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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Service Provider Agreement with CSG Consultants, for a Five-Year Term in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $2,000,000 for Third Party Plan Check Services.
Environmental Determination: Not a Project. (Planning, Building and Transportation 20962720)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this report is to request City Council to authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with CSG Consultants, Inc. (CSG) to provide plan check consulting services. The Planning, Building and Transportation Department (Department) has used CSG to provide third-party building permit plan check services to supplement in-house staff work since 2014. The current five-year agreement with CSG expires December 31, 2023. Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a new Service Provider Agreement (Agreement) with CSG for a five-year term with total compensation not-to-exceed $2,000,000.
BACKGROUND
The Building Services Division is responsible for providing construction plan review services in order to ensure the safety of building occupants within homes, workplaces, and other buildings in Alameda. The process of reviewing construction plans is critical to ensuring buildings are designed to be safe for its occupants and to comply with applicable building related codes. Since 2014, the City of Alameda (City) has contracted with CSG to provide third-party plan check, consultation, and inspection services (plan check services) for the City. For the foreseeable future, staff anticipates a continued need to contract with third-party plan review service provider due to plan-review activity from previously approved major developments and new housing laws requiring shorter turnaround times for review of plans.
DISCUSSION
Despite economic uncertainty in 2023, plan review volume and permit activity have continued to s...
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