Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutContracts & Agreements_78-2016 AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES This agreement for the provision of environmental consulting services (this "Agreement") is made and entered into this I91 day of April, 2016, by and between the City of Redlands, a municipal corporation (hereafter "City") and Tom Dodson and Associates (hereafter "Consultant"), who are sometimes referred to herein individually as a "Party" and, together, as the "Parties." In consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, City and Consultant hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE 1 - ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANT 1.1 Engagement of Consultant. City hereby retains Consultant to perform professional environmental consulting services (the "Services") associated with City's environmental review of a proposed 94,000 square foot commercial center on approximately 10.13 acres located west of Eureka Street, between the Interstate 10 Freeway and Stuart Avenue. Project (the "Project") as set forth in the Scope of Work which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference, and upon the terms and conditions described herein. Consultant shall determine the method, details and means of performing the Services, including Consultant's Sub-Consultant, LSA, and Consultant and said Sub-Consultant, shall perform the Services to the best of its ability and with the skill, expertise and level of competency presently maintained by other practicing professionals providing similar services in the industry. Consultant and Sub-Consultant shall prepare all environmental documents required for the Project by this Agreement in conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State and City's CEQA guidelines. ARTICLE 2 - COMPENSATION 2.1 Compensation. As compensation for its performance of the Services, City shall pay to Consultant an amount not to exceed Fourteen Thousand Nine Hundred dollars ($14,900.00) in accordance with the hourly rates and cost estimates of expenses contained in Exhibit "A". This amount includes a not to exceed fee of Five Thousand Four Hundred dollars ($5,400.00) for traffic analysis to be prepared by Consultant's Sub-Consultant as provided in Exhibit "A". Payment to Consultant shall be made monthly, upon City's receipt of an itemized invoice describing the items for which payment is requested. Invoices shall document the status of the Services associated with the fees billed, and are due and payable within thirty (30) days of the date they are received by City. ARTICLE 3 - INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION 3.1 Consultant's Insurance - General Requirements. All insurance required by this Agreement shall be maintained by Consultant for the term of this Agreement. Except for Workers' Compensation and employer's liability insurance, City shall be named as an additional insured for such policies and such insurance shall be primary with respect to City and non- 1 [:1ca\djmlAgreementslTotn Dodson Consulting 4.19,lb.doc contributing to any insurance or self-insurance maintained by City. The insurance policies shall include provisions prohibiting cancellation of the policies except upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to City. Consultant shall provide City with Certificates of Insurance and endorsements evidencing such insurance prior to commencement of the Services. 3.2 Workers' Compensation and Employer's Liability. Consultant shall secure and maintain Workers' Compensation and Employer's Liability insurance throughout the term of this Agreement in an amount which meets statutory requirements with an insurance carrier acceptable to City. r 3.3 Comprehensive General, Liability Insurance. Consultant shall secure and maintain in force throughout the term of this Agreement comprehensive general liability insurance with carriers acceptable to City. Minimum coverage of one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and two million dollars ($2,000,000) aggregate for public liability, property damage and personal injury is required. 3.4 Business Auto Liability Insurance. Consultant shall secure and maintain business auto liability coverage, with minimum limits of one million ($1,000,000) per occurrence, combined single limit for bodily injury liability and property damage liability. This coverage shall include all Consultant-owned vehicles used to perform the Services, hired and non-owned vehicles, and employee non-ownership vehicles. 