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C.111

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Julia R. Bueren, Public Works
Date:	January 8, 2013

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Costa

County

Subject:

APPROVE Contract Amendment No. 1 with Smith, Watts & Martinez, LLC for continued legislative monitoring and advocacy, Countywide.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/08/2013

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Steve Kowalewski, 925-313-2225

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 8, 2013
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Pubic Works Director, or designee, to execute Amendment No. 1, effective December 31, 2012, to an existing contract with Smith, Watts & Martinez, LLC, effective January 1, 2011, to extend the termination date from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2013, and increase the payment limit by $56,000 to a new payment limit of $156,000, Countywide.

FISCAL IMPACT:

All costs associated with this contract will be funded by Local Road Funds 100%.

BACKGROUND:

The Public Works Department did outreach in 2010 and conducted interviews on November 10, 2010. After a thorough search, a two year contract was awarded to Smith, Watts & Martinez, LLC (formerly Smith, Watts and Company, LLC) for the amount of $100,000 to provide legislative monitoring and advocacy in Sacramento on transportation and related matters. The original contract expires on December 31, 2012. At this time, Public Works would like to amend the Payment Limit by $56,000 and extend the contract by one year, to expire on December 31, 2013, to continue this service through 2013. A new solicitation and outreach will be performed in the fall of 2013.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the contract amendment is not approved, Public Works will not have legislative monitoring and advocacy in Sacramento for the 2013 calendar year and would be left at a great disadvantage in the areas of growth management, infrastructure finance, transportation finance, planning and zoning (including transportation planning), public works contracting, community development and redevelopment, energy restructuring and associated administrative issues in relation to the State legislative, state executive and regulatory agencies.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.