PRESENTER: Presenter
Greg Gutierrez, Buyer
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SUBJECT: Title
Approval of professional service agreements for 3rd party plan and engineering development reviews with Cobb, Fendley, and Associates, Inc, K Friese & Associates, LLC, Freese and Nichols, Inc, Able City LLC, Bureau Veritas North America, Inc, Sunland Group, Inc, and BB Inspection Services LLC.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning and Development Services
Transportation and Capital Improvements
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: NA
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City has identified a need to hire third-party assistance to support building plan and engineering development reviews. There has been an increase of applications over the last few years which that require an augmentation of staff to support. These professional services require a specialized expertise in these areas of responsibility and assist the city to maintain the level of work necessary to support the requested applications and avoid delays in the permit issuance and to help the development community to meet construction scheduling goals.
The Building and Planning Department use these on-call contracts to support building permit application review.
The Transportation and Capital Improvements / Engineering Division has identified a need to hire third-party assistance to support the engineering development permit application review process.
A request for qualifications for professional services was issued and qualifications were received and evaluated. Staff have identified multiple vendors to support the following on-call master professional service agreements. The agreements have a term of 3 years with the option to renew for two (2) additional one-year periods.
• To support the engineering development permit review process and an annual amount not to exceed a total of $600,000.
o K Friese & Associates
o Freese and Nichols
o Cobb Fendley
• To support building permit plan review for commercial and residential projects and an annual amount not to exceed a total of $300,000
o Able City
o Bureau Veritas
o Sunland Group
• To Support Building Inspections and an annual amount not to exceed $200,000
o BB Inspection Services
o Bureau Veritas
ISSUE:
Continue an ongoing program of infrastructure construction and maintenance. The professional third-party assistance is intended to ensure timely issuance of application permits and to increase economic development in the City.
STRATEGIC PLAN REFERENCE:
☐Economic Mobility ☐Enhanced Connectivity ☐Community Identity
☒Organizational Excellence ☐Community Well-Being ☐N/A
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FISCAL IMPACT:
Funds are allocated in the Development Services Fund to support third party development review efforts and will be appropriated to the correct year during the budget process. Therefore, sufficient funds are available.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of professional services agreements for 3rd party plan and engineering development reviews with Cobb Fendley, K Friese & Associates, LLC, Freese and Nichols, Inc, Able City LLC, Bureau Veritas North America, Inc, Sunland Group, Inc, and BB Inspection Services LLC.