3.5 Assignment and Insurance Requirements. Consultant is expressly prohibited from assigning or subcontracting any of the Services without the prior written consent of City. In the event of mutual agreement by the Parties to assign or subcontract a portion of the Services, Consultant shall add such assignee or subcontractor as an additional insured to the insurance policies required hereby and provide City with the insurance endorsements prior to any Services being performed by the assignee or subcontractor. Assignment does not include printing or other customary reimbursable expenses that may be provided for in this Agreement. ARTICLE 4 - SCHEDULE, TERMINATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 4.1 Schedules for Completion. The schedule for completion contained in Exhibit "B" illustrates a time frame for document preparation that has been established by Consultant. City and Consultant recognize that delays could occur for reasons outside the control of Consultant. If this situation occurs, an extension of the due date for completion may be permitted by City. 4.2 Suspension. Consultant acknowledges that the developer of the Project is obligated to fund all costs incurred by City under this Agreement and to cooperate with City by providing information and data relating to the Project, and that the developer is required to make periodic advance payments to City in connection with this Agreement. If the developer of the Project fails to make any required payment to City, or if the developer fails to cooperate with City by failing to provide City with information or data relating to the Project, Consultant acknowledges that City shall have the right to require Consultant to suspend or cease work under this Agreement without liability to Consultant. 2 l:ka%djmlAgreements\Tom Dodson Consulting 4.19.16.doc 4.3 Termination. City may terminate this Agreement at any time, without cause, by prior written notice to Consultant. Upon such termination, Consultant shall deliver to City all documents, reports, materials and work of any nature pertaining to the Services to be performed under this Agreement that are in the possession of Consultant or under its control. In such event, Consultant shall be paid for the Services performed to the date of termination based on time and reimbursable billings. The total sum paid to Consultant in the event of termination of this Agreement shall not exceed the sum set forth in Section 2.1 hereof. 4.4 Hold Harmless and Indemnification. Consultant shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend City, and its elected officials, officers, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims causes of action, losses and liability, including attorneys' fees, arising from injury or death to persons or damage to property occasioned by any negligent or intentional wrongful act or omission of Consultant, and its officers, employees and agents, in performing the Services. 4.5 Independent Contractor. This Agreement is for the performance of professional services to City and does not make the employees of Consultant employees of City for the purpose of payroll deductions, unemployment insurance or any other benefits. Consultant shall at all times during the term of this Agreement retain the status of an independent contractor. 4.6 Notices. Any notice or other communication required, or which may be given, pursuant to this Agreement, shall be in writing. Any such notice shall be deemed delivered (i) on the date of delivery in person; (ii) five (5) days after deposit in first class registered mail, with return receipt requested; (iii) on the actual delivery date if deposited with an overnight courier; or (iv) on the date sent by facsimile, if confirmed with a copy sent contemporaneously by first class, certified, registered or express mail; in each case properly posted and fully prepaid to the appropriate address set forth below, or such other address as a Party may provide notice in accordance with this section: City: Consultant: Robert D. Dalquest, Asst. Director Tom Dodson Development Services Dept. Tom Dodson &Associates City of Redlands 2150 N. Arrowhead Avenue PO Box 3005 San Bernardino, CA 92405 Redlands, CA 92373 4.7 Nondiscrimination. During the performance of this Agreement, Consultant shall not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation or disability, or any condition related thereto in the selection and retention of employees and sub- consultants and the procurement of materials and equipment. 4.8 Ownership of Documents. The reports, drawing, maps and other documents prepared under this Agreement by Consultant shall be and remain the property of City upon compensation of Consultant for its Services. 4.9 _Attorneys' Fees. In the event any action is commenced to enforce or interpret the terms or conditions of this Agreement the prevailing Party shall, in addition to any costs and 3 I:1ca\djmlAgreements\Tom Dodson Consulting 4.19.l6.doc other,relief, be entitled to the recovery of its reasonable attorneys' fees, including fees for the use of in-house counsel by a Party. 