION NO. 2022-_____

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA AWARDING RFP 23-03 FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR BUILDING SERVICES TO

SUPPORT THE BUILDING DIVISION TO INTERWEST CONSULTING GROUP ________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, one of the City of La Mesa's strategic goals is to continue providing high quality municipal services;
WHEREAS, the City has a need for professional building division services in keeping with this goal;
WHEREAS, the current agreement with Bureau Veritas for consultant services to support the Building Division expires December 31, 2022, or upon the City entering a new agreement for such services;
WHEREAS, the City periodically conducts Requests for Proposals (RFP) to identify qualified professional service providers to ensure that the City retains the most qualified providers at a reasonable cost;
WHEREAS, the City issued RFP 23-03 for consultant services to support the Building Division on June 9, 2022;
WHEREAS, the City received proposals from four qualified firms and interviewed the top two firms scoring highest upon review of the proposals received; WHEREAS, staff consisting of the City Manager, the Director of Public Works, and the Director of Community Development reviewed the proposals received and conducted the interviews and determined that Interwest Consulting Group would best serve the City in support of the Building Division; and
WHEREAS, the initial term of the agreement would be from December 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 with an option for the City Manager to extend the agreement for four additional one-year terms.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, that RFP 23-03 for consultant services to support the Building Division is awarded to Interwest Consulting Group and the Mayor is hereby authorized and instructed to execute a Standard Agreement for Professional Services between the City of La Mesa and Intetwest Consulting Group for consultant services to support the building division for the period from December 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, and for an amount not to exceed $350,000.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 11
th day of October 2022, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, MEGAN WIEGELMAN, City Clerk of the City of La Mesa, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and exact copy of Resolution No. 2022-____, duly passed and adopted by the City Council of said City on the date and by the vote therein recited.

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, City Clerk
(SEAL OF CITY)

RESOLUTION NO. 2022-

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA MESA TO

INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR BUILDING DIVISION PROFESSIONAL AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES ACCOUNT BY $225,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022- 2023
WHEREAS, one of the City of La Mesa’s strategic goals is to continue to provide high quality municipal services;
WHEREAS, the City has a need for professional building services in keeping with this goal;
WHEREAS, the Building Division Professional and Specialized Services account (2301- 6430) budgeted amount of $358,200 includes $325,000 for the purpose of providing professional building division services in Fiscal Year 2022-2023;
WHEREAS, the City continues to see a high level of private development and building permit applications, with associated revenues and expenditures exceeding anticipated levels; WHEREAS, the City desires to continue to utilize professional building division services to provide Building Division staff support to ensure that the level of service provided to applicants does not diminish;
WHEREAS, the costs incurred by the City in utilizing professional building division services are directly offset by building permit and plan check revenues; and WHEREAS, the Building Division Professional and Specialized Services account (2301- 6430) needs to be increased by $225,000 to maintain the Building Division support needed for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2022-2023, for a total of $583,200 for the Fiscal Year.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, that:
$225,000 is appropriated from General Fund Unappropriated Reserves to increase the budgeted amount for the Building Division Professional and Specialized Services account (2301-6430) for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 to $583,200.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La Mesa, California, held the 11
th day of October 2022, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk of the City of La Mesa, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be true and exact copy of Resolution No. 2022- , duly passed and adopted by the City Council of said City on the date and by the vote therein recited.

MEGAN WIEGELMAN, CMC, City Clerk
(SEAL OF C!TY)

1 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
RFP 23-03

CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR BUILDING SERVICES

IN THE CITY OF LA MESA
June 9, 2022
City of La Mesa
City Manager’s Office
8130 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, CA 91942

2 SECTION 1

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
A. INVITATION
The City is soliciting qualification proposals from professional firms experienced and qualified to perform building and safety services (“Building Services”) in the City of La Mesa. This Request for Proposals (RFP) describes the project, the scope of required services, the proposal submittal requirements, and the selection process.

This request is for consultant services for the performance of Building Services in the City of La Mesa. The chosen firm will be required to enter into a professional service agreement with the City that includes the scope of service in this RFP. The agreement would be for a term of one (1) year, with the option of up to four (4) one-year extensions at the option of the City. The Community Development Department will facilitate the agreement over the term of the contract.

Interested and qualified firms who have demonstrated the ability at providing comparable services are invited to submit proposals. Qualified firms are invited to submit an online proposal to the City no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2022.

B. BACKGROUND OF THE CITY OF LA MESA
The City of La Mesa was incorporated in 1912. The City is nine square miles in size and its approximate population is 59,966. La Mesa is a full-service City, employing approximately 270 full-time employees. The City includes fifteen parks, a community center, a police station, and award-winning K-12 schools. La Mesa has a healthy business environment with a regional mall, Grossmont Center, containing a wide variety of shopping, entertainment, and restaurants. The City also has the only major hospital in eastern San Diego County, Sharp-Grossmont hospital. La Mesa is a General Law City with a Council-Manager form of government. The City Council is responsible for determining policy while the City Manager ensures that such policy is implemented. In addition to the City Manager’s Office, the City has six operating departments: Finance, Community Development, Community Services, Police, Fire, and Public Works/Engineering.

C. PROJECT OVERVIEW
The City of La Mesa (“City”) is seeking qualified consulting professionals (Consultant) to perform Building Services, including administration, permit issuance, plan check, inspections, public counter services, and as-needed support for Code Compliance related to Building Code issues. The City seeks a highly-motivated Consultant with a

3 customer-service focus that will work in partnership with residents, businesses, and across City departments. Furthermore, the City seeks a Consultant that will support staff’s effort to reduce the amount of time required to review plans, provide comments to applicants, and issue permits.

4 SECTION 2

SCOPE OF WORK
A. SCOPE OF REQUIRED SERVICES
The chosen firm (“Consultant”) is required to meet the following requirements as outlined in this Scope of Work. Proposals shall demonstrate Consultant’s experience and ability to perform Building Services, including administration, permit issuance, plan check, inspections, public counter services, and as-needed support for Code Compliance. The chosen Consultant must have the knowledge, expertise, staff, and availability to perform all the work as specified within this RFP.

The following Scope of Work represents the services and responsibilities the successful Consultant will be expected to provide and perform. The City is committed to selecting an excellent firm that will produce a high-quality work product and deliver a high level of customer service. Should the use of sub‐consultants be proposed by the proposing firm, they shall be clearly identified and included as part of the proposal in response to this RFP.

The City may utilize the Consultant for all Building Services, or may engage the Consultant for a portion of the Building Services. Responses to this RFP are expected to include proposals as follows:

1. Full-service Building Services as listed herein, including but not limited to administration, permit issuance, plan check, inspections, and public counter services;

2. Full-service Building Services as listed herein, including but not limited to administration, permit issuance, limited plan check, inspections, and public counter services, with City staff participating in public counter, building plan check and inspection services. City staff would consist of one permit technician and two inspectors;

3. Building plan check and inspection services only;

4. Building plan check service only; and

5. Building inspection services only

GENERAL SERVICES
 Managing/coordinating review of plans (for permits to be issued by the Building Division) by other Departments/Divisions, including routing of plans for plan checking (as appropriate, on a case-by-case basis), transmitting comments to permit applicants, and maintaining records of plan check comments;  Plan checking services for erosion control, building (architectural and structural), electrical, mechanical and plumbing work;
 Permit issuance for building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing work;  Inspection services for erosion control, building, electrical, mechanical and

5 plumbing work, including all work requiring a permit issued by the Building Division, as well as walls/fences, signs, parking lot striping, and other improvements shown on approved plans. Inspectors will be required to verify consistency between approved plans and as-built projects as a standard practice with all inspections, and to report any significant deviations to the Director or her/his designee prior to final of permits;
 Resolution of complex Building Code issues including recommendations of code refinements;
 Assistance to the public at the counter within City Hall and via phone and e-mail regarding City processes and code/permit requirements. Intake of plans for review;
 Review of conceptual plans for development proposals and preparation of plan review memoranda identifying significant code compliance deficiencies that may impact the project design and/or feasibility;
 Coordination/cooperation with, and Consultant to, Planning, Code Enforcement, Public Works and other City staff regarding building, plumbing, mechanical, electrical codes, permitting requirements, permit/project/inspection status, and other related matters;
 Coordination with Planning, Code Enforcement, Public Works and other City staff on all requirements for permit issuance including compliance with conditions of approval;
 Required use of the City’s permitting software to track all building and safety services based on City-established plan submittal and review, permit issuance, inspection, and record management processes;
 Provide assigned personnel with all materials, resources and training necessary to conduct plan reviews, including a current copy of the applicable City amendments, policies, procedures and forms; and
 Provide building inspectors with City-approved mobile devices and mobile data plans compatible to the City’s permitting and land management system.

BUILDING PLAN CHECK SERVICES
 Perform architectural, structural, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and fire code plan check review for buildings and structures for compliance with applicable Federal and State laws, building and safety codes, City ordinances, and acceptable engineering practices;
 Type of proposed plan check work may include new construction (residential, commercial, or industrial), remodel, additions, green building, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) and public nuisance abatement; Fire Code and Floodplain (FEMA) related plan check and inspections services;
 Confirm building use, occupancy, and type of construction, and review construction of buildings and structures to determine satisfaction of safety requirements;
 Check for compliance with all applicable codes adopted by the City, including, but not limited to: Uniform Housing Code, California Building, Mechanical,

6 Plumbing, and Electrical Codes, Uniform Swimming Pool Code, Uniform Solar Energy Code, and Sign, Tent, and Relocated Building Codes and any applicable adopted local amendment, State of California codes or regulations;  Review and approve building/structural revisions to plans required during construction;
 Calculate building permit and plan check fees, and review permit issuance;  Provide problem solving methods for unique or challenging plan check or code interpretation issues;
 Interface with applicants and City staff;
 Provide trained staff familiar with sustainable building and Green Building concepts such as those supported by LEED, California Association of Building Energy Consultants (CABEC), Residential Energy Services Network (RESnet), U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and National Pollution Discharge and Elimination System Permit (NPDES);
 Review and provide plan check comments digitally using City utilized software as primary means of communicating corrections to applicants;  Use of City-utilized software for permit tracking, plan check routing, and inspections. The City will provide user logins;
 Coordinate building permit requirements and interface with City Departments and other agencies, including but not limited to Community Development, Public Works, Heartland Fire Department, and the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health; and
 Provide expedited plan check for certain projects types, such as Accessory Dwelling Units, and when requested by the City.

BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICES
 Provide ICC-certified (preferred) Building Inspectors fully trained/ certified/qualified for all construction regulated by all applicable Federal, State and City building and safety codes/ordinances, floodplain (FIRM/FEMA) design standards, and NPDES requirements;
 Provide building inspection services for both residential and non-residential projects five (5) days a week (City-designated holidays excluded);  Ability to serve as a resource and provide information on City regulations to property owners, residents, businesses, the general public and other City departments;
 Inspect buildings and structures, for which building permits have been issued, for compliance with the approved plans and applicable codes and ordinances;  Inspect for compliance with applicable conditions of approval set forth by the City's Community Development Department, Design Review Board, Planning Commission, and/or City Council, and communicate with City staff as appropriate;
 Coordinate with various City and County agencies and departments, including but not limited to Community Development, Public Works, Heartland Fire Department, San Diego County Department of Environmental Health, and other governmental agencies providing services, and/or having jurisdiction over any

7 aspect of a development project in order to obtain compliance with the above building and safety codes and regulations;
 During inspections, issue work correction notices; it is expected, that in the event an inspection finds violations in code requirements and/or permit conditions of approval, the Inspector immediately contact the City’s Code Compliance Officer and document accordingly in City-utilized permitting software;  Provide all vehicles, fuel, maintenance, cell phones and iPads (or substantially similar tablet), and other equipment necessary for field personnel to carry out building permit inspections and duties;
 Provide special inspections by qualified inspectors and conduct investigations as directed by the City, including field and office research and the preparation of letters and/or documents; and
 Input daily inspection information into the City’s permitting software system. The City will provide user logins.

BUILDING COUNTER OPERATIONS
 Ability to provide public counter service at the La Mesa City Hall during all hours that City Hall is open, Monday through Friday with alternate dark Fridays (excluding City-designated holidays);
 Answering technical questions of the public and City staff, and providing helpful information on permit processing, fees, plan check, inspections, and general Code inquiries. Counter service staff are expected to provide prompt and timely responses to the public;
 Receive, process, and issue building permits, plan checks, and coordinate the plan check and inspection process, including the tracking, routing and storage of building plans and the filing of building permit applications. Input information into City’s permitting software system including fees;
 Ability to accept building permit applications and materials digitally using the City’s permitting software system;
 Monitor and track the status of building permit applications and plan checks for expiration and develop a process to notify applicants prior to the expiration of their building permits;
 Keep daily logs of building permit and inspection activities. Submit monthly, quarterly and annual reports of Consultant’s activities to the City. The reports shall include, but not be limited to, the fees collected, reporting on SMIP allocations, the staffing levels provided, the staff hours expended, the number of permits issued, the number of inspections (by type) made, and other financial, operational, and statistical information pertinent to the Building Plan Check and Inspection services process;
 Identify and collect all required fees for building permit applications and other Building Services. Input information into the City’s permitting software system.

Facilitate the collection of fees from other department and/or agencies that are due (as applicable) and payable prior to or concurrent with the issuance of a building permit. Establish, maintain and update all forms in compliance City requirements, regulations, adopted standards, State or other laws and

8 ordinances necessary for the operation of the Building Division, including "hand‐ out" sheets which explain building permit application processing procedures;  Collect construction and demolition deposit prior to building permit issuance and ensure construction and demolition recycling requirements are met prior to final inspection;
 The City will provide shared office space and limited equipment such as a desk, office supplies, desktop computer and telephone to be used when performing contractual services onsite at the City. Space is also available at the City Hall public counter for daily Counter Service use. Any equipment outside of what is explicitly provided will be the responsibility of the selected firm unless otherwise agreed upon by the City to provide;
 All approval stamps, applications, forms and other documents used in providing Building Contractual services provided by the Consultant for the City shall include identification indicating that the approval stamps, applications, and documents are from the City. All of the stamps, applications, forms, and other documents or supplies shall be the property of the City; (Costs for the provision of these processing tools and supplies shall be the responsibility of the City); and
 Respond to Public Records Requests within timelines established by the Public Records Act.

SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION
 The City is undertaking a process review to identify opportunities to streamline review and approval processes. The selected Consultant may be asked to participate in this process or implement new directives resulting from this process.

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT REVIEW
 Provide assistance with the configuration, implementation, and on-going support of the City’s permitting software system, including online electronic permitting and plan check; and
 Provide ongoing training available for consulting staff and City staff for full compliance with current building code standards, online software updates, and related issues.

PERMITTING SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC PLAN REVIEW:

The City currently uses MaintStar, a cloud-based permitting software program with an online customer portal and embedded electronic plan review. Maintstar provides functionality for multiple City departments and divisions, including the Building Division, for tracking and managing project reviews, plan check submittal, permit issuance, inspection activity, and electronic plan review. Customers can make online project submittals and manager their projects through the customer portal.

9 The Building Consultant will be required to use Maintstar to track all building and safety services based upon City-established plan submittal and review, permit issuance, inspection, and record management processes. The Consultant shall also assist City staff/consultant, as requested, with Maintstar permit, inspection, and fee configuration to support Building Division operations.

Consultant will be required to use MaintStar electronic plan checking services and shall assist with the ongoing development of policies and procedures for electronic plan checking. Plan checkers assigned to the City shall be proficient in the use of MaintStar electronic plan review software as necessary to accommodate the public demand for electronic plan checking in accordance with maximum service delivery timeframes stated herein.

MOBILE DEVICES
The Consultant will be required to furnish its Building Inspectors with City-approved mobile devices with mobile data plans compatible with the City’s permitting and land management system, and to pay the annual software licensing and support fees for the mobile portion of the software. The Consultant will also be responsible for the ongoing maintenance and replacement of the mobile devices if damaged or at “end-of-life.” The Consultant’s mobile device “end-of-life” shall be aligned to the City’s IT equipment and device replacement standards, which most of the City’s end-user IT equipment is placed and refreshed every 3-4 years after purchase.

HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND INSPECTION
Due to the location of new residential construction in the City’s hillside areas, the City anticipates plan check, permitting, and inspection activity relating to hillside grading, mechanically-stabilized earth (MSE) retaining walls, other soil retaining systems, and drainage. Responsibilities include grading plan check, permitting, and inspections for grading and drainage as well as reviewing soils reports, foundations, and retaining walls.

The Building consultant is required to have access to licensed professionals, wellversed in the field of geotechnical issues, to provide plan checking of retaining walls and review of geotechnical reports, as well as any special inspections that may be needed.

It is expected that these professionals will coordinate with Public Works Department staff on an as-needed basis with regard to geotechnical matters.

STAFF SUPPORT POSITIONS
The City has identified support positions that are instrumental to ensure that a responsive and consistent level of professional service is provided to the public and development community. The personnel serving in the positions are required to work in La Mesa City Hall during the hours that City Hall is open to the public, provided however that inspection staff will primarily work in the field. La Mesa City Hall is open Monday

10 through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The City is closed on alternative Fridays and certain holidays. The positions are also required to be available to respond to emergency situations for structural assessments that may be required at times when City Hall is closed for business. Typical positions that will support the City in these functions include the following:

Building Official with Plan Check Capabilities
The position is responsible for performing Chief Building Official Services. The Building Official is responsible for overseeing building plan check, inspection, code compliance and permitting, and acts as an official City representative on building-related matters. Once selected, the Consultant shall not change the designated Building Official without proper advance notice and discussion with Director of Community Development's concurrence.

Duties shall include:
 Serve as the City’s Building Official enforcing building code, construction and construction site stormwater management codes to ensure public and environmental safety and health;
 Provide a high-level of customer resolve, excellent communication, and responsiveness to all applicants.
 Be available for 24-hour, emergency on-call services as needed;  Manage, coordinate, and oversee the building permit and plan check, building inspection, staffing, and building counter services so that they function as a cohesive service for the City and public;
 Establish and implement building procedures to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction;
 Plan check complex building plans;
 Make determination on the approval and use of alternative materials and methods of construction;
 Provide over-the-counter plan check for minor residential remodels and commercial tenant improvements;
 Oversee and manage required construction site stormwater quality inspection, reporting and records maintenance;
 Issue Certificates of Use and Occupancy for buildings and structures;  Resolve interpretation issues for compliance with adopted codes;  Be available to answer questions, inspect properties (as back up), attend applicable meetings and provide expertise on items and projects requiring a high level of building and safety expertise;
 Provide information and assistance to homeowners, businesses and the development community;
 Meet with homeowners, business owners, developers, architects, engineers and the general public at the City or in the field, as the need dictates, to resolve grievances and/or respond to questions and ensure timely project processing in compliance with Federal, State and City laws and ordinances;

11  Manage staffing levels and staff to ensure that all established timeframes are met and ensure quality control review of plan checks and inspections;  Interface with other City departments/divisions in coordinating plan approval and building/stormwater code related issues;
 Assist in the preliminary review of project development applications for general feasibility of construction as designed to aid in Planning staff’s discretionary review prior to a determination subject to the City’s regulatory documents, including the DRO, Floodplain, and LCP, including comment and provision of “conditions of approval” for concept plans as part of the City’s discretionary process;
 Assist in the maintenance, amendment, and development of ordinances and regulations necessary to the implement and enforce the latest editions of the California Building Code, including any and all related Codes, or other uniform safety codes, laws, or regulations as adopted or amended by the City deemed necessary by the City to protect the health safety and welfare of its citizens;  Monitor the collection of building plan check, inspection, and permit fees and other building activity level indicators;
 Assist in City efforts to modify/update fees and charges associated with Building Services, including tracking of staff hours and charges to provide Building Services to City;
 Ensure use of the City’s permitting software by subordinates to track all building and safety services based on City established plan submittal and review, permit issuance, inspection, and record management processes;
 May be required to attend one or more City Council and/or Planning Commission meetings annually, on an as-needed basis, to address Building related matters.  Preparation of quarterly SMIP (California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program) and other Building Fee reports as needed;
 Preparation of quarterly progress reports outlining number of permits processed, total valuation or processed permits, and total fees collected;  Preparation of annual reports detailing the number of dwelling units permitted/constructed each calendar year, both net new and replacement; and  Perform all other administrative building and safety related duties, including developing and implementing office policies and procedures and assuring that files and plans are secured, organized and kept up to date.

Qualifications:
 Five or more years increasingly responsible plans examination, building inspections and structural engineering experience, including two or more years in a supervisory or lead role;
 Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, with major course work in engineering, public administration or related field;  Possession of valid International Code Council (ICC) certification as a Certified Building Official and ICC certification as a Plans Examiner;  Minimum of eight (8) years of public building department experience; and iv. ICC certified inspector and/or plan checker.

