For City Council Meeting [July 9, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Rod Foster, City Administrator
FROM: Robb R. Steel, ACA/Development Services Director
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Request City Council to Authorize Additional Services in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Professional Service Agreements between the City of Rialto and (1) Willdan Engineering and (2) Interwest Consulting and Authorize a Purchase Order not to exceed $50,000 for each Consultant.
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BACKGROUND:
The City issued a Request for Proposals (#19-113) for building plan check, inspection, and permit technician services. Proposals were due on April 11, 2019 and 12 consulting firms submitted.
On March 27, 2019, the Economic Development Committee recommended that staff seek outside participation on the review panel, including representation from the Building Industry Association, a local developer (Roger Hobbs), and a Planning Commissioner. Both the BIA and Roger Hobbs declined to participate in the proposal review process. Planning Commissioner Frank Gonzalez agreed to participate and staff contacted several other Commissioners to round out the panel, but none agreed to accept the responsibilities. Ultimately, four internal staff and one Planning Commissioner formed the review panel.
The five participants rated the 12 proposals and the City scheduled interviews with the top proposers for the week of July 18. After oral presentations, staff expects to make a recommendation to the Economic Development Committee on July 25 and to the City Council on August 13 with contract(s) commencing or about September 1, 2019. The August 13 City Council report will reconcile all outstanding obligations of the City with the current providers.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
Until the City Council approves new contract(s), staff requests authorization to continue services with the current providers (Willdan and Interwest) by exercising the Additional Services provision in Section 2.3 of each consultant's Professi...
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