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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Four-Year Agreement with CMG Landscape Architecture, with Compensation Not-to-Exceed $2,767,000, Including Contingencies, as Technical Consultants for City-Led Adaptation Projects, Including a Long-term Adaptation Plan, the Oakland-Alameda Estuary Adaptation Project; and Bay Farm Island Adaptation Project.
These actions are statutorily exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3), the general rule that CEQA only applies to actions that have the potential to cause a significant impact on the environment, 15308 (actions by regulatory agencies for protection of the environment) and 15183 (projects consistent with a community plan, general plan or zoning). (Public Works 31041520)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this agenda item is to request that City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a multi-year agreement with CMG Landscape Architecture in an amount not-to-exceed $2,767,000, including contingencies, as Technical Consultants for the following three City-led adaptation projects:
* Long-term Adaptation Plan;
* Oakland-Alameda Estuary Adaptation Project; and
* Bay Farm Island Adaptation Project.
As a regional and beyond issue, the City of Alameda (City) is partnering with the San Leandro Bay-Oakland Alameda Estuary Adaptation Working Group (Working Group) on these projects. The sub-regional adaptation webpage is www.alamedaca.gov/AdaptationWorkingGroup.
CMG Landscape Architecture was selected through a Request for Proposals process and the agreement is primarily funded by grants with matches from the General Fund and Measure BB, previously approved by City Council.
BACKGROUND
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