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Community Development Agency, Long Range Planning, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign the First Amendment to Agreement 236-S1710 with Ascent Environmental, Inc., changing the Contract Administrator, increasing the compensation amount by $234,600 for a total contract amount not to exceed $300,000, with no change to the existing rates or the term, and expanding the scope of the work to include planning and environmental services for future development projects.
FUNDING: Applicant Funded.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Agency, Long Range Planning, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign the First Amendment to Agreement 236-S1710 with Ascent Environmental, Inc., changing the Contract Administrator, increasing the compensation amount by $234,600 for a total contract amount not to exceed $300,000, with no change to the existing rates or the term, and expanding the scope of the work to include planning and environmental services for future development projects.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On November 13, 2012 (Items 7 and 8), the Board approved Agreements for Services with ICF Jones and Stokes, Inc. (ICF) and Michael Baker International (MBI), formerly Pacific Municipal Consultants, to provide direct consultant services to the County for preparation of Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) and as-needed planning consultation services for three major Specific Plan projects - Central El Dorado Hills, Village of Marble Valley, and Lime Rock Valley Specific Plan Project Applications (Projects). Services have been and will continue to be provided by ICF and MBI, including project management and application processing; participation in public outreach meetings and hearings; and technical review of complex project studies, administrative draft EIRs, and draft Specific Plan documents.
In 2016, Patrick Angell, MBI’s project manager for the County’s three major development Projects, left ...
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