12  Experience with infill development and density bonus projects highly desirable;  Experience with use and configuration of permit tracking software;  Certification as a Qualified SWPPP practitioner or Qualified SWPPP Developer is highly desirable;
 Registered Civil Engineer highly desirable;
 Certification as a California Access Specialist (CASP) highly desirable;  Excellent oral and written communication skills; and
 Solution-oriented customer service experience with a wide range of customers, including developers, contractors, homeowners, business owners and City staff.

Combination Building Inspector
Duties shall include:
 Provide building inspection services and building/construction site inspection during the course of construction to verify and enforce compliance with approved plans, conditions of approval as set forth on the plans corresponding to the issued permit, and applicable provisions of the City’s ordinances and Codes, including code compliance with stormwater management requirements for construction sites; and
 Resolve Code interpretation issues in the field.

Qualifications:
 Three or more years of experience as a Combination Building Inspector;  Certification as a Qualified SWPPP practitioner or Qualified SWPPP Developer with underlying certification is highly desirable;
 ICC Certification as a Combination Building Inspector; and  Solution-oriented customer service experience with a wide range of customers including developers, contractors, homeowners, business owners and City staff.

Senior Permit Technician
Duties shall include:
 Provide assistance at the building counter;
 Accept plans;
 Issue permits;
 Provide information to general public;
 Calculate charges and fees;
 Prepare statistical reports;
 Coordinate with Heartland Fire review process and personnel;  Maintain records and prepare documents for storage and/or imaging; and  Maintain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) records for new construction.

13 Qualifications:
 Two or more years of experience performing required technical building and safety support functions;
 ICC Certification as a Permit Technician highly desirable;  Experience with the use of permit tracking software; and  Solution-oriented customer service experience with a wide range of customers, including contractors, homeowners, business owners and City staff.

Certified Access Specialist (CASp):

Duties shall include:
 Perform access compliance design review of various phases of construction documents for conformance with access compliance codes, standards, regulations, and client requirements unique to project type;  Perform access compliance field inspections of multiple construction projects;  Prepare and issue access compliance field inspection reports;  Perform access compliance review of construction phase submittal documents such as Construction Bulletins, Requests for Information, and Project Submittal documents;
 Provide technical ADA and CBC access compliance support for new construction, addition, alteration, and repair projects; and  Support and participate in the development and execution of access compliance program objectives and standards.

Qualifications:
 Three or more years of experience as a CASp Specialist; and  Certification by the State of California to have specialized knowledge of the applicability of State and Federal construction-related accessibility standards.

ICC Certified Plans Examiner
Duties shall include:
 Review plans prepared by or on behalf of applicants for compliance with building ordinances of the City and State disabled-access and energy regulations;  Coordination with other City departments/divisions in order that the requirements of those departments can be incorporated within such building plans;  Coordinate reviews by other appropriate agencies having jurisdiction in such matters related to the enforcement of Fire, Sanitation and Health Codes;  When satisfied that all building-related conditions of approval and the appropriate requirements of the City’s Building Codes have been met, and upon approval as

14 necessary of other City departments, Consultant shall issue permits as appropriately set forth in such codes.

Qualifications:
 Registered Civil Engineer highly desirable;
 Three or more years of experience as a Plans Examiner;  ICC Certification as a Plans Examiner;
 Certification as a California Access Specialist (CASP) desirable;  Experience with the use of permitting software; and
 Solution-oriented customer service experience with a wide range of customers including architects, engineers, developers, contractors, homeowners, business owners and City staff.

Senior Plans Examiner
Duties shall include:
 Review plans prepared by or on behalf of applicants for compliance with building ordinances of the City and State disabled-access and energy regulations;  Coordination with other City departments/divisions in order that the requirements of those departments can be incorporated within such building plans;  Coordinate reviews by other appropriate agencies having jurisdiction in such matters related to the enforcement of Fire, Sanitation and Health Codes; and  When satisfied that all building-related conditions of approval and the appropriate requirements of the City’s Building Codes have been met, and upon approval as necessary of other City departments, Consultant shall issue permits as appropriately set forth in such codes.

Qualifications:
 Registered Civil Engineer highly desirable;
 Three or more years of experience as a Plans Examiner;  Experience with the use of permitting software; and
 Solution-oriented customer service experience with a wide range of customers including architects, engineers, developers, contractors, homeowners, business owners and City staff.

Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) Engineer
Duties shall include:
 Plan check proposed mechanical, electrical, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and plumbing designs for compliance with applicable building code standards.  Coordination with other City departments/divisions in order that the requirements of those departments can be incorporated within such building plans;

15  Experience with the use of permitting software; and  Solution-oriented customer service experience with a wide range of customers including architects, engineers, developers, contractors, homeowners, business owners and City staff.

Qualifications:
 Two years of more of experience as an MPE Engineer;
 Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or a closely related field; and
 Valid Certificate of Registration as a Professional Engineer issued by the California State Board of Registration of Civil and Professional Engineers in either Mechanical, Electrical or Plumbing specialties.

Structural Engineer
Duties shall include:
 Review complex plans for new construction, alterations, and repairs to ensure compliance with City adopted building codes and other standards;  Provide technical advice and assistance to architects, engineers, and contractors on code compliance problems and to field inspectors in the interpretation of construction plans and assists in the resolution of difficult building code interpretation problems;
 Coordination with other City departments/divisions in order that the requirements of those departments can be incorporated within such building plans;  Experience with the use of permitting software; and
 Solution-oriented customer service experience with a wide range of customers including architects, engineers, developers, contractors, homeowners, business owners and City staff.

Qualifications:
 Two years or more of experience as a Structural Engineer; and  Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related field.

Stormwater Compliance Inspector
Duties shall include:
 Oversees maintenance of NPDES site inventory and annual reporting;  Responsible to ensure the regular inspection and monitoring of construction sites City- wide for compliance with Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) requirements and BMP compliance verification;
 Provides quarterly training to building inspectors assigned to the City; and  Serves as liaison to City staff;

16 Qualifications:
 Possess and maintain a certification for Qualified SWPPP practitioner or Qualified SWPPP Developer.

Miscellaneous
The Consultant shall be responsible to furnish all field personnel assigned to the City of La Mesa with uniform shirts and jackets that identify each individual as an employee of the selected consulting firm working under contract to the City of La Mesa.

MAXIMUM SERVICE DELIVERY TIMEFRAMES
The Consultant shall be responsible for managing its personnel levels based on the level of development activity within the City, as necessary to ensure that the following timeframes are met or exceeded at all times:

Service Timeframe for delivery
Major plan checks: 2 weeks (10 working days)
Subsequent plan checks: 1 week (5 working days)
Minor plan checks and single-story homeowner
additions:
3 working days if submitted into plan check or
over the counter
Building inspection: The following working day if request is received before 4:30 PM on the prior working day
Required monthly, quarterly, and annual
Building Fee and activity reporting (SMIP, HUD
reporting, etc.)
As required by state and/or federal regulation
Water Quality Inspections: As required by NPDES Permit
Water Quality Annual Reporting: As required by NPDES Permit Maintenance of NPDES Site Inventory: As required by NPDES Permit Permit assistance at the public counter: Average within 10 minutes of customer arrival Return of telephone calls and e-mails: Within one business day Monthly statistical accounting and preparation
of plans for imaging:

Completed at the end of each month

17 PROPOSED FEE STRUCTURE
The preferred approach to the fee structure of the contract is a percentage of the fees collected.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Building Fees:

The City of La Mesa adopted revised Building and Safety fees effective July 1, 2022.

Fees for first plan check of each unit type are calculated at the full rate. The City’s most recently adopted Fee Schedule is posted here: https://www.cityoflamesa.us/88/FeeSchedule Building Codes:

The La Mesa City Council adopted the 2019 California Building Standard Codes with local amendments, which took effect January 1, 2020. The California Building Standards Commission updates the Codes approximately every three years. The Consultant will assist in future adoptions of updated Codes and local code amendments and provide any necessary coordination with related agencies, such as the Heartland Fire, the Building Industry Association, and any Building Officials group(s) which provide input on Code updates.

B. CONTRACT MODIFICATION
From time to time minor modifications may be required to the Scope of Work.

Permanent modifications to the Scope of Work will be provided to the Consultant in writing. In the event such modifications, in the opinion of the Consultant, make compliance with contract conditions impractical, Consultant shall submit a written request for modification to the requirements in the Scope of Work. This request shall set forth in detail the reason(s) why the specified changes make the Scope of Work impractical, and include Consultant’s proposal or recommendation to relieve the impracticality.

18 SECTION 3

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
A. QUALIFICATION AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Evidence of substantial knowledge and experience in providing building and safety services as outlined in the Scope of Work, including administration, permit issuance, plan check, inspections, public counter services, and as-needed support for Code Compliance related to Building Code issues within the State of California.

2. Demonstrated ability and skills providing high level customer service in the delivery of Building Services for public agencies.

3. Consultant must be available and able to work with City staff during the completion of the Scope of Work.

4. Consultant must obtain a business license and be properly licensed to work in the City of La Mesa.

5. Consultant shall disclose in the proposal whether any portions of the project will be subcontracted out. All terms of this contract, including bidding and qualifications, shall apply to subcontractors.

B. LICENSE/SPECIAL INSURANCE/OTHER REQUIREMENTS
All submittals must include evidence of required insurance, as per the limits stated in the attached Sample Draft Agreement – City of La Mesa Professional Services Agreement. A certificate of insurance will suffice for the submittal. The selected Consultant will be expected to provide the required insurance and accompanying endorsement(s) naming the “City of La Mesa, its elected officials, officers, officials, employees, agents, and volunteers” as additional insured’s within ten (10) days of executing an agreement with the City.

19 SECTION 4

SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS
A. ONLINE SUBMISSIONS DUE
Please submit proposals online in the form of electronic documents through PlanetBids.

Only submissions made through the online system will be accepted.

All proposals are due no later than by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2022.

Proposals received after the deadline will not be considered.

B. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS
The proposal must contain the following information in order to be formally considered.

Submittals should be organized in a clear and concise manner.

A. Cover Letter: A cover letter on firm letterhead must provide the name and title of the person(s) who are authorized to answer questions about this RFP and the representative authorized to sign a professional services agreement for your firm.

The cover letter should not exceed one (1) page in length and should summarize key elements of the proposal and demonstrate an understanding of the work to be performed and why the firm believes itself to be the best qualified to perform the Scope of Work. The letter must include the telephone, fax number, email address, and physical address of Consultant’s office located nearest to La Mesa, California.

B. Scope of Work: Indicate the skills, ability and/or services which distinguish the firm to make it the best choice for the City to fulfill the Scope of Work. Additional services or tasks which, in your opinion, should be included must be clearly identified.

Conversely, requested services or tasks which, in your opinion, should not be included, or are specifically excluded from the proposal, must also be clearly identified.

C. Firm Information and Qualifications: Please provide the following information.

1. Number of years firm has been in business

2. Location of principal office that will be responsible for the implementation of an Agreement, and distance from the City of La Mesa

3. Evidence of required insurance

4. List company and individual team members experience in providing similar services, including: qualifications, state registrations and/or ICC or other certifications related to the type of plan check work proposed to be provided by that individual. A table similar to the following shall be submitted:

20 Name Qualifications Type of Work to be Performed
(X) (Professional registrations or
Certifications)
(Building structural, building life
safety, plumbing, mechanical,
electrical, green building)
D. References: Please provide a list of all current clients in Southern California and at least five (5) references:

1. Name of organization

2. Job title

3. Contact information
E. On-Site Work: Identify the firm’s ability to report to City Hall when necessary in order to provide the customers of La Mesa with the highest standard of customer service. The ideal firm will perform plan check services at an off-site facility (not provided by the City) and also have the ability to provide administrative and counter service at La Mesa City Hall.

F. Firm Resources: Please explain the firm’s technical capabilities for any relevant prerequisite service including but not limited to:

1. Permit software data entry

2. Permit application reviews

3. Architectural review

4. Structural review

5. Mechanical review

6. Plumbing review

7. Electrical review

8. Accessibility review

9. Soils and grading

10. LEED review

11. OWTS review

12. Green building review

13. Public nuisance abatement review

14. Building inspections

15. Public counter services

16. Assistance to City Code Compliance staff

17. Supervision and leadership

18. Preparation of, but not limited to staff reports, code updates, handouts and training materials, and fee updates/analysis
G. Turnaround Time: Please provide information on the maximum proposed turnaround time for each possible type of job assigned, including but not limited to the following:

1. Processing and issuance of permits for minor alterations or additions

21 2. Processing and issuance of permits for solar or ESS systems

3. Fire code compliance review

4. Processing and issuance of permits for single-tenant dwellings

5. Processing and issuance of permits for multi-tenant dwellings

6. Processing and issuance of permits for commercial construction under 10,000 square feet

7. Processing and issuance of permits for commercial construction over 10,000 square feet
H. Inspections: Please provide a summary of the types of requested inspections provided in the field.

I. Fees: Firm shall provide a percentage-based rate to Consultant for the requested services contained in the Scope of Work in this RFP. City will not entertain proposals with a percentage to City less than 20%.

J. Changes to Professional Services Agreement: In order to be considered, the firm must identify any exceptions or proposed changes to the attached professional services agreement within their proposal. A sample agreement is included in this RFP on page 24.

22 SECTION 5

EVALUATION CRITERIA AND KEY CONSIDERATIONS
A. QUALIFICATION EVALUATION PROCESS
Evaluation of proposals will be based upon the following criteria:
 Scope of Work 10%
 Firm Information and Qualifications 20%
 References 10%
 Firm resources 15%
 On-Site Work 5%
 Turnaround Time 10%
 Inspections 15%
 Fees 15%
B. SCHEDULE FOR THE RFP
RFP distributed June 9, 2022
Responses to RFP due July 20, 2022
Review of responses complete July 29, 2022
Tentative interviews week of August 1, 2022
Tentative selection of company August 16, 2022
Tentative agreement date September 13, 2022

C. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions related to this RFP must be submitted through the PlanetBids system and will only be accepted through 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, 2022.

D. REVISIONS TO THE RFP
The City reserves the right to revise the RFP prior to the date that proposals are due.

Revisions to the RFP shall be communicated via PlanetBids vendor and bid management system to all prospective businesses. The City reserves the right to extend the date by which the submittals are due.

23 E. DISCRETION AND LIABILITY WAIVER
The City reserves the right to exercise discretion and apply its judgment with respect to any qualifications submitted.

The City reserves the right to reject any or all submittals, either in part or in their entirety, or to request and obtain, from one or more of the businesses submitting, supplementary information as may be necessary for City staff to analyze the qualifications pursuant to the Consultant selection criteria contained herein.

The City may require Consultants to participate in additional rounds of discussions, negotiations, or more refined submittals before the ultimate selection of a Consultant is made. These rounds could encompass revisions of the submittal criteria in response to the nature and scope of the initial qualifications.

The Consultant, by submitting a response to this RFP, waives all right to protest or seek any legal remedies whatsoever regarding any aspect of this RFP.

This RFP does not commit the City to award a contract, to defray any costs incurred in the preparation of a submission pursuant to this RFP, or to procure or contract for work.

The Consultant shall be responsible for all costs associated with preparation of their submission to the City.

Any and all materials submitted in response to this RFP become the property of the City. Consequently, any and all information contained in such materials shall be subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act.

The City reserves the right to cancel or modify in part or in its entirety this RFP including, but not limited to: selection procedures, submittal date, and submittal requirements. If the City cancels or revises the RFP, all companies will be notified via PlanetBids.

F. CITY’S STANDARD GENERAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
The successful Consultant is expected to execute the City’s standard general services agreement (copy attached) as is, with minor modifications as required to customize the agreement to the specific services. Successful companies shall comply with all insurance and licensing requirements as set forth in the standard agreement.

G. OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES
Other public agencies may piggyback on this RFP or the executed agreement from this RFP award in order to enter into contracts with the successful Consultant for any and all services specified within.

24 SAMPLE DRAFT AGREEMENT

STANDARD AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA MESA AND
// NAME OF FIRM

FOR // NAME OF PROJECT
This Agreement is entered into by City of La Mesa as of this day of , 20__, by and between the City of La Mesa, a municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as "the City", and //_Business Name______________________________, hereinafter referred to as "Contractor." WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, the City has adopted Resolution No. _______;
WHEREAS, the City has need for professional services to //perform services and is willing to compensate Contractor for such services;
WHEREAS, the City desires to engage Contractor to render certain technical and professional services in the providing of said professional services; and WHEREAS, Contractor is qualified to provide said professional services for //service.

NOW THEREFORE, the parties do mutually agree as follows:

SECTION 1: ENGAGEMENT OF CONTRACTOR
The City hereby agrees to engage Contractor and Contractor hereby agrees to perform the services set forth in this Agreement. This Agreement shall be for an initial term from the execution date of the Agreement through month day, year and may be renewed for an additional four one-year terms by mutual written consent of both parties. The City Manager shall have sole and exclusive right to exercise any options contained in this agreement on behalf of the City.

SECTION 2: SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED BY CONTRACTOR
Contractor shall commence performance of the Project upon execution of this Agreement by both parties. The term "Project" as used in this Agreement shall include all of the tasks and items listed and described in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein as part of this Agreement.

SECTION 3: KEY PROJECT PERSONNEL
Contractor agrees to provide the services of /names/titles of contractors respectively for the full term of this contract. No substitutions will be made without prior written approval by the City.

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The City reserves the right to request specific qualifications for personnel substituted under this section.

SECTION 4: CONTRACTORS
Contractor will utilize the services of the following sub-contractors during the course of this study:
// Name/Business Name or None or n/a

Payment for such services shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. No substitution of proposed sub-contractors shall be made without prior written approval by the City.

SECTION 5: CITY REPRESENTATION
The //Department Head for the City of La Mesa, or its designated representative, shall represent the City in all matters pertaining to the services rendered pursuant to this Agreement and shall administer said Agreement on behalf of the City. This person shall hereinafter be referred to as the "City's Representative."
SECTION 6: RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY
The City will provide the Contractor, or cause to be provided with, the following documents, services and site information, at no charge to the Contractor.

A. //
B. //
SECTION 7: PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Both Contractor and the City recognize that time is of the essence in the completion of this work and the following schedule is dependent upon timely actions by the Contractor and the City.

Accordingly, the Contractor shall complete all of the work outlined in Exhibit "A" and described in this Agreement in accordance with the following schedule:

TASK TARGET DATE
A. // //
B. // //
C. // //

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The Contractor shall not be responsible for damages or be in default or deemed to be in default by reason of strikes, lockouts, accidents, or acts of God, or failure of City to furnish timely information or to approve or disapprove Contractor's work promptly, or delay or faulty performance by City, or governmental agencies.

SECTION 8: COMPENSATION TO CONTRACTOR
Final payment of fees shall be upon delivery of approved final documents. Progress payments shall be made based upon evidence that the work is progressing satisfactorily as determined by the City's Project Manager and substantiated with detailed invoices. The amount to be billed shall be based on the Contractor schedule of fees for professional services and the actual time required for each activity. The schedule of fees and estimated time for the project are as shown in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein as part of this Agreement.

The total fee for professional services shall be billed on a time-and-material basis with a total amount not to exceed // thousand, / hundred // ($//,///) Dollars as described on page // of Exhibit "A".

SECTION 9: RECORDS
Contractor shall maintain adequate records to permit inspection audit of Contractor's time-and-material charges under this Agreement. Contractor shall make such records available to the City and to other public agencies responsible for approval, funding or auditing the project, during normal business hours upon reasonable notice. Nothing herein shall convert such records into public records and they will be available only to the City or to public agencies involved with approval, funding or audit functions. Such records shall be maintained by the Contractor for three (3) years following completion of the work under this Agreement.

SECTION 10: METHOD OF COMPENSATION
The City shall compensate Contractor for the services performed hereunder on a monthly basis within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of Contractor's invoice for the services performed.

The Contractor shall provide documentation regarding time-and-material charges sufficient to meet normal auditing practice. Copies of the invoices for materials in excess of $500 and subcontractor charges shall be submitted with the request for periodic payment.

The City shall promptly review invoicing and notify Contractor of any objection thereto in writing within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the invoice; absent such objection the invoice shall be deemed proper and acceptable.

In the event that any undisputed invoice is not paid within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of the invoice by the City, it shall commence bearing interest on the date that the invoice was rendered at the rate of 1% per month and the City agrees to pay all accrued interest, together with the charges for services rendered.

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SECTION 11: ITEMS TO BE DELIVERED TO CITY
The following items shall be delivered by the Contractor to the City of La Mesa:

QUANTITY TARGET DATE
A. // //
B. // //
C. // //
SECTION 12: DESIGN CHANGES OR REVISIONS
No design changes or revisions will be required and no payment therefor will be made except pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. No extra compensation shall be paid the Contractor for revisions required by reason of omissions or errors by the Contractor in the preparation of the original document, plans, working drawings, or specifications. Changes to the scope of this Agreement shall be negotiated prior to commencement of extra work.

