8D
Date: November 4, 2025
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Michelle Ramirez, Community Development Director
By: Gregg Lodan, Neighborhood Services Manager | [email protected] Subject: Community Development – Approve Second Amendment to Consulting Services Agreement for Airport Noise Monitoring System. Expenditure: None
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation of the Community Development Director that City Council approve a second amendment to a Consulting Services Agreement with Casper Airport Solutions of Berwyn, PA, (C2021-166) to extend the term for a one-year period beginning January 1, 2026 and ending December 31, 2026.
FUNDING
None required.
DISCUSSION
On December 14, 2021, the City entered into a three-year Consulting Service Agreement (“Agreement”) with Casper Airport Solutions of Berwyn, PA ("Casper") to provide an Airport Noise Monitoring System, at an annual amount of $70,212. The Agreement also allowed for two (2) one- year extensions (see Attachment 2). On January 14, 2025, the City Council approved the first amendment to the Consulting Services Agreement to allow a one-year extension ending on December 31, 2025.
Staff, along with Casper, is now requesting that the City Council execute the second of two one- year extensions. This extension would be for the period beginning January 1, 2026 and ending December 31, 2026, at the ongoing amount of $70,212 (see Attachment 1). As an overview, the City’s current noise monitoring system provides a community site, known as Noise Lab, for public education, noise abatement and airport news, flight tracking, and for the submittal of complaints.
Staff has not had any concerns with Casper’s services and is pleased with their performance.
Other than the one-year extension, all other terms of the Agreement would remain unchanged.
Funding for the Agreement exists in the Airport Enterprise Fund Operating Budget.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Second Amendment to Consulting Services Agreement (C2021-166)
2. First Amendment to Consulting Services Agreement (C2021-166)
3. Consulting Services Agreement (C2021-166)
1 -1-
SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT (C2021-166)
This Second Amendment to Contract Services Agreement C2021-166 (“Second Amendment”) is made and entered into as of January 1, 2026, by and between the CITY OF TORRANCE, a municipal corporation (“CITY”), and Casper Airport Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CONSULTANT”).
RECITALS:
A. CITY and CONSULTANT entered into Consulting Services Agreement C2021- 166, as of January 1, 2022 (the “Agreement”), whereby CONSULTANT agreed to provide a fully hosted web based off-site system including software, any necessary hardware or upgrades and services in order to monitor and report on noise generated by aircraft taking off and landing at Torrance Airport as well as identifying noise, curfew and training violations.
B. On January 1, 2025, CITY and CONSULTANT entered into a First Amendment to extend the term of the Agreement one-year to December 31, 2025.
C. CITY remains satisfied with the work provided by CONSULTANT and wishes to extend the Agreement through December 21, 2026.
AGREEMENT:
1. Paragraph 2, entitled “TERM”, is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
“2. TERM
Unless earlier terminated in accordance with Paragraph 4 below, this Agreement will continue in full force and effect from the Effective Date through December 31, 2026.”
2. In all other respects, the Agreement as amended by the First Amendment and this Second Amendment, is ratified and reaffirmed and remains in full force and effect.
(Signatures to follow)
2 -2-
CITY OF TORRANCE,
a municipal corporation
__________________________
George K. Chen, Mayor
Casper Airport Solutions, Inc.
a Delaware corporation,
By: ______________________
David van de Velde
Chief Financial Officer
ATTEST:
__________________________
Rebecca Poirier
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By: ____________________
Patrick Q. Sullivan
City Attorney
3
4 5
6 7
8 9
10 11
12 13
14 15
16 17
18 19
20 21
22 23
24 25
26 27
28 29
30 31
32 33
34 35
36 37
38 39
40 41
42 43
44 45
46 47
48 49
50 51
52 53
54 55
56 57
58 59
60 61
62 63
64 65
66 67
68 69
70 71
72 73
74 75
76 77
78 79
80 81
82 83
84 85
86 87
88 89
90 91
92 93
94 95
96 97
98 99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128