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RESOLUTION NO. 15006
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL APPROVING AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HALEY & ALDRICH, INC. FOR
ADDITIONAL SERVICES IN COORDINATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN UMBRELLA
PERMIT FOR PRIVATE DOCK DREDGING IN THE SAN RAFAEL CANAL, IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $16,200
WHEREAS, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is responsible to provide
maintenance dredging of the Federally Authorized Channel of the San Rafael Canal, but
is not authorized or responsible to dredge privately held property adjacent to the Federally
Authorized Channel; and
WHEREAS, Canal side property owners, including the City of San Rafael (City),
have the responsibility to dredge their in-water property should they desire to have access
to the Canal; and
WHEREAS, the regulatory agencies with responsibility for water quality in the
Canal require that property owners obtain a permit prior to dredging any sediment from
the Canal; and
WHEREAS, the regulatory agencies allow individual property owners to aggregate
their permit requests under one larger “umbrella” permit for ease of application and
approval; and
WHEREAS, the City issued a request for expressions of interest to assemble an
umbrella permit for the private dredging of the San Rafael Canal and received more than
160 responses from individual property owners; and
WHEREAS, any property owner who wishes to participate in the umbrella permit
will be required to pay for a portion of the management costs to administer the umbrella
permit and will be required to pay for the volume of dredged materials removed from their
property; and
WHEREAS, the City entered into a Professional Services Agreement dated June
28, 2021 with Haley & Aldrich, Inc. for consulting services to administer the umbrella
permit to dredge the private properties adjacent to the Federally Authorized Channel,
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including the preparation of surveys, exhibits, and engineering work required to seek
regulatory approval, for a cost not to exceed $74,700 (the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, since the commencement of the Agreement, the regulatory agencies
have imposed additional requirements on the umbrella permit applicants; and
WHEREAS, the City requires additional consulting services from Haley & Aldrich,
Inc. to cover the additional work required by the regulatory agencies; and
WHEREAS, staff received a proposal from Haley & Aldrich, Inc. for the additional
required services in a total amount not to exceed $16,200, and staff has reviewed the
proposal and found it complete and within industry standards;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL RESOLVES
as follows:
1. The Council hereby approves and authorizes the City Manager to execute a First
Amendment to the Agreement with Haley & Aldrich, Inc for additional consulting
services in connection with the umbrella permit required to dredge the privately
held portions of the San Rafael Canal, in an additional amount not to exceed
$16,200 and a revised total contract value not to exceed $90,900, in the form
included with the staff report supporting this resolution, subject to final approval as
to form by the City Attorney.
2. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to take any and all such actions
and make changes as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose of this
resolution.
I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the
Council of said City on the 6th day of December 2021, by the following vote, to wit:
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AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk