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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute first amendments to extend the term of each of the following contracts to April 30, 2006, in order to avoid a gap in environmental review services:
Agreement No. 28529 with EIP Associates, Agreement No. 28527 with ESA Community Development, Agreement No. 28524 with LSA Associates, Inc., and Agreement No. 28525 with RBF Consulting.
(Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On September 20, 2005, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute individual contracts with eight consulting firms for a new on-call list for environmental review services. The new list will be valid for a period of three years and will replace an existing on-call list that was established in 2003.
Environmental review services performed by consultants on the on-call list will consist of the following: the preparation of analysis documents, such as Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) or Mitigated Negative Declarations (MNDs), as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), or Environmental Assessments (EAs) or Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
In addition, a consultant might be called upon to do Mitigation Monitoring, conduct a peer review of an environmental document prepared for a proposed project in Long Beach, or be asked to review and prepare written comments on an EIR the City of Long Beach has received for a proposed project in an adjacent jurisdiction.
There are four consulting firms on the existing on-call list that will also be a part of the new list that has been established. They are:
o EIP Associates Agreement No. 28529
o ESA Community Development Agreement No. 28527
o LSA Associates, Inc. Agreement No. 28524
o RBF Consulting Agreement No. 28525
The individual contracts for the four firms, each with a not to exceed limit of $500,000, will expire on October 31, 2005.
All four firms are currently providing environmental servic...
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