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File #: 22-0292    Version: 1
Type: Gen. Bus. - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 9/20/2022 Final action:
Title: Consideration of Resolutions Approving Four Three-Year Professional Service Agreements with Melad and Associates Inc., VCA Code, JAS Pacific and Transtech Engineers Inc. for Building and Fire Services (Amount Expended Determined by Services Provided) (Community Development Director Tai). (Estimated Time: 10 Mins.) ADOPT RESOLUTION NOS. 22-0129, 22-0130, 22-0131, AND 22-0132
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 22-0129, 2. Agreement - Melad and Associates, Inc., 3. Resolution No. 22-0130, 4. Agreement - The Code Group, Inc., DBA VCA Code, 5. Resolution No. 22-0131, 6. Agreement - Jason Addison Smith Consulting Services, Inc., DBA JAS Pacific7, 7. Resolution No. 22-0132, 8. Agreement - Transtech Engineers, Inc., 9. Request for Proposal Vendor Bid Comparison
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager

FROM:
Carrie Tai, AICP, Community Development Director
Ryan Heise, Building Official
David Shenbaum, Fire Marshal

SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of Resolutions Approving Four Three-Year Professional Service Agreements with Melad and Associates Inc., VCA Code, JAS Pacific and Transtech Engineers Inc. for Building and Fire Services (Amount Expended Determined by Services Provided) (Community Development Director Tai).
(Estimated Time: 10 Mins.)
ADOPT RESOLUTION NOS. 22-0129, 22-0130, 22-0131, AND 22-0132
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Adopt Resolution Nos. 22-0129, 22-0130, 22-0131, and 22-0132; and
2) Authorize the City Manager to execute two one-year extensions should it be determined to be in the City's best interest.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process, the City has selected four vendors for building and fire services. If approved, each vendor will execute a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with a corresponding fee schedule. The City anticipates using the vendors for three main types of services: plan check review, in-house staffing to temporarily fill vacant positions, and on-call inspection services. For plan check review, the City pays the vendor a certain percentage of the plan check fee based on the City's Resolution of Fees. The revenue received from the plan check fees cover the direct and indirect costs associated with these plan check services. For in-house staffing vacancies, the cost for any contract staff is covered within the Department's salary savings. For on-call inspection services, the cost of the service is based on an hourly rate, as defined in each PSA's fee schedule. On-call inspection services are utilized to ensure construction inspections are performed the next business day. The established rates in...

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