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INSURANCE ON FILE WORK MAY PROCEED U101L NSuRANJ Ul'" w A-2025-168 ciTv CLERK OCT 16 2025 SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE GRANT WRITING (lstwv-tGcsstilla 4Z) SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ANA THIS SECOND AMENDMENT to the above-referenced agreement is entered into on October 7, 2025, by and between Mark Thomas & Company, Inc., a California corporation ("Consultant") and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California("City"). RECITALS A. The parties entered into Agreement No. A-2021-250, dated December 21, 2021, by which Consultant agreed to provide grant writing services for the Santa Ana Boulevard grade separation ("Agreement"). The term of the Agreement included an option for the parties to extend the term for up to two (2) one (1) year periods. B. On April 16,2024,the parties entered into a First Amendment to the Agreement(A-2024-044) to prepare an additional three(3)grant applications and increase the total not-to-exceed amount due under the Agreement to reflect the additional three (3) grant applications to be written by Consultant. C. On December 11, 2024, the parties opted to exercise the first of the one-year extensions (A- 2021-250-01). The Agreement is current and in-effect and expires on December 20, 2025. D. The parties now wish to amend the Scope of Services set forth in the Agreement to include Consultant's preparation of an additional four(4)grant applications and increase the total not- to-exceed amount due under the Agreement to reflect the additional four(4)grant applications to be written by Consultant. The parties also further wish to exercise the final option to extend the term of the Agreement. No other changes are contemplated by this Second Amendment. The Parties therefore agree: 1. Section 1, Scope of Services, is hereby amended to include the following language: Furthermore, Consultant will provide grant writing services for an additional four (4) grant applications, including: 1) 2025 Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Program; 2) 2025 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement (CRISI) Program; 3) 2026 Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Program; and 4) 2026 Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP), as further described in Exhibit A-2, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. 2. Section 2.a., Compensation, is amended to increase the not-to-exceed amount by an additional $75,000.00,for a total not-to-exceed amount under the Agreement of$405,000. 3. Section 3, Term, is extended for an additional one-year period through December 20, 2026. The parties agree and understand that this extension of the term reflects the final available option to extend under the terms of the Agreement. Page 1 of 2