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HomeMy WebLinkAbout23-Development Services CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION From: James Funk, Director Subject: Agreement for Services with Tom Dodson & Associates to provide planning and environmental consulting services related to the San Bernardino International Trade Center. Dept: Development Services Date: March 9, 2004 ORIGINAL MCC Mtg. of March 15,2004 Synopsis of Previous Council Action: None Recommended Motion: That the Mayor and Common Council adopt the resolution. ~ C. ~I#- r J1;:- James Fu Contact person: Volt.ri" Rn<< phon,,' 1RJ ,0,7 Supporting data attached: Staff Report. Reso' Agreement Ward: 1 FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: $50,000 Source: (Ace!. No.) 772-190-2301 (Arrt l)p,,"rnpt;n") Finance: Council Notes: ~~ -k!.ZtP'-( -~O Agenda Item No. ..7.3 3/ 'olDtj CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION STAFF REPORT Subject: Resolution of the City of San Bernardino authorizing the Mayor to execute an Agreement for Services with Tom Dodson & Associates to perform planning and environmental consulting services related to the San Bernardino International Trade Center. Mayor and Common Council Meeting of March 15,2004 BACKGROUND In 200 I, Hillwood Investments asked the City to retain Tom Dodson & Associates to assist staff in processing development applications at the San Bernardino International Trade Center. Hillwood Investments was aware of Mr. Dodson's familiarity with the San Bernardino International Trade Center Specific Plan and Environmental Impact Report, as well as the City of San Bernardino in general. The City entered into an Agreement for Services with Tom Dodson & Associates to provide planning and environmental services for various Hillwood projects. That agreement was for a not to exceed amount of$24,500. With completion of the MatteI's project last year, the agreement was completed also. Hillwood Investments is contemplating the development of I to 2 million square feet of warehouse/distribution facilities during 2004, and again desires the services of Tom Dodson & Associates to provide planning and environmental services. Mr. Dodson's proposal is included as an attachment to the Agreement for Services. Although Mr. Dodson's proposal is an estimate based on previous Hillwood projects, staff would prefer that the Agreement for Services be for a not to exceed amount. Staffs experience is that the developer is likely to request changes to the plans and request additional meetings, which will increase Mr. Dodson's costs. Also, Hillwood is contemplating another development project to the north of the Mattei's project, and staff anticipates that Mr. Dodson would be retained to assist with that project. FINANCIAL IMPACT There is no cost to the City. Hillwood Investments will deposit the funding required to reimburse Tom Dodson & Associates for the costs incurred. In addition, Hillwood Investments will also pay the regular application processing fees. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Mayor and Common Council adopt the resolution, which authorizes the Mayor to execute an Agreement for Services with Tom Dodson & Associates to perform planning and environmental consulting services. Exhibit A Hillwood Investments Request Letter B Resolution Attachment A Agreement for Services Attachment I Proposal from Tom Dodson & Associates EXHIBIT A 1:1 HILLWOOD iNVESTMENTS A FERqr COMPANY January 7, 2004 Mr. James Funk Director, Development Services Department City of San Bernardino 300 North "D" Street San Bernardino, CA 92418 Dear Mr. Funk: As you are aware, HiIlwood/San Bernardino, LLC has executed a DDA with the IVDA to acquire and develop commercial, industrial, and airport-related projects at the former Norton A.F.B. now known as A11ianceCalifornia. We now intend to proceed with the permitting (i.e., DP-2 and DP-3) of approximately I to 2 million square feet of warehouse/distribution uses during 2004, and we wish to process those land use permits as quickly as possible once they are submitted. Market competition for world-class companies is extensive in the Inland Empire, and timely delivery of buildings is always a very important issue. You have made us aware that your staff shortages may affect the City's ability to accommodate this request; therefore, we are willing to deposit funds with the City to retain outside planning and environmental consultants to assist you. In working with the IVDA and based on previous experiences during the Kohl's and Mattei projects, we have learned that Tom Dodson has extensive knowledge of the IVDA and airport areas, as well as the San Bernardino International Trade Center Specific Plan and EIR documents. Because of this special skill and experience, we believe his firm would be uniquely qualified to assist the City. Valerie Ross of your staff has indicated that she believes our Master Plan is within the scope of the Specific Plan EIR, and Hillwood anticipates that Mr. Dodson, working with the City, can confirm this. In addition, it is my understanding that Mr. Dodson has the resources to assist with the design review aspects of the development project. HiIlwood requests that the City retain Tom Dodson and Associates, on our behalf, to help the City process our development applications as eXpeditiously as possible. We are prepared to deposit monies over time with the City, on demand, up to and exceeding, if necessary, $30,000 in order to facilitate this request. Please alert me if you need more information from Hillwood regarding this issue or an upfront deposit. