DATE: October 9, 2018
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO AGREEMENT WITH WOOD ENVIRONMENTAL & INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS, INC., AND AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AGREEMENTS WITH DUDEK, AND WESTON SOLUTIONS, INC. FOR AS-NEEDED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL SERVICES, INCREASING THE AGREEMENTS' AMOUNT BY $600,000 WHICH INCREASES THE AGGREGATE TOTAL OF THE AGREEMENTS FROM $1,170,000 TO 1,770,000 AND EXTENDING THE AGREEMENTS' EXPIRATION DATES FROM APRIL 11, 2020 TO JULY 31, 2020; FY 2019 EXPENDITURES, IF NEEDED, ARE BUDGETED. FUNDS REQUIRED FOR FUTURE FISCAL YEARS WILL BE BUDGETED IN APPROPRIATE FISCAL YEAR, SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVAL UPON ADOPTION OF EACH FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The District conducts various environmental studies as a requirement of environmental regulatory permits for projects, to establish or maintain compliance with environmental regulations, and to further the success of the District's environmental stewardship efforts. Consultants often assist the District with these efforts by providing their technical expertise and services to ensure the most current industry-accepted methods and approaches are utilized.
On April 11, 2017, the Board adopted Resolution 2017-035 authorizing three-year as-needed agreements with Wood Environmental (Wood), Dudek, and Weston Solutions, Inc. (Weston) to provide technical assistance on a variety of tasks related to environmental studies and regulatory requirements. The as-needed environmental analytical services agreements were authorized for an aggregate amount not to exceed $975,000. However, there has been a rise in the need for consultant assistance to complete tasks related to stormwater and other regulatory monitoring projects, required special studies, assistance with the implementation of updated jurisdictional stormwater program, and other unanticipated technical studies. The higher than anticipated demand for consultant services nearly depleted the agreements' aggregate total a...
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