SECTION 13: ADDITIONAL SERVICES OUTSIDE SCOPE
Only after written authorization from the City, additional services that Contractor could provide, or cause to be provided, include the following:

A. Additional work related to the Project but not included in the Scope of Work.

B. Additional work caused by changes unrelated to the Scope of Work described herein.

Contractor will be compensated for Contractor time and direct personnel expenses as approved by the City. Payment for such additional services shall include Contractor's time at the rates shown on Exhibit "A".

SECTION 14: HOLD HARMLESS
To the furthest extent allowed by law, Contractor shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend City and each of its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers from any and all loss, liability, fines, penalties, forfeitures, costs and damages (whether in contract, tort or strict liability, including but not limited to personal injury, death at any time and property damage), and from any and all claims, demands and actions in law or equity (including reasonable attorney's fees and litigation expenses) that arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct of Contractor, its principals, officers, employees, agents or volunteers in the performance of this Agreement.

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If Contractor should subcontract all or any portion of the services to be performed under this Agreement, Contractor shall require each subcontractor to indemnify, hold harmless and defend City and each of its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers in accordance with the terms of the preceding paragraph.

This section shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.

SECTION 15: INSURANCE
Throughout the life of this Agreement, Contractor shall pay for and maintain in full force and effect all policies of insurance required hereunder with an insurance company(ies) either (i) admitted by the California Insurance Commissioner to do business in the State of California and rated not less than "A- VII" in Best's Insurance Rating Guide, or (ii) authorized by the City Manager or his/her designee at any time and in his/her sole discretion. The following policies of insurance are required:
(i) COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY insurance which shall be at least as broad as the most current version of Insurance Services Office (ISO) Commercial General Liability Coverage Form CG 00 01 and include insurance for “bodily injury,” “property damage” and “personal and advertising injury” with coverage for premises and operations (including the use of owned and non-owned equipment), products and completed operations, and contractual liability (including, without limitation, indemnity obligations under the Contract) with limits of liability of not less than the following:
$1,000,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and property damage $1,000,000 per occurrence for personal and advertising injury $1,000,000 aggregate for products and completed operations $2,000,000 general aggregate
(ii) COMMERCIAL AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY insurance which shall be at least as broad as the most current version of Insurance Service Office (ISO) Business Auto Coverage Form CA 00 01, and include coverage for all owned, hired, and non-owned automobiles or other licensed vehicles (Code 1 - Any Auto) with limits of liability of not less than $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury and property damage. (iii) WORKERS' COMPENSATION insurance as required under the California Labor Code.
(iv) EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY insurance with limits of liability of not less than $1,000,000 each accident, $1,000,000 disease policy limit and $1,000,000 disease each employee.

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(v) PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY (ERRORS AND OMISSIONS) insurance appropriate to Contractor’s profession, with limits of liability of not less than $1,000,000 per claim/occurrence and $2,000,000 policy aggregate.

In the event Contractor maintains higher limits than the minimums shown above, City requires and shall be entitled to coverage for the higher limits maintained by the Contractor. Any available insurance proceeds in excess of the specified minimum limits of insurance and coverage shall be available to City.

Contractor shall be responsible for payment of any deductibles contained in any insurance policies required hereunder and Contractor shall also be responsible for payment of any selfinsured retentions. Any deductibles or self-insured retentions must be declared to, and approved by, the City Manager or his/her designee. At the option of the City Manager or his/her designee, either: (i) the insurer shall reduce or eliminate such deductibles or self-insured retentions as respects to City, its elected officials, officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers: or (ii) Contractor shall provide a financial guarantee, satisfactory to City Manager or his/her designee, guaranteeing payment of losses and related investigations, claim administration and defense expenses. At no time shall City be responsible for the payment of any deductibles or self-insured retentions.

All policies of insurance required hereunder shall be endorsed to provide that the coverage shall not be cancelled, non-renewed, reduced in coverage or in limits except after 30 calendar day written notice has been given to City. Upon issuance by the insurer, broker, or agent of a notice of cancellation, non-renewal, or reduction in coverage or in limits, Contractor shall furnish City with a new certificate and applicable endorsements for such policy(ies). In the event any policy is due to expire during the work to be performed for City, Contractor shall provide a new certificate, and applicable endorsements, evidencing renewal of such policy not less than 15 calendar days prior to the expiration date of the expiring policy.

The General Liability and Automobile Liability insurance policies shall be written on an occurrence form and shall name City, its elected officials, officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers as an additional insured. Such policy(ies) of insurance shall be endorsed so Contractor’s insurance shall be primary and no contribution shall be required of City, its elected officials, officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers. The coverage shall contain no special limitations on the scope of protection afforded to City, its elected officials, officers, officials, employees, agents or volunteers. The Workers’ Compensation insurance policy shall contain a waiver of subrogation as to City, its elected officials, officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers.

If the Professional Liability (Errors and Omissions) insurance policy is written on a claims-made form:

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1. The retroactive date must be shown, and must be before the effective date of the Agreement or the commencement of work by Contractor.

2. Insurance must be maintained and evidence of insurance must be provided for at least 3 years after any expiration or termination of the Agreement or, in the alternative, the policy shall be endorsed to provide not less than a 3-year discovery period.

3. If coverage is canceled or non-renewed, and not replaced with another claims-made policy form with a retroactive date prior to the effective date of the Agreement or the commencement of work by Contractor, Contractor must purchase extended reporting coverage for a minimum of 3 years following the expiration or termination of the Agreement.

4. A copy of the claims reporting requirements must be submitted to City for review.

5. These requirements shall survive expiration or termination of the Agreement.

Contractor shall furnish City with all certificate(s) and applicable endorsements effecting coverage required hereunder. All certificates and applicable endorsements are to be received by City and approved by City Manager or his/her designee prior to City’s execution of the Agreement and before work commences. Upon request of City, Contractor shall immediately furnish City with a complete copy of any insurance policy required under this Agreement, including all endorsements, with said copy certified by the underwriter to be a true and correct copy of the original policy. This requirement shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement.

If at any time during the life of this Agreement or any extension, Contractor or any of its subContractors fail to maintain any required insurance in full force and effect, all work under this Agreement shall be discontinued immediately, and all payments due or that become due to Contractor shall be withheld until notice is received by City that the required insurance has been restored to full force and effect and that the premiums therefore have been paid for a period satisfactory to City. Any failure to maintain the required insurance shall be sufficient cause for City to terminate this Agreement. No action taken by City hereunder shall in any way relieve Contractor of its responsibilities under this Agreement.

The fact that insurance is obtained by Contractor shall not be deemed to release or diminish the liability of Contractor, including, without limitation, liability under the indemnity provisions of this Agreement. The duty to indemnify City and its elected officials, officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers shall apply to all claims and liability regardless of whether any insurance policies are applicable. The policy limits do not act as a limitation upon the amount of indemnification to be provided by Contractor. Approval or purchase of any insurance contracts or policies shall in no way relieve from liability nor limit the liability of Contractor, its principals, officers, employees, agents, persons under the supervision of Contractor, vendors,

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suppliers, invitees, Contractors, sub-Contractors, or anyone employed directly or indirectly by any of them.

If Contractor should subcontract all or any portion of the services to be performed under this Agreement, Contractor shall require each sub-Contractor to provide insurance protection in favor of City, its elected officials, officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers in accordance with the terms of each of the preceding paragraphs, except that the sub-Contractors' certificates and endorsements shall be on file with Contractor and City prior to the commencement of any work by the sub-Contractor.

SECTION 16: OWNERSHIP OF WORK
All finished or unfinished documents, studies, reports, computer files and materials prepared by Contractor and subcontractors under this Agreement shall be considered the property of the City and will be turned over to the City upon demand, but in any event, upon completion of the Project. The Contractor shall be allowed to retain copies of documents for his permanent records, if desired.
//The City and the Contractor will agree to keep trade/business information of the //site of service// confidential and will enter into an agreement with //name of site// to protect this confidentiality.

SECTION 17: ASSIGNABILITY
Contractor shall not assign, delegate, or transfer this Agreement or any work hereunder, nor assign any monies due or to become due hereunder, except as expressly stated herein. In no event shall any contractual relation be created between any third party and the City without prior written consent of the City. A consent to one assignment shall not be deemed to be consent to any subsequent assignment.

SECTION 18: INTEGRATION; AMENDMENTS
This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter herein. There are no other agreements, expressed or implied, oral or written, except as set forth herein. This Agreement may be amended upon written mutual consent of both parties hereto. Amendment requiring changes in compensation shall be subject to the City's change order procedures.

SECTION 19: NOTICES
Notices and requests to the City or Contractor shall be delivered at the following addresses, either served personally on the designated representative or by U.S. Postal Service at the following addresses:

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City:

Title of Contact
City of La Mesa
8130 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, CA 91942
(619) 667-////
FAX (619) ///-////
Contractor:

Title of Contact
Name of Firm
Address
City, State Zip
(///) ///-////

FAX (///) ///-////
SECTION 20: DISPUTE RESOLUTION
The City shall require that all Contractors agree to submit any unresolved claims, counterclaims, disputes, controversies and other matters between them and the City or the Contractor and/or any sub-contractors of any tier arising out of or relating to their agreement with the City or the breach thereof (“disputes”) first to mediation and then if not resolved, to non-binding arbitration prior to initiating suit or judicial proceeding.

If applicable – As provided in Public Contract Code section 9204, any claim filed by the Contractor on a public works project shall be reviewed by the City with 45 days and a written statement will be provided to the Contractor identifying what portion of the claim is disputed and what portion is undisputed. Upon receipt of a claim, the City and the Contractor may, by mutual agreement, extend the time period or it may be extended to allow City Council approval. The Contractor shall include reasonable documentation to support the claim. Any payment due on an undisputed portion of the claim shall be processed and made within 60 days after the City issues its written statement.

SECTION 21: TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT FOR CAUSE OR CONVENIENCE If, through any cause, the Contractor shall fail to fulfill in timely and proper manner his obligations under this Agreement, or if the Contractor shall violate any of the covenants, agreements, or stipulations of this Agreement, the City shall thereupon have the right to terminate this Agreement immediately by giving written notice to the Contractor of such termination and specifying the effective date thereof. In such event, all finished or unfinished documents, data, studies, surveys, drawings, maps, models, photographs and reports prepared by the Contractor under this Agreement shall, at the option of the City, become its property and the Contractor shall be entitled to receive just and equitable compensation for any work satisfactorily completed hereunder.

In addition to termination for cause, the City may terminate this Agreement for City’s convenience upon not less than fifteen (15) days written notice to Contractor. Upon receipt of said notice, the Contractor shall immediately cease all work under this Agreement unless said notice provides otherwise. If this Agreement is terminated as provided in this paragraph for City’s convenience, the Contractor shall be required to provide to City all finished or unfinished documents, data, studies, services, etc., prepared by the Contractor as may be requested by City

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and such work shall become City’s property upon payment to Contractor for the value of the work performed, less payments of compensation previously made.

Notwithstanding the above, the Contractor shall not be relieved of liability to the City for damages sustained by the City by virtue of any breach of the Agreement by the Contractor, and the City may withhold any payments to the Contractor for the purpose of set-off until such time as the exact amount of damages due the City from the Contractor is determined.

SECTION 22: BUSINESS LICENSE
The Contractor, including all sub-contractors, shall obtain a business license for work within the City of La Mesa pursuant to La Mesa Municipal Code Sections 6.08.010 through 6.08.240.

No payments shall be made to any Contractor until such business license has been obtained, and all fees paid therefor, by the Contractor and all sub-contractors. Business license applications and information may be obtained from the Finance Department, City Hall, 8130 Allison Avenue, La Mesa, CA 91942-5502, (619) 667-1118 or online at cityoflamesa.us/buslic.

SECTION 23: INTEREST OF MEMBERS OF THE CITY
No member of the governing body of the City and no other officer, employee, or agent of the City who exercises any functions or responsibilities in connection with the planning and carrying out of the program, shall have any personal financial interest, direct or indirect, in this Agreement; and the Contractor shall take appropriate steps to assure compliance.

SECTION 24: INTEREST OF CONTRACTOR AND EMPLOYEES; STATEMENT OF

ECONOMIC INTERESTS
The Contractor covenants that he presently has no interest and shall not acquire interest, direct or indirect, in the study area or any parcels therein or any other interest which would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of his services hereunder. The Contractor further covenants that in the performance of this Agreement, no person having any such interest shall be employed. City may require Contractor to complete and submit a Form 700, Statement of Economic Interests, in accordance with applicable law, to City Clerk.

SECTION 25: FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
Contractor shall, at its sole cost and expense, furnish all facilities and equipment which may be required for furnishing services pursuant to this Agreement.

SECTION 26: INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
At all times during the term of this Agreement, Contractor shall be an independent contractor and shall not be an employee of City. City shall have the right to control Contractor only insofar as

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the results of Contractor's services rendered pursuant to this Agreement; however, City shall not have the right to control the means by which Contractor accomplishes services rendered pursuant to this Agreement.

SECTION 27: PERS ELIGIBILITY INDEMNIFICATION
In the event that Contractor’s employee providing services under this Agreement claims or is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) to be eligible for enrollment in PERS of the City, Contractor shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless City for the payment of any employer and employee contributions for PERS benefits on behalf of the employee as well as for payment of any penalties and interest on such contributions which would otherwise be the responsibility of the City.

Notwithstanding any other agency, state or federal policy, rule, regulation, law or ordinance to the contrary, Contractor’s employees providing service under this Agreement shall not qualify for or become entitled to, and hereby agree to waive any claims to, any compensation and benefit including but not limited to eligibility to enroll in PERS as an employee of City and entitlement to any contributions to be paid by City for employer contributions and/or employee contributions for PERS benefits.

SECTION 28: TIME
Contractor shall devote such time to the performance of services pursuant to this Agreement as may be reasonably necessary for satisfactory performance of Contractor's obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

SECTION 29: CONTRACTOR NOT AGENT
Except as City may specify in writing, Contractor shall have no authority, express or implied, to act on behalf of City in any capacity whatsoever as an agent. Contractor shall have no authority, express or implied, pursuant to this Agreement to bind City to any obligation whatsoever.

SECTION 30: NON-DISCLOSURE
The designs, plans, reports, investigations, materials and documents prepared or acquired by the Contractor pursuant to this Agreement (including any duplicate copies kept by the Contractor) shall not be shown to any other public or private person or entity, except as authorized by the City. The Contractor shall not disclose to any other public or private person or entity any information regarding the activities of the City except as authorized by the City.

SECTION 31: SUBCONTRACTING
None of the services covered by the Agreement shall be subcontracted without the prior consent of the City. The Contractor shall be as fully responsible to the City for the acts and omissions of

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his subcontractors, and of persons either directly or indirectly employed by them, as he is for the acts and omissions of persons directly employed by him. The Contractor shall insert in each subcontract appropriate provisions requiring compliance with the labor standards provisions of this Agreement.

SECTION 32: CHANGES
The City may, from time to time, request changes in the Scope of Services of the Contract to be performed hereunder. Such changes, including any increase or decrease in the amount of the Contractor's compensation, which are mutually agreed upon by and between the City and the Contractor shall be incorporated to this Contract.

SECTION 33: JOB SITE SAFETY
The general or prime Contractor who is responsible for means, methods and procedures of the project shall be responsible for job site safety.

The prime contractor and all sub-contractors of all tiers shall:

A. Be responsible for the safety of their respective employees as required by law.

B. Come under the jurisdiction and supervision of the general or prime contractor’s job site safety program.

C. Exercise reasonable care to avoid risk of injury to others as required by the professional standard of care.

SECTION 34: PREVAILING WAGES FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS– IF APPLICABLE A. No professional Contractor or sub-Contractor subject to the requirements of State of California’s prevailing wages may be awarded a contract, or contracted with, for a public works project (submitted on or after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)].

B. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

SECTION 35: CONFLICT BETWEEN AGREEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and any documents incorporated by reference in this Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall supersede those contained in any such document incorporated by reference.

36 SECTION 36: DATE OF AGREEMENT
The date of this Agreement shall be the date it shall have been signed by a duly authorized representative of City.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, City and Contractor have executed the Agreement.

Name of Firm //
Date: By:
name, title

CITY OF LA MESA,
A Municipal Corporation
Date: By:

Mayor
Date: Attest:

City Clerk
Date: By:

City Manager or Department Head
Date: By:

Department Head or Project Manager

APPROVED AS TO FORM

CITY ATTORNEY
Attachment: Exhibit A – Scope of Work and Fee Schedule

www.interwestgrp.com

CITY OF LA MESA
Consultant Services for Building Services
in the City of La Mesa | RFP 23-03
July 20, 2022

INTERWEST CONSULTING GROUP
Steve Nero
Senior Director of Business Development
[email protected]

City of La Mesa // RFP 23-03
Consultant for Building Services
THOUGHTFUL SOLUTIONS. THRIVING COMMUNITIES
Table of Contents
SECTION A: Cover Letter | 1
SECTION B: Scope of Work | 2
Why Interwest?
Building Administration
Building Plan Check Services
Building Inspection Services
Permit Technician Services
Permitting Software System and Electronic Plan Review
Hillside Development Review and Inspection Services
Engineering Plan Review Services
Stormwater and Grading Inspection Services
SECTION C: Firm Information and Qualifications | 19
Firm Background
Insurance
Staff Identification and Qualifications
SECTION D: References | 24
SECTION E: Onsite Work | 27
SECTION F: Firm Resources | 28
SECTION G: Turnaround Times | 33
SECTION H: Inspections | 34
SECTION I: Fees | 35
SECTION J: Changes to Professional Services Agreement | 41

APPENDIX
Staff Resumes

City of La Mesa // RFP 23-03
Consultant for Building Services
THOUGHTFUL SOLUTIONS. THRIVING COMMUNITIES
A | Cover Letter
July 20, 2022
City of La Mesa
8130 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, CA 91942
Subject: Proposal to Provide Building Services to the City of La Mesa | RFP 23-03 Interwest Consulting Group (Interwest) understands that the City of La Mesa seeks qualified consultants to provide building administration, permit issuance, plan check, inspections, and public counter services.

Interwest, formerly EsGil, has had the pleasure of providing these services to local municipalities for decades.

Our team stands capable and ready to provide these quality building services to support the City of La Mesa.

With a deep bench of more than 200 professionals dedicated to providing building safety services to our clients, Interwest maintains the largest staff of building safety professionals in California. Our proposed team was carefully selected based upon their expertise, qualifications, and building code knowledge, as well as their hands-on experience serving local municipalities. In order to provide the full scope of work, we plan to partner with subconsultants, Ninyo & Moore for geotechnical and hillside development review services, and D-MAX Engineering to provide stormwater compliance inspections. Both firms are currently providing these services to the City and have a wealth of insight into local and City-specific concerns and requirements.

Our goal is to provide experts in the industry who can perform services for building departments in a seamless manner by customizing our services to correspond with our client’s expectations and needs. We strive to work collaboratively with Building Division and other City personnel, applicants, and designers to resolve issues as efficiently as possible to expedite the plan review and inspection process with our focus being the successful outcome for the project.

David Kniff, AIA will act as the Plan Check Project Manager for this engagement and Bill Elizarraras will act as the Field Services Project Manager. David will be the City’s day-to-day contact for any questions under this agreement. Steve Nero, Senior Director of Business Development, will serve as the primary contact to the City throughout the duration of the proposal process. Their contact information has been provided below:

Plan Check Project Manager Field Services Project Manager Primary Contract David Kniff, AIA
858.560.1468
[email protected]
Bill Elizarraras, ICC
858.740.9901
[email protected]
Steve Nero
949.201.2468
[email protected]
Local Office: 9320 Chesapeake Dr. | Suite 208 | San Diego, CA, 92123 | Fax: 714.899.9039 **Only 11 miles from City Hall** As President of Interwest Consulting Group, I am authorized to sign any agreements that may result from this proposal and will provide contract support to the proposed Interwest team. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 619.372.9962 or [email protected].

We appreciate the opportunity to present our qualifications to the City of La Mesa and look forward to serving your community.