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, ~ M. Lee IT, Jr. Sr. Vice President HiIlwood/San Bernardino, LLC .!~:; o.:O!f/J\/<"/1/ n-;.d lJ",'!', .\, R," ",1.;'10 ("ftt(lrll:,l ;iJ.' "'I "(I r './, o 1 2 3 4 RESOL~O~.~ RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNC1L OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH TOM DODSON & ASSOCIATES. TO PERFORM PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES. 5 BE IT RESOL VED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERt"lARDINO AS FOLLOWS: 6 7 SECTION I. THAT THE MAYOR is hereby authorized to execute the Agreement for 8 Services (see Attachment "An and incorporated herein) with Tom Dodson & Associates to 9 perform planning and environmental consulting services for development applications submitted 10 by Hillwood Investments at the San Bernardino International Trade Center. 11 12 13 SECTION 2. This Agreement for Services shall not take effect or become operative until fully signed and executed by the parties and no party shall be obligated hereunder until the o time of such full execution. No oral agreement, amendments, modifications or waivers are 14 15 intended or authorized and shall not be implied from any act or course of conduct of any party. 16 SECTION 3. This resolution is rescinded if the parties to the Agreement fail to 17 execute it within sixty (60) days of the passage of the resolution. 18 III 19 III 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 C 27 28 '110 .~:3 3/ (~/oJ/ o 1 RESOLUTION...AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH TOM DODSON & ASSOCIATES TO PERFORM PLANNING 2 AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES. 3 4 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and 5 Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held 6 on the day of , 2004, by the following vote, to wit: 7 8 9 10 11 12 DERRY Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT ESTRADA LONGVILLE MC GINNIS 13 KELLEY o 14 JOHNSON 15 MC CAMMACK 16 17 18 19 20 City Clerk The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this day of ,2004. 21 Judith Valles, Mayor City of San Bernardino 22 Approved as to 23 form and legal content: 24 JAMES F. PENMAN, City Attorney 25 o 26 BY:~~7~ 27 {/ 28 o o o ATTACHMDll' A AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES This AGREEMENT is made and entered into this _ day of March 2004, by and between Tom Dodson & Associates ("Contractor") and the CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ("CITY") for planning and environmental consulting services related to Hillwood Investments and the San Bernardino International Trade Center. WITNESSETH: A. WHEREAS, CITY has need for planning and environmental consulting services within the City and, 8. WHEREAS, CONTRACTOR is competent and able to perform said services, and, C. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows: I. CONTRACTOR shall furnish environmental consulting services to CITY in accordance with Attachment I. 2. Over the term of this Agreement, CONTRACTOR shall be paid for such services an amount not to exceed $50,000, in accordance with Attachment I. 3. CONTRACTOR shall provide the Director of Development Services with a monthly statement of hours worked in arrears and shall be provided payment within thirty (30) days therefrom. CITY retains the right to challenge all or any part of the statement. 4. The term of this agreement shall be from March 15,2004 until the project(s) has been completed or until the amount of this Agreement has been expended. This Agreement may be canceled by two weeks written notice by either party. 5. CONTRACTOR shall indemnify, defend and hold CITY, its officers, employees and agents harmless from any claim, demand, liability, suit, judgement or expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of defense) arising out of or related to CONTRACTOR'S performance of this agreement, except that such duty to indemnify, defend and hold harmless shall not apply where injury to person or property is caused by CITY'S willful or sole negligence. 6. CONTRACTOR shall perform work tasks as directed by the Director of Development Services or his designee, but for all intents and purposes CONTRACTOR shall be an independent contractor and not an agent or 1 o o o employee of the CITY and, as such, shall not be entitled to any benefits, including but not limited to, medical insurance, retirement and workers' compensation. 