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To:	Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From:	Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	May 14, 2019

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

On-Call Contract with Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Countywide. Project No.: Various

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/14/2019

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

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Michelle Cordis, (925) 313-2381
cc:	Steve Kowalewski, Interim Deputy Chief Engineer Tim Jensen, Flood Control Mark Boucher, Flood Control Michelle Cordis, Flood Control Teri E. Rie, Flood Control Beth Balita, Finance Patrick Melgar, Flood Control 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 14, 2019
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 Consulting Services Agreement (Contract) with Balance Hydrologics, Inc. (Consultant), in an amount not to exceed $200,000 to provide on-call professional engineering services relating to hydrology and hydraulics studies and modeling, for the period May 14, 2019 through May 14, 2022, Countywide.

FISCAL IMPACT:

All costs associated with this Contract will not exceed $200,000 and will be funded 100% by FC District Funds or Road Funds under various project specific activities.

BACKGROUND:

The FC District provides regional flood protection, technical information, hydrology data and education to cities and residents, and environmental stewardship for over 70 miles of streams and several detention basins as part of the County’s flood protection system. The FC District relies on the treatment of stormwater and flow control to be compliant with the Clean Water Program along with the need for peer review of plans and calculations for a variety of road, flood control, and drainage infrastructure projects. Consultant has the experience and knowledge of FC District practices and regulations to adequately assist in these tasks along with the creation and review of hydrology and/or hydraulic models that support studies, preliminary designs, and final designs for public flood control projects. In many cases, the flood protection facility proposed for modification was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, which means following their standards, policies, and procedures. In executing modifications to the flood control system, the FC District, at times, requires additional temporary services from persons specially trained, experienced, expert, and competent to perform professional engineering services. For that reason, the FC District went through a solicitation process and Consultant was selected to provide professional engineering services relating to hydrology and hydraulic studies and modeling on an on-call basis for a variety of FC District projects, whether proposed by the FC District or outside agencies, throughout Contra Costa County.

The Contract limits the Consultant’s liability for damages arising out of its errors or omissions in providing professional services under the Contract to $5,000,000, the amount stated in the Consultant’s professional liability insurance policy provided. This is for professional liability and does not limit the Consultant’s responsibility with regard to general liability claims.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without the approval of the Board of Supervisors, the FC District will be unable to obtain on-call services for professional engineering and technical services relating to hydrology and hydraulic studies and modeling.