Respectfully Submitted,
Paul Meschino
President, Interwest Consulting Group

1 City of La Mesa // RFP 23-03
Consultant for Building Services
THOUGHTFUL SOLUTIONS. THRIVING COMMUNITIES
B | Scope of Work
Why Interwest?
Interwest strives to create thoughtful, tailored solutions with the goal of building thriving communities across California. The ultimate measure of our success is defined by the strength of our relationships with the people we work with and the people we work for. + One-stop-shop. Interwest has the knowledge, experience, professional resources, and variety of disciplines to comprehensively and professionally provide the full range of services desired by the City.
+ Local Experience. We provide complete building department services to municipalities throughout the State of California including to the Cities of Encinitas, Poway, Santee, Solana Beach, Lemon Grove, Lake Forest, and Pomona. Please see the following section for a more comprehensive listing. All services will be directed from our San Diego office, just 11 miles from La Mesa City Hall. + Your Industry Experts. Our staff holds a wealth of code knowledge and building industry experience with some involved in the development of the California codes.

We share this unique knowledge by providing code-related training and instruction at California Building Officials conferences, training seminars at various ICC Chapters as well as other professional organizations. Our technical and administrative staff is highly trained, attending seminars and code development sessions, and educational conferences to keep current on up-to-date industry methods and information.
+ Your Partner. Interwest professional staff understands, values, and appreciates the importance of developing meaningful community partnerships to responsibly and respectfully understand and resolve stakeholder issues and concerns in a manner which reflects positively on the communities we serve.
+ Customer Service. Interwest Core Values and beliefs are compatible with the highquality professional and customer service expectations of the City of La Mesa. The customer experience provided by Interwest will reflect the critically important intangibles of commitment, desire, and initiative.

LOCAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCE
Interwest has provided plan review, inspection, permit technician services since our incorporation in 2002 and has licensed engineers, ICC certified Plan Reviewers, and CASp Certified plan reviewers who can provide a full spectrum of required plan review. Our staff are experts in their fields and can assist with single and multi-family residential, commercial and industrial projects in the areas of fire and life safety, structural, energy, green code, accessibility, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing plans.

Interwest currently provides plan review services to the following municipalities in Southern California.

CLIENT SCOPE OF WORK YEARS SERVED
City of Anaheim Plan Review, Inspection, Permit Technician 2016 - Present City of Chino Hills Building & Accessibility Plan Review & Inspection 2015 - Present

2 City of La Mesa // RFP 23-03
Consultant for Building Services
THOUGHTFUL SOLUTIONS. THRIVING COMMUNITIES
City of Chula Vista Building Plan Check, Inspection & Permit Technician Services (services provided as EsGil) 2017 - Present
City of Corona Building & Fire Plan Check & Inspection 2016 - Present City of Coronado Building & Fire Plan Review, On-Call Inspections, On-Call Permitting Services (services provided as EsGil) 1982 - Present City of Costa Mesa Interim Building Official, Plan Review & Inspection 2007 - Present City of Eastvale Building Official, Plan Review, Inspection, Permit Technician 2010 - Present City of El Cajon Building Plan Review and Inspection (services provided as EsGil) 1991 - Present
City of El Monte Plan Review, Inspection, Permit Technician 2018 - Present City of Encinitas Building Plan Review, Inspection, and Permitting Services 1987 - Present City of Escondido Plan Review 1984 - Present
City of Garden Grove Plan Review, Inspection 2017 - Present City of Inglewood Plan Review, Inspection 2017 - Present City of Irvine Plan Review, Inspection, Permit Technician 2016 - Present City of Lake Forest Building Official, Plan Review, Inspection, Permit Technician 2009 - Present City of Long Beach Plan Review, Inspection 2015 - Present City of Murrieta Plan Review, Inspection 2013 - Present City of Palmdale Plan Review, Inspection 2018 - Present City of Perris Plan Review, Inspection 2018 - Present
City of Pomona Building Official, Building and Grading Plan Review, Inspection, Permit Technician 2009 - Present
City of Poway Building Plan Review, Inspection, and Permitting Services 1981 - Present City of Santee On-Call Building Plan Review, Inspection, and Permitting Services (services provided as EsGil) 1986 - Present
City of Solana Beach Building Plan Review, Inspection, and Permitting Services, On-Call Fire Plan Review (services provided as EsGil) 1986 - Present City of Temecula Plan Review, Inspection (services provided as EsGil) 1992 - Present City of Tustin Plan Review, Inspection 2012 - Present
City of Upland Building Official, Building & Fire Plan Review, Inspection, Permit Technician 2014 - Present
City of Wildomar Building Official, Plan Review, Inspection, Permit Technician 2008 - Present City of Yorba Linda Plan Review 2010 - Present
County of Riverside Plan Review, Inspection 2015 - Present County of San Diego Plan Review, Inspection (services provided as EsGil) 1986 - Present

3 City of La Mesa // RFP 23-03
Consultant for Building Services
THOUGHTFUL SOLUTIONS. THRIVING COMMUNITIES
Building Administration Services
Our proposed Building Official, Oscar Herrera,
CBO, ICC is an ICC certified Building Official and
ICC Master Code Professional with 31 ICC
certifications in Plans Examination and Building
Inspection disciplines and more than 19 years of
experience serving municipalities. Oscar will be
available for 24-hour, emergency on-call services
and as required to answer questions, attend
applicable meetings and provide expertise on items
and projects requiring a high level of building and
safety expertise. He can also be available to inspect
properties and provide simple over-the-counter
plan review as required. He will also be responsible
for overseeing building plan check, inspection,
code compliance and permitting, and acts as an
official City representative on building-related
matters.

Oscar will act as a Building Official in accordance
with the California Building code, adopted building
codes and ordinances as specified in Federal and
State law, and will take responsibility for the daily
administration of Building Services activities
including:
+ Serve as the City’s Building Official enforcing building code, construction and construction site stormwater management codes to ensure public and environmental safety and health + Provide a high-level of customer resolve, excellent communication, and responsiveness to all applicants
+ Be available for 24-hour, emergency on-call services as needed + Manage, coordinate, and oversee the building permit and plan check, building inspection, staffing, and building counter services so that they function as a cohesive service for the City and public + Establish and implement building procedures to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction Our assigned Building Official has:
 19+ years increasingly responsible
experience, including two years in a
supervisory or lead role
 ICC Certified Building Official, Plans
Examiner, and Inspector.
 19+ years of public building department
experience.
 Experience with infill development and
density bonus projects
 Experience with use and configuration
of permit tracking software
 Excellent oral and written
communication skills
 Solution-oriented customer service
experience with a wide range of
customers, including developers,
contractors, homeowners, business
owners and City staff

BUILDING OFFICIAL QUALIFICATIONS

4 City of La Mesa // RFP 23-03
Consultant for Building Services
THOUGHTFUL SOLUTIONS. THRIVING COMMUNITIES
+ Make determination on the approval and use of alternative materials and methods of construction + Provide over-the-counter plan check for minor residential remodels and commercial tenant improvements
+ Oversee and manage required construction site stormwater quality inspection, reporting and records maintenance
+ Issue Certificates of Use and Occupancy for buildings and structures + Resolve interpretation issues for compliance with adopted codes + Be available to answer questions, inspect properties (as back up), attend applicable meetings and provide expertise on items and projects requiring a high level of building and safety expertise + Provide information and assistance to homeowners, businesses and the development community + Meet with homeowners, business owners, developers, architects, engineers and the general public at the City or in the field, as the need dictates, to resolve grievances and/or respond to questions and ensure timely project processing in compliance with Federal, State and City laws and ordinances
+ Manage staffing levels and staff to ensure that all established timeframes are met and ensure quality control review of plan checks and inspections
+ Interface with other City departments/divisions in coordinating plan approval and building/stormwater code related issues
+ Assist in the preliminary review of project development applications for general feasibility of construction as designed to aid in Planning staff’s discretionary review prior to a determination subject to the City’s regulatory documents, including the DRO, Floodplain, and LCP, including comment and provision of “conditions of approval” for concept plans as part of the City’s discretionary process
+ Assist in the maintenance, amendment, and development of ordinances and regulations necessary to the implement and enforce the latest editions of the California Building Code, including any and all related Codes, or other uniform safety codes, laws, or regulations as adopted or amended by the City deemed necessary by the City to protect the health safety and welfare of its citizens + Monitor the collection of building plan check, inspection, and permit fees and other building activity level indicators
+ Assist in City efforts to modify/update fees and charges associated with Building Services, including tracking of staff hours and charges to provide Building Services to City + Ensure use of the City’s permitting software by subordinates to track all building and safety services based on City established plan submittal and review, permit issuance, inspection, and record management processes
+ Attend City Council and/or Planning Commission meetings annually, on an as-needed basis, to address Building related matters
+ Preparation of quarterly SMIP (California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program) and other Building Fee reports as needed
+ Preparation of quarterly progress reports outlining number of permits processed, total valuation or processed permits, and total fees collected
+ Preparation of annual reports detailing the number of dwelling units permitted/constructed each calendar year, both net new and replacement
+ Perform all other administrative building and safety related duties, including developing and implementing office policies and procedures and assuring that files and plans are secured, organized and kept up to date

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Building Plan Check Services
All plans examination services will be performed by a licensed Civil or Structural Engineer, and/or an ICC Certified or otherwise qualified Plans Examiner. For more complex projects and when needed to meet peak workload demands, additional support will be provided from our other regional offices. Our plans examiners understand and are intimately familiar with applicable building codes and plan review procedures and policies and will readily assist with solutions to complicated plan review issues.

Our staff will work with project applicants in a collaborative and professional manner to quickly identify and resolve violations of codes, standards or local ordinances. They will provide thorough plan reviews in an effort to ensure complete and accurate construction documents to minimize questions and problems during the construction phase of projects.

Technical Capabilities in Plan Check Areas
Interwest staff possesses significant technical capabilities in all areas of plans examination competence.

Plans examiners are licensed engineers and/or ICC Certified or otherwise qualified Plans Examiners with extensive experience providing plan review services. Plans examination activities will be performed under the direction of a California licensed professional engineer and/or licensed architect. Our staff will conduct accelerated plan review on as as-needed basis as requested by the Building Official.

Non-Structural Life Safety
Interwest’s non-structural plans examiners furnish plan review services for a vast array of projects including large residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, retail, and OSHPD 3 medical office buildings. Many of our plans examiners are CASp certified. Completed plan review projects range from single-story residential projects to complex high rise buildings and numerous building additions and remodels. We are experienced and familiar with the use and application of the most current editions of the following codes:
+ California Building Standards Code
+ Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design + ANSI Standards
+ NFPA Codes & Standards
+ CA Code of Regulations (CCR) Titles 19 and 24
+ Jurisdiction-adopted amendments or ordinances
Structural
Our California-licensed Structural Engineers have experience designing and reviewing projects utilizing virtually all building materials:
+ Wood + Cold-Formed Steel Framing
+ Masonry + Straw Bale

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+ Heavy Timber / Timber Frame + Rammed Earth
+ Concrete + Aluminum
+ Structural Steel
Our engineers have designed or reviewed a wide array of lateral force resisting systems including:
+ Steel Moment Frames + Wood Shearwall Systems
+ Buckling Restrained Braced Frames + Masonry Shearwall Systems + Eccentric Braced Frames + Concrete Shearwall Systems
+ Concentric Braced Frames
+ Concrete Moment Frames
+ Cantilevered Column Systems
+ Various Proprietary Lateral Force Resisting Systems
Our structural engineers are experienced with the provisions of most model codes including, but not limited to, current versions of:
+ CCR Title 24, Part 2, Volume 2 + ACI 530 / TMS 402/602 + AISC 341, 358 and 360 + CA Historical Building Code
+ ASCE 7 & 41 + CA Existing Building Code
+ AISI Standards for Cold Formed Steel + NEHRP Requirements for Existing Building + ANSI / AF&PA NDS for wood framing + International Existing Building Code, Appendix A2 + ACI 318 and A5
Mechanical, Plumbing & Electrical
Interwest’s California-licensed Mechanical and Electrical Engineers are well-versed in the application California Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Energy and Green Building Standards Codes:
+ California Building Code + California Mechanical Code + California Residential Code + California Electrical Code + California Plumbing Code + Jurisdiction-adopted amendments or ordinance Energy Compliance
Our engineers and plan reviewers are up-to-date on all California Energy requirements as they relate to both new and remodel construction on large residential and commercial projects. The Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings were established in 1978 in response to a legislative mandate to reduce California's energy consumption. These standards are updated periodically to allow consideration and possible incorporation of new energy efficiency technologies and methods.

Green Building Standards
Our staff is familiar with the incorporation of CALGreen building criteria into project designs and the resulting potential impact as related to the building codes. In addition, staff members have participated in the development of various “green” standards for super adobe, rammed earth, and straw bale construction, to name a few.

LEED
Developed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED provides building owners and operators a framework for identifying and implementing measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. LEED certification consists of a number of different rating systems that apply to many building types—commercial as well as residential and measures how well a building performs across many sustainability metrics including: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

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Access Compliance – CASp Review
All of Interwest’s CASp-Certified professionals are knowledgeable of state and federal accessibility laws and regulations and possess the expertise necessary to promote access to facilities for persons with disabilities. Our goal is to provide experts in the industry who can perform services for building departments by customizing our services to correspond with our client’s expectations and needs. We work collaboratively with our clients to resolve plan review and inspection related issues as efficiently as possible, ultimately resulting in an expedited process and successful project.

Our architects and plans examiners are fully trained and familiar with CA Building Code Accessibility requirements and ADA compliance regulations and are available for plan review and/or evaluations and consultation. We offer support to municipalities for compliance enforcement and/or developing a transition plan towards compliance, and successfully partner with the disabled community to address the needs and requirements for both entities. We can assist our clients in interpreting various issues relating to access compliance, such as access compliance obligations, transition planning, construction costs, construction phasing, code ‘interpretation,’ hardship and code changes.

Flood Zones
Interwest’s staff of engineers and plans examiners have experience in providing plan reviews for projects located in flood zones, as several of our clients have developments that occur in areas prone to flooding.

Interwest’s staff has provided numerous plan reviews for projects located in flood zones using FEMA’s Technical Bulletins as well as the local jurisdiction’s ordinances. In addition, members of Interwest’s staff have participated in state-sponsored committees to establish guideline and regulations for construction in areas designated as flood zones.

OSHPD 3
Our staff of plans examiners has extensive experience in providing plan reviews for OSHPD 3 projects.

Our staff is well versed with the OSHPD 3 requirements contained in the California Building Code. We also have OSHPD certified inspectors available on an as-needed basis.

Code Interpretations
Code interpretations are subject to final review and approval by the Chief Building Official, or City designated staff. Interwest’s engineers and plans examiners will provide unbiased recommendations and background information to help the Building Official or Fire Marshal make an informed decision. All plan review comments are subject to review and approval by the City Building Department.

Special Projects
Interwest is able to accommodate special project plan review needs such as fast-track, multi-phased, or accelerated plan reviews. We establish project specific turn-around goals and procedures with jurisdiction staff for these types of projects based on the complexity of the projects as well as the construction schedule.

Our staff of engineers and plans examiners will work with the City as well as with applicants and designers to resolve all plan review issues. Our staff will deal directly with applicants and their designers during the plan review process to resolve all issues. Interwest will furnish assigned personnel with all materials, resources and training necessary to conduct plan reviews, including a current copy of the applicable City amendments, policies, procedures and forms.

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Communicating Plan Review Results
Plan reviews, when not immediately approved, will result in lists of comments referring to specific details and drawings, and referencing applicable code sections. Interwest will provide the City a clear, concise and thorough document from which clients, designers, contractors and owners can work. At the completion of each plan review cycle, Interwest will return an electronic copy of the plan review comment list to the designated City representatives. Upon completion of the plan review, after all plan review issues have been resolved, Interwest will electronically stamp all final documents annotated as “reviewed for code compliance” to the City for final approval and permit issuance.

On-Site Consultant Services & Meeting Attendance
Our staff is available for pre-construction or pre-design meetings, field visits, contacts with the design team, and support for field inspection personnel as needed. With some reasonable limitations, preconstruction and pre-design meetings associated with projects that we plan review are considered part of the plan review service.

Interwest’s engineers and plans examiners will be available to meet with City staff, the design team, applicants, and/or contractors, at the City’s request, to discuss and resolve plan review and code related issues. We will be available within one (1) business day to respond to questions from the City that may be generated during field inspections for each authorized plan check that is subsequently issued a permit for construction. Voice mails and e-mails will be responded to as quickly as possible, always within 24 hours.

Plan Review Tracking Methods & Billing Process
Our staff has experience working with most project tracking databases utilized by building departments. Our staff will update electronic records and make project related database entries as directed by the City.

We will create and maintain a Jurisdiction File containing our research on any unique amendments or specifications required by your jurisdiction, billing arrangements, contact information and any special requests you would like us to keep in mind.

Interwest uses a custom-designed database to maintain and track all plans throughout the review process from the moment you request a pick-up and/or shipment to delivery of the final, approved documents. Information such as project name, City’s project number, assigned plan reviewer(s), date documents were received, plan review cycle and completion date for current review can be provided.

In addition to standard phone communication, custom reports can be emailed.

In addition, we can provide online tracking for the City with a custom-designed web template geared to provide any reporting and information needs required.

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Building Inspection Services
Building inspectors qualified to perform residential and commercial inspections can be made available as-needed during normal business hours (40 hours/week). Inspectors can also be flexible to assist during special off-hours by request with advance notice.

Assigned staff will perform inspection services, as needed, to verify that the work of construction is in conformance with the approved project plans as well as identifying issues of non-compliance with applicable building and fire codes. Our field inspection services will include site inspections and writing legible and understandable correction and violation notices and field reports. In addition, we will be available to answer in-person or telephone inquiries.

We understand that municipal codes are frequently updated, so we will ensure that the projects we are inspecting are compliant with current code requirements. More specifically, we will ensure compliance with Title 24 California Building Codes, parts 1, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, covering structural, fire prevention, life safety, disabled access, energy conservation, green building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical installations in residential, commercial, industrial, existing and historical buildings.

Interwest’s ICC / CASp certified inspectors have performed both building and fire inspection services on a wide variety of construction projects including new residential developments, large custom homes, and commercial, institutional, assembly, essential service buildings and industrial projects. When necessary for large or fast-track projects, multiple inspectors are available.

Interwest’s inspectors will provide field inspections including site inspections of projects to verify conformance with approved drawings and specifications which will include review of the permit documents to verify that onsite conditions are consistent with the approved documents for square footage, setbacks, heights and any other applicable conditions. At the completion of inspections, Interwest’s inspectors will complete all necessary City forms and documents as required to provide seamless service.

We understand that personality and customer service is crucial to on-the-job success, therefore, we have selected inspectors who are well versed in customer service and skilled in dealing with people both at the public counter and in the field. All inspection personnel assigned will be ICC and / or CASp certified as required.

Inspector Qualifications & Certifications
Interwest retains inspectors who are motivated to achieve the highest level of experience and

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certification. We work hard to match your jurisdiction’s level of safety and code compliance. All Interwest inspectors are ICC-certified.

Inspection personnel assigned will be able to read, understand and interpret construction plans, truss drawings and calculations, prepare and maintain accurate records and reports, communicate effectively orally and in writing and to work effectively with contractors, the public and general staff. Inspectors will possess knowledge of approved and modern methods, materials, tools and safety used in building inspection and the most current building standards.

Virtual Inspections
Our staff has begun providing Remote Video Inspections (RVI), which allows for the inspection of a building or building systems using already available video technology. RVI is intended to be a complete and thorough inspection that meets the minimum requirements of the California Codes and local ordinances.

Inspection Schedule
Interwest will work with your organization to provide inspection staff in a timely manner. Our inspectors are familiar with a multitude of jurisdictional scheduling and tracking systems and can quickly adapt to jurisdiction requirements. Emergency inspections (usually requests that pertain to a serious or urgent life/safety issue) can be provided as they are needed; nights, holidays, or weekends.

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Permit Technician Services
Permit technician services are crucial to the success of the entire building safety process as they are the first impression the public gets of your building department. Contact with the public at this initial point sets the tone for any additional interaction throughout the life of a project, whether engaging the homeowner, architect, developer, contractor, or other community members. Delivery of excellent customer service, maintaining a smooth flow of documents and plans throughout departments, and tracking and reporting are key elements to furnishing a first-rate, efficient, and memorable experience to your clients.

Our Building Permit Technicians will welcome and work closely with customers at the public counter answering all questions. They will provide information about permit applications, plan review and inspection requirements, will be excellent at organizing and maintaining the filing systems necessary for tracking in-progress applications, permits issued, plan check in progress, approved plans and any other information required by the City. Resumes for proposed Building Permit Technicians will be presented to the Chief Building Official for approval and acceptance before providing services.

