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6.1.F. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er February 11, 2013 SUBJECT Amendment Number 1 to Agreement with Shums Coda & Associates for Building Permit Plan Review Services RECOMMENDATION By motion, approve and authorize City Manager to execute Amendment Number 1 with Shums Coda & Associates in the amount of $145,000 to provide Building Permit plan review services. BACKGROUND On May 21, 2012, the City executed an agreement with Shums Coda & Associates, Inc., in the amount of $55,000 to provide off-site Building Permit plan review services. This services agreement was necessary to ensure uninterrupted plan review services and to ensure that the City meet published plan check turnaround time goals. ANALYSIS The Community Development Department provides plan review services through a combination of full time staff and consultant staff resources. In Fiscal Year 2012-2013 two plan check consultants have been utilized: Sums Coda & Associates, Inc., and CSG Consultants, Inc. Due to recent increased development activity within the City, the initial agreement for Shums Coda & Associates has been exhausted in the first six months of the fiscal year. In order to continue to have consultant plan check resources available through the end of the fiscal year and to meet our plan check turn around goals staff recommends an increase to the budget for consultant plan check services in the amount of $145,000. This increases the total compensation for these professional services to $200,000. ALTERNATIVES Do not authorize execution of Amendment Number 1 to Shums Coda & Associates, Inc., agreement. This will extend plan check review times for Building Permit applications for moderate and large scale projects. FISCAL IMPACT The cost for consultant plan services is completely funded though permit plan check fees. Due to the increased development activity within the City the Department is on