REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
January 28, 2021
FROM: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Director
Department of Public Utilities
THROUGH: BROCK D. BUCHE, PE, PLS, Assistant Director - UP&E
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering
BY: PATRICIA DIEP, Supervising Engineering Technician
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering
SUBJECT
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Approve the Second Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Silveira Consulting, Inc., to extend the term from December 31, 2020 to June 30, 2021, for professional labor compliance monitoring services associated with the construction of the Southwest Recycled Water Distribution System, Project SW1D (Council District 3 and Fresno County)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that City Council approve the Second Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Silveira Consulting, Inc. (Consultant), to extend the term for the labor compliance monitoring services through completion of the Southwest Recycled Water Distribution System Project SW1D (Project); and authorize the Director of Public Utilities, or designee, to sign the Second Amendment on behalf of the City of Fresno (City).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On October 8, 2018, the City entered into an Agreement with the Consultant to perform labor compliance monitoring services during the construction of the Project. Due to the delay in bidding and awarding the construction contract for the Project, the City executed the first amendment to extend the Agreement to December 31, 2020. The second amendment to the agreement is for time extension only to allow for continued labor compliance monitoring services as made necessary by extended construction duration resulting from COVID-19 impacts which ultimately pushed the construction contract completion date out further than anticipated.
BACKGROUND
In 2009, the State of California adopted a recycled water policy establishing a mandate to increase the use of recycled water in Ca...
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