Services provided by the Building Permit Technician may include:
+ Provide customer support and assistance at the permit center counter and over the phone. + Assist the public in completing permit applications and other necessary forms. + Determine permit, plan, and process requirements for permit applicants and notify the applicant when construction documents or permits are ready for pick up or issuance. + Answer questions quickly and correctly directly from the public via phone calls and emails. + Receive, process and issue building permits and coordinate the plan review and inspection process, including tracking, routing, and storage of plans. + Review permit applications and other pertinent information to verify accuracy and completeness of information.
+ Maintain a variety of public records and filing systems necessary for tracking in-progress applications, permits issued, plan checks in progress, approved plans, and other counter-related items.
+ Verify projects have obtained all necessary approvals before issuing permits and that the following have been filed with the City: valid contractor's license, works' compensation and valid business license information.
+ Review and approve less complicated non-structural plan checks over the counter. + Create public informational documents and handouts explaining technical issues or requirements for permit issuance, if needed.
+ Welcome and receive customers at the public services counter professionally and courteously.

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Permitting Software System and Electronic Plan Review
Interwest understands that the City is undertaking a process review to identify opportunities to streamline review and approval processes. If selected, Interwest would be happy to participate in this process or implement new directives resulting from this process. Our team can provide assistance with the configuration, implementation, and on-going support of the City’s permitting software system, including online electronic permitting and plan check and can provide ongoing training available for consulting staff and City staff for full compliance with current building code standards, online software updates, and related issues. We have helped our clients in implementing a variety of streamlined permitting and plan check software and are confident in our ability to assist La Mesa with this process if requested.

We further understand that the City currently uses MaintStar, a cloud-based permitting software program with an online customer portal and embedded electronic plan review. If selected, our staff will utilize MaintStar as directed by the City. Our staff is familiar with many plan check and permitting platforms, which will make the training process quick and painless. Our team will assist City staff, as requested, with MaintStar permit, inspection, and fee configuration to support Building Division operations.

Electronic Plan Check Services
Interwest currently provides electronic plan review services for multiple jurisdictions throughout California, and we are prepared to provide electronic plan check for the City. We are familiar with many electronic plan review platforms, including the platform used by the City of La Mesa.

We understand that our team will be required to use MaintStar for electronic plan checking services and will assist with the ongoing development of policies and procedures for electronic plan checking. The plan checkers assigned to the City will become quickly proficient in the use of MaintStar electronic plan review software to accommodate the public demand for electronic plan checking in accordance with maximum service delivery timeframes stated herein. Our staff is experienced providing electronic plan review. Our goal is always to collaborate with and support the building department by providing thorough, accurate and timely plan reviews.

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Engineering Plan Review
Interwest has the collective, diverse team of people and experience to perform a full range of plan check services. More importantly, we possess the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively integrate the necessary engineering services with the client’s staff to create a design plan check process that is coordinated, consistent, and predictable.

All plan reviews will be evaluated by the project manager for quality control of the plan review, the level and quality of comments from the review, consistency with similar reviews, the avoidance of late hits or “gotcha” comments, the evaluation of the design professional’s submittal and whether they are addressing prior comments or have justifiable reasoning in their designs that may allow deviations from standards, with City approval. The project manager will meet with the design professional and their client if prior comments are not being addressed. We have found this will get the process back on track or provide the project owner/client with a more realistic schedule based on their design professionals’ actions.

The discussion above describes Interwest’s philosophy and approach of “how” we do our work. A typical scenario for “what” we do related to the review and processing of plans, follows:
+ Provide plan checking relative to applicable codes and locally adopted standards. + Collaborate with internal and external entities relative to plan check comments. + Perform sewer and storm drain review and impact/assessment fee assessment for individual sites applying for development entitlements using the current City Sewer and Storm Drain Master Plans as a basis.
+ Review hydrology and hydraulics reports and calculations for individual sites based on City Master Plans of Drainage and County Hydrology Manual and City Standards. + Review development, street improvement plans, grading plans, traffic related plans and documents, real property documents, and other similar plans for conformance with City Codes, Standard Plan & Details, Greenbook Standard Specifications, ADA requirements and other related standards.

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+ Review and comment on Water Quality Management Plans, Erosion and Sediment Control Plans and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans.
+ Review and comment on landscape and irrigation plans, specifically as they relate to the City’s Water Conservation Ordinance, the Grading Code as well as proper establishment, and ongoing maintenance of slopes, drainage facilities and other infrastructure and plant materials.

PLAN CHECK TIME FRAMES
Plan checking shall follow a set schedule of turnaround timeframes as established by the City. It is strongly expected that plan checks should not exceed three (3) total plan check cycles. Turnaround times are not to exceed the following:
+ First Check: Twenty (20) working days
+ Second Check: Fifteen (15) working days
+ Third Check: Ten (10) working days
+ Plans should be ready for approval and submitted in Mylar by Fourth (4) Check.

Periodic meetings shall be scheduled to discuss plan check issues with the City’s project engineers.

Unless otherwise directed by City staff, no plan check shall be returned to the developer, or the developer’s representative, until the City’s project engineers have been updated on the status of the plan checks being returned.

For any reason, if a plan check is expected to exceed three (3) cycles, Interwest shall inform the City’s engineering staff, and a meeting will be coordinated by Interwest staff and developer to resolve outstanding issues. This is usually foreseen after the second submittal so as to get the review “back on track” and avoid further delays and added costs to the city and project. To the extent feasible, Interwest shall perform a thorough review with the first submittal of plans to avoid new comments on any subsequent submittals.

TRANSPORTING PLANS
For any plans not checked electronically, Interwest will arrange for all pick-up and delivery of plan review documents from the City at no additional cost. Interwest uses varied methods of pick-up and delivery with the goal of providing same-day service.

PLAN CHECK COMMUNICATION
Plan reviews, when not immediately approved, will result in a list of comments referring to specific details and drawings, and referencing applicable code sections. Interwest will provide a clear, concise, and thorough document (i.e., comment list) and redlined plans from which clients, designers, contractors, and owners can work. Each comment list will include the name and contacts information for the person or persons who completed the review. Comment lists and redlined plans will be delivered to our clients and other designated recipients (e.g., designers, contractors, owners). Upon approval of submitted plans, Interwest will certify in writing that the design is in substantial compliance with applicable local, state and federal requirements. A copy of the approved supporting documents and mylars with plan reviewers’ initials shall be sent to the City at the end of the process.

Interwest’s staff of engineers and plans examiners are always available and willing to discuss plan review status and/or issues for projects that we have reviewed with City staff, applicants, designers and/or contractors via meetings, phone, video conference, or e-mail as required to resolve issues. Voice mails, e-mails and faxes will be responded to as quickly as possible, usually within 24 hours.

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REVIEW CHECKLIST
Interwest staff utilized their extensive experience with local government and their expansive network of relationships with local agencies, public utilities, and regional Councils of Government (COGs) to develop numerous checklists and plan-check process documents for client agencies to assist both our plan check engineers and developer’s consultants in the plan submission and review process. Examples include:
+ Grading Certification and Compaction Report Review Checklist + Grading Plan Preparation Checklist
+ Grading Plans (Mass/Rough Grading) Checklist
+ Improvement Plan Submittals Checklist
+ Utility Plan Checklist
+ Legal Documents Submittals Checklist
+ Hydrology Report Checklist
+ WQMP Review Checklist
+ NPDES Construction Inspection Form
+ Tentative and Final Map Checklists
Interwest staff also use internal review checklists developed in Microsoft Excel for plan review of:
+ Maps + Storm Drains
+ Mass Grading + Water Quality Basins
+ Rough Grading + Street improvements
+ Precise Grading + Sewer and Water Infrastructure
+ Drainage and Hydrology + Signing and Striping

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Hillside Development Review and Inspection Services
Interwest proposes to partner with subconsultant Ninyo & Moore to provide the necessary geotechnical expertise to provide hillside development review and inspection services.

Ninyo & Moore is a California Corporation, minority-owned, multidisciplinary consulting firm that provides high-quality geotechnical and environmental consulting services. The firm was incorporated in 1986 to provide consulting services in geotechnical engineering, construction inspection and testing, engineering geology, hydrogeology, hazardous waste remediation and environmental assessment. Ninyo & Moore currently provides geotechnical services to the City of La Mesa, making them uniquely qualified to support our team in providing their services to the City.

Below is a brief overview of the services Ninyo & Moore will provide under this agreement.

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Stormwater and Grading Inspection Services
Interwest proposes to partner with subconsultant, D-MAX Engineering, Inc. (D-MAX), to provide the requested stormwater compliance services. D-MAX is a local environmental consulting firm that specializes in storm water services for municipalities in the San Diego Region. D-MAX has provided stormwater services to the City of La Mesa since 1996 and has recently completed construction stormwater inspections for the nearby Cities of Chula Vista, National City, Lemon Grove, Santee, and Escondido.

D-MAX will provide training to City building inspectors on construction stormwater inspections, focusing on the types of activities and problems most likely to occur at work associated with building permits.

Formal training sessions will be held quarterly, and D-MAX staff will also be available to answer questions from City inspectors as-needed. Training sessions will likely focus on practical examples of good and bad BMPs, using photos from actual inspections. This type of training helps engage inspectors in discussion and is more effective than high level discussion of erosion and sediment control principles.

D-MAX will also work with City staff to maintain the City’s NPDES inventory of construction sites, including adding new sites when they begin work and marking sites as closed when work is finished.

We anticipate this will be done either by obtaining lists of approved and closed out permits from the City on an at least monthly basis and/or regular meetings with City staff to get updates on the status of projects. To meet MS4 Permit requirements, the inventory will be updated at least quarterly. D-MAX will also work with City inspectors to ensure inspection results are recorded so that they can be used for stormwater annual reporting. D-MAX staff will also verify that the inventory and inspection record include all the information required by MS4 Permit Provision E.4.b.

D-MAX has provided stormwater services to the City of La Mesa for over 25 years, and this experience will help our team effectively liaise with City staff on issues related to construction stormwater inspections and reporting. D-MAX staff are also available to complete stormwater inspections directly when needed, either as regular inspections or periodic inspections to verify compliance in more detail. D-MAX staff have extensive experience with completing construction stormwater inspections for local municipalities, including the cities of Lemon Grove, National City, Santee, and Chula Vista. D-MAX staff also regularly work with regulators at the San Diego Water Board and have successfully represented several local agencies with Water Board audits and updating construction stormwater programs in response to Water Board comments.

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C | Firm Information and Qualifications
Firm Background
With a staff of more than 200 professionals in our
Building and Safety Division, Interwest maintains the
largest building and safety services staff in California.

Interwest Consulting Group has extensive experience and a proven track record of successfully providing complete
building department services to public agencies. We
currently serve more than 300 public agencies, providing plan review and inspection services.

Interwest was founded by individuals with a passion for serving municipalities. Our company of nearly 500
employees span a multitude of disciplines, roles, and job placements to municipalities within building safety and public works departments throughout California.

Providing building department services is at the core of our business. We have highly qualified staff and extensive
resources throughout the state. Interwest is comprised of licensed Civil and Structural Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Fire Protection Engineers, and Mechanical Engineers
registered in the State of California, ICC Certified and highly qualified Plans Examiners, Certified Access Specialists (CASp), licensed Architects, and other professionals
specializing in providing complete building safety services to local government agencies in accordance with all relevant codes.

Corporate Entity
Colorado Corporation, legally
certified to conduct business in the
State of California
Years in Business
20 years of experience providing the
requested services to municipalities.

Project Office
9320 Chesapeake Drive | Suite 208 |
San Diego, CA, 92123
Only 11 miles from City Hall
Services Interwest Provides
+ Building Department Services
+ Municipal Engineering Services
+ City Planning Services
+ Construction Management
+ Traffic Engineering Services
+ Real Property Services

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Insurance
Below we have provided a sample insurance certificate as evidence of our firm’s ability to meet the City’s requirements.

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Staff Identification and Qualifications
The Interwest personnel assigned to serve the City of La Mesa will be highly qualified and experienced in providing building safety plan check services to California municipal clients. Our proposed team is dedicated to providing first-class building department support services. Additional information on their background and experience have been included in their resumes in the Appendix.

Name / Role License & Certification No.

LEADERSHIP
David Kniff, AIA
Plan Check Project
Manager | Architect
CA Registered Architect
CA General Building Contractor, Class B
TX Registered Architect
W12 National Building Contractor
C-19040
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19798
Bill Elizarraras, ICC
Field Inspection Services
Project Manager
ICC CA Residential Mechanical Inspector
ICC CA Plumbing Inspector
ICC Residential Building Inspector
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BUILDING OFFICIAL WITH PLAN CHECK CAPABILITIES
Oscar Herrera, CBO, ICC
Building Inspector
ICC Residential Building Inspector
ICC Residential Plumbing Inspector
ICC Residential Mechanical Inspector
ICC Residential Electrical Inspector
ICC Residential Combination Inspector
ICC Residential Plans Examiner
ICC Permit Technician
ICC Fire Inspector I
ICC Commercial Building Inspector
ICC Building Inspector
ICC Residential Fire Sprinkler Inspector/Plans Examiner ICC Commercial Electrical Inspector
ICC Electrical Inspector
ICC Commercial Plumbing Inspector
ICC Plumbing Inspector
ICC Commercial Mechanical Inspector
ICC Mechanical Inspector
ICC Commercial Combination Inspector
ICC Combination Inspector
ICC Certified Building Official
ICC Permit Specialist
ICC Legal Module
ICC Building Codes and Standards Module
ICC Management Module
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC Building Code Specialist
ICC Fire Plans Examiner
ICC Residential Energy Inspector/Plans Examiner
ICC Commercial Energy Plans Examiner
ICC Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner
ICC Master Code Professional
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BUILDING PLAN REVIEW (Building, Fire, Structural, MEP, CASp) Erich Kuchar, MS, PE
Plan Review Engineer
CA Professional Civil Engineer
ICC Building Plans Examiner
Cal EMA Post-Disaster Safety Assessment
Evaluator Trained
90430

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Name / Role License & Certification No.

Ali Sadre, SE, CASp
Structural Plan Review
Engineer | Accessibility
Plan Reviewer
Certified Access Specialist
CA Registered Structural Engineer
CA Registered Civil Engineer
CASp-861
S3715
C42877
Scott Humphrey, ICC
Building Plans Examiner
IAEI Master Electrical Inspector
ICC Combination Inspector
ICC Commercial Combination Inspector
ICC Building Inspector
ICC Commercial Building Inspector
ICC Electrical Inspector
ICC Electrical Plans Examiner
ICC Commercial Electrical Inspector
ICC Mechanical Inspector
ICC Commercial Mechanical Inspector
ICC Plumbing Inspector
ICC Commercial Plumbing Inspector
ICC Residential Combination Inspector
ICC Residential Electrical Inspector:

ICC Residential Building Inspector:

ICC Residential Plumbing Inspector
ICC Residential Mechanical Inspector
CEI-M-166
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
5254664
Martha McNicholas
Building Plans Examiner FL Registered Professional Civil Engineer 20+ years of experience with utilities
Jingpei Zhang, EE
Electrical Engineer CA Registered Professional Electrical Engineer EE16243 Augie Cerdan, FPE
Fire Plan Check Engineer CA Registered Professional Fire Protection Engineer FP1579
Connor Reuss, ME, ICC
Energy Plans Examiner
CA Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer
ICC Commercial Energy Plans Examiner
40536
8908763

BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICES
John Millbrandt, ICC
Building Inspector
ICC Combination Dwelling Inspector – Uniform Codes
ICC Fire Inspector I
5234189
5234189
Gordon Day, ICC
Building Inspector
ICC Plumbing Inspector
ICC Plumbing Inspector UPC
ICC Mechanical Inspector UMC
ICC Combination Inspector
ICC Mechanical Inspector
ICC Building Inspector
ICC Building Plans Examiner
ICC Structural Masonry Special Inspector
ICC Combination Inspector – Legacy
ICC Electrical Inspector
ICC Commercial Combination Inspector
1131567
1131567
1131567
1131567
1131567
1131567
1131567
1131567
1131567
1131567
1131567

PERMIT TECHNICIAN SERVICES
Ashleigh Herbert
Permit Technician
15 years of administrative experience serving governmental agencies
N/A

STORMWATER/GRADING ENGINEERING
Matt Simonetti, PE
Senior Civil Engineer
CA Registered Professional Civil Engineer 68340

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Name / Role License & Certification No.

Kamran Saber, PE, QSD
Senior Civil Engineer
CA Registered Civil Engineer
Qualified SWPPP Developer/Practitioner (QSD/QSP)
47567
24012
HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND INSPECTION (Subconsultant: Ninyo & Moore) Jeffrey T. Kent, PE, GE
Principal Engineer
CA Registered Civil Engineer
CA Professional Geotechnical Engineer
66143
2817
Nissa Morton, PG, CEG
Senior Project Geologist
CA Professional Geologist (PG)
CA Certified Engineering Geologist (CEG)
8949
2655
STORMWATER COMPLIANCE INSPECTION (Subconsultant: D-Max) John Draminski, EIT,

CPESC, QSD/P
Assistant Project Engineer
Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Certification #
Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC) Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD)/Qualified SWPPP Practitioner 0420061662
9199
26970
John Quenzer, MS,

CPSWQ, QSD/P
Principal Scientist
Certified Professional in Storm Water Quality (CPSWQ)
Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD)/Qualified SWPPP Practitioner 693
24039
Brittany Perkins
Staff Scientist II
QSD/P in progress; hands-on experience conducting storm water inspections at construction sites, businesses, and municipal facilities

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D | References
In addition to the form required, below we have provided a sampling of clients for which Interwest has provided services similar to those required by the City of La Mesa.

City of Encinitas // Building Department Services
ROY SAPAU, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES | 760.633.2734 | [email protected] Interwest and our sister company, EsGil, provide Building Plan Review, Inspection, and Permitting Services to the City of Encinitas. Encinitas is a beach city of 63,000 located near San Diego, California.

Known for its pristine beaches, prime surfing, historic architecture, beautiful parks and livability, the Encinitas area takes pride in its history, cultural arts, and support of immigrants and refugees. We provide the following on-time and within budget services for the City, including:
+ Plan Check Engineers, Building Plan Review, including Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, Accessibility
+ Next-Day Inspections
+ Counter and Permitting Services
+ Prepare ordinances, provide special studies, research, analysis, enforcement actions for the abatement of dangerous buildings, and provide emergency services and assistance during or after a disaster
City of Poway // Building Department Services
BOB MANIS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR | 858.668.4601 | [email protected] Originally an agricultural area, today Poway serves as a residential community for the City of San Diego, earning it the nickname, “The City in the Country.” Interwest, through our sister company EsGil, has provided residential and commercial Building Inspections, Building Plan Review, and Permit Technicians for the past 37 years, and currently provide a staff person who serves as the Building Official. We currently provide fire and life safety plan review and inspections, as well. The City of Poway has been a client for many years, and can attest to our ability to complete projects on-time and within budget.

Recent notable Building Plan Reviews include:
+ Ridgeview Business Park Industrial/R&D Buildings – Building Plan Review and Inspection

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+ Outpost three-story Mixed-Use Building – Building Plan Review + General Atomics Tenant Improvement – Building Plan Review and Inspection City of Santee // Building Department Services
CHRIS JACOBS, PRINCIPAL PLANNER | 619.258.4100 X 182 | [email protected] Just 18 miles from the Pacific Ocean, Santee is a community with a population of 58,000 surrounded by abundance of open space and bisected by the San Diego River, parks and trails. Interwest, through our sister company EsGil, has been a partner to the City since 1981, providing full building department services, including a Deputy Building Official, plan check, Permit Technician/administrative services, inspection services, permitting software, emergency response services, and additional staffing resources for increases in activity levels. We provided Building Plan Review, Fire Review, and Building Inspections.

City of Lake Forest // Building Department Services
GAYLE ACKERMAN, DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES | 949.461.3460 | [email protected] In April 2009, Interwest began providing turnkey building safety services to the City of Lake Forest [population 83,000]. Recognizing the value and cost benefits attributable to employing a contract services model, the City has contracted for building safety services since its incorporation in 1991.

Interwest provides a team of on-site professionals that provide all building safety services—blending seamlessly with existing city staff. We provide a full-time building official, building plan reviewers, building inspectors, and a building permit counter technician.

During our tenure, Interwest staff has developed the City's first single, combination building permit, which allowed for the same permit number to address all of a structure's elements (electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and structural) requiring approval, greatly reducing hours and paperwork. We also introduced several key documents that have allowed staff to communicate efficiently, including a workflow tracking sheet to document approvals, a standardized monthly report using the City's EnerGov software, and several of the City's Building Safety handouts, reflecting current codes and standards.

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Civic Center Campus - In April 2018, Interwest began providing complete turnkey Building and Safety services to the City of Lake Forest, particularly the Civic Center Campus. This 12.5-acre facility is the heart and social center of the Lake Forest community. The Civic Center Campus is comprised of the City Hall Building, Community Center, Council Chambers, Senior Center, and Parking Structure. The estimated cost of construction was approximately $60 million. Although there was no formal RFP process, Interwest was selected to provide all plan check and inspection services. Our team at Interwest consisted of on-site professionals who delivered complete plan checks, engineering services, inspections, and electrical services. Fred Marzara, who serves as CBO for Lake Forest, was directly involved in the plan review of the parking structure as well as the other four buildings.

