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C. 16

To:	Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From:	Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	May 24, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract Amendment with WEST Consultants, Inc., for On-Call Consulting Services, Countywide. (100% Flood Control District Funds) Project No.: Various

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/24/2016

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:	Mark Boucher, (925) 313-2274
cc:	Mike Carlson, Flood Control Mark Boucher, Flood Control Beth Balita, Finance Catherine Windham, Flood Control

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: May 24, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (FC District), or designee, to execute a contract amendment with WEST Consultants, Inc., effective January 1, 2016, to increase the payment limit from $100,000 to a new payment limit of $175,000, for on-call consulting services to provide hydrology and hydraulic engineering services, with no change to the original term of July 1, 2014 through July 1, 2017, Countywide.

FISCAL IMPACT:

All costs associated with this contract for on-call consulting services will not exceed $175,000 and will be funded by the FC District (Org 7505/Fund 250500) under various project specific activities.

BACKGROUND:

This is a contract with WEST Consultants, Inc., for on-call Civil Engineering Services in the areas of hydrology and hydraulic studies, modeling, and design. The FC District has needs for a variety of hydrology and hydrologic services. The FC District may also have a need for additional expertise in the design of flood control and drainage works or review of models or design submittals by others to the FC District. This contract allows the FC District to quickly task WEST Consultants, Inc., with review of the FC District’s work and other projects presented to the FC District.

The Scope of Work in this contract for on-call consulting services covers a variety of hydrology, hydraulic, and civil engineering work, as well as engineering tasks that are currently done internally. This contract is intended to draw on outside expertise to critically review our work and make recommendations for revisions and improvements.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without the approval of the Board of Supervisors, the FC District will be unable to obtain expert assistance for hydrology related projects. The most urgent specific task is the review of proposed stream gauge locations for stream gauges to be installed this summer, funded by a grant from the State Department of Water Resources. Also, the FC District will not be able to augment staff with outside experts in development and review of projects.