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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JANUARY 18, 2011 TITLE: AGREEMENT FOR STRUCTURAL PLAN CHECK SERVICES AND APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ? As Recommended ? As Amended ? Ordinance on I" Reading ? Ordinance on 2nd Reading ? Implementing Resolution ? Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached agreement with Nabih Youssef Associates, for structural plan check services in an amount not exceed $60,000, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. 2. Approve appropriation adjustments recognizing aggregate total amounts not to exceed $60,000 in the 2010-2011 FY revenue account for structural plan check (account no. 01116002-53600) and appropriating various amounts not to exceed $60,000 to the Planning and Building Agency 2010-2011 FY budget allocation in the account for contractual services (account no. 01116530- 62300). DISCUSSION In December 2010, the Planning and Building Agency received a plan check submittal by Caribou Industries to construct a 37-story office tower at 1001 North Broadway. This project was previously approved by the Planning Commission and City Council. Special structural engineering expertise is now required to conduct the plan check for this project. Staff sent out a Request for Proposal to three specialized structural engineering firms in 2007. After reviewing the proposals, Nabih Youssef Associates (NYA) was selected and a contract was subsequently executed. Given NYA's well regarded expertise, and its familiarity with the project, it is recommended that NYA be again awarded a contract to assist in the structural engineering review of this project. 20A-1