RESOLUTION NO. __________ (N.C.S.)
a RESOLUTION approving RESOLUTION nO. 2 TO THE master services agreement FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES between the city of salinas and 2ND NATURE LLC WHEREAS, the City of Salinas was issued its current stormwater NPDES permit from the State Water Resources Control Board on October 2019; and WHEREAS, sections of the permit have specific requirements for geospatial data management, compliance modeling, and program effectiveness assessment; and WHEREAS, City staff required the assistance of a consultant with expertise in these areas; and WHEREAS, on February 26, 2016, a Request For Qualifications (RFQ) for NPDES permit compliance on-call support services, issued and advertised on the City’s website and in “The Salinas Californian”, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Salinas California; and WHEREAS, submittals were received from 14 firms, and the submittals were reviewed based on the selection criteria listed in the RFQ document; and WHEREAS, the review panel consisting of City staff identified 2nd Nature LLC as the only firm with the specific qualifications, having developed the tools specified in the City’s NPDES Permit, to support the stormwater compliance modeling and geospatial data collection required by the Central Coast Water Board.
WHEREAS, on March 6, 2023, Amendment No. 1 extending the Master Services Agreement term to May 1, 2024, was approved; and WHEREAS, staff recommends amending the Master Services Agreement to modify the Agreement, Section 3” Compensation” to include an amount not to exceed $2.5 million for the duration of the Agreement and modify Agreement Section 2 “Term: Completion Schedule” to extend the term of the Agreement to October 1, 2025; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Salinas City Council approves Amendment No. 2 to the Master Services Agreement for Professional Services between the City of Salinas and 2nd Nature LLC to provide NPDES permit compliance support, watershed modeling, ArcGIS field applications, and geospatial data management as required by the City’s NPDES Permit; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Interim City Manager is hereby authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the City of Salinas, and as its act and deed, to execute the attached Amendment No. 2 to the Master Services Agreement for Professional Services with 2nd Nature LLC in an amount not to exceed $2.5 million for the term of the Master Services Agreement.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of April 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
Kimbley Craig, Mayor
ATTEST:
Patricia M. Barajas, City Clerk