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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 17 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />April 4, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Amend Agreement for Construction Engineering Services: SR-55/Ritchey <br />Street Water Improvements <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve an Appropriation Adjustment and Amend Agreement with Berg & Associates, <br />Inc. for Construction Engineering Services for the SR-55/Ritchey Street Water <br />Improvements Projects by an additional $900,000 for the remainder of the Agreement <br />Term (Project Nos. 19-6438, 19-6439, 19-6440) (Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the agreement with <br />Berg & Associates, Inc. for Construction Engineering Services for the SR- <br />55/Ritchey Street Water Improvements Projects to increase the compensation <br />amount by $900,000, which includes a $780,000 increase to the base amount <br />and a $120,000 contingency, for a total amount not to exceed $1,900,000 for the <br />remainder of the term of the agreement, subject to non-substantive changes <br />approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment to recognize an additional $900,000 in the <br />Acquisition & Construction, Water Utility Capital Projects, Expense <br />Reimbursement-OCTA revenue account and appropriate the same amount into <br />the Acquisition & Construction, Water Utility Capital Projects, Water Capital <br />Project expenditure account. (Requires five affirmative votes) <br />DISCUSSION <br />On November 2, 2021, at the conclusion of a competitive bidding process, the City <br />Council awarded a three-year agreement, with the provision for two one-year contract <br />extensions, to Berg & Associates, Inc. to provide construction engineering services for <br />the SR-55/Ritchey Street Water Improvements Projects. Berg & Associates, Inc. provide <br />engineering staff support and assistance with the overall delivery of the project, <br />including pre-construction tasks, construction management, contract compliance, and <br />project closeout.