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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with CSG Consultants Inc. for Professional Plan Check Services for a 24-Month Term in an Amount not to Exceed $600,000 and Appropriate $150,000 for Fiscal Year 2016-17 to Fund the First Year of the Agreement. (Community Development 481003)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with CSG Consultants Inc. for Professional Plan Check Services for a 24-Month Term in an Amount not to Exceed $600,000 and Appropriate $150,000 for Fiscal Year 2016-17 to Fund the First Year of the Agreement.
BACKGROUND
The Community Development Department (CDD) has been using outside building plan check services since June 2014, when the City's Plan Check Engineer resigned. The use of outside plan check services, combined with the in-house expertise to review non-structural work at the Permit Center, has been effective given the high volume of development activity over the last several years. The City has contracted with CSG Consultants Inc. (CSG) for these plan check services. From July 1, 2014 to July 1, 2016, CSG plan checked 1,486 projects, which included 2,431 reviews (most projects required more than one plan check review). The total value of these projects exceeded $245 million. The City also contracts with CSG for Fire Department plan check services.
As part of its contracts management activity, staff determined that it would be appropriate to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for building plan check services prior to entering into a new contract with CSG to ensure that the City's building plan check needs were being met in the most effective and efficient manner. On July 7, 2016, CDD issued a RFP for Building Plan Review Services. Eight proposals were received. The City's Building Official, City Engineer and an outside reviewer conducted an initial screening of the pro...
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