REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: BRIAN E. RUSSELL, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Streets, Landscape, and Graffiti Divisions
ERIKA PELAYO-LOPEZ, Community Coordinator
Public Works Department, Landscape Maintenance Division
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the Second Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Dudek extending the consultants performance period by three months to June 30, 2024, to continue professional services related to the development of the Urban Forest Management Plan. (Citywide)
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council approve the Second Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Dudek extending the consultants performance period by three months to June 30, 2024, to continue professional services related to the development of the Urban Forest Management Plan, and to authorize the Public Works Director or designee to sign the second amendment to the Agreement on behalf of the City of Fresno.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On July 21, 2022, Council approved the award of a Consultant Services Agreement with Dudek to create an Urban Forest Management Plan. This project will create a forty-year Urban Forest Management Plan that will provide guidance, direction, and recommend improvements to the City's current processes and policy.
On December 7, 2023, the First Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Dudek was approved by Council extending the agreement through March 31, 2024. Staff are finalizing the draft Urban Forest Management Plan and preparing for a two-week public review period. The final version of the plan will then be presented to the Council for adoption, in consideration of comments from the public review period.
Additional time is needed to thoroughly complete this project. The final draft report from Dudek required a significant number of modifications prior to public review and for this reason staff recommends that Council ext...
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