STAFF REPORT
City of Lancaster
CC 14
5/28/2024
JC
Date: May 28, 2024
To: Mayor Parris and City Council Members
From: Sonya Patterson, Director of Parks, Arts, Recreation and Community Services Subject: Task Order No. 2 for Multi-Year Professional Services Group Category 5 - Environmental Services for Land and Water Conservation Fund Part 106 Services Recommendation:
A. Approve Task Order No. 2 with Michael Baker International, in accordance with the Multi- Year Professional Services Agreement under service group category five, environmental services, in the amount of $15,050.00, plus a 10% contingency for the proposed Neighborhood Park on Avenue J.
B. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated documents, including memorandum of agreement(s), subject to City Attorney approval.
Fiscal Impact:
$16,555.00 (including 10% contingency); sufficient funds are available in 10160000.5700.
Background:
The City of Lancaster applied for and has been conditionally awarded a grant through the California Department of Parks and Recreation Land and Water Conservation Fund to support the new construction of a park on Avenue J, which will increase park access on the westside of town and have multifold positive benefits for the community. As a condition of the grant, awardees must comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 to allow for informed decision making and protect the history and culture of the proposed site.
On November 7, 2022, the City Council approved Multi-Year Professional Service Agreements with the consulting firms recommended by staff to be pre-qualified service providers through December 31, 2026. The Multi-Year Agreement permits City staff to issue Task Orders for individual projects.
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City staff requested proposals for design from several firms on the Multi-Year Professional Services Agreement List of Pre-Qualified Firms under Environmental Services and the City received proposals from firms for review.
Responsibilities, under this Task Order, include completing the cultural resources identification and evaluation study required to address the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) as follows:
•Delineate the Area of Potential Effects (APE)
•Conduct a records search with the South-Central Costal Information Center with a 0.5 mile search radius to identify previous cultural resources reports and records of the APE and surrounding area.
•Conduct a literature and historic map review to identify cultural resources within the APE. •Request a search of the Sacred Lands File from the Native American Heritage Commission. •Draft and send tribal consultation letters to tribes identified in the HAHC search and conduct the two week follow up and maintain a consultation log of correspondence. If a tribe requests consultation, coordinate a city-led response. •Conduct an archaeological survey of the APE; complete an effects analysis to determine if the project may adversely affect a historic property; and •Draft an Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) consultation letter describing the cultural resources identification efforts and finding of effect.
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Attachment:
Task Order No. 2
Agreement for Professional Services