Title
Planning and Building Department, Planning Division, Current Planning Unit, recommending the Board consider the following:
1) In accordance with Chapter 3.13, Section 3.13.030 of County Ordinance Code, Contracting Out, find that due to the limited time frames, temporary or occasional nature, or schedule for the project or scope of work, the ongoing aggregate of work to be performed is not sufficient to warrant the addition of permanent staff; and
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement 6316 with Raney Planning & Management, Inc., to assist the County with as-needed planning and environmental review services, with a not-to-exceed amount of $1,000,000, and a term of three (3) years effective upon execution.
FUNDING: Applicant Funded, Transient Occupancy Tax Funds, and Caldor Fire Relief Designation Funds (General Fund).
Body
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In August 2019, the Chief Administrative Office, Procurement and Contracts Division, on behalf of the Department of Transportation and Planning and Building Department (Department), issued Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 20-918-043 for various as-needed consultant services, which included categories for both Land Use Planning and Environmental Services. In accordance with the County’s Procurement Policy C-17, Section 7.10, Request for Qualifications, staff from various divisions within the Department form evaluation committees to review responses received for each of the categories pertaining to the Department. In March and May of 2021, the Procurement & Contracts Manager issued lists of qualified firms for these consulting service categories.
The Department currently utilizes a number of consultant contracts on an as-needed basis to assist with various land use planning and environmental projects, including developer/applicant funded project; however it was determined that an additional as-needed agreement was necessary to take on an additional applicant funded project in progress as well as fu...
Click here for full text