City Council

7.g. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 24 -165,\nAPPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT WITH\nCOUNCIL FOR WATERSHED HEALTH FOR THE MERCED AVENUE\nGREENWAY PHASE II DESIGN PROJECT\nThe Merced Avenue Greenway Project in the City of South El Monte is a\nmulti-benefit green street project which includes decentralized Low Impact\nDevelopment (LID) Best Management Practices (BMPs) within the street\nright-of-way that slows, captures, treats, and infiltrate stormwater runoff.\nAmendment No. 3 to the Agreement with Council for Watershed Health\n(CWH) expired June 30!" 2020. Staff would like to enter into a new\nagreement to provide project administration and technical services to\ncomplete the Phase II Merced North Avenue Greenway project design in\nthe amount of $756,515 funded by two grants: County Measure W and\nCounty Metro Measure M funds. Phase | design and engagement was\ncompleted for the southern segment of the Merced Ave Greenway (Rush\nto Lemer) using Coastal Conservancy Prop 1 funds totaling $751,687.\nPhase II design development was only (30%) completed for the northern\nsegment (Rush St. to City boundary) before funding ran out. Staff\nrecommends an amended and restated contract with Council for\nWatershed Health due to their experience and knowledge in completing\nPhase | of the Merced Greenway design.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends City Council:\n1. Adopt Resolution No. 24-165, approving an amended and restated\nagreement with Council for Watershed Health (CWH) in the amount of\n756,515 to authorize Architecture and Engineering technical services,\ncommunity engagement and project/grant administration activities to\ncomplete Phase Il Merced Avenue Greenway North Construction\nDocuments; 2) shall not impose a 10% retention requirement; and 3)\nextend performance period to 2 years from approval date of contract;\nand\n2. Authorize City Manager or designee to negotiate and execute the\namended and restated agreement, approved as to form by the City\nAttorney.