REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Agreement with Environmental Risk Services for Consulting Services Related to the CityPlace Santa Clara Development Project
Report
BACKGROUND
In July 2018, the City entered into an Agreement with Environmental Risk Services to provide consulting services to assist the City in the evaluation of environmental risk related to the CityPlace Santa Clara project.
Environmental Risk Services (ERS) is a multidisciplinary environmental science, engineering, and land-use planning company. ERS provides expert technical and strategic services to assess, manage, reduce, and/or leverage environmental risks and liabilities with technical expertise in hydrogeology, geochemistry, geophysics, remediation engineering, and risk assessment.
DISCUSSION
ERS has been providing the City with highly specialized technical services related to the City's current and ongoing obligations associated with its ownership of the all-purpose landfill under the CityPlace project site (currently used as Santa Clara Golf & Tennis). ERS has also been assisting the Administration and the City Attorney's Office with strategic review and communication of documents between State of California regulatory agencies and with Related, the developer of the CityPlace project.
The work with the State regulatory agencies is not complete and ERS' technical expertise is anticipated to be necessary to secure approvals. In addition, work is ongoing with Related to document the City's and Related's shared environmental responsibilities and a corresponding risk management program. Approval of Amendment No. 1 would allow the City to continue to access ERS' services for this scope through January 31, 2020.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of a California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines section 15378(a) as it has no potential f...
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