DATE: November 17, 2015
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE THREE-PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT, PASHA AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES AND ICF JONES & STOKES, INC. FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE NATIONAL CITY MARINE TERMINAL TANK FARM REDEVELOPMENT AND STREET CLOSURES PROJECT TO INCREASE THE AGREEMENT AMOUNT BY $41,554 INCREASING THE AGGREGATE TOTAL OF THE AGREEMENT FROM $198,400 TO $239,954 AND EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT UNTIL JUNE 30, 2016
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
In July 2013, District staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for an environmental evaluation pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the "National City Marine Terminal Tank Farm Redevelopment and Street Closures Project & Port Master Plan Amendment" (Project). Pasha Automotive Services (Pasha) is the Project Applicant. In March 2014, the District, ICF Jones & Stokes, Inc. (ICF), and Pasha entered into a three-party agreement whereby the District retains and directs ICF on the environmental evaluation, and Pasha is responsible for the costs of retaining ICF. The agreement total was $138,640 and the agreement was to terminate on December 31, 2014.1 Pursuant to Board of Port Commissioners (Board) Policy No. 110, Board action was not needed to enter into the agreement as the aggregate total of the agreement did not exceed $175,000.
At the time the RFP was issued, it was anticipated that a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) would be the appropriate CEQA document for the proposed Project. However, upon ICF's completion of the Initial Study, it was determined that the Project has the potential to result in some significant and unmitigable environmental impacts and that preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was warranted. Preparation of an EIR required an amendment to the agreement. That amendment, Amendment No. 1, caused the aggregate agreement amount to exceed $175,000 and, pursuant to Board Policy No...
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