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6.1.E. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager September 24, 2018 SUBJECT Amendment No 1. to Agreement with David J. Powers & Associates for On -Call Environmental Services RECOMMENDATION By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Professional Services with David J. Powers & Associates for On -Call Environmental Services BACKGROUND The Community Development Department (CDD) has historically maintained contracts with several consultants to provide various on-call services. In recent years, the department has relied on the use of on-call service providers to meet performance objectives and to address increases in workloads as the economy has rebounded and development activity has accelerated. In 2014, the City Manager authorized a contract with David. J. Powers & Associates in the amount of $59,999 to provide environmental review services primarily for cost - recovery development projects. The contract was amended by City Council in January 2015 (Amendment No. 1) to increase the amount budgeted to $250,000. Since that time work under the contract has consisted of environmental services for Stanford in Redwood City, Sandpiper Elementary School, 610 Walnut, and other various projects. There is $2,473.69 left in the current contract amount. Due to the volume of projects, the City issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) in July 2018 to identify additional consultants with expertise in CEQA reviews. The number of projects requiring environmental review had exceeded the capacity of existing on-call contracts, and the City was looking to "take a fresh look" at a variety of environmental consulting firms and open up to two additional contract opportunities. David J. Powers & Associates were ranked in the top tier as a qualifying consultant and staff has found their work to be high quality. Staff recommends amending the contract to allow for additional work.