One challenge our team faced during implementation was ensuring the secure placement of the building's solar panels. Upon inspection, it was discovered that high winds caused the solar panels to be pulled upward and out of place continuously. Our Interwest team quickly reviewed the issue with the building's architectural designers and after collaborating, found a solution of adding extra pinpoint connectors in addition to the 4 pinpoints the solar panels already had, securing them in place on all sides.

City of Pomona // Building Department Services
ANITA GUTIERREZ, AICP, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR | 90.620.2421 | [email protected]
Interwest Consulting Group began serving the City of Pomona [population 160,000] in September 2009.

Traditionally a full-service City, Pomona examined several cost-saving strategies, including contracting for services that had historically been provided by in-house staff. Interwest Consulting Group successfully transitioned all building and safety services from the City's in-house staff and implemented new, streamlined processes and procedures. The change resulted in a higher level of service for the City's customers at significant cost savings to the City.

We currently provide the following on-site services:
+ Building Official + Housing Abatement Enforcement
+ Building & Engineering Plan Review + Front Counter Support + Building and Safety Inspections + Administrative Services + Permit Technician + Construction & Grading Inspection

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E | Onsite Work
We are dedicated to providing your customers and community with the highest standard of customer service, including providing on-site services when the City requires.

Interwest understands that Building Official, Inspection, and Permit Technician staff will be required to work on-site at La Mesa City Hall when necessary and as agreed upon with the City. Interwest is able to provide on-site staff in these positions, including administrative and counter services. All staff will be based from our local San Diego office – just 11 miles away from City Hall – making it easy for us to attend meetings at City Hall and add additional support to the City on-site during period of high workload.

We understand that some staff serving positions are required to work in La Mesa City Hall during the hours that City Hall is open to the public, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed on alternative Fridays and certain holidays. We are also available to respond to emergency situations including structural assessments as required.

OFFSITE PLAN CHECK
All plans examination services will be coordinated out of our local San Diego office performed either by a licensed Civil or Structural Engineer, or an ICC Certified Plans Examiner under the direction of a licensed Civil or Structural Engineer and / or licensed Architect.

For more complex projects, and when needed to meet peak workload demands, additional support can be provided from our other Southern California regional offices. Our plans examiners understand and are intimately familiar with applicable building codes and plan review procedures and policies and will readily assist with solutions to complicated plan review issues.

Our team also looks forward to reviewing and providing plan check comments digitally. We currently provide electronic plan review services to multiple jurisdictions throughout California and our staff is experienced providing electronic plan review utilizing MaintStar or other common electronic plan review systems at the City’s direction. Our goal is always to collaborate with and support the building departments we serve by providing thorough, accurate and timely plan reviews.

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F | Firm Resources
Our team of qualified and appropriately licensed and certified staff will provide architectural, structural, plumbing, mechanical and electrical plan check review in the areas of residential, commercial, or industrial new construction; remodels; additions; green building; LEED, Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS); public nuisance abatement; Fire Code and Floodplain (FEMA) related plan checks. Plan reviewers will be available by phone, email, and in person as deemed appropriate to interface with applicants and City staff, provide insight on unique or challenging plan check or code interpretation issues, and to coordinate building permit requirements and interface with City Departments and other agencies, including Planning and Community Development, Public Works Department, City’s Engineering Services consultant, Clean Water consultant, Fire Department, and the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health.

Our technical abilities relating to plan check disciplines, building inspection and permitting services have been described in detail in Section B: Scope of Work. What follows is a brief re-cap for each of the requested services.

PERMIT SOFTWARE DATA ENTRY
Interwest has expertise with several platforms for permitting software and has helped cities implement a number of different programs. Our permit technician staff and building inspectors will use the City’s preferred program to provide the data entry services required in a timely manner.

PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEWS
Our counter staff will review permit applications for completeness when received. They will identify and collect all required fees for building permit applications and facilitate the collection of fees from other departments as applicable and input all relevant information in MaintStar and the City’s cashiering system.

All permit applications will be reviewed by our counter staff for completeness of the submittal and logged in for plan review, either over-the-counter by our on-site Building Official or inspection staff, or sent off-site to our San Diego office for remote plan review as appropriate. All staff will be appropriately certified and/or licensed in their discipline. Our Permit and Plan Review processes have been described in greater detail in Section B: Scope of Work.

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
Interwest’s non-structural plans examiners furnish plan review services for a vast array of projects including large residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, retail, and OSHPD 3 medical office buildings. Completed plan review projects range from single-story residential projects to complex high rise buildings and numerous building additions and remodels. We are experienced and familiar with the use and application of the most current editions of the following model codes: California Building Standards Code, International Building Code (IBC), Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design, ANSI Standards, NFPA Codes & Standards, CA Code of Regulations (CCR) Titles 19 and 25, and Jurisdiction-adopted amendments or ordinances.

STRUCTURAL REVIEW
Our California-licensed Structural Engineers have experience designing and reviewing projects utilizing virtually all building materials: Wood, Masonry, Heavy Timber / Timber Frame, Concrete, Structural Steel, Cold-Formed Steel Framing, Straw Bale, Rammed Earth, and Aluminum.

Our engineers have designed or reviewed a wide array of lateral force resisting systems including Steel Moment Frames, Buckling Restrained Braced Frames, Eccentric Braced Frames, Concentric Braced

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Frames, Concrete Moment Frames, Wood Shearwall Systems, Masonry Shearwall Systems, Concrete Shearwall Systems, Cantilevered Column Systems, and Various Proprietary Lateral Force Resisting Systems.

Our structural engineers are experienced with the provisions of most model codes including, but not limited to, current versions of: CCR Title 24, Part 2, Volume 2, International Building Code (IBC), AISC 341, 358 and 360, ASCE 7, ASCE 41, AISI Standards for Cold Formed Steel, ANSI / AF&PA NDS for wood framing, ACI 318, ACI 530 / TMS 402/602, CA Historic Building Codes, and CA Existing Building Codes.

MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, AND ELECTRICAL REVIEW
Interwest’s California-licensed Mechanical and Electrical Engineers and ICC Certified Plans Examiners are well-versed in the application California Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Energy and Green Building Standards Codes and will verify that projects that they review are demonstrate compliance with applicable code provisions.

ACCESSIBILITY REVIEW
All of our CASp-Certified professionals are knowledgeable of state and federal accessibility laws and regulations and possess the expertise necessary to promote access to facilities for persons with disabilities. Our goal is to provide experts in the industry who can perform services for building departments in a seamless manner by customizing our services to correspond with our client’s expectations and needs. We work collaboratively with our clients to resolve plan review and inspection related issues as efficiently as possible, ultimately resulting in an expedited process and successful project.

Our architects and plans examiners are fully trained and familiar with CA Building Code Accessibility requirements and ADA compliance regulations and are available for plan review, inspections and/or evaluations and consultation. We offer support to municipalities for compliance enforcement and/or developing a transition plan, and successfully partner with the disabled community to address the needs and requirements for both entities. We can assist our clients in interpreting various issues relating to access compliance, such as access compliance obligations, transition planning, construction costs, construction phasing, code/law interpretation, hardship and code/law changes.

SOILS AND GRADING
Interwest has a collective, diverse team of professional licensed and QSP certified staff with the experience to perform the full range of Civil and Grading Plan Review services. More importantly, we possess the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively integrate our services with City requirements for review of grading and drainage plans. Review includes evaluation of required reports, studies, grading and improvement plans, and design professional’s recommendations; engineering review of grading permit applications is highly dependent upon the complexity and location of the proposed grading. A single lot entitled commercial grading permit application will be reviewed differently from a hillside lot or subdivision, or a project adjacent to a drainage corridor; soils reports will be evaluated, and confirmation of recommendations will be verified for compliance with the plans. Boundary conditions will be evaluated to maintain continuity with surrounding properties and maintain existing drainage patterns; Construction erosion control and post construction water quality control will be reviewed for compliance with the storm water quality management permit in effect.

LEED REVIEW
Our team has the ability to provide LEED review services. Developed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED provides building owners and operators a framework for identifying and implementing measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. LEED certification consists of a number of different rating systems that apply to many building types

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commercial as well as residential and measures how well a building performs across many sustainability metrics including: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

ENERGY COMPLIANCE
Our engineers and plan reviewers are up to date on all California Energy Code requirements as they relate to both new and remodel of residential and commercial projects. The Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings were established in 1978 in response to a legislative mandate to reduce California’s energy consumption. These standards are updated periodically to allow consideration and possible incorporation of new energy efficiency technologies and methods.

FLOOD ZONES
Our staff of engineers and plans examiners have experience in providing plan reviews for projects located in flood zones, drainage corridors and other areas prone to flooding. Our staff has provided numerous plan reviews for projects located in flood zones using FEMA’s Technical Bulletins as well as the local jurisdiction’s ordinances. In addition, members of our staff have participated in state-sponsored committees to establish guideline and regulations for construction in areas designated as flood zones.

OSHPD 3
Our staff of plans examiners has extensive experience in providing plan reviews for OSHPD 3 projects.

Our staff is well versed with the OSHPD 3 requirements contained in the California Building Code. We also employ an OSHPD certified inspector who has recently provided inspection services on behalf of our clients for hemodialysis, outpatient surgery, hyperbolic chamber and general medical clinics.

FIRE CODE PLAN REVIEW
We have a complete staff of experienced and licensed professional fire protection plans examiners and inspectors for your fire life safety needs. Our staff can check plans for compliance with all applicable fire code and standard requirements, including but not limited to the following: ICC Fire Code, Uniform Fire Code, California Fire Code, Life Safety Code, NFPA standards and your local/regional amendments.

Our Fire Plans Examiners and Inspectors are well versed in the use and application of the following model codes, standards and regulations: California Fire Code (CFC), California Building Code (CBC), Local amendments and policies related to the CFC and CBC, Adopted National Fire Protection Standards, California Health and Safety Code, Appropriate listings (CSFM, U.L., etc.) for common systems and materials, Fire Department Standards, National Fire Protection Referenced Standards pursuant to the above Codes, and Municipal, State or Federal regulations enforced by Fire Departments and Fire Districts.

OWTS REVIEW
Our staff can provide review of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS) plans as required. Our proposed team includes several QSP/D licensed individuals as well as Civil Engineers who have in depth experience providing water plan review services.

GREEN BUILDING REVIEW
Our staff is familiar with the incorporation of CALGreen building criteria into project designs and the resulting potential impact as related to the building codes. In addition, staff members have participated in the development of various “green” standards for super adobe, rammed earth, and straw bale construction, to name a few.

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PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT REVIEW
Typical services include preparing abatement cases for and testifying in public hearings and court proceedings on behalf of the City and serving as a resource and providing information on City regulations to property owners, residents, businesses, the general public, and other City departments and divisions. Our inspection staff will be available to support the City’s Code Enforcement staff in public nuisance abatement as directed and deemed appropriate by the City and Interwest.

BUILDING INSPECTIONS
Our team consists of ICC Certified Inspectors covering the disciplines of Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Fire Life Safety, accessibility and Green Building inspections. We have also partnered with D-MAX to provide stormwater compliance inspection services. More information on the inspection services we provide can be found in Section B: Scope of Work and in Section H:

Inspections.

PUBLIC COUNTER SERVICES
Public counter services are crucial to the success of the entire building safety process as they are the first impression the public gets of your building department. Contact with the public at this initial point sets the tone for any additional interaction through the life of a project whether engaging the homeowner, architect, developer or contractor or other community member. Delivery of excellent customer service, maintaining a smooth flow of documents and plans throughout departments, and tracking and reporting, are all key elements to furnishing first-rate, efficient and a memorable experience to your clients.

Our Counter Technician will welcome and work closely with the customers at the public counter answering all questions. They will provide information about permit applications, plan review and inspection requirements, will be excellent at organizing and maintaining the filing systems necessary for tracking in-progress applications, permits issued, plan check in progress, approved plans and any other information required by your jurisdiction.

More information on counter assistance and permit technician services can be found in Section B:

Scope of Work.

ASSISTANCE TO CITY CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF
Our inspection staff will be available to support the City’s Code Compliance/Enforcement staff as directed and deemed appropriate by the City and Interwest.

SUPERVISION AND LEADERSHIP
The services we provide are always closely coordinated and monitored to ensure we meet or exceed the service levels desired by the City, but also stay within the financial capacity of your operating budget.

We have broad experience and hands-on knowledge of municipal budgeting, specifically related to expenditures and cost recovery associated with private development processing and permitting. We will work in close partnership with the City tailoring our services and deployment of staff resources to ensure exceptional services.

All of our personnel work collaboratively with consistent communication between staff members for advice, application of specific expertise and any unique project or client knowledge. Meetings to coordinate and update all staff on current projects are held weekly, in addition to any special meetings needed to address new developments or issues. We utilize a custom database to compile all client and project information as it relates to any services we perform. Our technical and administrative staff is

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highly trained, attending seminars and educational conferences to keep current on up-to-date industry methods and information.

PREPARATION OF REPORTS, CODE UPDATES, HANDOUTS AND TRAINING MATERIALS Interwest creates reports, handouts and training materials for many of our clients. At the City’s direction we can create and submit monthly, quarterly and annual reports of our activities, including reporting on SMIP allocations, staffing levels provided, staff hours expended, number of permits issued, number of inspections performed by type, and other relevant financial, operational, and statistical information.

Our staff will also process, establish, maintain and update all forms and handouts in compliance City requirements, regulations, adopted standards, State or other laws and ordinances necessary for the operation of the Building Division, including hand‐out sheets explaining building permit application processing procedures.

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G | Turnaround Times
Below are our proposed maximum turnaround times for each identified assignment type outlined in the RFP.

Assignment Type Maximum Turnaround Times:

First Check Re-Checks
Processing and issuance of permits for minor alterations and additions
3 Working Days
(Can vary significantly
by permit type; we will
work with other City
departments to
process these in an
expedited manner.)
--
Processing and issuance of permits for Solar or ESS systems 3 - 5 Working Days 2 Working Days Fire code compliance review 7 - 10 Working Days 5 Working Days Processing and issuance of permits for single-tenant dwellings 10 Working Days 5 Working Days Processing and issuance of permits for multi-tenant dwellings 10 Working Days 5 Working Days Processing and issuance of permits for commercial construction under 10,000 square feet 10 Working Days 5 Working Days Processing and issuance of permits for commercial construction over 10,000 square feet
15 Working Days or as negotiated at the
time of submittal based on complexity
of the project and the City’s desire to
expedite.

MAXIMUM SERVICE DELIVERY TIMEFRAMES
We will maintain the City’s required turnaround times as presented in the RFP and below.

Service Timeframe for delivery
Major plan checks 2 weeks (10 working days)
Subsequent plan checks: 1 week (5 working days)
Minor plan checks and single-story homeowner
additions:
3 working days if submitted into plan check or
over the counter
Building inspection: The following workday if request is received before 4:30PM on the prior working day
Required monthly, quarterly, and annual Building
Fee and activity reporting (SMIP, HUD reporting,
etc.)
As required by state and/or federal regulation
Water Quality Inspections: As required by NPDES Permit
Water Quality Annual Reporting: As required by NPDES Permit Maintenance of NPDES Site Inventory: As required by NPDES Permit Permit assistance at the public counter: Average within 10 minutes of customer arrival Return of telephone calls and e-mails: Within one business day Monthly statistical accounting and preparation of
plans for imaging: Completed at the end of each month

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H | Inspections
Interwest staff will conduct building, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, accessibility, and Green Building inspections for building-related permits. Our assigned inspectors will be ICC-certified Building Inspectors knowledgeable of all applicable Federal, State and City building and safety codes/ordinances, floodplain (FIRM/FEMA) design standards, and NPDES requirements. Our inspections are based on City ordinances, current building codes, adopted amendments, as well as other specific additional City requirements, throughout the various stages of construction.

Inspection personnel assigned will be able to read, understand and interpret construction plans, truss drawings and calculations, prepare and maintain accurate records and reports, communicate effectively orally and in writing and work effectively with contractors, the public and general staff. Inspectors will possess knowledge of approved and modern methods of construction, materials, tools, and safety procedures used in building inspection and the most current building standards. Our inspectors are familiar with the City’s scheduling and tracking systems and will maintain and update all databases per City requirements.

As noted in Section B: Scope of Work, our assigned building inspection staff will:
+ Provide building inspection services and building/construction site inspection during the course of construction to verify and enforce compliance with approved plans, conditions of approval as set forth on the plans corresponding to the issued permit, and applicable provisions of the City’s ordinances and Codes, including code compliance with stormwater management requirements for construction sites
+ Resolve Code interpretation issues in the field.
+ Possess three or more years of experience as a Combination Building Inspector + Provide inspectors with an ICC Certification as a Combination Building Inspector + Provide inspectors with solution-oriented customer service experience with a wide range of customers including developers, contractors, homeowners, business owners and City staff As noted in Section B: Scope of Work, assigned stormwater compliance inspection staff will:
+ Oversee maintenance of NPDES site inventory and annual reporting + Ensure the regular inspection and monitoring of construction sites City-wide for compliance with Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) requirements and BMP compliance verification + Provide quarterly training to building inspectors assigned to the City; and + Serve as liaison to City staff
+ Possess a certification as a Qualified SWPPP Practitioner or Developer (QSP/D), or perform work under the supervision of a certified QSP/D if providing stormwater compliance inspections

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I | Fees
Percentage of Fees
For the comprehensive building department services as identified in this proposal, Interwest proposes to charge 79% of the combined building department plan review and building permit fees charged by the City in accordance with the City of La Mesa’s building fee schedule as adopted by the City. This percentage of fee is based on our understanding of the support required by the City as detailed in the RFP. A final percentage of fee will be negotiated based on the actual number and types of positions determined to be required to provide onsite building department and inspection services. This percentage will be mutually agreed upon by the City of La Mesa and Interwest Consulting Group.

This percentage does not include fire plan check services, engineering/grading plan review services, or subconsultant services which will be charged at the hourly rates listed in the Schedule of Hourly Billing Rates on the following page.

Alternative Fee Schedules
It is our understanding that the City’s preferred approach is a percentage of fee for all building services; however, we have presented the following alternative pricing options for your consideration.

ALTERNATIVE FEE SCHEDULE 1: PLAN CHECK FOR A PERCENTAGE OF FEE AND ALL OTHER SERVICES

PROVIDED HOURLY
If the City would prefer, we can alternatively provide plan review services at a percentage of fee and all other services hourly at the rates listed in the Schedule of Hourly Billing Rates below.

Interwest will coordinate transportation of plans between the City's office and our San Diego office at no additional charge to the City. Our staff will coordinate our plan review services with the City to ensure plan review services are performed seamlessly. For plan review services performed in our offices, we propose the following fixed fees as a percentage of the City's plan review fees:

FIXED FEE PLAN REVIEW FEES
Type of Plan Review Fixed Fee
Complete Building Plan Review (Residential and Commercial) ..................................................................... 67% Expedited Plan Reviews ........................................................................................................ 140% of the listed fee Fire, Civil, Grading, and Stormwater Plan Review....................... Hourly Per Schedule of Hourly Billing Rates Please note that the fixed fees stated above include an initial plan review plus two re-checks. Additional rechecks beyond the third review will be charged on an hourly basis using the Schedule of Hourly Rates shown below with prior approval from the City. Expedited plan reviews will be provided at a rate of 140% of the fees shown above and will be completed in one-half the timeframes proposed for non-expedited plan reviews. In addition to the fees noted above, we propose the following terms and conditions:
+ For the review of deferred submittals such as truss calculations, stairs, etc., submitted after the projects have been approved, we propose to complete the reviews on an hourly basis utilizing the Schedule of Hourly Billing Rates below.
+ For the review of revisions to previously approved drawings, we propose to complete the reviews on an hourly basis utilizing the Schedule of Hourly Billing Rates on the following page.

Interwest agrees to evaluate the plan check fee split at 6 months of start date to see if we can adjust. Due to salaries and unprecedented economics, we cannot adjust at this time.

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ALTERNATIVE FEE SCHEDULE 2: ALL SERVICES PROVIDED HOURLY At the City’s direction, we can also provide all services for on an hourly basis using the rates in the Schedule of Hourly Billing Rates outlined on the following page.

Schedule of Hourly Billing Rates
Beginning on the 1st anniversary of the Effective Date of the Agreement and annually thereafter, the hourly rates listed below shall be automatically increased based upon the annual increase in the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics or successor thereof, Consumer Price Index (United States City Average, All Items (CPI-U), Not Seasonally adjusted, All Urban Consumers, referred to herein as the “CPI”). Such increase shall not exceed 5% per annum. The increase will become effective upon publication of the applicable CPI data. If the index decreases, the rates listed shall remain unchanged.

