RESOLUTION NO. (N.C.S.)
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SEPARATE AGREEMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR PERMIT SERVICES WHEREAS, the Permit Services Division relies on outside technical professionals to assist with plan review, permitting, and inspection services, particularly for more complicated development projects; and WHEREAS, contracting for these services allows for the scaling up of experienced technical staffing resources to be able to respond in a timely manner to increases in the number of development applications due to economic growth, while maintaining the City’s workforce; and WHEREAS, through a Request for Qualifications process, True North Compliance Services, 4LEAF, Shums Coda Associates, Willdan Engineering, and TRB and Associates demonstrated extensive knowledge and experience in providing technical services to building departments for multiple jurisdictions in California and employ staff that have the requisite certification, training, and experience to perform the technical work required to meet the City’s needs and have a demonstrated record of quality performance in a timely and cost-effective manner; and WHEREAS, in July 2024, based on RFQ recommendations, the City Council approved an On-Call List for permit services and authorized the execution of separate Agreements for Professional Services with True North Compliance Services, 4LEAF, Shums Coda Associates, Willdan Engineering, and TRB and Associates for plan review, permitting, and inspection services, for Fiscal Year 2024-25 through Fiscal Year 2026-27; and WHEREAS, subsequently, the number of permits being processed has increased and multiple large and complex development project applications have been received. Due to limited staffing resources and several position vacancies, additional outside professional services are needed to review and process these applications in a timely manner; and WHEREAS, the total increased cost of Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) associated with the proposed Amendments will be fully covered by the collection of plan check and inspection fees through the Permit Services Enterprise Fund prior to initiating a request for services with the consultants; and WHEREAS, the City of Salinas has determined that the proposed action is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378). Any subsequent projects resulting from this action will be assessed for CEQA applicability.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Salinas City Council authorizes the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to increase the not to exceed compensation amount of each Agreements for Professional Services as listed below:
True North Compliance Services: not to exceed compensation amount increased to $400,000; 4LEAF: not to exceed compensation amount increased to $300,000; Shums Coda Associates: not to exceed compensation amount increased to $200,000; Willdan Engineering: not to exceed compensation amount increased to $200,000; and TRB and Associates not to exceed compensation amount increased to $2,600,000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager is authorized to take whatever additional action may be necessary to effectuate the intent of this resolution.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th day of October, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
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Kimbley Craig, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia M. Barajas, City Clerk
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