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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFirst Amendment EIR 7230 Scarlet Aplicant Signed.pdf u DocuSign Envelope ID: FE789AC1-586D-407D-809D-A7ABC0072164 1 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE MITIGATION MONITORING REIMBURSMENT 2 AGREEMENT 3 RE Scarlet, LLC 4 This first amendment to the Mitigation Monitoring Reimbursement Agreement (First 5 Amendment) is dated 10/f�/7.0Z-3 (Effective Date) and is between RE Scarlet, 6 LLC (Applicant) and the County of Fresno, a political subdivision of the State of California 7 (County). County and Applicant may be referred to individually as a "Party," or collectively as 8 "Parties," in this First Amendment. Consultant is not a party to the Agreement or First 9 Amendment. 10 RECITALS 11 A. County and Applicant previously entered into the Mitigation Monitoring 12 Reimbursement Agreement (Agreement) dated February 1, 2022, under which the Applicant 13 was to pay the County for the consultant services of Helix Environmental Planning, Inc. 14 (Consultant) in the implementing of a Mitigation Monitoring and/or Reporting Plan and 15 Condition Compliance Matrix (Monitoring Plan). 16 B. Applicant and County desire to the change in the scope of services and budget 17 pursuant to the previously entered Agreement to pay the County for consultant services. 18 C. Applicant and County desire to amend text in the Agreement as a result of the change 19 in the scope of services and budget. 20 D. Applicant understands that this First Amendment will address and/or augment the 21 basic feein subsection 2 (Reimbursement Obligation) and, pursuant to the Agreement, the 22 Applicant is still under contractual obligation to pay to the County for all services performed 23 by Consultant as compensation for services. 24 E. Applicant understands that this First Amendment is sufficient to amend the Agreement 25 and that, when both parties have signed this First Amendment, the Agreement and this First 26 Amendment shall be considered and shall constitute the Agreement. 27 F. Applicant understands that except as set forth in this Amendment, the Agreement is 28 unaffected and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. If there is First Amendment to the Mitigation Monitoring Reimbursement Agreement RE Scarlet, LLC os Page 1 of 5 II DocuSign Envelope ID:I -89AC1-586D-407D-809D-A7ABC0072164 1 conflict between this First Amendment and the Agreement, the terms of this First Amendment 2 will prevail. 3 G. Applicant understands that Consultant and County will adopt a first amendment to the 4 Consultant Agreement on the same date as this First Amendment to reflect the change in the 5 scope of services and budget allocations for Contract Deliverables. 6 AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT 7 Applicant and County agree to amend the Agreement as follows: 8 1. CHANGES TO SCOPE OF WORK AS IDENTIFIED EXHIBIT 2 9 A. Exhibit 2, is replaced with the amended Exhibit dated October 10, 2023 as 10 attached. 11 2. Section 2 of the Agreement located at page 2 line 17 through line 27 is deleted 12 in its entirety and replaced with the following: 13 REIMBURSEMENT OBLIGATION. Applicant shall reimburse the County for all 14 reasonable costs incurred by the County in connection with staff time spent reviewing 15 and administering any materials related to the elements of the Monitoring Plan that 16 are applicable to the portion of the Project described under CUP No. 3555, including 17 those costs incurred to compensate the Third-Party Administrator ("Eligible Costs"). 18 As used herein, "Third Party Administrator" means any consultant, contractor, or 19 other third party whose work-product gives rise to a cost for the County, or who is 20 hired by the Third-Party Administrator, in connection with implementation of the 21 Monitoring Plan. Third Party Administrator costs will be billed in accordance with 22 Amended Exhibit 2 of the consultant agreement and subject to a not-to-exceed 23 maximum of one hundred thirty-four thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars 24 ($134,775). The Applicant shall also advance the amount of Eighty-Five Thousand 25 Dollars ($85,000.00) as payment to reimburse County for all reasonable costs 26 incurred by County for staff time including, if any, outside legal counsel to assist 27 County Counsel in review and advise on the Project or Approvals as determined to 28 be appropriate by County Counsel. The County may request for further funds, First Amendment to the Mitigation Monitoring Reimbursement Agreement RE Scarlet, LLC Page 2 of 5 [ L_ os II DocuSign Envelope ID:FE789AC1-586D-407D-809D-A7ABC0072164 1 pursuant to reimbursing for reasonable costs incurred by the County in connection 2 with staff time, without requesting an amendment to this Agreement. Applicant shall, 3 after receipt of a County invoice, to be delivered by email to Applicant at 4 madison.novak@edp.com madison.novak@edp.com remit to County such additional 5 amounts as specified in the invoice for further funds. There shall be no limit on the 6 number of requests Director may make to the Applicant to recover such amounts. If 7 upon termination of this Agreement the actual cost incurred by County under this 8 Agreement is less than the total amount of the payment by Applicant to County, 9 County will promptly refund such surplus funds to Applicant. 