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C. 60

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:	May 22, 2018

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Subject:

Contract extension with Craft Consulting Group for Northern Waterfront Strategic Action Plan

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/22/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Amalia Cunningham, 925-674-7869

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 22, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Director of Conservation and Development, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Craft Consulting Group (Craft), to extend the term of contract #46012 from June 30, 2018 through December 31, 2018 with no change to the existing payment limit of $125,514. This will allow Craft to continue to provide services on the preparation of the Strategic Action Plan and related tasks for the Northern Waterfront Economic Development Initiative.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no fiscal impact because there is no increase in fees proposed.

BACKGROUND:

The Department of Conservation and Development (DCD) has an existing contract with Craft to create a Strategic Action Plan for the Northern Waterfront Economic Development Initiative (NWEDI). The service plan for this contract is primarily concerned with the Action Plan, and is intended to be consistent with the framework provided by the staff report of the April 11, 2017 meeting of the Board of Supervisors’ Ad Hoc Committee for NWEDI. At the time the contract with Craft was approved last year, the timeline for the work was the best estimate available and the contract was set to expire on June 30, 2018. However, since then due to the high volume of public input and meetings, the need for thorough outreach to partner cities on what will become a joint document, and staff transition, it is clear the original contract term does not allow sufficient time for the work to be performed.

Extending Craft's contract to December 31, 2018 allows enough time for the consultant to finish writing, presenting, and editing the Strategic Action Plan following a renewal of the public process with the NWEDI city partners and other interested parties over coming months. The remaining work is anticipated to fit within the existing contract budget and has been approved by County Counsel. At this point, the timeline has the Strategic Action Plan ready to be presented for the Board's consideration this fall.

This item was reviewed by the Northern Waterfront Ad Hoc Committee on May 3, 2018, and the Committee recommended approval to the full Board.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without an approved contract extension, Craft will not be able to continue to provide the services beyond June 30, 2018.