Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Nicholas J. Calderon, Parks Director
Subject: Amendments to agreements with specified contractors for the delivery of on-call professional services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The President of the Board of Supervisors to execute amendments to the agreements with Bay Area Tree Specialists, Capital Program Management, Inc., CMG Landscape Architecture, Gates and Associates, and Ninyo and Moore for the delivery of on-call professional services, to increase the amounts payable under those agreements in a combined aggregate amount not-to-exceed $3,550,000; and
B) The Parks Director, or the Parks Director's Designee, to execute additional amendments to each of the agreements to modify the County's maximum fiscal obligation by no more than $25,000 (in aggregate per agreement), and/or to modify each agreements' terms and/or services, so long as the modified term(s) and/or services is/are within the current or revised fiscal provisions.
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BACKGROUND:
The San Mateo County Parks Department ("Department") manages a park system comprised of 24 parks and recreation areas, more than 16,000 acres of land, approximately 200 miles of trail, ten playgrounds, nine campgrounds, three regional trails, one marina, tidepools, and numerous picnic and reservation areas. The diversity of park settings allows the park system to support a variety of recreational opportunities including hiking, walking, running, horseback riding, dog walking, cycling/mountain biking, camping, birdwatching, picnicking, playing on playgrounds, and more. In order to be effective stewards of the parks, the Department regularly maintains and improves park facilities and infrastructure. The Department also completes projects to remediate hazard trees, mitigate the threat of wildfires, and restore and preserve habitat. These projects often require the preparat...
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