Classification Hourly Billing Rate
Building Department Services
Certified Building Official............................................................................................................................$150 Licensed Plan Review Engineer (structural, civil, electrical, mechanical) / Architectural ................. $145 Senior Plans Examiner................................................................................................................................. $130 CASp ..............................................................................................................................................................$120 Inspector ........................................................................................................................................................ $95 Permit Technician.......................................................................................................................................... $75 Fire Protection Engineer ............................................................................................................................. $145 Senior Fire Plans Examiner ......................................................................................................................... $125 Fire Plans Examiner / Fire Inspector.......................................................................................................... $110 ICC Building Plans Examiner...................................................................................................................... $110 Engineering
Project Manager...........................................................................................................................................$190 Supervising Engineer ................................................................................................................................... $185 Senior Engineer............................................................................................................................................ $175 Licensed Land Surveyor.............................................................................................................................. $180 Engineering Associate ................................................................................................................................. $145 Engineering Technician ...............................................................................................................................$115 Grading Plans Examiner.............................................................................................................................. $150 Construction Manager ................................................................................................................................ $165 Senior Public Works Observer.................................................................................................................... $150 Public Works Observer................................................................................................................................ $140 • Inspection and on-site services provided in excess of regular hours per day, nights and weekends will be invoiced at 140% of the above fees. There will be a minimum eight (8) hour fee for each day staff are requested to work in the City’s office
• Expedited plan check available upon request.

Subconsultant Fee Schedules
In the following pages, we have provided fee schedules for our subconsultants who will be used as needed and whose services will be charged to the City on an hourly basis.

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D-MAX: Fee Schedule for Stormwater Compliance Inspection Services Name Title Hourly Rate ($)
John Quenzer Principal Scientist $220
John Draminski Assistant Project Engineer $162
Brittany Perkins Staff Scientist II $129
Notes:

1. Mileage will be charged at the current IRS rate and is not included in the above hourly rates.

2. We assume all work under this contract will not be subject to prevailing wage.

Classification Hourly Billing Rate
Word Processor / Admin ................................................................................................................................. $80 Drafter....................................................................................................................................................................91 Technician.......................................................................................................................................................... 106 Senior Technician .............................................................................................................................................. 117 Staff Scientist I .................................................................................................................................................... 129 Staff Scientist II .................................................................................................................................................. 150 Assistant Project Scientist................................................................................................................................ 166 Project Scientist ................................................................................................................................................ 189 Senior Scientist.................................................................................................................................................. 220 Principal Scientist............................................................................................................................................... 129 Staff Engineer I ................................................................................................................................................... 142 Staff Engineer II .................................................................................................................................................. 162 Assistant Project Engineer................................................................................................................................ 179 Project Engineer ............................................................................................................................................... 205 Senior Engineer................................................................................................................................................. 235 + Field and hourly services will be charged portal to portal from our office. + Appearance as expert witnesses at court trials, mediation, arbitration hearings and depositions will be charged at $330/hour. Time spent preparing for such appearances will be charged at the above standard hourly rates

OTHER CHARGES
Other project-specific costs, such as rentals, expendable or special supplies, special project insurance, permits and licenses, shipping, subsistence, tolls and parking, outside copying/printing, etc., will be charged at cost plus 15%. Mileage will be charged at the current IRS rate. Meals, lodging, and travel expenses, when pre-approved by the City, will be charged at cost or at standard per diem rates, as applicable.

Client will be responsible for any applicable taxes in addition to the fees due for Services.

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Ninyo & Moore: Fee Schedule for Hillside Development Review and Inspection Services
Schedule of Fees
Hourly Charges for Personnel
Professional Staff
Principal Engineer/Geologist/Environmental Scientist ......................................................................................................... $204.61 Certified Industrial Hygienist...................................................................................................................................................... $204.61 Senior Engineer/Geologist/Environmental Scientist ............................................................................................................. $193.12 Senior Project Engineer/Geologist/Environmental Scientist ............................................................................................... $187.37 Project Engineer/Geologist/Environmental Scientist............................................................................................................ $149.44 Senior Staff Engineer/Geologist/Environmental Scientist .................................................................................................... $126.45 Staff Engineer/Geologist/Environmental Scientist................................................................................................................. $114.95 GIS Analyst .................................................................................................................................................................................... $133.34 Technical Illustrator/CAD Operator ..........................................................................................................................................$ 91.96 Field Staff
Certified Asbestos Consultant, Lead Inspector/Assessor, Lead Project Monitor............................................................. $187.37 Certified Site Surveillance Technician, Lead Sampling Technician .................................................................................... $144.84 Field Operations Manager.......................................................................................................................................................... $128.74 Supervisory Technician............................................................................................................................................................... $112.65 Nondestructive Examination Technician (UT, MT, LP).......................................................................................................... $112.65 ACI Concrete Technician........................................................................................................................................................... $112.65 Special Inspector (Concrete, Masonry, Structural Steel, Welding, and Fireproofing) ..................................................... $112.65 Senior Field/Laboratory Technician ......................................................................................................................................... $109.21 Field/Laboratory Technician...................................................................................................................................................... $109.21 Administrative Staff
Information Specialist ................................................................................................................................................................. $89.66 Geotechnical/Environmental/Laboratory Assistant................................................................................................................. $87.36 Data Processor, Technical Editing, or Reproduction ............................................................................................................. $57.48 Other Charges
Concrete Coring Equipment (includes technician)......................................................................................................... $206.91/hr Anchor Load Test Equipment (includes technician) ......................................................................................................... $111.51/hr X-Ray Fluorescence............................................................................................................................................................ $330.00/day PID/FID ..................................................................................................................................................................................$154.00/day Hand Auger Equipment ........................................................................................................................................................ $71.50/day Inclinometer ............................................................................................................................................................................. $44.00/hr Vapor Emission Kit.................................................................................................................................................................. $44.00/kit Level D Personal Protective Equipment (per person per day).......................................................................................$33.00/p/d Rebar Locator (Pachometer) ................................................................................................................................................. $33.00/hr Nuclear Density Gauge............................................................................................................................................................$16.50/hr Field Vehicle .............................................................................................................................................................................. $13.20/hr Direct Expenses ...............................................................................................................................................................Cost plus 10 % Laboratory testing, geophysical equipment, and other special equipment provided upon request.

Notes
For field and laboratory technicians and special inspectors, regular hourly rates are charged during normal weekday construction hours. Overtime rates at 1.5 times the regular rates will be charged for work performed outside normal construction hours and all day on Saturdays. Rates at twice the regular rates will be charged for all work in excess of 12 hours in one day or on Sundays and holidays. Lead time for any requested service is 24 hours. Field Technician rates are based on a 4-hour minimum. Special inspection rates are based on a 4-hour minimum for the first 4 hours and an 8-hour minimum for hours exceeding 4 hours. Field personnel are charged portal to portal.

Invoices will be submitted monthly and are due upon receipt. A service charge of 1.0 percent per month may be charged on accounts not paid within 30 days.

The terms and conditions of providing our consulting services include our limitation of liability and indemnities as presented in Ninyo & Moore’s Work Authorization and Agreement.
*Indicates rates that are based on Prevailing Wage Determination made by the State of California, Director of Industrial Relations on a semiannual basis. Our rates will be adjusted in conjunction with the increase in the Prevailing Wage Determination during the life of the contract.

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Schedule of Fees for Laboratory Testing
Laboratory Test, Test Designation, and Price Per Test
SOILS
Atterberg Limits, D 4318, CT 204.............................................................................................................................................. $176.00 California Bearing Ratio (CBR), D 188 ............................................................................................................... ..................... $533.50 Chloride and Sulfate Content, CT 417 and CT 422. .............................................................................................................. $192.50 Consolidation, D 2435, CT 219......................................................................................................................... ...................... $330.00 Consolidation – Time Rate, D 2435, CT 219.............................................................................................................................$82.50 Direct Shear – Remolded, D 3080 .................................................................................................................... ...................... $357.50 Direct Shear – Undisturbed, D 3080 ................................................................................................................. ..................... $302.50 Durability Index, CT 229.................................................................................................................................... ......................... $181.50 Expansion Index, D 4829, IBC 18-3 ................................................................................................................. ....................... $198.00 Expansion Potential (Method A), D 4546 ................................................................................................................................ $176.00 Geofabric Tensile and Elongation Test, D 4632............................................................................................... .................... $198.00 Hydraulic Conductivity, D 5084......................................................................................................................... ...................... $363.00 Hydrometer Analysis, D 422, CT 203 ............................................................................................................... ...................... $242.00 Moisture, Ash, and Organic Matter of Peat/Organic Soils.................................................................................................... $132.00 Moisture Only, D 2216, CT 226 ........................................................................................................................ ..........................$38.50 Moisture and Density, D 2937........................................................................................................................... ......................... $49.50 Permeability, CH, D 2434, CT 220 ................................................................................................................... ...................... $280.50 pH and Resistivity, CT 643 ............................................................................................................................... ......................... $192.50 Proctor Density D 1557, D 698, CT 216, & AASHTO T-180
(Rock Corrections Add $100) ......................................................................................................................... ................... $220.00 R-Value, D 2844, CT 301.................................................................................................................................. ......................... $324.50 Sand Equivalent, D 2419, CT 217 .................................................................................................................... ......................... $121.00 Sieve Analysis, D 422, CT 202 ......................................................................................................................... ......................... $143.00 Sieve Analysis, 200 Wash, D 1140, CT 202..............................................................................................................................$110.00 Specific Gravity, D 854................................................................................................................................................................$110.00 Thermal Resistivity (ASTM 5334, IEEE 442) .................................................................................................... ....................... $968.00 Triaxial Shear, C.D, D 4767, T 297............................................................................................................................................ $473.00 Triaxial Shear, C.U., w/Pore Pressure, D 4767, T 2297 per pt ............................................................................................. $401.50 Triaxial Shear, C.U., w/o Pore Pressure, D 4767, T 2297 per pt ..................................................................... .................... $231.00 Triaxial Shear, U.U., D 2850 ............................................................................................................................. ......................... $170.50 Unconfined Compression, D 2166, T 208 ........................................................................................................ ..................... $132.00 Wax Density, D 1188 ...................................................................................................................................................................$110.00

MASONRY
Brick Absorption, 24-Hour Submersion, C 67................................................................................................... ...................... $55.00 Brick Absorption, 5-Hour Boiling, C 67 ............................................................................................................. ....................... $66.00 Brick Absorption, 7-Day, C 67...................................................................................................................................................... $71.50 Brick Compression Test, C 67 .......................................................................................................................... ......................... $55.00 Brick Efflorescence, C 67.................................................................................................................................. .......................... $55.00 Brick Modulus of Rupture, C 67 ........................................................................................................................ ........................ $49.50 Brick Moisture as Received, C 67............................................................................................................................................... $44.00 Brick Saturation Coefficient, C 67 ..................................................................................................................... ....................... $60.50 Concrete Block Compression Test, 8x8x16, C 140................................................................................................................. $71.50 Concrete Block Conformance Package, C 90 ..................................................................................................................... $533.50 Concrete Block Linear Shrinkage, C 426 ......................................................................................................... ...................... $148.50 Concrete Block Unit Weight and Absorption, C 140.............................................................................................................. $66.00 Cores, Compression or Shear Bond, CA Code................................................................................................ ....................... $66.00 Masonry Grout, 3x3x6 Prism Compression, C 39 ...................................................................................................................$38.50 Masonry Mortar, 2x4 Cylinder Compression, C 109 ........................................................................................ ......................$38.50 Masonry Prism, Half Size, Compression, C 1019 ............................................................................................ ...................... $132.00 Masonry Prism, Full Size, Compression, C 1019 ............................................................................................. ..................... $203.50

REINFORCING AND STRUCTURAL STEEL
Chemical Analysis, A 36, A 615.................................................................................................................................................. $148.50 Fireproofing Density Test, UBC 7-6 .......................................................................................................................................... $66.00 Hardness Test, Rockwell, A 370....................................................................................................................... ...........................$77.00 High Strength Bolt, Nut and Washer Conformance, per Assembly, A 325...................................................... ................. $143.00 Mechanically Spliced Reinforcing Tensile Test, ACI .............................................................................................................$165.00 Pre-Stress Strand (7 wire), A 416 ..................................................................................................................... .........................$187.00 Reinforcing Tensile or Bend Up to No. 11, A 615 & A 706 ............................................................................. ...................... $60.50 Structural Steel Tensile Test: Up to 200,000 lbs. (Machining Extra), A 370 ...................................................................... $88.00 Welded Reinforcing Tensile Test: Up to No. 11 bars, ACI ............................................................................... ..................... $66.00

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Schedule of Fees for Laboratory Testing
Laboratory Test, Test Designation, and Price Per Test

CONCRETE
Compression Tests, 6x12 Cylinder, C 39 ............................................................................... .................................................. $27.50 Concrete Mix Design Review, Job Spec ................................................................................................................................. $170.50 Concrete Mix Design, per Trial Batch, 6 Cylinder, ACI ............................................................................... ........................ $907.50 Concrete Cores, Compression (Excludes Sampling), C 42 ............................................................................... ................. $66.00 Drying Shrinkage, C 157 ........................................................................................................................................................... $385.00 Flexural Test, C 78 ............................................................................... ........................................................................................ $71.50 Flexural Test, C 293 ..................................................................................................................................................................... $66.00 Flexural Test, CT 523.................................................................................................................................................................... $88.00 Gunite/Shotcrete, Panels, 3 Cut Cores Per Panel and Test, ACI ............................................................................... ....... $302.50 Jobsite Testing Laboratory Quote............................................................................... ...........................................................................

Lightweight Concrete Fill, Compression, C 495 ................................................................................................................... $49.50 Petrographic Analysis, C 856................................................................................................................................................ $2,090.00 Restrained Expansion of Shrinkage Compensation.............................................................................................................. $297.00 Splitting Tensile Strength, C 496 ............................................................................... ............................................................... $99.00 3x6 Grout, (CLSM), C 39 ............................................................................................................................................................. $49.50 2x2x2 Non-Shrink Grout, C 109............................................................................... ................................................................. $49.50

ASPHALT CONCRETE
Air Voids, T 269 ............................................................................................................................................................................. $55.00 Asphalt Mix Design, Caltrans (excl. Aggregate Quality) .................................................................................................. $3,080.00 Asphalt Mix Design Review, Job Spec. ................................................................................................................................... $181.50 Dust Proportioning, CT LP-4 ...................................................................................................................................................... $55.00 Extraction, % Asphalt, Including Gradation, D 2172, CT 382 ............................................................................................. $264.00 Film Stripping, CT 302 ................................................................................................................................................................ $121.00 Hveem Stability and Unit Weight D 1560, T 246, CT 366 ................................................................................................... $236.50 Marshall Stability, Flow and Unit Weight, T 245 .................................................................................................................. $264.00 Maximum Theoretical Unit Weight, D 2041, CT 309 ............................................................................................................$165.00 Moisture Content, CT 370 .......................................................................................................................................................... $93.50 Moisture Susceptibility and Tensile Stress Ratio, T 238, CT 371 ................................................................................... $1,100.00 Slurry Wet Track Abrasion, D 3910 ........................................................................................................................................ $165.00 SuperPave, Asphalt Mix Verification (Including Aggregate Quality) ............................................................................... $5,720.00 SuperPave, Gyratory Unit Wt., T 312 ..........................................................................................................................................$82.50 SuperPave, Hamburg Wheel, 20,000 Passes, T 324 ....................................................................................................... $1,100.00 Unit Weight Sample or Core, D 2726, CT 308 ..................................................................................................................... $110.00 Voids in Mineral Aggregate, (VMA) CT LP-2 ............................................................................................................................ $55.00 Voids Filled with Asphalt, (VFA) CT LP-3 .................................................................................................................................. $55.00

AGGREGATES
Clay Lumps and Friable Particles, C 142 ............................................................................................................................... $176.00 Cleanness Value, CT 227 ........................................................................................................................................................... $176.00 Crushed Particles, CT 205 ........................................................................................................................................................ $181.50 Durability, Coarse or Fine, CT 229 .......................................................................................................................................... $214.50 Fine Aggregate Angularity, ASTM C 1252, T 304, CT 234 .................................................................................................. $198.00 Flat and Elongated Particle, D 4791 ...................................................................................................................................... $242.00 Lightweight Particles, C 123 ................................................................................................................................................... $198.00 Los Angeles Abrasion, C 131 or C 535 ................................................................................................................................... $220.00 Material Finer than No. 200 Sieve by Washing, C 117 ............................................................................................................$82.50 Organic Impurities, C 40............................................................................................................................................................. $88.00 Potential Alkali Reactivity, Mortar Bar Method, Coarse, C 1260..................................................................................... $1,045.00 Potential Alkali Reactivity, Mortar Bar Method, Fine, C 1260............................................................................................ $1,375.00 Potential Reactivity of Aggregate (Chemical Method), C 289............................................................................................ $495.00 Sand Equivalent, T 176, CT 217 ................................................................................................................................................ $121.00 Sieve Analysis, Coarse Aggregate, T 27, C 136....................................................................................................................... $126.50 Sieve Analysis, Fine Aggregate (Including Wash), T 27, C 136 .......................................................................................... $143.00 Sodium Sulfate Soundness, C 88............................................................................................................................................. $495.00 Specific Gravity and Absorption, Coarse, C 127, CT 206 ................................................................................................... $110.00 Specific Gravity and Absorption, Fine, C 128, CT 207 ......................................................................................................... $176.00

ROOFING
Roofing Tile Absorption, (Set of 5), C 67 ............................................................................................................................... $231.00 Roofing Tile Strength Test, (Set of 5), C 67............................................................................................................................. $231.00 Special preparation of standard test specimens will be charged at the technician’s hourly rate. Ninyo & Moore is accredited to perform the AASHTO equivalent of many ASTM test procedures.

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J | Changes to Professional Services Agreement
The Interwest Contract and Legal team have carefully reviewed the contract terms presented in the Sample Agreement in the RFP and will be able to accept without modification.

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Appendix
Staff Resumes
Complete staff resumes have been provided in the following pages.

42 Senior CA. Plans Examiner Manager / Interwest Consulting Group / 2021 - Present
Architectural Plans Examiner / EsGil – A SAFEbuilt Company/ 2017 - 2021
Principal Architect / KEA Architecture - Development / 1987 - 2017 Project Manager / Architects Coombs - Mesquita / 1980 - 1987 Years of Experience: 30+
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ƒ San Diego City College, San Diego, CA
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ƒ ICC Residential Building
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ƒ ICC Residential Plumbing
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ƒ ICC Residential Mechanical
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ƒ ICC Residential Electrical
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ƒ ICC Residential Combination
Inspector
ƒ ICC Residential Plans Examiner
ƒ ICC Permit Technician
ƒ ICC Fire Inspector I
ƒ ICC Commercial Building
Inspector
ƒ ICC Building Inspector
ƒ ICC Residential Fire Sprinkler
Inspector/Plans Examiner
ƒ ICC Commercial Electrical
Inspector
ƒ ICC Electrical Inspector
ƒ ICC Commercial Plumbing
Inspector
ƒ ICC Plumbing Inspector
ƒ ICC Commercial Mechanical
Inspector
ƒ ICC Mechanical Inspector
ƒ ICC Commercial Combination
Inspector
ƒ ICC Combination Inspector
ƒ ICC Certified Building Official
ƒ ICC Permit Specialist
ƒ ICC Legal Module
ƒ ICC Building Codes and
Standards Module
ƒ ICC Management Module
ƒ ICC Building Plans Examiner
ƒ ICC Building Code Specialist
ƒ ICC Fire Plans Examiner
ƒ ICC Residential Energy
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ƒ ICC Commercial Energy Plans
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ƒ ICC Accessibility Inspector/
Plans Examiner
ƒ ICC Master Code Professional
Oscar Herrera, CBO, ICC
Building Inspector | Building Official
Oscar is a Building Inspector with 19 years of experience in the building industry. He has a plethora of certifications and a diverse working background.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Building Inspector / EsGil – A SAFEbuilt Company / 2016 - 2020 Building Inspector / Interwest Consulting Group / 2021 - Present Oscar began his SAFEbuilt career in 2016. When EsGil merged with Interwest Consulting Group, Oscar continued his position as Building Inspector where he performs field inspections in accordance with adopted codes, collaborates with other inspectors to discuss code information and code interpretations, and interprets and enforces the adopted building codes in a consistent manner for each jurisdiction assigned.

Premises Technician | Pacific Bell Telephone Company | 2011-2016 Oscar performs all necessary work within his job title for the installation and maintenance of DTV, IPTV, VoIP, and Internet services offered by AT&T under the U-Verse and DIRECTV brands. His duties include safely driving a company vehicle, utilizing a variety of hand tools as well as testing equipment, using idevices for multiple activities (communicating, testing and administrative duties), and effectively communicating and resolving issues with customers and AT&T employees from other departments.

