For City Council Meeting [July 27, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
Title
Request City Council Ratify the City Manager's Approval of a Professional Services Agreement with 4LEAF, Inc., a California Corporation for On-Call Building Plan Check, Inspection and Related Services in the Amount of $250,000 for Fiscal Year 2021/2022
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BACKGROUND
The Building Division has the responsibility to ensure that all construction is in accordance with the International Code Council, California Building Standards, and City Standards. To do this there are three essential parts:
* The intake and processing of projects, through plan check, and issuing the permit. (Permit Technician)
* The checking of those documents to current codes to insure they are up to date, and approval once they are. (Plans Examiner)
* The Inspection of the projects to insure they are built according to the plans and within the codes. (Building Inspector)
On November 12, 2019, the City Council approved three Professional Services Agreements (PSAs) for on-call, as-needed Building Division services encompassing the permit technician, plans examiner, and building inspection scopes of work with CSG Consultants, Interwest Consulting Group, and Willdan Engineering Inc.
Additionally, due to vacancies that occurred in the Building Division, on August 11, 2020, the City Council approved a fourth PSA with Bureau Veritas (BV) to provide contract Building Official and related services.
The three PSAs for Building Division services have closed out, leaving the one remaining PSA with BV for continuation of Building Division services, with an emphasis on contract Building Official services.
In April 2021 the City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) #21-040 for Building Plan Check and Inspection Services, to solicit new firms to provide the on-call as-needed Building Division services that include permit technician, plans review, building inspection and all ...
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