10 3. Duly Authorized. The Applicant represents and warrants to County that: 11 (1) Applicant is duly authorized and empowered to sign and perform its 12 obligations under this First Amendment. 13 (2) The individual signing this First Amendment on behalf of Applicant is 14 duly authorized to do so and his or her signature on this First 15 Amendment legally binds Applicant to the terms of this First 16 Amendment. 17 4. Electronic Signatures. The Parties agree that this First Amendment may be 18 executed by electronic signature as provided in this section. 19 (1) An "electronic signature" means any symbol or process intended by 20 an individual signing this First Amendment to represent their 21 signature, including but not limited to (a) a digital signature; (b) a 22 faxed version of an original handwritten signature; or (c) an 23 electronically scanned and transmitted (for example by PDF 24 document) version of an original handwritten signature. 25 (2) Each electronic signature affixed or attached to this First Amendment 26 (a) is deemed equivalent to a valid original handwritten signature of 27 the person signing this First Amendment for all purposes, including 28 but not limited to evidentiary proof in any administrative or judicial First Amendment to the Mitigation Monitoring Reimbursement Agreement RE Scarlet, LLC os Page 3of5 ; ; II DocuSign Envelope ID:FE789AC1-586D-407D-809D-A7ABC0072164 1 proceeding, and (b) has the same force and effect as the valid original 2 handwritten signature of that person. 3 (3) The provisions of this section satisfy the requirements of Civil Code 4 section 1633.5, subdivision (b), in the Uniform Electronic Transaction 5 Act (Civil Code, Division 3, Part 2, Title 2.5, beginning with section 6 1633.1). 7 (4) Each Party using a digital signature represents that it has undertaken 8 and satisfied the requirements of Government Code section 16.5, 9 subdivision (a), paragraphs (1) through (5), and agrees that each 10 other Party may rely upon that representation. 11 (5) This First Amendment is not conditioned upon the Parties conducting 12 the transactions under it by electronic means and either Party may 13 sign this First Amendment with an original handwritten signature. 14 5. Counterparts. This First Amendment may be signed in counterparts, each of which 15 is an original, and all of which together constitute this First Amendment. 16 6. Provisions in Full Force. The Agreement as amended by this First Amendment is 17 ratified and continued. All provisions of the Agreement and not amended by this First 18 Amendment remain in full force and effect. 19 [Signature page follows.] 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 In witness whereof, the Parties are signing this Amendment as of the Effective Date. 28 First Amendment to the Mitigation Monitoring Reimbursement Agreement RE Scarlet, LLC DS Page 4 of 5 ''NA{ ii DocuSign Envelope ID: FE789AC1-586D-407D-809D-A7ABC0072164 1 APPLICANT: COUNTY OF FRESNO: 2 RE SCARLET, LLC 1501 MCKINNEY STREET, SUITE 1300 3 HOUSTON, TX 77010 4 5 6 ` Docu Signed by: 7��� DS 7 BY: - r �V,:4?,L, BY: KRI CHENEY STEVEN E. WTITE PE, PL 8 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT DIRECTOR DEPARTMENIkOF PUBLIC WORKS 9 AND PLANNIN 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 First Amendment to the Mitigation Monitoring Reimbursement Agreement RE Scarlet, LLC Page 5 of 5 DocuSign Envelope ID:FE789AC1-586D-407D-809D-A7ABC0072164 Exhibit 2 HELIX Environmental Planning,Inc. 1180 Iron Point Road,Suite 130 Folsom,CA 95630 916.435.1205 tel HELIX 619.462.0552 fax www,helixepi.com Environmental Planning October 10, 2023 Project 03317.00005.001 Mr. David Randall,Senior Planner County of Fresno Department of Public Works and Planning Development Services and Capital Projects Division 2220 Tulare Street, 6th Floor Fresno, CA 93721 Subject: Contract Augment to Provide Additional Services for the Scarlet Solar Project Dear Mr. Randall: The original written contract dated November 8, 2021, between HELIX Environmental Planning, Inc. (HELIX) and the County of Fresno Department of Public Works and Planning(Client) is hereby augmented as follows to provide an additional budget to Tasks 1 and 3. SCOPE OF WORK(See attached) CURRENT CONTRACT TOTAL $92,275 Additional Total Task Current Budget Revised Number Task Name Budget Requested Budget 1 Project Management $10,000 $4,320 $14,320 2 Third-Party Review—Biological Services $5,275 $0 $5,275 3 Third-Party Environmental Compliance Monitoring $77,000 $38,180 $115,180 TOTAL REVISED CONTRACT $134,775 Sincerely, Ds Patrick Britton Regional Manager DocuSign Envelope ID:FE789AC1-586D-407D-809D-A7ABC0072164 Contract Augment to David Randall October 10,2023 SCOPE OF WORK Task 1. Proiect Management HELIX will continue to provide general project management services through Phase 2 of project construction, including participating in meetings with the County and project applicant, internal coordination and scheduling, reporting,and invoicing.This task assumes approximately one call per month with the County and/or project applicant for the duration of construction.This task also includes a quality assurance/quality control(QA/QC) review of deliverables. Task 3. Third-Party Environmental Compliance Monitoring During Phase 2 project construction, HELIX will continue providing third-party compliance monitoring services to review and document compliance with project mitigation measures(MM)and Conditions of Approval (COA) as outlined in the Mitigation, Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP). HELIX will prepare an environmental compliance spreadsheet to track individual tasks required for compliance with the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and Conditions of Approval during the construction of the project,and who is responsible.The Contractor and Developer will be responsible for implementing all mitigation measures and conditions of approval, and any associated documentation and reporting.The compliance monitor will be responsible for conducting inspections to determine whether the Contractor and Developer are implementing the mitigation measures and conditions of approval,and the appropriate documentation and reporting in accordance with the MMRP and project conditions.The environmental compliance monitor is not responsible for conducting the monitoring,documentation, and reporting in compliance with the individual measures and conditions,and the monitor is not responsible for reviewing compliance with permits issued by other agencies. This task assumes the HELIX environmental compliance monitor will continue to conduct bi-weekly monitoring visits(approximately two per month)for the duration of construction, including Phase 2 of construction,with two additional site visits assumed as noted below to confirm corrective actions for a total of up to 14 monitoring visits.The original scope for this task assumed a total of up to 34 monitoring visits would be necessary.This augment assumes that the inclusion of monitoring for Phase 2 construction would require up to an additional 14 monitoring visits, bringing the total number of monitoring visits anticipated through project completion to 48. HELIX will provide the Client with an email within 72 hours of each visit to report conditions and compliance with project MM and COA requirements. If issues with compliance are noted,the email will indicate the issue,the person notified,and corrective actions implemented.Depending on the severity of the issue,the Client may also be notified while the HELIX monitor is on the site.A noted corrective action may require a follow-up visit by the HELIX monitor to document compliance (up to two follow-up visits are assumed). If additional monitoring visits are needed, authorization of additional scope and budget may be required. os HELIX / anning DocuSign Envelope ID:FE789AC1-586D-407D-809D-A7ABC0072164 Contract Augment to David Randall October 10, 2023 At the conclusion of construction, a monitoring report documenting all environmental compliance monitoring services will be provided to the County. Deliverables • Email reports for each monitoring site visit,to be sent within 72 hours of the site visit • Environmental Compliance Construction Monitoring Report(.pdf format),to be completed at the conclusion of construction Ds H LI Environmental Planning DocuSign Envelope ID:FE789AC1-586D-407D-809D-A7ABC0072164 SCHEDULE OF FEES HELIX Environmental Planning CONSULTING SERVICES Consulting services performed by HELIX typically include,but are not necessarily limited to,office,field,meetings,hearings,and travel time. Consulting services for expert witness review,deposition,and/or testimony will be provided at one and one-half times our standard rates. Overtime also may be charged at one and one-half times our standard rates. DIRECT COSTS Certain identifiable direct costs will be charged to the project at cost plus ten percent.Examples of direct costs include subconsultants, vehicle or equipment rentals,airplane and train fares,parking,per diem and lodging,mileage(at IRS rates),communications,reproduction, and supplies.A 4-wheel drive premium will be charged at$25 per project day.There will be additional charges for use of noise monitors, GPS,and other field equipment,as well as for plotting,color printing,and aerial photographs. Payment Invoices will be submitted monthly.Payment on invoices is due within thirty days of receipt. PROFESSIONAL RATES Current hourly rates for consulting services: Principal $230-300 Principal Acoustician $215-225 Principal Biologist $225-290 Principal Landscape Architect $190-210 Principal Planner $220-290 Principal Regulatory Specialist $225-290 Principal Cultural Resources Specialist $190-210 Safety Manager $210-220 Senior Fisheries Scientist $250-255 Senior Noise/Air Quality Specialist $200-220 Senior Project Manager 1-III $165-230 Senior Scientist $155-195 Senior Regulatory Specialist $160-$170 Project Manager 1-III $135-175 Assistant Project Manager $120-145 Regulatory Specialist $105-150 Environmental Planner 1-III $105-135 Biologist I-V $100-155 Noise/Air Quality Specialist $130-145 Environmental Compliance Specialist $85-125 Senior Archaeologist $125-170 Senior Architectural Historian $165-175 Archaeology Field Director $125-$135 Architectural Historian $120-155 Staff Archaeologist $80-125 Senior Landscape Architect $145-160 Landscape Architect $120-140 Landscape Planner 1-III $110-120 Senior GIS Specialist $150-185 GIS Specialist 1-III $110-140 Graphics $115-$125 Technical Editor $110-125 Operations Manager $100-140 Word Processor 1-111 $90-100 Clerical $65-75 Ds wk,E3c, Rates are subject to change on a yearly basis