President/Owner | Diroma, Inc. | 2003-2011
Oscar’s primary function is that of a General Contractor involved in the construction of new single family custom homes. He works directly with homeowners to obtain building drawings, building permits and construction financing. Oscar oversees all phases of construction including the hiring of subcontractors, purchasing of building materials, and scheduling of all work performed.

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47 Plans Examiner / Interwest Consulting Group / 2021 – Present Plans Examiner / EsGil- A SAFEbuilt Company / 2019 – 2021 Building Inspector / City of Chula Vista, CA
Lead Electrical Engineer / LA County Utility Scale PV Projects Field Label Evaluator / Commercial & Electrical
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52 David Kniff, AIA

ARCHITECTURAL PLANS EXAMINER
David has more than 30 years of practical experience as the Principal Architect of his own firm and as a General Contractor. He is an effective problem solver and can easily articulate solutions and complex problems.

David has a deep understanding of current local, state and federal codes, and has prepared plans under IBC and CBC codes for many residential and commercial projects located in California and Texas.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Senior CA. Plans Examiner Manager / Interwest Consulting Group / 2021 - Present
Architectural Plans Examiner / EsGil – A SAFEbuilt Company/ 2017 - 2021
David started his SAFEbuilt career as an EsGil employee, working as an Architectural Plans Examiner serving cities throughout Southern California specifically in San Diego County. When EsGil merged with Interwest Consulting Group, David’s expertise made him the perfect candidate to manage our plan check team throughout the state. David continues to provide architectural plan review for municipal clients, but also provides oversight for all plan check staff, manages status tracking to ensure agreed upon turnaround times are met, and provides quality control of plan check work products.

Principal Architect / KEA Architecture - Development / 1987 - 2017 David programmed, planned and completed the creation of design documents and streamlined the marketing and perspective client meetings.

He oversaw the production of A/E, M/E/P construction documents through the permitting phases of work. David worked with governmental agencies that have jurisdiction over all of the company’s projects resulting in great communication abilities.

Project Manager / Architects Coombs - Mesquita / 1980 - 1987 David oversaw a team of draftsman to create construction documents for commercial and industrial facilities. He created design documents from the sketches of the Principal Architects. David worked with various Engineer and Utility Consultants coordination with the Project Manager’s drawings Years of Experience: 30+
Years w/ Interwest: 1
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 Mesa Community College,
1983
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 CA Registered Architect,
C-19040
 CA General Building
Contractor, Class B
License, 707752
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Years w/ Interwest: 4
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ƒ MS, EEE, California State
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ƒ BS, EEE, South China University
of Technology
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ƒ CA Registered Electrical
Engineer | E16243
ƒ NCCER HVAC Level IV
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ƒ NCCER Plumbing Level IV
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ƒ NCCER Building Maintenance
Level III Certification
ƒ NCCER Carpentry Level IV
Certification
ƒ NCCER Solar Photovoltaic
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ƒ NCCER Wind Power Level I
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Level I Certification
ƒ NCCER Weatherization
Technician Level I Certification
Jingpei Zhang, EE

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Jingpei is a California registered engineer with more than 25 years of experience and a Masters degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Over his career, he has designed a variety of facilities and systems, including electrical distribution systems for healthcare centers; data center facilities; commercial and industry buildings; and schools. Jingpei also has extensive experience providing electrical plan reviews on a multitude of projects including multi-story housing, large stadium projects. the UC Merced 2020 project, hotels and high-rise buildings.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Electrical Plans Examiner / Sac Republic Soccer Stadium / City of Sacramento / 2019 - Present
Jingpei reviews plans for conformance to applicable electrical codes for this new 409,664 SF stadium.

Electrical Plans Examiner / 65 East Apartments / City of Sacramento / 2018 – Present
Jingpei provides electrical plan review of this new five story, 180,724 SF apartment complex.

Electrical Plans Examiner / Great Wolf Lodge / City of Manteca / 2018 – Present
Jingpei provides electrical plan review for this unique 510,000 SF hotel and 100,000 SF indoor water park.

Electrical Plans Examiner / 2020 Campus Expansion / University of California, Merced / 2017 - Present
Jingpei provides electrical plan review for the UC Merced campus expansion project that will nearly double the campus upon completion.

Electrical Plans Examiner / Sacramento, CA / 2009 – 2017 Jingpei reviewed plans for health care facilities, commercial and industry buildings including:
ƒ Farm Credit West (bank), Yuba City
ƒ Almadon Ranch Commercial Office Building O6/P5
ƒ El Dorado Surgery Center, Folsom Surgery Center
ƒ Kaiser Folsom HVAC upgrade
ƒ San Francisco Honda Service Center in Folsom and Bayshore ƒ University Village Shopping Center
ƒ Folsom Broderick Restaurant
ƒ Folsom Natural Result Surgery Center
ƒ Sunnyvale Building T warm shell
ƒ Twin River School District schools HVAC system Replacement

53 David Kniff, AIA

ARCHITECTURAL PLANS EXAMINER
David has more than 30 years of practical experience as the Principal Architect of his own firm and as a General Contractor. He is an effective problem solver and can easily articulate solutions and complex problems.

David has a deep understanding of current local, state and federal codes, and has prepared plans under IBC and CBC codes for many residential and commercial projects located in California and Texas.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Senior CA. Plans Examiner Manager / Interwest Consulting Group / 2021 - Present
Architectural Plans Examiner / EsGil – A SAFEbuilt Company/ 2017 - 2021
David started his SAFEbuilt career as an EsGil employee, working as an Architectural Plans Examiner serving cities throughout Southern California specifically in San Diego County. When EsGil merged with Interwest Consulting Group, David’s expertise made him the perfect candidate to manage our plan check team throughout the state. David continues to provide architectural plan review for municipal clients, but also provides oversight for all plan check staff, manages status tracking to ensure agreed upon turnaround times are met, and provides quality control of plan check work products.

Principal Architect / KEA Architecture - Development / 1987 - 2017 David programmed, planned and completed the creation of design documents and streamlined the marketing and perspective client meetings.

He oversaw the production of A/E, M/E/P construction documents through the permitting phases of work. David worked with governmental agencies that have jurisdiction over all of the company’s projects resulting in great communication abilities.

Project Manager / Architects Coombs - Mesquita / 1980 - 1987 David oversaw a team of draftsman to create construction documents for commercial and industrial facilities. He created design documents from the sketches of the Principal Architects. David worked with various Engineer and Utility Consultants coordination with the Project Manager’s drawings Years of Experience: 30+
Years w/ Interwest: 1
Education
 Mesa Community College,
1983
Registrations/Certifications
 CA Registered Architect,
C-19040
 CA General Building
Contractor, Class B
License, 707752
 TX Registered Architect,
19798
 W12 National Building
Contractor
Electrical Engineer (Designer) / California / 1997 – 2007 Jingpei designed health care facilities, commercial and industry buildings and data centers including:
ƒ St. Joseph Hospital main office building (MOB), Eureka, CA ƒ North bay Medical Center: Medical Center Emergency Department, Vacaville, CA., Cardio-vascular surgery center, Fairfield, CA
ƒ Lakeside Hospital, Tele-medical surgery suites, Lakeport, CA ƒ UC Davis Briggs Hall Chemical Laboratory Building
ƒ Franchise Tax Board Administration building, Rancho Cordova, CA ƒ Kaiser Hospitals, San Francisco, Vacaville, Roseville, Elk Grove, CA ƒ Veteran’s Hospital Radiology Department, Mather, CA
ƒ Woodland Memorial Hospital, mental health department renovation, Woodland, CA ƒ Microsoft Data center, Redmond, Seattle, WA
ƒ Lockheed Martin Power distribution system upgrade, Santa Clara, CA ƒ CDCR Prison Housing units, Delano; Salinas; Vacaville, CA ƒ Elk Grove Middle school, Elk Grove, CA
ƒ Santa Clara Elementary School, Santa Clara, CA
ƒ San Jose Elementary School, San Jose, CA
ƒ AT&T Web hosting data center, Seattle, WA
ƒ Level 3 Data center, Portland, OR
ƒ Equinix data centers, New York, city, Chicago, IL
ƒ GTE call center, various sites.
ƒ Safeco Call Center, Seattle, WA
ƒ Bank of America Branch offices, various sites.
ƒ Wells Fargo Bank Branch offices, various sites.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Electrical Engineer Plans Examiner / Interwest Consulting Group / 2017 – Present Jingpei provides electrical plan reviews for projects throughout California to verify compliance with applicable codes.

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54 Augie Cerdan, FPE

FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEER
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Mechanical Plans Examiner / EsGil- A SAFEbuilt Company / 2018 – 2021 
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Construction Engineering Adjunct Professor / San Diego State University / 2018-present
Volunteer / Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering Humanitarian Trip / El Cercado, Dominican Republic / 2017-2017
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Inspector II / City of Carlsbad / 2004-2009
Building Technician / City of Carlsbad / 1997-2002
Realty Broker / Spindrift / 1997-Present
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57 Years of Experience: 45
Years w/ Interwest: 1
Registrations/Certifications
ƒ ICC Plumbing Inspector
ƒ ICC Plumbing Inspector
UPC
ƒ ICC Mechanical Inspector
UMC
ƒ ICC Combination Inspector
ƒ ICC Mechanical Inspector
ƒ ICC Building Inspector
ƒ ICC Building Plans
Examiner
ƒ ICC Structural Masonry
Special Inspector
ƒ ICC Combination
Inspector Legacy
ƒ ICC Electrical Inspector
ƒ ICC Commercial
Combination Inspector
Gordon Day, ICC
Senior Building Inspector
Gordon Day has 45 years of building industry experience and has worked in the building inspection department for 19 years. He was a former Building Project Manager for the City of Chula Vista and worked as an Electrical Code and Blue Print Reading Instructor at Southwester College for six years. Gordon worked as an Electrical Contractor for 35 years and as a Code Instructor for two years.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Senior Building Inspector / EsGil – A SAFEbuilt Company / 2016 - 2020 Senior Building Inspector / Interwest Consulting Group / 2021 - Present Gordon started his SAFEbuilt career as an EsGil employee in 2016. When EsGil merged with Interwest Consulting Group, he continued his role as Senior Building Inspector where he provides direction and supervision to inspection and permitting staff, interprets and enforces the adopted building codes in a consistent manner for each jurisdiction assigned, and documents inspection results so that the information is clear, concise, complete, and understandable.

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61 David Kniff, AIA

ARCHITECTURAL PLANS EXAMINER
David has more than 30 years of practical experience as the Principal Architect of his own firm and as a General Contractor. He is an effective problem solver and can easily articulate solutions and complex problems.

David has a deep understanding of current local, state and federal codes, and has prepared plans under IBC and CBC codes for many residential and commercial projects located in California and Texas.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Senior CA. Plans Examiner Manager / Interwest Consulting Group / 2021 - Present
Architectural Plans Examiner / EsGil – A SAFEbuilt Company/ 2017 - 2021
David started his SAFEbuilt career as an EsGil employee, working as an Architectural Plans Examiner serving cities throughout Southern California specifically in San Diego County. When EsGil merged with Interwest Consulting Group, David’s expertise made him the perfect candidate to manage our plan check team throughout the state. David continues to provide architectural plan review for municipal clients, but also provides oversight for all plan check staff, manages status tracking to ensure agreed upon turnaround times are met, and provides quality control of plan check work products.

Principal Architect / KEA Architecture - Development / 1987 - 2017 David programmed, planned and completed the creation of design documents and streamlined the marketing and perspective client meetings.

He oversaw the production of A/E, M/E/P construction documents through the permitting phases of work. David worked with governmental agencies that have jurisdiction over all of the company’s projects resulting in great communication abilities.

Project Manager / Architects Coombs - Mesquita / 1980 - 1987 David oversaw a team of draftsman to create construction documents for commercial and industrial facilities. He created design documents from the sketches of the Principal Architects. David worked with various Engineer and Utility Consultants coordination with the Project Manager’s drawings Years of Experience: 30+
Years w/ Interwest: 1
Education
 Mesa Community College,
1983
Registrations/Certifications
 CA Registered Architect,
C-19040
 CA General Building
Contractor, Class B
License, 707752
 TX Registered Architect,
19798
 W12 National Building
Contractor
Years of Experience: 31+
Years w/ Interwest: 6
Education
ƒ MS, Civil Engineering, California
State University, Sacramento,
CA
ƒ BS, Civil Engineering,
Polytechnic Tehran
Registrations/Certifications
ƒ CA Registered Civil Engineer |
47567
ƒ Qualified SWPPP Developer/
Practitioner (QSD/QSP) | 24012
Professional Affiliations
ƒ American Society of Civil
Engineers, (ASCE)
ƒ American Public Works
Association, (APWA)
ƒ Society of American Value
Engineers, (SAVE)
ƒ Society of American Military
Engineers, (SAME)
ƒ Railroad Association of
Southern California, (RASC)
Kamran Saber, PE, QSD/QSP

CA REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL CIVIL ENGINEER // PROJECT MANAGER Kamran has over 31-years of experience in the design and management of major multi-disciplinary public works projects. His experience includes transportation design, structural design, utility engineering, hydraulic, hydrology, cost estimating, contract specifications, constructability analysis, peer reviews, development review, environmental process and reviews, report writing, RFP preparation, construction management and support services.

Kamran has a broad background in CIP management, planning, design and construction on a wide variety of projects including land development, street improvement and rehabilitation, sewer and storm drain studies and design, grading and drainage. He also has extensive training and hands-on experience in project/resource management and Total Quality Management, and is a Certified Facilitator. Additionally, Kamran has extensive expertise in federally and state funded projects through his work managing over 100 federally funded projects throughout his career.

Kamran’s professional history includes City Engineer experience at the Cities of Covina, Placentia, Villa Park, San Gabriel, and the Town of Yucca Valley.

Below is just a selection of the many projects Kamran has worked on.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Senior Project Manager / Interwest Consulting Group / 2016-Present Kamran has served numerous clients in Riverside, LA, and Orange County, providing project management, plan review, development review and internal support in the Cities of Wildomar, Eastvale, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Encinitas, and Maywood, just to name a few.

ROADWAYS AND MUNICIPAL PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Central Avenue Corridor Improvement / City of Compton, CA / 2015 Project Manager and Pavement Engineer | Project Manager and Pavement Engineer for the reconstruction of Central Avenue from 131st Street to Compton Boulevard to address roadway rehabilitation needs in an expedited manner. The project consisted of two segments: Segment 1 from 131st Street to Rosecrans Avenue and Segment 2 from Rosecrans Avenue to Compton Boulevard. An innovative low impact development (LID) approach was selected for the pavement rehabilitation consisting of 2-inch ARHM over 4-inch in-situ recycled asphalt (Cold Central Plant Recycled, CCPR) on top of 8-inch in-situ cement treated base, also known as Full Depth Reclamation (FDR). Ninety percent of the proposed structural section was recycled from the existing road materials with no material hauled out from the project.

San Gabriel Boulevard Rehabilitation, Mission Drive to Las Tunas Drive / City of San Gabriel, CA / 2010
Project Manager and Construction Manager | Project Manager and Construction Manager for the 1.5-mile rehabilitation of San Gabriel Boulevard in the heart of the City of San Gabriel. The project included rehabilitation of pavement using the cost saving method of Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) with the construction cost of approximately $1.9M. Project included pavement rehabilitation and reconstruction, reconstruction of centerline to increase cross fall and to improve cross drainage, curb, gutter and sidewalk repair, addition of gutter plate where missing, addition of cross gutters where missing or nonfunctioning, addition and/or upgrading of curb ramp and

62 David Kniff, AIA

ARCHITECTURAL PLANS EXAMINER
David has more than 30 years of practical experience as the Principal Architect of his own firm and as a General Contractor. He is an effective problem solver and can easily articulate solutions and complex problems.

David has a deep understanding of current local, state and federal codes, and has prepared plans under IBC and CBC codes for many residential and commercial projects located in California and Texas.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Senior CA. Plans Examiner Manager / Interwest Consulting Group / 2021 - Present
Architectural Plans Examiner / EsGil – A SAFEbuilt Company/ 2017 - 2021
David started his SAFEbuilt career as an EsGil employee, working as an Architectural Plans Examiner serving cities throughout Southern California specifically in San Diego County. When EsGil merged with Interwest Consulting Group, David’s expertise made him the perfect candidate to manage our plan check team throughout the state. David continues to provide architectural plan review for municipal clients, but also provides oversight for all plan check staff, manages status tracking to ensure agreed upon turnaround times are met, and provides quality control of plan check work products.

Principal Architect / KEA Architecture - Development / 1987 - 2017 David programmed, planned and completed the creation of design documents and streamlined the marketing and perspective client meetings.

He oversaw the production of A/E, M/E/P construction documents through the permitting phases of work. David worked with governmental agencies that have jurisdiction over all of the company’s projects resulting in great communication abilities.

Project Manager / Architects Coombs - Mesquita / 1980 - 1987 David oversaw a team of draftsman to create construction documents for commercial and industrial facilities. He created design documents from the sketches of the Principal Architects. David worked with various Engineer and Utility Consultants coordination with the Project Manager’s drawings Years of Experience: 30+
Years w/ Interwest: 1
Education
 Mesa Community College,
1983
Registrations/Certifications
 CA Registered Architect,
C-19040
 CA General Building
Contractor, Class B
License, 707752
 TX Registered Architect,
19798
 W12 National Building
Contractor
reconstruction of damaged driveway aprons. The project design included water quality green feature such as permeable concrete gutters.

Maple Avenue Roadway Rehabilitation Project / City of El Segundo, CA / 2012 Project Manager | Responsible for the preparation of plans, specifications, and estimate (PS&E) and management of the design staff, survey crews and sub consultants, Landscape Architect, and Geotechnical. Mr. Saber performed QA/QC, prepared project specifications and cost estimates, and coordinated the project with various City departments (Water, Planning, Maintenance, landscaping, and sewer). The main objectives of the project were rehabilitation of existing pavement, extensive drainage improvements, installation of landscaped median, sidewalks, and installation of flashing red lights at mid-block crossings, public outreach and ADA ramps. The design and construction were completed within schedule and budget.

West Roses Road Rehabilitation, Mission Drive to Del Mar Avenue / City of San Gabriel, CA / 2010 Project Manager | Project Manager for the preparation of plans, specifications, and estimate (PS&E) and construction management of 3,600 linear feet of collector roadway. Project included pavement rehabilitation, curb, gutter and sidewalk repair, addition of gutter plate where missing, addition of cross gutters, addition of curb ramps and reconstruction of damaged driveway.

Arterial Rehabilitation Projects and Annual Street Resurfacing Projects / City of Lake Forest, CA / 2007 Project Manager | Project Manager for the preparation of plans, specifications, and estimate (PS&E) for the City of Lake Forest’s annual street resurfacing projects, as well as the design for Arterial Highway Rehabilitation Projects (AHRP) along Murlands Boulevard, EI Toro Road, and Rancho Santa Margarita Parkway. These projects involved pavement resurfacing using rubberized asphalt, slurry sealing, adjusting manholes and monument preservation, restriping and the installation of loop detectors.

RAIL | TRANSIT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Metrolink Station / City of Covina, CA / 2015
Project Manager | Civil Design Manager and Construction Manager responsible for the proposed station design improvements at the Metrolink Station in Covina, California. Proposed improvements included parking rehabilitation, lighting, signage, striping, landscape, irrigation, traffic signal and entrance improvement.

Bradford Avenue Pedestrian Bridge over BNSF Tracks, Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) / Placentia, CA / 2008
Project Manager | Project Manager for this federally funded project involved extensive negotiation and coordination with Railroad Company and adjacent KB Homes development. Project involved executing the signed Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) Joint Powers Authority (JPA) with the Railroad Company for construction easements per Caltrans guidelines, securing right-of-way and easements from developer, and obtaining State and Federal approval (E-76) to proceed with construction.

Establishment of Quiet Zone Along BSNF Tracks / Placentia, CA / 2008 Project Manager | Project Manager responsible for working with BNSF and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to establish the Quiet Zone (QZ) in the City of Placentia. The project also involved construction of improvements at the six crossings per FRA requirements and standards, as well as installation of new advanced train warning and relay systems by BNSF.

GRADE SEPARATIONS PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Montebello/Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) Corridor Grade Separation Feasibility Study Report / Montebello, CA / 2014
Task Manager | Task Manager responsible for developing a grade separated corridor along UPRR (Los Angeles Subdivision) and considering various alternatives including a complete trench, partial trench and individual grade separations at Montebello Boulevard, Greenwood Avenue, Maple Avenue and Vale Avenue. The project included developing conceptual plans in accordance with UPRR and AREMA standards as well as cost estimates.

Close coordination with the City of Montebello, Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority, UPRR and CPUC was a critical part of the project which required timely concept approval.

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