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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 20, 2006 <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />TITLE: <br />AMEND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES <br />AGREEMENT WITH HYGIENE TECHNOLOGIES <br />INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />D As Recommended <br />D As Amended <br />D Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />D Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />D Implementing Resolution <br />D Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />r~l\ ~ ~" I JJ'J .~J ~ . '" I \./vV'.-A.\ -" t"vtJI. <br />CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br />the Clerk of the Council to execute an amended agreement with Hygiene <br />Technologies International, Incorporated to conduct industrial hygiene <br />studies for an additional $100,000. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The City utilizes Hygiene Technologies International, Incorporated <br />(HygieneTech) to provide comprehensive occupational health and safety <br />services. HygieneTech conducts periodic industrial safety engineering, <br />indoor air quality, noise assessment and control, industrial ventilation, <br />asbestos and lead identification, health and safety training, <br />environmental air monitoring, and regulatory compliance. The City's <br />current agreement with HygieneTech expires on June 30, 2007. <br /> <br />CalOSHA requires the City to conduct air quality surveys In City <br />facilities when environmental conditions warrant. The City has <br />successfully contracted with HygieneTech on various occasions to conduct <br />air quality surveys in the City's Main Library, Animal Care Shelter, and <br />the Parks, Recreation & Community Services Administration building. They <br />have also provided technical information relating to lead testing at the <br />Police Department's firing range. <br /> <br />The current assessments include indoor air quality improvements, <br />clearance surveys and mold remediation for eight fire stations, noise <br />assessment surveys for three departments and a general indoor air quality <br />survey in City Hall. Additional money is needed to conclude these <br />projects. <br /> <br />25L-1 <br />