FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT - RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB - SANTA MONICA CANYON CHANNEL STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES PROJECT

Recommending the Board:

1. APPROVE and FORWARD this report, with its transmittal, to the Mayor and City Council to:

    

   a) AUTHORIZE the President or two members of the Board of Public Works, and the Director of the Bureau of Sanitation, or designee, to execute the proposed Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Los Angeles and the Riviera Country Club for the Santa Monica Canyon Channel Stormwater Capture Best Management Practices Project at Riviera Country Club Golf Facility;

    

   b) AUTHORIZE the Controller, upon instructions from the Director of the Bureau of Sanitation to create and appropriate a new account titled "Riviera Country Club Golf Facility BMP" within the Stormwater Pollution Abatement Fund No. 511 in the amount of $3,750,000 to pay for project expenditures after receiving funds from both the Riviera Country Club and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; and

    

2. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Bureau of Sanitation's budget of $3,750,000 for expenditures related to the activities of the project. A contingency of up to 10 percent ($375,000) will be provided upon determination that final cost exceeds the initial estimate.

SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT - CITY PLANTS - URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING ACTIVITIES

Recommending the Board, subject to the Mayor's approval:

1. CONCUR, pursuant to the Los Angeles Chart Code (LACC) Section 1022, with the Personnel Department's finding that City employees do not have the expertise and/or existing work assignments exceeds staff's availability to perform the full scope of services; therefore, it is more feasible to contract out urban forest management planning, community engagement and tree canopy equity activities;
   
   
2. FIND, pursuant to LACC Section 371(e), that it is in the City's best interest to sole source this contract for urban forest management planning activities as it is for the performance of specialized services for a limited term contract such that competitive bidding would be impractical;
   
   
3. APPROVE a one (1) year sole source contract for an amount not-to-exceed $264,000 between the City of Los Angeles and Community Partners for City Plants for urban forest management planning activities, in substantial form, subject to approval of the City Attorney; and
   
   
4. AUTHORIZE the President or two members of the Board of Public Works to execute a one (1) year sole source contract with Community Partners for City Plants.

CONTRACT RENEWAL - LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE OF MEDIAN ISLANDS AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS IN EAST VALLEY

Recommending the Board:

1. EXERCISE the City's first and second-year option to renew the subject contract with Sani Group DBA BMC Landscapes (BMC) for $485,937.71 and $500,532.66, respectively;
   
   
2. INSTRUCT the Executive Officer of the Board to immediately advise BMC to submit their bonds and insurance documents within five (5) working days after the date of notification of award of this contract by the Board; and 
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the Executive Officer of the Board to immediately advise BMC that work on this project must start within five (5) working days from the date of issuance of the Notice to Proceed.

(W.O. 015736, C-137063)

PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACT - PRE-QUALIFIED ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION CONSULTANTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALTY STUDIES CONSULTANTS

Recommending the Board:

1. APPROVE and FORWARD this report with transmittals to the Mayor requesting that he approve and authorize the President or two members of the Board of Public Works to execute the Personal Services Contracts between the City of Los Angeles and the 11 Pre-Qualified On-Call (PQOC) Environmental Documentation Consultants and the 10 PQOC Environmental Specialty Studies Consultants. The consultants will provide as-needed services for various public works projects; and
   
   
2. REQUEST that the Board randomly select the names of the PQOC consultants to create the initial PQOC Environmental Documentation Consultants List and the initial PQOC Environmental Specialty Studies Consultants List for use in future assignments of work.

The 11 PQOC Environmental Documentation Consultants are:

• AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
• CDM Smith, Inc.
• Dudek
• Environmental Science Associates
• ICF Jones & Stokes, Inc.
• LSA Associates, Inc.
• Parsons Transportation Group, Inc.
• PSOMAS
• Rincon Consultants, Inc.
• SWCA Environmental Consultants
• Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.

The 10 PQOC Environmental Specialty Studies Consultants are:

• AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
• Aspen Environmental Group
• Dudek
• Environmental Science Associates
• GPA Consulting
• Historic Resources Group, LLC
• LSA Associates, Inc.
• Rincon Consultants, Inc.
• Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
• SWCA Environmental Consultants

(W.O. EXX01014)

AFE - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS CO.

Bureau of Sanitation and Office of Accounting are requesting Board approval and execution of an Authority for Expenditure in the amount of $1,002,500 to pay for natural gas usage for building heating, boilers, and Hyperion Bioenergy Facility operations at Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, and transmission fees from Southern California Gas Co.

(AE 22760261M, Fund 760 - Sewer Operations & Maintenance Fund, Dept No. 50, Appropriation Unit 50V2WP)

Status Update on Major Upcoming Street Improvement Projects

- Bureau of Street Services

Office of Forest Management Status Update

- Office of Forest Management

(CONTINUED FROM ORIGINAL BOARD MEETING: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021)