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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1994 0615 CC REG ITEM 08O ;'i 363 . " ITEM u AGENDA REPORT c, CITY OF MOORPARK c `, c`, , a = c, de'//_ 7C4. TO: The Honorable City Council Fcr�ou: ,/. FROM: Jaime R. Aguilera, Director of Community Development K By p ? Kathleen Mallory, Associate Planner 'I<'\ DATE: June 9, 1994 (CC meeting of June 15, 1994) SUBJECT: CONSIDER A CONTRACT FOR SERVICE WITH THE PLANNING CORPORATION FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE NOTICE OF PREPARATION FOR THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE BOLLINGER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, GPA 94-1, ZC 94-1, TRACT 4928, PARCEL MAP 94-1, CUP 94-1, AND RPD 94-1 BACKGROUND On August 4, 1993, the City Council approved a request by the Bollinger Development corporation to file a General Plan Amendment for the construction of 216 residential dwelling units, on 655 acres, north of City Hall, west of Walnut Canyon, and east of Grimes Canyon. The applicant mentioned his project would also include 2 golf courses and an equestrian staging area. On April 25, 1994, Bollinger Development Corporation submitted an entitlement application for a General Plan Amendment (GPA 94-1), Zone Change (ZC 94-1),Tentative Tract Map (TT 4928), Parcel Map (PM 94-1), Conditional Use Permit (CUP 94-1), and Residential Planned Development (RPD 94-1). The applicant has requested that the City hire the environmental consultant to prepare the environmental document for the project. The applicant will pay all costs, including staff's administrative charge, related to the preparation of the Notice of Preparation of the draft environmental impact report. The purpose of this staff report is to request Council authorization to permit the City Manager to sign a contract with the City selected environmental consultant (the Planning Corporation). DISCUSSION On May 18, 1994, the entitlement application was determined to be incomplete for purposes of filing. On May 31, 1994, the applicant submitted additional information responding to the incompleteness items as noted in the May 18, 1994 incompleteness letter. Upon receipt of agency review comments, expected on June 22, 1994, staff anticipates that the application will be deemed to be complete. Upon application completeness, the City's environmental consultant will begin preparing the environmental documents for the aforementioned project. Therefore, the Notice of Preparation process will probably begin about June 23, 1994. The Honorable City Council June 9, 1994 Page 2 Staff has selected the Planning Corporation (Steve Craig) to prepare the initial work on the environmental document for the development project. The Planning Corporation has prepared other environmental documents for the City. The City has found all previous work to have been prepared in a comprehensive manner, consistent with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The attached contract for service (see Attachment Number 1) obligates the environmental consultant to prepare the Project Description, Notice of Preparation, Initial Study, Scope of Work and to conduct a review of and comment on technical reports submitted by the applicant (see Attachment Number 2); the estimated cost for these services, referred to as Phase I, is $5,000.00. Upon receipt of comments from responsible and trustee agencies as part of the Notice of Preparation process, the scope of work for the environmental impact report will be prepared. Traditionally, one contract is prepared for the environmental consultant for perform all of the "phases" of tasks which are required for an environmental impact report. A contract for service will be signed based upon a scope of work the consultant has prepared. However, many times, upon receipt of comments from responsible and trustee agencies as part of the Notice of Preparation process, the scope of work must be modified which results in the need for a contract amendment for the consultant to perform the work as recommended by responding agencies. Therefore, staff is suggesting that the work to be performed for the environmental document, be broken into two contracts for service. The first contract will be for completion of Phase I of the project, which will include the preparation and distribution of the Notice of Preparation (NOP) and other related environmental documents for the draft environmental impact report as specified within Attachment Number 2. The second contract will be for Phase II of the project, which will include the preparation of a draft and final environmental impact report, creation of findings, and, if necessary, statements of overriding consideration. An estimated cost for Phase II is not known at this time and will be determined upon receipt of comments received as part of the NOP process. A Contract for Service for Phase II will be placed on the Council's agenda for consideration upon completion of the NOP process and final determination of costs associated with completion of Phase II of the project. However, it is staff's recommendation that the City retain the option of using another firm to prepare the EIR. At a later date, staff will schedule a City Council meeting in order to consider the alternatives to be addressed within the EIR. The alternatives will be developed following distribution of the Notice of Preparation for the environmental impact report to responsible and trustee agencies and receipt of any comments. P The Honorable City Council June 9, 1994 Page 3 RECOMMENDATION Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract for service with the Planning Corporation (Steve Craig), for an amount not to exceed $5,000.00 