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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: June 15, 2020 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:20-212 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.A. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Andrew Mogensen <br />Planning Manager <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Liz Warmerdam <br />Interim Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve a <br />Consulting Services Agreement with Two Firms, Rincon Consultants, Inc. and <br />SWCA Environmental Consultants for On-Call Environmental and Planning <br />Services (in an amount not to exceed $300,000 to be paid for by applicable <br />developer fees). <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />The Planning Division of San Leandro’s Community Development Department requests that the <br />City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into Consulting Services Agreements with <br />Rincon Consultants, Inc. and SWCA Environmental Consultants to provide assistance with the <br />preparation of environmental assessments and other planning services. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Community Development Department released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) in April <br />2020 to select two qualified environmental consulting firms to assist the Planning Services <br />Division with the preparation of environmental assessments under the California Environmental <br />Quality Act (CEQA). A selection panel of Planning staff scored Rincon Consultants, Inc. and <br />SWCA Environmental Consultants the best of the fifteen responses received by the City. This <br />selection process to designate on-call environmental consultants is held once every three years. <br />Analysis <br />With an approved Consulting Services Agreement, the two recommended firms, Rincon <br />Consultants, Inc. and SWCA Environmental Consultants, will be authorized to provide technical <br />assistance preparing initial studies and environmental assessments for planning applications in <br />accord with CEQA, as well providing application-related contract planning services on an <br />as-needed basis. The two firms will be maintained on the City’s official on-call list for a three-year <br />period. Work will be assigned to one of the two consultants following acceptance of a scope of <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/10/2020 <br />427