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A-2023-194-09 <br />INSURANCE NOT ON FILE <br />WORK MAY NOT PROCEED <br />CITY CLERK AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE ON CALL ENVIRONMENTAL AND <br />DATE: APR O 9 2024 PLANNING SERVICES RELATED TO CEQA AND NEPA <br />,THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 7th day of November, 2023 by and between <br />�'•Q� Metropolitan Planning Group DBA. M-Group , a California corporation ("Consultant"), andthe <br />��\\a City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation organized and existing under the <br />Constitution and laws of the State of California ("City"). <br />RECITALS <br />A. On August 17, 2023 the City issued Request for Qualification No. 23-142, by which <br />it sought Consultants to provide on -call environmental, technical, and planning <br />services for the Planning and Building Agency of the City of Santa Ana. The scope <br />of work may include any and all work efforts related to the analysis of a proposed <br />project for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and <br />National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This may include preparation of <br />required technical studies, peer review of technical studies prepared by others; <br />preparation of Initial Studies, Negative Declarations, Mitigated Negative <br />Declarations,' Environmental Impact Reports, Environmental Assessments, <br />Environmental Impact Statements, and staffing services on an as -needed basis. <br />B. Consultant submitted a responsive proposal that was among those selected by the <br />City. Consultant represents that it is able and willing to provide the services <br />described in the scope of work that was included in RFQ No. 23-142 and attached <br />as Exhibit A. <br />C. Consultant has been selected as one of thirty-five (35) vendors which qualified for <br />this engagement. Only those consultants approved by the City Council on <br />November7, 2023, shall be eligible to be engaged by the City for these services. <br />D. In undertaking the performance of this Agreement, Consultant represents that it is <br />knowledgeable in its field and that any services performed by Consultant under this <br />Agreement will be performed in compliance with such standards as may reasonably <br />be expected from a professional contracting firm in the field: <br />NOW THEREFORE; in consideration' of the mutual and respective promises, and subject to the <br />terms and conditions' hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows: <br />1. SCOPE OF SERVICES <br />a. On an as -needed basis, and at the sole discretion of the City,. Consultants shall <br />perform the. services that are described in Exhibit A, attached and incorporated -by <br />reference as though fully set forth herein. Consultant's proposal is incorporated by <br />reference as though fully set forth herein. When the need for services arise, City <br />may initiate services through use of a letter agreement, executed by the Executive <br />Director of the Planning and Building Agency and the Consultant. Work by the <br />.Consultant may not proceed absent a previously engaged or fully executed <br />consultant agreement and letter agreement for a specific project. <br />Page 1 of 11 <br />