in order to prepare the Notice of Preparation and other tasks as outlined within Attachment Number 2, associated with the processing of the Bollinger Development Corporation development project. Attachments: 1. Contract for Service 2. Scope of Notice of Preparation ATTACHMENT NUMBER 1 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this _ day of 19_ by and between the City of Moorpark, a municipal corporation located in the County of Ventura, State of California, hereinafter referred to as "CITY' and The Planning Corporation, a California Corporation, hereinafter referred to as 'the Planning ' Corporation." WITNESSETH Whereas, City has the need for professional environmental compliance, planning, and resources management services related to the preparation of an environmental impact report for the Bollinger Development project; and Whereas, City desires to contract for such services with a private consultant in anticipation that said private consultant can provide such services in a manner acceptable to the City; and Whereas, the Planning Corporation is experienced in providing such services and is able to provide personnel with the proper experience, certifications and background to carry out the duties involved; and Whereas,the Planning Corporation has submitted to City a scope of work proposal for preparation of an environmental impact report and related services for the Bollinger Development project, attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and hereinafter referred to as the "SCOPE OF WORK', which describes the work products and services to be provided by the Planning Corporation; and Whereas, City, wishes to retain the Planning Corporation for the performance of the services identified in the Scope of work; and NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, benefits and premises herein stated, the parties hereto agree as follows: I. SCOPE OF WORK City does hereby retain the Planning Corporation in a contractual capacity to perform environmental compliance, planning, and resource management services, as set forth in Exhibit "A", the Scope of Work, which is attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein. 1 II. COMPENSATION The fees in full compensation to the Planning Corporation for the services rendered shall be as set forth in Exhibit "A", the Scope of Work; and payment of such fees shall be made by City consistent with the provisions of Subsection IV.L of this Agreement. III. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION This Agreement may be terminated or suspended with or without cause by City at any time with no less than ten (10) working days written notice of such termination or suspension. In the event of such termination or suspension, the Planning Corporation shall be compensated for such services up to the date of termination or suspension. Such compensation for work in progress shall be prorated as to the percentage of progress completed at the date of termination or suspension. This Agreement may be terminated by the Planning Corporation only by providing City with written notice no less than thirty (30) days in advance of such termination. IV. GENERAL CONDITIONS A. The Planning Corporation agrees not to provide environmental compliance, land use planning, resource management, or related services for any other public agency or private development project located within the City limits or its Area of Interest, without the prior written consent of the City, during the term of this Agreement. B. The Planning Corporation agrees not to provide environmental compliance, land use planning, resource management, or related services for the BOLLINGER Development Corporation, including any affiliated company, partnership, or corporation, during the term of this Agreement and for a one-year period following completion of all tasks described in the Scope of Work. 2 C. City shall not be called upon to assume any liability for the direct payment of any salary, wage or other compensation to any person employed by the Planning Corporation performing services hereunder for City. D. The Planning Corporation is and shall at all times remain as to the City a wholly independent contractor. Neither the City nor any of its officers, employees, servants or agents shall have control over the conduct of the Planning Corporation or of the Planning Corporation's officers, employees or agents, except as herein set forth. The Planning Corporation shall not at any time or in any manner represent that it or any of its officers, employees, or agents are in any manner employees of the City. E. At the time of 1) termination of this Agreement or 2) conclusion of all work; all original documents, designs, drawings, reports, calculations, diskettes, computer files, notes, and other related materials whether prepared by the Planning Corporation or their subcontractor(s) or obtained in the course of providing the services to be performed pursuant to this Agreement shall become the sole property of the City. All environmental impact report text computer files shall provided to the City using IBM compatible, Word Perfect 5.1 work processing software, on a 3.5-inch diskette. F. The Planning Corporation shall hold harmless, indemnify and defend the City and its officers, employees, servants and agents and independent contractors who serve in the role of City Manager, Deputy City Manager, Director of Community Development, City Engineer, or City Attorney from any claim, demand, damage, liability, loss, cost or expense, for any damage whatsoever, including but not limited to death or injury to any person and injury to any property, resulting from misconduct, negligent acts, errors or omissions of the Planning Corporation or any of its officers, employees or agents in the performance of this Agreement, except such damage as is caused by the sole negligence of the City or any of its officers, employees, servants or agents. The City does not, and shall not, waive any rights that it may have against the Planning Corporation by reason of Paragraph F hereof, because of the acceptance by the City, or the deposit with the City, or any insurance policy of certificate required pursuant to this Agreement. This hold harmless and indemnification provision shall apply regardless of whether or not said insurance policies are determined to be applicable to the claim, demand, damage, liability, loss, cost or expense described in Paragraph G hereof. 3 G. The Planning Corporation shall secure from a good and responsible company or companies doing insurance business in the State of California, pay for, and maintain in full force and effect for the duration of this Agreement the policies of insurance required by this paragraph and shall furnish to the City Clerk of the City certificates of said insurance on or before the commencement of the term of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any inconsistent statement in any of said policies or any subsequent endorsement attached thereto, the protection offered by the policies shall: 1. Name the City and its officers, employees, servants and agents and independent contractors serving in the role of City Manager, Deputy City Manager, Director of Community Development, City Engineer, or City Attorney, as additional insured with the Planning Corporation. 2. Insure the City and its officers, employees, and agents while acting in the scope of their duties under this Agreement against all claims, demands, damages, liabilities, losses, costs or expenses arising from, or in any way connected with, the performance of this Agreement by the Planning Corporation or the City. 3. Bear an endorsement or have attached a rider whereby it is provided that, in the event of cancellation or amendment of such policy for any reason whatsoever, the City shall be notified by mail, postage prepaid, not less than thirty (30) days before the cancellation or amendment is effective. The Planning Corporation shall give City thirty (30) days written notice prior to the expiration of such policy. 4. Be written on an Occurrence Basis. H. Consistent with the provisions of Paragraph G, the Planning Corporation shall provide general public liability including automobile liability and property damage insurance in an amount not less than One Million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence and annual aggregate. Consistent with the provisions of Paragraph G, the Planning Corporation shall provide workers'compensation insurance as required by the California Labor Code. If any class of employees engaged by the Planning Corporation in work under this Agreement is not protected by the workers' compensation law, the Planning Corporation shall provide adequate insurance for the protection of such employees to the satisfaction of the City. 4 J. The Planning Corporation shall not assign this Agreement, or any of the rights, duties or obligations hereunder. It is understood and acknowledged by the parties that the Planning Corporation is uniquely qualified to perform the services provided for in this Agreement. K. The Planning Corporation's Scope of Work (Exhibit "A") dated May 20, 1994, is hereby incorporated into this Agreement. Where said Scope of Work is modified by this Agreement, the language contained in this Agreement shall take precedence. L. Payment to the Planning Corporation shall be made by City within thirty (30) days of receipt of invoice, if sufficient environmental impact report deposit funds are held by the City. Payment to the Planning Corporation shall not be made by City within thirty (30) days for any invoice which is contested or questioned and returned by City with written explanation within thirty (30) days of receipt of invoice. The Planning Corporation shall provide to City a written response to any invoice contested or questioned, and further, upon request of City, shall provide City with any and all documents related to any invoice. Invoices shall only be submitted to City by the Planning Corporation, following completion of each individual task or sub-task identified in Exhibit "A", and the written work product for each completed task or sub-task shall precede or accompany each invoice. M. Any notice to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing, and all such notices and any other document to be delivered shall be delivered by personal service or by deposit in the United States mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid, and addressed to the party for whom intended as follows: To: Director of Community Development City of Moorpark 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, CA 93021 To: Steve Craig The Planning Corporation P.O. Box 20250 Santa Barbara, CA 93120 Either party may, from time to time, by written notice to the other, designate a different address or contact person, which shall be substituted for the one above specified. Notices, payments and other documents shall be deemed delivered upon receipt by personal service or as of the second (2nd) day after deposit in the United States mail. 5 N. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed, construed or represented by the City or the Planning Corporation or by any third person to create the relationship of principal or agent, or of a partnership, or of a joint venture, or of any other association of any kind or nature between the City and the Planning Commission. Q. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties concerning the subject matter hereof and all prior agreements or understandings, oral or written, are hereby merged herein. This Agreement shall not be amended in any way except by a writing expressly purporting to be such an amendment, signed and acknowledged by both of the parties hereto. P. Should interpretation of this Agreement, or any portion thereof, be necessary, it is deemed that this Agreement was prepared by the parties jointly and equally, and shall not be interpreted against either party on the ground that the party prepared the Agreement or caused it to be prepared. Q. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any such waiver constitute a continuing or subsequent waiver of the same provision. No waiver shall be binding, unless executed in writing by the party making the waiver. R. In the event any action, suit or proceeding is brought for the enforcement of, or the declaration of any right or obligation pursuant to this Agreement or as a result of any alleged breach of any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, from the losing party, and any judgment or decree rendered in such a proceeding shall include an award thereof. S. Cases involving a dispute between the City and the Planning Corporation may be decided by an arbitrator if both sides agree in writing, with costs proportional to the judgment of the arbitrator. T. This Agreement is made, entered into, and executed in Ventura County, California, and any action filed in any court or for arbitration for the interpretation, enforcement or other action of the terms, conditions or covenants referred to herein shall be filed in the applicable court in Ventura County, California. 6 U. The captions and headings of the various Articles and Paragraphs of this Agreement are for convenience and identification only and shall not be deemed to limit or define the content of the respective Articles and Paragraphs hereof. V. RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL The individual directly responsible for the Planning Corporation's overall performance of the Agreement provisions herein above set forth and to serve as principal liaison between City and the Planning Corporation shall be Steve Craig. Upon mutual written agreement of the parties, other individuals may be substituted in the above capacity. The City's contact person in charge of administration of the Planning Corporation Agreement,and to serve as principal liaison between the Planning Corporation and City, shall be the Director of Community Development. VI. IMPLEMENTATION The City shall provide the Planning Corporation with written notice in advance of the date at which these services are to be implemented if different than the date of the Agreement. CITY OF MOORPARK: THE PLANNING CORPORATION: By: By: Steven Kueny, City Manager Steve Craig, Principal ATTEST: By: Lillian E. Hare, City Clerk Exhibits: 7 A. Scope of Work EXHIBIT A 8 4 EXHIBIT A 06-09-1994 05:02PM Cathedral City Hall 619 324 4816 P.02 a PLANNING CORPORATION Steven Craig, President harps Rowley, vice President,Treasurer Sienna-Craig,Secretary May 25 1964 1 Mi C dfAssod nenf. . II i• , Commu ity ment Department 799 M• • •ark Avenue Moorpa , California •Re: -hese 1 EIR Con ct Scope of Work: Moorparl4 Esta 'Project 1 . , To impl ment;the City'secision to proceed with initial ennironm tal processing of the oorpark Estates Project, The Planning Corporation is pi aped to submit the fol • ing scope of work statement. The tasks to be accompli hbd include: ( ) Consultat• s with affected agencies regard g the of Work for a EIR. An agency scoping m ting wil be held under City supervision to assist in defni the pe of Work forth EIR. 1 ( ) Preparation of a Project Description, Initial dy, a dl Notice of Preparat on and uplication/distribution o these aterials to respons ble and trustee agencies and to th City of Moorpark EIR distribution list. O Evaluation bf the responses to the Notice of Preps n and completion l of a scope of work, acceptable to a City, outlining all studies and tasks to be completed for he Draft and Final EIR. O Coordination with the consulting City Tra c E Meer to define the scope of work for the traffic ci ulation analysis that will need to be completed for this proje Coat . - Based •n our present u nding of the work that neegis to bel Performed, the budget or tie regUest work is estimated to.be Notice Of Prep r$tion ($ 200), Prelirni ry Initial Stu ($1,000), Project Description Prepa on ($1,500), Agency and Scoping:M Ings $1,500, meetings with ity Sta plicant $ 300, an• Wordprocessing .& Printing ($500). The total Initial R Costa are es. , • to be about $5,000. Billing will be provided On a tim nd materials basis. • funds not e4cpended during this first phase bf work Will be carried forward o the EIR phase of the contract. I Monterey i 48491Sapagte Road Bradley California 93426 (805) 473.0447 Santa Barbels Post Office Box 20250 Santa Barbara California 93120 (805) 966-5959 I I 1 , . JUN 9 '94 18:03 619 324 4816 PRGE.002 06-09-1994 05:03PM Cathedral City Hall 619 324 4816 P.03 I I ,' _j Schad le The PI:nning: Corpora 'on will proceed with prepa = 'on of• the .Notice of Preps. Ion $d; relat materials immediately u• fin receipt of verbal autho '-anon p the City. Written confiirmatl.9 will be'regUired prior to su• ittp P, l Study, and Project s - • •n for distribution: The N �; `:. eu p !Is 30 days. The proposal for • EIR be prepared during • = N review briod. The proposal will be sub ted t the City Within 10 day of completion the NOP review period. Please •ntact me if you have any questions about this p • •osal. R= • = Iy submitted, The Pla nirigy res -'tio,s j ii „II 2 TOTAL P.03 JUN 9 '94 18:03 619 324 4816 PAGE.003