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Resolution: R-15-0073
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 15-00139 Final Action Date: 2/26/2015
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 $1,000,000.00, THEREBY INCREASING THE TOTAL
CONTRACT AMOUNT FROM $1,500,000.00, TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$2,500,000,00; ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR SAID INCREASE, FROM THE
APPROPRIATE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 3 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, on April 24, 2014, pursuant to Resolution No. 14-0155, the City Commission
approved Amendment No. 2, increasing the PSA expenditure limit by a not to exceed amount of
$500,000.00, from an original $1,000,000.00, to a total not to exceed amount of $1,500,000.00, 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, the City has realized an increase in new cases of public lands which have
contaminants onsite including the discovery of such contaminants on public parks that were formerly
landfill sites; and
WHEREAS, the City has found it is in the best interest of the public to immediately conduct site
assessments to prepare the necessary remediation and monitoring plans to cleanup the
contaminated sites; 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
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WHEREAS, the site assessment strategies and the cleanup action plans that SCS Engineers
has and is 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 under the PSA with SCS Engineers is not
sufficient to cover the costs necessary to address existing and further outstanding environmental
remediation assignments; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary to enter into Amendment No. 3 with SCS Engineers, increasing
the PSA by $1,000,000.00, from $1,500,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $2,500,000.00;
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 an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00, thereby increasing
the PSA amount from $1,500,000.00, to an amount not to exceed $2,500,000.00, 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. 3 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 (10)
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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