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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 92-140 - Approve Austin Hansen Group Agreement for prep of a park master plan & updated Environmental assessment for Enterprise Comm Park J RESOLUTION NO. 9c? A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING APPROVING THE AUSTIN HANSEN GROUP AGREEMENT FOR PREPARATION OF A PARK MASTER PLAN AND UPDATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARK, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAID AGREEMENT BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Redding, that: 1. The City Council hereby approves The Austin Hansen Group Agreement providing for the preparation of a Park Master Plan and updated Environmental Assessment for a fixed, not-to-exceed amount of $25,423. 2. The Mayor of the Redding City Council is hereby authorized and directed to sign all necessary documents on behalf of the Council and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest the signature of the Mayor. 9 Y 3. A true copy of the agreement referred to herein is attached hereto and made a part hereof. 1 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, passed, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Redding at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of April, 1992 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Arness, Carter, Fulton, Moss & Dahl NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ,I None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: MIKE DAHL, Mayor City of Redding ATTEST: C .0 ?sur CONNIE STROHMAYER, City lerk j FORM APPROVED: Z'040' RA ALL HAYS, City Att rney r I b 1 CLIENT-CONSULTANT AGREEMENT FOR PREPARATION OF A PARK MASTER PLAN AND UPDATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARK THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into the day of 1992, by and between the City of Redding, a municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as "City" and The Austin Hansen Group, hereinafter referred to as "Consultant" for professional consulting services for the project known as the Enterprise Community Park. I. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The goal of the services to be provided is to develop a park master plan that: (1) utilizes Alternative Master Plan#1 prepared by Parsons Associates as a base; (2) incorporates input from project area residents; (3) reflects recommendations of the City of Redding Comprehensive Recreation and Parks Plan prepared by J. C. Draggoo & Associates; and (4) incorporates recommendations of the Redding Recreation and Parks Commission and City staff. The consultant shall prepare two alternative park master plans for review by City staff and the Redding Recreation and Parks Commission. The master plans shall be designed in a manner allowing development of the park in phases. Upon selection of a preferred master plan, the Consultant will proceed with the refinement and consolidation of the environmental assessment and risk assessment into one document for CEQA and NEPA clearance. II. SCOPE OF WORK The Consultant shall develop a park master plan and updated environmental assessment as follows: A. Project Familiarization 2.01 Site review and analysis. 2.02 Data collection and collection of soils for testing. 2.03 Prepare base sheets. 2.04 Meet with appropriate staff. 2.05 Review soils testing reports. 2.06 Recreation and Parks Commission Workshop to re—visit the previous master plan study, review the objectives of the Comprehensive Parks Master Plan, and solicit Commission input on new issues pertaining to the new park design. 2.07 Public workshop. B. Master Plan Design 3.01 Prepare a minimum of two alternative master plan designs to illustrate pedestrian and vehicular access, parking facilities, use patterns & areas, planting recommendations, environmental mitigations, utility locations, lighting, as well as grading/drainage concerns. I i 3.02 Prepare conceptual architectural studies to consist of two building "footprints"for a community center and a seniorcCenter, with a single architectural exterior ! perspective sketch of each. 3.03 Prepare cost analysis study for Phase I improvements. 3.04 Prepare alternative master plan reports to summarize assumptions made, background data, master plans, and how they satisfy the community's needs. 3.05 Meet with City staff prior to finalizing the alternative designs. 3.06 Prepare two final alternative master plan designs. 3.07 Present master plan designs to the Recreation and Parks Commission and project area residents. 3.08 Preparation of the detailed phasing plan upon selection of a preferred master plan that will include:a phasing boundary map, Phase 1 implementation plan,site plan i for Phase 1, and cost analysis studies. C. Environmental Assessment 4.01 Pre-work meeting and site visit. 4.02 Review existing studies and the revised Park Master Plan including but not limited to the following: - Final Risk Assessment for Abandoned Enterprise Sewage Treatment Plant (CDM, 1991); - Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Plan (City of Redding, 1991); - Initial Study of the Enterprise Park Master Plan Alternative One(Parsons, 1988); and - Summary Report for the Alternative Master Plans One and Two (Parson, 1988). The environmental document which will be prepared for the Preferred Park Master Plan will consider the following nine elements: 1. Consistency with the General Plan and surrounding land uses; J occurrence of prime (farmland) soils within the project boundary. 2. Presence and potential impact of residual toxic materials within the i project boundary. 3. Cultural resources. 4. Biological resources including the absence or presence of protected plant or wildlife species. 5. Proximity to the Churn Creek floodway boundary. 6. Circulation of existingand future traffic patterns; access. 2 ISI 7 Noise generation. 8. Night lighting and off-site glare. 9. Aesthetics. 