7. In the performance of this Agreement contractor shall not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, physical handicap, ethnic background or country of origin. 8. Any notice to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be deposited with the United States Postal Service, postage prepaid and addressed as follows: To the City: James Funk Director of Development Services 300 North "0" Street San Bernardino, CA 92418 To the Contractor: Tom Dodson Tom Dodson & Associates 2150 N. Arrowhead Avenue San Bernardino, CA 92405 Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the giving of notices by personal service. 9. CONTRACTOR shall maintain insurance policies meeting the minimum requirements set forth herein. All insurance maintained by the Contractor shall be provided by insurers satisfactory to the City. Certificates evidencing all insurance coverage required herein shall be delivered to the City prior to the Contractor performing any of the services under this Agreement. All insurance certificates required herein shall name the City as an additional insured and provide for thirty (30) days written notice form the insurer to the City prior to cancellation of any insurance policy of the CONTRACTOR. A. Comprehensive General Liabilitv and Automobile Insurance - The Contractor shall maintain comprehensive general liability and automobile liability insurance with a combined single limit of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence. B. Worker's Compensation Insurance - The Contractor shall maintain worker's compensation insurance in accordance with the laws of the State of California for all workers employed by the Contractor. 2. o 10. III III Q o Contractor shall maintain a duty of loyalty to the City notwithstanding that third parties may be paying for the costs of Contractor's services. Contractor shall not discuss or otherwise communicate with such third parties regarding Contractor's work under this Agreement unless directed to do so by the Director of Development Services or his designee. 3 o AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this agreement on the day and date first above shown. o ATTEST: o Rachel Clark, City Clerk Approved as to form And legal content: James F. Penman, City Attorney By: L _ "7 ~ tlq Tom Dodson & Associates By: CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO By: Judith Valles Mayor 4 o o o D2-17-04 11:42.~ From-Tom Ood5on " AssOCi.tl' T-513 P 001/003 F-607 February 16. 2004 Ms. Valerie Ross City of San Bernardino 300 North D Street San Bernardino, CA 92418 101 BBl 7015 TOM DODSON & AsSOCIATES 21~ON. ARROWHEAD AVENUE SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92405 TEL (909) 882-3612 . FAX (909) 882-7015 E-MAIL tda@lstonramp.com ~^ .~l/li. A IT ACHMENT I Dear Valerie: I . J deeply appreciate the opport nity to submit this proposal to the City of Sar Bernardino to assist the City to comply with the California nvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the n~w Hillwood Westgate project. Tom Dodson & Associates (T A) has prepared several previous environmental document for the City in support of Hillwood warehou e structures at former Norton Air Forc;e Base. TDA proposes to provide support for this project to co ply with CEQA. as outlined below. I. SCOPE OF WORK Task 1: Com ile the Initial St d Working with the City, TDA '11 prepare an Inilial Study, using the City's Initial Study Environmental Checklist Form. Based on 0 discussions, I believe that we will be able to compile a summary project description based on the draw gs developed to date and discussions with City and Hillwood Staff. Based on our experience, the key is ues will be air quality and traffic for this project. When the Initial Study is completed, it will be delivered 0 the City for review and approval. Following final approval. of the nilial Study. TDA will assist the City to make a determination of whether this project falls within the scope f the certified Environmental Impact Reportj(EIR) for the Specific Plan or whether a different CEQA envi nmental determination is justified. This will include meeting with City Staff to identify the major environm ntal issues of concern. At this point I am proceeding under the assumption that a subsequent EIR will not e required, and that either a negative declaration or finding of being within the scope of the original EIR ill be made. I anticipate a total of 60 hours effort to complete this task for a fee of $8,500. I anticipate lh I the Inillal Study can be completed within about 30 days after authorization to proceed. The above cost e timate is based on the applicant providing an updated traffic study. Task 2: Finalize the Docume t and Process TDA will meet with the City t determine whether any public circulation is required for Ihe document compiied for this project. If a Negative Declaration is prepared, TDA will Iprint 50 bound copies of the document for distribution and ill supporl the staff with appropriate distribl'.ltion. The fee for this task is $2.500. If a finding is made t at the project is in the scope of the oliiinal EIR, then 20 copies will be printed and made available fo City Staff use. The fee for this task is $2.000. Task 3: Pre are Res onses t Comments and Attend Meetin s If a Negative Declaration is d Negative Declaration packag I tributeCl, TDA will develop responses to comments and provide a final The fee for this task is estimated at $3,000, but will depend upon the o o o ~2-1 1-04 11:42am From-Tam Oodson & A'soclates T-5il P.OOl/OOl F-S07 Ms. Valerie Ross February 16. 