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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 21, 2014 <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY; <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />AMEND AN AGREEMENT FOR CONTRACT <br />❑ As Amended <br />BUILDING INSPECTIONS SERVICES WITH <br />❑ Ordinance on 16' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />J LEE ENGINEERING, INC. (STRATEGIC <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />PLAN NOS. 3, 3 AND NO,, 3, 5) <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached amendment to the <br />agreement with J Lee Engineering, Inc. to provide on -call building Inspection services for a <br />period no longer than three years and within the previously agreed amount of $500,000 <br />(aggregate), subject to non- substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City <br />Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />For many years the Building Division met or exceeded a 24 -hour turnaround time for all building, <br />electrical, mechanical and plumbing inspections. This level of service was comparable to <br />surrounding municipalities and represented the generally accepted performance goal for <br />inspection services in the County. The Building Division was able to maintain this level of service <br />with 15 specialty (electrical /plumbing) and combination building inspectors. <br />Beginning in 2009, budget constraints and unfilled retirements resulted in the reduction of over <br />60 percent of inspection staff. While these reductions negatively impacted inspection turnaround <br />times, the impact was lessened by a concurrent reduction in building activity due to the economic <br />downturn. <br />Building permit applications and inspection activity have steadily increased since 2010 as major <br />development projects that were put on hold during the recession have restarted and new projects <br />are being proposed. There are a number of large residential and commercial projects in various <br />phases of the planning, design and construction process within the City including: Lyon <br />Communities, a 258 -unit residential project at the corner of First Street and Cabrillo Park Drive, <br />Legado at The MET, a 281 -unit residential project in MacArthur Place, the Discovery Science <br />Center expansion which includes over 50,000 square feet of new exhibit space and Main Place <br />Macy's building remodel which will include a new health club, entertainment and restaurant <br />space. <br />25EE -1 <br />