HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 044-1998RESOLUTION NO. 44-98
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
APPROVING CONTRACTS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING FIRMS TO
PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS SERVICES TO THE CITY
FOR A THREE-YEAR PERIOD
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame:
WHEREAS, the City uses environmental consulting firms to assist in the preparation of
environmental documents pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and in City
projects that require special or technical assistance; and
WHEREAS, if the City were to use a request for proposals on each and every one of these
projects, the projects would be unnecessarily delayed, the level of expertise applied to each project
would be diluted, and staff time unnecessarily consumed; and
WHEREAS, the City has instead issued a Request for Proposals to retain a number of
environmental consulting firms for a three-year period, who will be on call to provide the necessary
environmental technical and preparation work in support of land use reviews and City projects; and
WHEREAS, the City received responses from a number of highly qualified firms, who were
interviewed, and a recommendation made to retain four of the firms because of their special
expertise, capability, responsiveness, and experience on the Peninsula; and
WHEREAS, the proposed retention contracts are in the public interest and will provide the
quality of environmental review that CEQA demands,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED AND ORDERED:
1. The selection of the following environmental consulting firms for a three-year retention is
approved:
EIP Associates
Environmental Sciences Associates
Lamphier and Associates
Thomas Reid and Associates
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2. The City Manager is authorized and directed to execute the agreements with these four
firms in the general form as attached as Exhibit A hereto, and the City Clerk is directed to attest to
the signature of the Manager.
3. The City Planner, the City Director of Public Works, and the City Director of Parks &
Recreation are authorized to utilize these firms as they may determine will best serve the interests of
the City and the community in environmental assistance and analysis on City land us ' hews and
City projects.
I, JUDITH A MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 5th day of MAY
199 8, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GALLIGAN, JANNEY, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, SPINELLI
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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