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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 4, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />AMEND AN AGREEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL <br />SERVICES WITH URS CORPORATION FOR THE <br />PREPARATION OF AN EIR FOR A 24 -UNIT SINGLE <br />FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT 1584 <br />EAST SANTA CLARA AVENUE <br />CITY MANAGltR <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 1� Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute the attached amendment to <br />the agreement with URS Corporation for environmental services in an amount not to exceed <br />$42,735 for a new 24 -unit single - family residential development at 1584 East Santa Clara <br />Avenue, subject to non - substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In April 2010, Tava Development contacted the City with the intent to re- commence development <br />of the former Empire Homes 24 -unit single family residential development at 1584 East Santa <br />Clara Avenue. The Tava Development proposal was proposed to be similar in scope, layout and <br />quality to the previously proposed project by Empire Homes. Due to the potential for significant <br />environmental impacts, an environmental impact report (EIR) was required for this project <br />pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. <br />A Request for Proposal was circulated to three qualified environmental firms in 2007 as a part of <br />the Empire Homes proposal. URS Corporation was selected as the environmental consultant <br />and it thereafter began work on the EIR. URS had nearly completed the draft EIR when, in 2009, <br />Empire Homes decided to cancel the project due to economic circumstances. Work on the EIR <br />was discontinued at that time. <br />In December 2010, URS was awarded the EIR contract for the new proposal by Tava <br />Development. Since its initial approval, the contract has been amended on three occasions due <br />to the need to prepare additional environmental studies. This proposed amendment to the <br />existing agreement will include the preparation and analysis of an additional alternative to the <br />single - family residential development as well as a carbon sequestration greenhouse gas analysis <br />of the new residential development. Additionally, technical memorandums to the alternative may <br />be prepared, revisions will need to be made to the draft EIR, and the draft EIR will need to be <br />recirculated for public review and comment. As a result, staff is requesting that an amendment to <br />25A -1 <br />