10. Potential for riparian habitat enhancement along Churn Creek. 4.04 Prepare and submit draft environmental document within four weeks of the City's selection of the Preferred Master Plan. The document will incorporate findings of additional studies performed and will be prepared to comply with CEQA and NEPA. 4.05 Prepare and submit the final Environmental Document. Within two weeks of receiving City comments on draft document, one revised original and 30 copies will be submitted to the City. i i D. Master Plan Approvals i 5.01 Meet with City staff to review detailed Phasing Plan. 5.02 Present detailed Phasing Plan to Recreation and Parks Commission. 5.03 Present Master Plan and detailed Phasing Plan to City Council. III. COMPENSATION AND METHOD OF PAYMENT Total payment for services rendered and expenses incurred under this Agreement shall not exceed $25,423. Payments shall be made based on completion of tasks as presented in Exhibit "C." If the project is suspended or abandoned during any phase of service in whole or in part, the Consultant is to be paid for the service performed prior to receipt of written notice from the City of such abandonment or suspension, together with reimbursements then due. If the project is resumed after being suspended for more than three months, the Consultant's compensation shall be subject to renegotiation. IV. JURISDICTION RESPONSIBILITIES The City of Redding shall provide the following items to the consultant, as needed: A. Orthophoto base mapping at a scale of 1 inch = 200 feet with 1- and 2-foot contour intervals. B. Current land use, General Plan, and zoning maps. C. Copies of relevant reports (i.e., risk assessment, environmental assessment, Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Plan, and Alternative Master Plans and Summary Report). D. Copy of Parcel Map LS-11-91 identifying the geographic boundary of the site. E. Aerial photo at 1-inch = 100 foot scale. The information, surveys and reports required by Paragraphs A. through E. inclusive shall be furnished at the City's expense,and the Consultant shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy and completeness thereof. 3 V. TIMING The Consultant shall begin work within 15 days after the date of execution of this Agreement and in accordance with the schedule presented in Exhibit"C"and thereafter diligently pursue the same to completion. All work to be completed within 180 days of date of this Agreement. VI. RESPONSIBILITY The individuals listed in Exhibit"D"are designated to do the work required under this Agreement. I VII. CHANGES The City may, from time to time, request changes in the scope of the services of the Consultants to be performed hereunder. Such changes, including any increase or decrease in the amount of the Consultant's compensation,which are mutually agreed upon by and between the City and the Consultant, shall be incorporated in written amendments to this Agreement. VIII. TERMINATIONS OF CONTRACT FOR CAUSE If, through any cause, the Consultant fails to fulfill in a timely and proper manner his obligations under this Agreement or if the Consultant violates any of the covenants, agreements, or stipulations of this Agreement, the City shall thereupon have the right to terminate the contract by giving written notice to the Consultant of such termination and shall specify the effective date thereof at least five days before the effective date of such termination. In such event, all documents, program specifications, and work papers prepared for the City by the Consultant become the City's property. The City shall pay Consultant a reasonable amount for any work performed up to the stated effective termination date, subject to verification by the City that said work was satisfactorily performed. IX. CONFLICT OF INTEREST The Consultant shall agree that Consultant presently has no interest and shall acquire no interest, direct or indirect, that would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of his services under this Agreement. The Consultant shall also agree that, in the performance of the Agreement, no person having any such interest shall be employed. X. ASSIGNABILITY The Consultant shall not assign any interest in this Agreement and shall not transfer any interest in the same (whether by assignment or novation) without the prior written approval of the City; provided, however, that claims for money due or to become due to the Consultant from the City under the contract may be assigned to a bank, trust company, or other financial institution, or to a trustee in bankruptcy without such approval. Notice of any such assignment or transfer shall be furnished promptly to the City. XI. PERSONNEL A. The Consultant shall represent that he has or will secure, at his own expense, all necessary personnel required to perform the services under this Agreement. Such personnel shall not be employees of or have any contractual relationship with agencies providing funds for the project. B. All of the services required hereinafter shall be performed by the Consultant or under his supervision, and all personnel engaged in performing the services are to be fully qualified and shall be authorized or permitted under State and local law to perform such services. 4 0 . All professional personnel, including subconsultants engaged in performing services for the Consultant under the contract,are indicated in a personnel listing attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. C. Except as otherwise agreed in this Agreement, no other portion of the services nor any right, title, or interest under the contract shall be assigned, transferred, conveyed, or j subcontracted without the prior written approval of the City. D. Any changes or substitutions in the Consultant's personnel as set forth must be made known to the City's project director, and the City's project director shall execute a written approval before said change or substitution can become effective. XII. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR The Consultant, in accordance with his status as an independent consultant, covenants and agrees that he will conduct himself consistent with such status; that he will neither hold himself out as, nor claim to be, an officer or employee of the City; and that he will not make any claim, demand, or application to, or for any right or privilege applicable to an officer or employee of the City, including, but not limited to, worker's compensation coverage, unemployment insurance benefits, social security coverage, or retirement membership credit. XIII. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS A. Evidence of Maintenance Required. The Consultant shall, at all times, maintain in full force and effect the insurance required by this section. Certificates of insurance and necessary endorsements evidencing required coverage or policies shall be filed with the City of Redding's Risk Management Office at least ten (10) days prior to the beginning of work. B. Qualifying insurers. All required insurance policies shall be issued by companies which hold a current policyholder's alphabetic and financial-size category rating of not less than B+, according to the most recent issue of Best's Insurance Reports. C. Insurance Required. General liability, professional errors and omissions liability, and automobile liability and workers'compensation insurance shall be maintained as follows: 1. General Liability Insurance. Either (1) comprehensive general or(2) commercial general liability. i (a) Comprehensive general liability insurance for bodily injury (including j death), personal injury, and property damage,which provides limits of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) combined single limit per occurrence. b Commercial general liability insurance for bodily injury (including death), � ( ) 9 Y � Y� 1 ry (� 9 ) personal injury, and property damage which provides limits of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) general limit per occurrence, and two million dollars ($2,000,000) general aggregate limit. In either case, the comprehensive-general or commercial-general liability policies shall j include coverage or endorsements for: (a) Premises and operations. (b) Contractual liability. 5 M Independent consultants. (d) Personal injury liability. The personal injury endorsement shall not contain the so-called "a" (liability assumed under the contract) or "c" (suits brought by employees) exclusions. The comprehensive or commercial-general liability insurance and the automobile liability required below shall also include the following endorsements, copies of which shall be provided: (a) Inclusion of the City of Redding, its officers, agents, employees and volunteers as additional insureds as respects services or operations under the contract. (b) Cross-liability and severability of interest clauses providing that the insurance applies separately to each insured except with respect to the limits of liability. (c) Stipulation that the insurance is primary insurance and that neither the City nor its insurers will be called upon to contribute to a loss. d 2. Professional Errors and Omissions Liability Insurance in an amount not less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). 3. Comprehensive Automobile Liability for bodily injury (including death) and property damage, which provides total limits of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) combined single limit per occurrence, applicable to all owned, non- owned, and hired vehicles. 4. Statutory Worker's Compensation and Employer's Liability Insurance shall be provided for all employees engaged in services or operations under the contract. The employer's liability insurance shall provide limits of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence. Both the worker's compensation and employer's liability policies shall contain the insurer's waiver of subrogation in favor of the City, its officers, agents, employees and volunteers. 5. Claims Made Coverage. If general liability or professional errors and omissions insurance is written on a "claims made" basis, the certificate of insurance must clearly so state, and the following additional information must be provided: I� (a) Whether defense coverage is included in the policy limit (yes or no). I (b) All aggregate limitation including: 1) General aggregate. 2) Products/Completed-operations aggregate. (c) The retroactive date. ri (d) The length of time for extended reporting period. (e) Any limitations on involving the reporting period(other than nonpayment). I (f) Whether a "Notice of Circumstances" is allowed (yes or no). i 6 i I . 6. Other Insurance Provisions. (a) The requirements of these Standard Specifications, as to types and limits of insurance coverage to be maintained by the Consultant, and any approval of insurance by the City are not intended to, and shall not in any manner, limit or quality the liabilities and obligations otherwise assumed by the Consultant or pursuant to the contract, including but not limited to the provisions concerning indemnifications, nor preclude the City from taking any other action available to it under any other provisions of the contract or law. i (b) The City acknowledges that some insurance requirements contained in these Standard Specifications may be fulfilled by self-insurance or other combinations of insurance on the part of the Contractor. However, this shall not in any way limit liabilities assumed by the Consultant under the contract. Any self-insurance or other combinations on insurance must be approved in writing by the City at its sole discretion. (c) Each insurance policy shall be endorsed to state that coverage shall not be suspended, voided, canceled by either party, or reduced in coverage or in limits except after thirty (30) days prior written notice to the City. (d) The City reserves the right to withhold any progress payments to the Consultant in the event of noncompliance with any insurance requirements. XIV. OWNERSHIP, PUBLICATIONS, REPRODUCTIONS AND USE All finished documents and materials prepared pursuant to this Agreement are the property of the City. The City shall have the unrestricted authority to publish, disclose, distribute, and otherwise use in whole or in part any finished reports, data, or other materials prepared under this Agreement. In all cases, and within the reasonable control of the City, publication of documents prepared pursuant to this Agreement shall acknowledge the Consultant as the designer. i XV. VERBAL AGREEMENT OR CONVERSATION No verbal agreement or conversation with any officer, agent or employee of the City, either before, during or after the execution of this Agreement, shall affect or modify any of the terms or obligations herein contained, nor shall such verbal agreement or conversation entitle the Consultant to any additional payment whatsoever under the terms of this Agreement. XVI. INDEMNIFICATION i Consultant agrees to protect, pay on behalf of, indemnify, and hold harmless the City, its officers, agents, and employees from and against any and all liability, damages, claims, suits, liens, attorney's fees, and judgements of whatever nature, including claims for contribution and/or indemnification for injuries to or death of any person or persons, or damage to the property or other rights of any person or persons arising out of or alleged to have arisen from the willful or negligent acts, errors or omissions of Consultant in the performance of the Agreement. Consultant's obligation to protect, pay on behalf of, indemnify and hold harmless as set forth hereinabove, shall include any matter arising out of any actual or alleged infringement of any patent, trademark, copy right or service mark, or any actual or alleged unfair competition, disparagement of product or service, or other business tort of any type whatsoever, or any actual or alleged violation of trade regulations. Consultant further agrees to protect, pay on behalf of, indemnify, and hold harmless the City from liability for compensation under the Worker's Compensation Act arising out of injuries sustained by any employee of Consultant. XVII. FORCE MAJEURE Consultant shall not be in default by reason of any failure to perform this Agreement in accordance with its terms (including any failure by the Consultant to make progress in the performance of the work hereunder which endangers such performance), if such failure arises out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Consultant and his subconsultants. Such causes may include, but are not restricted or limited to, acts of God or of the public enemy, acts of the government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine, restrictions, strikes, freight embargoes, and unusually severe weather; but in every case, the failure to perform must be beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Consultant and his subconsultants. XVIII. RECORDS AND AUDITS The Consultant shall maintain accounts and records, including personnel, property and financial records, adequate to identify and account for all costs pertaining to this Agreement and such other records as may be deemed necessary by the City to assure proper accounting for all project funds. ii These records will be made available for audit purposes to the City or any authorized j representative, and will be retained for three years after the expiration of this Agreement unless permission to destroy them is granted by the City. � XIX. COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL LAWS The Consultant shall comply with applicable laws, ordinances and codes of the State and local governments,and the Consultant shall save the City harmless with respect to any damages arising from any tort done in performing any of the work embraced by this Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed. ACCEPTED: BY: MIKE DAHL, Mayor City of Redding BY: DONALD A. HANSEN i The Austin Hansen Group ATTEST: CONNIE STROHMAYER, City Clerk I FORM APPROVED: i RANDALL A. HAYS, City Attorney i i 8 I EXHIBIT "C' WORK SCHEDULE AND COSTS The following schedule for work will apply: (Calendar days after receipt of authorization to proceed) ITEM DATE Preliminary data collection, site analysis, and soils testing (Completion of Tasks 2.01 through 2.05) Payment due of $4,008. 40 days Attendance and presentation at Recreation & Parks Commission Workshop. Attendance and presentation at Public Workshop. (Completion of Tasks 2.06 and 2.07) Payment due of $500. 60 Days I Receipt of Alternative Master Plan Designs. Receipt of Cost Analysis Study. Receipt of Alternative Master Plan Reports. (Completion of Tasks 3.01 through 3.06) Payment due of $8,788. 90 Days i Presentation of Master Plans to Commission & Project Area Residents. Receipt of Detailed Phasing Plan. (Completion of Tasks 3.07 and 3.08) Payment due of $2,295. 120 Days Receipt of Final Environmental Document. i� (Completion of Tasks 4.01 through 4.05) Payment due of $5,447. 150 Days I Presentation of Phasing Plan to Commission. Presentation of Master Plan to City Council. (Completion of Tasks 5.01 through 5.03) Payment due of $2,500. 180 Days i 'i. .I i I i tl , I f EXHIBIT "D" 'i STAFF RESOURCES The Austin Hansen Group Pat O'Connor Marq Truscott Bill Mastick Jeff Warner Mike Lewis Tom Elliott Bob Haynes I North State Resources Laura Kuh Tim Reilly Kirk Vail I I I I i I I i i i I i 9 0 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARK May 15, 1992 Design meeting with City staff May 20, 1992 Rec & Parks Commission Workshop May 27, 1992 Public Workshop (Alta Mesa School) July 15, 1992 2nd Rec & Parks Commission/public meeting August 19, 1992 Final Rec and Parks Commission meeting September 8, 1992 Presentation of Master Plan to Council i OTHER MEETINGS WITH STAFF AS NEEDED i i� I t i i i it i 1