HomeMy WebLinkAboutE-11 Staff Report - Certified List for On-Call Environmental Consulting ServicesCONSENT ITEM
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
VIA: SERGIO GONZALEZ, CITY MANAGER
FROM: MATT MARQUEZ, ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR
DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF CERTIFIED LIST FOR ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSULTING SERVICES
SUMMARY & DICUSSION:
The State of California has an environmental statue called the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA). The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a United States Environmental law that
promotes the enhancement of the environment and established the President’s Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQA). Both laws require state and local agencies to identify the significant
environmental impacts of their actions and avoid or mitigate those impacts, if feasible.
The certified list for on-call environmental consulting services including but not limited to general plan
amendments, code amendments, rezones, tentative subdivision maps, use permits, design reviews, new
specific plans and specific plan amendments.
The environmental consultant will be responsible for the preparation of Environmental Impact Reports
(EIR), Negative Declarations, Mitigated Negative Declarations, technical studies and other California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation for proposed projects.
The City of Azusa is expecting an increase of submittals of various development projects in the near
future. These submittals can range from smaller infill projects to large mixed-use projects.
On February 19, 2019, the City Council authorized Staff to circulate a Request for Proposals (RFP) to
select qualified environmental consultants whose services would be paid for by the private developer of
proposed projects. These consultants would conduct any necessary environmental analysis and prepare
the appropriate corresponding environmental documents for a particular project. The deadline for
E-11
APPROVED
CITY COUNCIL
9/16/19
Certified List of Consultants for On-Call Environmental Consulting Services
September 16, 2019
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consulting firms to submit their proposals closed on April 11, 2019. The City received 17 responses to
the RFP prior to the deadline’s expiration. Out of the 17 proposals, Staff selected 14 firms to be
included on a certified list for on-call environmental consulting services. The 14 firms are:
1. Ultra Systems, Inc.
2. Morse Planning Group
3. Michael Baker International
4. First Carbon Solutions
5. Santec
6. LSA Associates, Inc.
7. Willdan
8. VCS Environmental
9. CASC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
10. Infrastructure Engineers
11. PSOMAS
12. Chambers Group, Inc.
13. Moore, Iacofano, Goltsman (MIG)
14. Eco Tierra Consulting
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council take the following action:
1. Adopt the certified list of consultants for on-call environmental consulting services for future
development projects.
ANALYSIS:
The Evaluation Committee was made of the Director of Economic and Community Development,
Planning Manager, and Assistant Planner. The Evaluation Committee evaluated the RFP based on the
following themes:
• Experience and Qualifications
• Project Approach
• Team Member Experience
• Compensation
• Overall Quality
The Evaluation Committee found three of the firms to have high compensation rates. Therefore, those
firms did not make it to the Certified List of Consultants for On-Call Environmental Services.
FISCAL IMPACT
All costs associated with the environmental consulting services will be paid by individual project
applicants and there will be no fiscal impact to the City.
Certified List of Consultants for On-Call Environmental Consulting Services
September 16, 2019
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Prepared by: Prepared and Reviewed by:
Manuel Muñoz Matt Marquez
Planning Manager Economic and Community Development Director
Fiscal Reviewed by: Reviewed and Approved by:
Talika M. Johnson Sergio Gonzalez
Director of Administrative Services City Manager
Attachments:
1) Certified List for On-Call Environmental Services
ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES LIST
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA ON:
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
CONSULTANT FIRMS
1.Ultra Systems, Inc.
2. Morse Planning Group
3.Michael Baker International
4. First Carbon Solutions
5.Santec
6.LSA Associates, Inc.
7.Willdan
8. VCS Environmental
9. CASC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
10.Infrastructure Engineers
11.PSOMAS
12. Chambers Group, Inc.
13.Moore, Iacofano, Goltsman (MIG)
14. Eco Tierra Consulting
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