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Resolution approving a Second Amendment to a Professional Services Agreement with Precision Concrete Cutting for a citywide Infrastructure assessment and inventory and increase the amount by $250,000 for a total not to exceed amount of $513,277, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Second Amendment.
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WHEREAS, safe sidewalks and City owned infrastructure are vital components of a livable, safe community; and
WHEREAS, maintenance of sidewalks and infrastructure to address safety issues is essential to ensuring such a community; and
WHEREAS, identification of gaps and deficiencies aids the City in creating a pedestrian-friendly community and enables the City to prioritize areas of the sidewalk system that require repair and notify property owners of their responsibility to maintain their respective section of the sidewalk; and
WHEREAS, establishing an inventory and prioritization methods can improve the City’s ability to more swiftly address potential hazards and reduce the potential for liability; and
WHEREAS, in addition to a sidewalk inventory and assessment, the City seeks an inventory and assessment of its traffic signal poles and street signs and an assessment of its streetlight poles; and
WHEREAS, the inventory and assessment of the traffic signal poles, street signs, and streetlight poles will also aid the City in identifying potential hazards, damage, and opportunities for replacement, reducing potential for liability; and
WHEREAS, in 2019 the City entered into an agreement with Precision Concrete Cutting to provide a citywide inventory and assessment of all sidewalks and right of way infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, the inventory and assessments described in the Precision Concrete Cutting agreement benefits multiple ongoing City projects; and
WHEREAS, Precision Concrete Cutting possesses the expertise and qualifications necessary to conduct the inventory and assessment of the specified City infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, the City now desires to amend the agreement to include sidewalk and infrastructure inventory and assessment at all City Facilities, Parks, and along the Bay Trail and to increase the amount by $250,000 for a total not to exceed amount of $513,277; and
WHEREAS, there is sufficient budget in the existing Capital Improvements Project (CIP) tr2302 to fund this Second Amendment; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council approve a Second Amendment to a Professional Services Agreement between the City of South San Francisco and Precision Concrete Cutting to conduct the inventories and assessments increasing the amount by $250,000 for a total not to exceed amount of $513,277,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco does hereby take the following action:
1. Approves the Professional Services Agreement, attached herein as Exhibit A, with Precision Concrete Cutting in an amount not to exceed $513,277, conditioned on Precision Concrete Cutting’s timely execution of the Professional Services Agreement and submission of all required documents, including but not limited to, certificates of insurance and endorsements.
2. Authorizes the City Manager to execute the Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement in substantially the same form as that in Exhibit A, and any other related documents on behalf of the City, upon timely submission by Precision Concrete Cutting’s signed agreement and all other documents, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.
3. Authorizes the City Manager to take any other actions necessary to carry out the intent of this resolution.
Exhibit A - Fully Executed First Amendment 2021
Exhibit B - Draft Second Amendment to the Agreement with Precision Concrete Cutting
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