4.10 Entire Agreement., This Agreement supersedes any and all other agreements, either verbal or in writing, between the Pat-ties with respect to the matters contained herein. Each Party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that no representations, inducements, promises or agreements, verbal or otherwise, have been made by any Party, or anyone acting on behalf of any Party, which are not embodied herein, and that no other agreement, stipulation or promise not contained in this Agreement shall be valid or binding on either Party. 4.11 Books and Records. Consultant shall maintain books and accounts of all Project related costs and all expenses. Books shall be available at all reasonable times for examination by City at the office of Consultant. 4.12 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, 4.13 No Third Parties Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall not be deemed to confer any rights upon any third parties as beneficiaries of this Agreement (including, but not limited to, the developer of the Project), nor obligate either of the Parties to this Agreement to any person or entity not a Party to this Agreement. 4.14 Venue. In the event that any legal action should be filed by either party against the other, the venue and forum for such action shall be the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Bernardino or in the Federal District Court for the Central District of the State of California. Each of the persons and entities who are shareholders or partners of Owner also agree to this venue and forum and further agree that, if they are not residents of California at the time of such actions, service of process may be rnade on them by delivery via United States registered or certified mail. CIT FR DLANDS P TOM DODSON & ASSOCIATES -finA'- ToDodson N. Enriqu Ar ez City N(fa er rn Attest: -M'a' nne Donaldson, Deputy City Clerk 4 1Aca\qjm\Agreernent0'om Dodson ConSUIting 4.1 X9.16 doc Tom DODSON& ASSOCIATES 2150 N.ARROWBEAD AVENUE SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92405 TEL(909)882-3612 - FAX(909)882-701.5 E-MAIL tda@tdaenv.com March 3, 2016 Mr. Robert D. Dalquest, AICP, MAA Assistant Director Development Services Department City of Redlands P. O. Box 3005 Redlands, CA 92373 Dear Robert: I deeply appreciate the opportunity to submit this proposal to assist the City of Redlands (City) to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) for the current iteration of the Redlands Promenade Project. The City has requested that Tom Dodson &Associates (TDA) provide environmental consulting support to prepare the appropriate level second-tier- environmental documentation for this Project. Based on my review of the previous environmental documentation (Final Environmental Impact Report Redlands Promenade, SCH #2005121029, June 2006 &Addendum to the Redlands Promenade Final EIR, April 2007, LSA Associates, Inc.) TDA envisions preparation of a second Addendum to the Final EIR, assuming the following findings can be reached: 1. The City of Redlands and the applicant will provide sufficient traffic data (compiled in stages)to document that the Implementation of the proposed +95,000 square foot commercial development will not cause substantially different circulation system impacts on the existing circulation system than were Identified within the Final EIR. 2. The 2006 FEIR for the Redlands Promenade Project did not include an analysis of Greenhouse Gases/Cilmate Change(GHG)as currently required by CEQA. Our approach will be to provide a forensic evaluation of GHG emissions In 2006 for the original project and then compare that to the GHG emissions for the proposed project. Otherwise, TDA will take the lead in compiling a detailed Addendum document that can be used by the City as the appropriate environmental determination for the modified Redlands Promenade Project. This will include a comprehensive Addendum that will substantiate that the modified Project qualifies with the Addendum thresholds identified in Section 15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines. TDA anticipates a total of 40 hours of work effort, for a fee of$7,000 ($175/hour). Since an Addendum does not require public circulation, direct costs are anticipated to be minimal and are encompassed in the preceding fee proposal. The fee for compiling the updated Air Quality/GHG evaluation is $2,500. TDA proposes to provide the above support to the City for a fee not-to-exceed $9,504. If after completing the Addendum the City concludes that an alternative CEQA process (such as an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration) is required, we can revisit this proposal and cost estimate at that time. If this fee and the above proposal are acceptable to the City, please proceed to establish a contract or purchase order for TDA to proceed. Should you have any questions, please contact me. Again, thanks for the opportunity to provide assistance to the City. My staff and I look forward to working with the City on this project. Sincerely, Tom