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PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT SERVICES
AGREEMENT (RFP NO. 2315)
RIVERSIDE ALIVE CEQA REVIEW
Community & Economic Development Department
City Council
January 23, 2024
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2 BACKGROUND
5th STREET
3rd STREET
Riverside
Convention
Center
Marriot
5/7/2019
Entered ENA
10/24/2023
ENA last
amended
9/29/2023
RFP 2315
issued
10/16/2023
RFP 2315
Closed
1/16/2024
Contract
Award
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3 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW GOALS
Streamline
the
development
process
Certify an
Environmental
Impact Report
Evaluate and
mitigate
potential
impacts
Time and
cost savings
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4 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
LocationProposersRank
Riverside, CAAlbert A. Webb Associates1
Irvine, CAHarris & Associates, Inc.2
Irvine, CAUltraSystems Environmental3
Los Angeles, CAEcotierra Consulting, Inc.4
Palm Desert, CAThe Altum Group5
Costa Mesa, CAChambers Group, Inc.6
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5 SCOPE OF WORK
Project Kick-OffTask 1
Project DescriptionTask 2
Technical StudiesTask 3
Initial Study/Notice of
PreparationTask 4
Scoping MeetingTask 5
Draft EIRTask 6
Public ReviewTask 7
Final EIRTask 8
Findings of Fact/SOCsTask 9
Public HearingsTask 10
Notice of DeterminationTask 11
Project Management
and CoordinationTask 12
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6 AGREEMENT TERMS
Contract term: 1 year
• Authorize City Manager to Execute
• Up to 3 extensions
Not to exceed: $640,959
• Base Total: $582,690
• 10% Contingency: $58,269
Contract term: 1 year
• Authorize City Manager to Execute
• Up to 3 extensions
Not to exceed: $640,959
• Base Total: $582,690
• 10% Contingency: $58,269
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7 STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
Strategic Priority 5 – High
Performing Government
Goal 5.3 – Enhance communication and
collaboration with community members to
improve transparency, building public
trust, and encourage shared decision
making.
Cross Cutting Threads
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8 RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Award RFP No. 2135 for a Professional Consultant Services Agreement with Albert A. Webb Associates for comprehensive California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental review and clearance for a maximum potential development envelope of the proposed Riverside Alive mixed-use project for an amount of $582,690;
2. Authorize a 10% contingency in the amount of $58,269, resulting in a contract amount not to exceed $640,959;a n d
3. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the Professional Consultant Services Agreement with Albert A. Webb Asso ciates, including making minor and non- substantive changes including but not limited to extensions to the term of the Agreement.
4. By at least five affirmative votes, authorize the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, to record a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $640,959 from the General Fund available Fund Balance to the General Fund, Riverside Alive Account No. 9918900-421000 7 8
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9 REFERENCE ONLY
5th STREET
3rd STREET
Riverside
Convention
Center
Marriot
Maximum Development Envelope
• 150,000 sf expansion of
convention center
• 376 hotel rooms
• 168 residential units
• 63,000 sf commercial space
• 220,000 sf office space
• 5-level parking facility
• Outdoor pedestrian plazas,
gathering spaces
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