2004 Page 2 iOi B81 7015 I number of comments receive If internal review of the Initial Study is all that is required, TDA will attend City meetings and respond t Staff comments to finalize the environmental document package for a fee of $2,000. The end product 0 this effort will be a final, substantiated environmental document suitable for use in making a decision on e project and issuing a Notice of Determination. I This concludes the descriptio of the scope of work and the tasks that will!be performed to deliver a final environmental document to t e City of San Bernardino for use in making1a decision on Hillwood's new Westgate project. TDA appre iates the opportunity to provide support fort~e City in the CEOA review and ultimate approval of this pro ect. The scope of work outlined above will lead to a fully substantiated environmental document to s pport a decision on the Hillwood project in the next few months. I believe this is a reasonable schedule 0 comply with CECA and meet the City's objectives for the project. Should you have any questions rega ding the above proposal, please feel free lo:give me a call. Z'9~ Tom Dodson OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK RACHEL G. CLARK, C.M.C. . CITY CLERK San Rel'Dat'IIIIO 300 North '"D"' Street. San Bernardino. CA 92418-0001 909.384.5002' Fax: 909.384.5158 www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us ~ March 19, 2004 Tom Dodsdn Tom DodsJn & Associates 2150 N. Arrowhead Avenue San Bernardino, CA 92405 Dear Mr. Dodson, At the Mayor and Common Council meeting of March IS, 2004, the City of San Bernardino adopted Resolution 2004-80 - Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with Tom Dodson & Associates to perform planning and environmental consulting services. Enclosed is one (I) original agreement. Please sign in the appropriate location and return the original agreement to the City Clerk's Office, Alln: Michelle Taylor, P.O. Box 1318, San Bernardino, CA 92402, as soon as possible. Please be advised that the resolution and agreement will be null and void if not executed within 60 days, or by May 14, 2004. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (909)384-5002. Sincerely, J. . .~ . / C.(}j (((u,~L(<- / ,.r- Michelle Taylor I Senior Secretary Enclosure CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADOPTED SHARED VALUES: Integrity' Accountability' Respect for Human Dignity' Honesty CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO Interoffice Memorandum CITY CLERK'S OFFICE Records and Information Management (RIM) Program DATE: April I, 2004 TO: Mary Freiberg, Senior Admin. Ops. Supervisor FROM: Michelle Taylor, Senior Secretary RE: Resolution 2004-80 - Tom Dodson & Associates CC: Veronica Martinez, Senior Secretary Attached is a fully executed copy of the agreement with Tom Dodson & Associates to perform planning and environmental consulting services. The original agreement is on file in the City Clerk's Office. If you have any questions, please call me at ex!. 3206. - - -- - ** FOR OFFICE USE ONLY - NOT A PUBLIC DOCUMENT ** RESOLUTION AGENDA ITEM TRACKING FORM Meeting Date (Date Adopted): 3-J5-0'-1 Item # Vote: Ayes 3- 'I Nays-e- Change to motion to amend original documents 0 23 Resolution # 2o:1t-gO Abstain Companion Resolutions Absent 'J.-- Null/Void After: (00 days / 5 -, '-I-O~ Resolution # On Attachments: E1 Note on Resolution of attachment stored separately: 0 PUBLISH 0 POST 0 RECORD W/COUNTY 0 By: Date Sent to Mayor: 3- lCo-O'-j Date of Mayor's Signature: ~-, (,-0'-1 Date ofClerk/CDC Signature: 3-n-oq Reso. Log Updated: Seal Impressed: fl Q---' :~ -\ C\ 'O~ Date Retumed: Lj -1-0'--1 2"d Reminder Letter Sent: Not Returned: 0 Date Memo/Letter Sent for Signature: 151 Reminder Letter Sent: Request for Council Action & Staff Report Attached: Updated Prior Resolutions (Other Than Below): Updated CITY Personnel Folders (6413,6429,6433,10584,10585,12634): Updated CDC Personnel Folders (5557): Updated Traffic Folders (3985, 8234, 655, 92-389): Yes ./ Yes Yes Yes Yes No No~ No-L- No~ No / By By By By B}j_ Copies Distributed to: Animal Control 0 EDA 0 Information Services 0 City Administrator 0 Facilities 0 Parks & Recreation 0 City Attorney ~ Finance fl Police Department 0 Code Compliance 0 Fire Department 0 Public Services 0 Development Services 0" Human Resources 0 Water Department 0 Others: 3 Notes: Ready to File: _ Date: Revised 12/18/03