Dodson 2 OTHER OFFICES: I-SA 951.781.9310 TEL IRVINE BERKELEY 1500, IOWA AVENUE, SUITE 200 95 1,78 1.4271 FAX IT. RICHMOND ROCKLIN RIVERS�DE, CALIFORN�A 9ZS07 SAN LUdS OBISPO CARLSBAD LSA PALM SPRINGS FRESNO March 31, 2016 Mr. Tom Dodson, Tom Dodson and Associates 2150 N. Arrowhead Avenue San Bernardino, California 92405 Subject. Professional Services Proposal to Prepare a Traffic Due Diligence for the Redlands Promenade Shopping Center Dear Mr. Dodson: LSA is pleased to provide you with this proposal for the preparation of traffic due diligence memorandum for a proposed shopping center, located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Eureka Street/Stuart Street in, the City of Redlands. Based on the site plan dated December 7, 2015, the proposed project includes 56,296 square feet of a major anchor tenant, 12,581 square feet of restaurant uses and 25,065 square feet of other retail uses. The total square footage of the shopping center is proposed to be 93,942 square feet. LSA had:: previously prepared a traffic study for the Redlands Promenade project in May, 2005. Since the previous version of the study is 11 years old, LSA anticipates that the City will require a due diligence analysis to evaluate whether a new analysis needs to be conducted for the proposed project. SCOPE OF' WORK The due diligence, analysis will include two tasks. Task 1 includes comparison of trip generation between the previous project and the proposed project while Task 2 includes comparison of peak hour traffic counts at study intersections that were analyzed in the previous study. 'These tasks will be conducted to determine whether a new traffic study will be required for the proposed project. 'Task 1: Trip Generation Comparison A trip generation comparison table will be prepared which will compare the trip generation between the previous project and the proposed project. It needs to be noted that the previous project included a larger site plan compared to the proposed project, The trip generation for the previous use will include the portion of the project site that is being proposed to be developed as part of the current project, If the trip generation of the proposed use is higher than the previous use, a traffic study may be deemed necessary. (3/31/2016)L:\Marke0PR0P05AL\TRAFFI0San Bernardino County\Redl[ands C%ykRedWds Promenade\Redtand's Promenade ProposaC_TDA.docx PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DESIGN L$A Task 2: Traffic Counts Comparison Existing (2016) traffic counts will be obtained at all study intersections that were analyzed in the previous analysis. These counts will be compared with the traffic counts that were used in the previous analysis. If the current counts are higher than the previous counts then a traffic study may be deemed necessary. LSA will consult with City staff to determine whether the counts comparison will necessitate the preparation of a new analysis. The findings will, be summarized in a Due Diligence Memorandum that will be submitted to the client for review and approval. Work Products All work products will be submitted to the client as electronic PDF files. If hard copies are desired, they will be bitted on a time and materials basis. SCHEDULE AND COST LSA estimates that completion of the necessary analysis and preparation of the Due Diligence Technical Memorandum will require approximately one week from receipt of all data (traffic counts). LSA proposes to accomplish this scope of work on an hourly basis consistent with the attached billing rates and contract provisions. An estimated budget of $5,400 will be required to accomplish the Due Diligence Memorandum. This amount will not be exceeded without your prior authorization. This includes cost of counts, data collection, analysis and preparation of the draft and the final due diligence memorandum. Thank you for the opportunity to submit this proposal. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, at (951) 781-9310. 1 Look forward to working with you and to the successful completion of this project. Sincerely, LSA ASSOCIATES, INC. Ambarish Mukherjee, AICP Associate/Senior Transportation Planner Attachment: Schedule, of Standard Contract Provisions and Billing Rates The above-stated terms re: Due Diligence Analysis for the Redlands Promenade Shopping Center ($5,400 for Due Diligence) are hereby accepted and authorized (3/3 1/16)L:\Market\PROPOSAL\TRAFFIC�San Bernardino CountylRedlands CiLy\Redlands Promenade\Red lands Promenade Proposat-TDA.docx 2 L 5 A THE ABOVE-STATED TERMS ARE HEREBY ACCEPTED AND AUTHORIZED CONSULTANT: CLIENT: LSA Associates, Inc. Authorized Signature Authorized Signature Lynn Catvert-Hayes, AICD Print Name Print Name Principat Title Title March 31, 2016 Date Date (3/31/16)L:"Market\PROPOSAL\TRAFFW'C%San Bernardino County\RedVands City\Redlands Prom:enade\Redkands Promenade Proposal-TDA.docx 3