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Resolution: R-14-0155
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 14-00359 Final Action Date: 4/24/2014
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
("PSA") WITH STEARNS, CONRAD AND SCHMIDT CONSULTING ENGINEERS,
INC. D/B/A SCS ENGINEERS ("SCS ENGINEERS"), FOR THE PROVISION OF
MISCELLANEOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES, IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $500,000.00, THEREBY INCREASING THE TOTAL CONTRACT
AMOUNT FROM $1,000,000.00, TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,500,000.00;
ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR SAID INCREASE, FROM THE APPROPRIATE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE PSA WITH SCS ENGINEERS, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, on October 24, 2012, pursuant to Request for Qualifications No. 10-11-045, the
City of Miami ("City") executed a Professional Services Agreement ("PSA") with Stearns, Conrad and
Schmidt Consulting Engineers, Inc. d/b/a SCS Engineers ("SCS Engineers"), for the provision of
Miscellaneous Environmental Engineering Services, in an amount not to exceed $500,000.00; and
WHEREAS, on October 24, 2013, pursuant to Resolution No. 13-0432, the City Commission
approved Amendment No. 1, increasing the PSA expenditure limit by a not to exceed amount of
$500,000.00, from an original $500,000.00 to a total not to exceed amount of $1,000,000.00, due to
several environmental remediation assignments which required continuation of services for
compliance with regulatory requirements set by the Miami -Dade County Department of Regulatory
and Economic Resources; and
WHEREAS, SCS Engineers has prior experience with assessment and remediation of
Miami -Dade County parks with similar issues related to former landfill activities; and
WHEREAS, the site assessment strategies and the cleanup action plans that SCS Engineers
have and are in the process of proposing, have resulted in cost savings in an increasingly expensive
endeavor to achieve environmental compliance; and
WHEREAS, the current remaining contract capacity is not sufficient to cover the costs
necessary to address further outstanding environmental remediation assignments, including but not
limited to, oversight at Blanche Park, Merrie Christmas Park, Curtis Park, Bayfront Park, Melreese
Golf Course, and the Coconut Grove Fire Rescue Training; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary to enter into Amendment No. 2 with SCS Engineers,
increasing the PSA by $500,000.00, from $1,000,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00;
and
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WHEREAS, funds are to be allocated from the appropriate Capital Improvement Projects;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted
by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. An increase to the PSA with SCS Engineers, for the provision of Miscellaneous
Environmental Engineering Services, in the amount of $500,000.00, thereby increasing the PSA
amount from $1,000,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00, is authorized, with funds for
said increase, allocated from the appropriate Capital Improvement Projects.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute Amendment No. 2 to the PSA, in
substantially the attached form, with SCS Engineers, for said purpose.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor. {2}
Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City
Charter and Code provisions.
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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