Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Iliana Rodriguez, Assistant County Executive
Subject: Amendment to the Agreement with Bay Area Geotechnical Group for Stone Pine Cove Farmworker Housing Projects.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board to execute an amendment with Bay Area Geotechnical Group (BAGG) for Geotechnical Services, increasing the amount by $214,000, for a revised maximum fiscal obligation of $355,185.
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BACKGROUND:
On February 28, 2023, the Board authorized the County's Department of Housing to execute and apply for a grant award of up to $5,000,000 under the State's Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program ("Serna Program") to purchase manufactured homes for low-income farmworkers and their families. These manufactured homes will provide homeownership opportunities for low-income farmworker families in our community.
The County and Half Moon Bay worked to identify and develop the Stone Pine Cove Farm Labor Housing Project, which will include 47 manufactured housing units purchased under the Serna Program for low-income farmworkers and their families ("Stone Pine Cove Project" or "Project").
DISCUSSION:
On July 29, 2022, the Department of Public Works released a Request for Bid for on-call Geotechnical Services. The request for bid criteria included materials testing services for a period of three (3) years (Fiscal Years 2023-25), with an option to extend the agreement term for two (2) additional years. Multiple geotechnology firms submitted bids and one of the awarded firms was BAGG, which has worked on many San Mateo County construction projects as a geotechnical consultant.
BAGG specializes in quality geotechnical engineering, engineering geology, construction observation, and environmental engineering services. BAGG's particular expertise in geological monitoring...
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