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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 20 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />January 17, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Amend Agreement for Additional Right-of-Way Coordination Services <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Amend the Agreement with Alliance Consulting Services, Inc., to Increase the Total <br />Agreement Amount by $72,000 for Right-of-Way Coordination Services for the <br />Remaining Term of the Agreement (Non-General Fund). <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager to execute the first amendment to the agreement with <br />Alliance Consulting Services, Inc. to update the scope of work to include additional <br />locations and increase the total compensation amount by $72,000 for an updated <br />agreement amount not to exceed $121,500, for the remainder of the agreement term <br />expiring June 30, 2025, with two one-year renewal periods, subject to non-substantive <br />changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In July 2022, the City of Santa Ana entered into an agreement with Alliance Consulting <br />Services, Inc. (Alliance), for citywide real estate and right-of-way (ROW) coordination <br />services, which includes Bristol Street Improvements, Fairview Bridge, Warner Street <br />Improvements, Citywide Sale of Surplus Properties, and miscellaneous Right-of-Way <br />Acquisitions associated with Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Projects. They <br />currently help monitor negotiations by other consultants and review existing: leases, <br />licenses, franchises, easements, permits, and other agreements. Additionally, Alliance <br />will help coordinate the activity tied to all right-of way processes associated with <br />relocation necessary with transportation improvement enhancements, and related <br />consultant contracts, including property appraisal, furniture, fixture and equipment <br />appraisal, business goodwill appraisal, acquisition/relocation, property management <br />services, and City real estate properties. <br />Since the expiration of Alliance’s prior agreement for $49,500 on April 17, 2022, the City <br />agreed to compensate for any services provided, and due to the growing number of <br />outstanding ROW service projects, the total agreement amount has been maximized. <br />The consultant has updated rates for service, and additional costs are attributed to the <br />updated scope of work necessitated by Parks, Recreation, and Community Services <br />Agency (PRCSA) for activation of vacant lots. The Public Works Agency is thereby <br /> <br />City Council 20 – 1 1/17/2023 <br />