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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 17, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL <br />CONSULTING SERVICES WITH DKS <br />ASSOCIATES TO COMPLETE A PARKING <br />STUDY CURRENTLY UNDERWAY FOR <br />THE METRO EAST MIXED USE OVERLAY <br />DISTRICT EXPANSION PROJECT <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,2B; 5,3A, B, C) <br />r <br />CI ANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <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 agreement with <br />DKS Associates ("DKS') for environmental consulting services to complete an innovative, <br />phased, and transitional parking code requirements study currently underway with an aggregate <br />amount not to exceed $37,743.53 for an eight-month term expiring on December 31, 2018, <br />subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City Council allocated $100,000 in funds to the Planning and Building Agency in Fiscal Year <br />2015-2016 for the purposes of procuring environmental consultants to prepare the required <br />technical studies for the Metro East Mixed Use (MEMU) Overlay District expansion project. After <br />conducting an Initial Study in-house, staff identified the need for three distinct technical studies to <br />facilitate the expansion project: an air quality and greenhouse gas emissions study, a traffic <br />impact study, and an innovative and phased parking solutions study. To ensure an equitable <br />procurement process, staff issued three requests for proposals (RFPs) for each of the identified <br />studies. On April 6, 2016, staff issued RFP No. 16-055 to procure a consultant to prepare a <br />study for innovate, phased, and transitional citywide parking code requirement strategies. Four <br />(4) responses were received, and the City selected DKS Associates as the recommended firm <br />with which to enter an agreement based on relevant experience and competitive pricing. City of <br />Santa Ana executed a Consultant Agreement (#A-2016-373) with DKS in the amount of $99,972. <br />This agreement expired December 31, 2017. However, there is a balance of $37,743.53 <br />available in PBA -Air Quality Improvement funds to complete the scope of work DKS proposed. <br />The remaining balance will be carried forward to the new agreement. <br />The City of Santa Ana requested proposals from planning and environmental consulting firms for <br />preparation of a parking study for the MEMU Overlay District expansion project, which will extend <br />25C-1 <br />