City of Fresno - File #: ID19-1649

• File #: ID19-1649
• Version: 1
• Type: Action Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/1/2019
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/13/2019
• Final action: 6/13/2019
• Title: Actions pertaining to the Building and Safety Services Division professional plan check services: 1. Approve the Seventh Amendment to extend the current Consultant Services Agreement between Brooks Ransom and Associates and the City of Fresno until September 30, 2019 and to increase the contract amount by an additional $30,000. 2. Approve the Seventh Amendment to extend the current Consultant Services Agreement between Interwest and the City of Fresno until September 30, 2019.
• Sponsors: Planning and Development Department

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/13/2019	1	City Council	APPROVED	Pass

REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL



June 13, 2019

FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Development and Resource Management Department

THROUGH: MIKE SANCHEZ, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department

BY: SUMMER CECIL, Management Analyst II
Development and Resource Management Department

SUBJECT
Title
Actions pertaining to the Building and Safety Services Division professional plan check services:
1. Approve the Seventh Amendment to extend the current Consultant Services Agreement between Brooks Ransom and Associates and the City of Fresno until September 30, 2019 and to increase the contract amount by an additional $30,000.
2. Approve the Seventh Amendment to extend the current Consultant Services Agreement between Interwest and the City of Fresno until September 30, 2019.

Body
RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends Council: (1) approve the Seventh Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement (Agreement 1) between Brooks Ransom and Associates (Brooks) and the City of Fresno (City) authorizing an Agreement 1 time extension until September 30, 2019 and allocating an additional $30,000 of the FY2019 departmental budget appropriation for professional commercial structural plan check services; and (2) approve the Seventh Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement (Agreement 2) between Interwest Consulting Group (Interwest) and the City authorizing an Agreement 2 time extension until September 30, 2019 to conduct professional residential plan check services for Building and Safety Services Division customer projects.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In order to continue meeting acceptable plan check processing timelines, the Building and Safety Services Division (Division) of the Development and Resource Management (DARM) Department increases staff capacity by utilizing Brooks and Interwest as plan check consultants for commercial and residential building projects. Although these firms have provided quality and timely reviews, due to the age of...