File #: 13-1070    Name: Benchmark Resources
Type: General Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/7/2013 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 10/22/2013 Final action: 10/22/2013
Title: a. Approve Amendment No. 3 to Professional Services Agreement No. A-11561 with Benchmark Land Use Group, Inc. (d.b.a. Benchmark Resources) to include annual State of California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) review and annual inspection reports for 2013 for sixteen (16) mine sites located in the County of Monterey, and for assistance to meet the requirements of the County's SMARA compliance program, in the amount of $127,520.00 for a total amount not to exceed $306,113.50, and extend the term to January 31, 2014; and b. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to execute Amendment No. 3 to Professional Services Agreement No. A-11561. (REF110047/Benchmark Resources)
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Amendment No. 3 to PSA No. A-11561, 2. Attachment B - Synopsis of PSA, 3. Completed Board Order, 4. Fully Executed Agreement, Amendment No. 3 to PSA between Co.Mo. and Bechmark Land Use Group, Inc.
Title
a. Approve Amendment No. 3 to Professional Services Agreement No. A-11561 with Benchmark Land Use Group, Inc. (d.b.a. Benchmark Resources) to include annual State of California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) review and annual inspection reports for 2013 for sixteen (16) mine sites located in the County of Monterey, and for assistance to meet the requirements of the County's SMARA compliance program, in the amount of $127,520.00 for a total amount not to exceed $306,113.50, and extend the term to January 31, 2014; and
b. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to execute Amendment No. 3 to Professional Services Agreement No. A-11561.
(REF110047/Benchmark Resources)

Report
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve Amendment No. 3 to Professional Services Agreement No. A-11561 with Benchmark Land Use Group, Inc. (d.b.a. Benchmark Resources) to include annual State of California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) review and annual inspection reports for 2013 for sixteen (16) mine sites located in the County of Monterey, and for assistance to meet the requirements of the County's SMARA compliance program, in the amount of $127,520.00 for a total amount not to exceed $306,113.50, and extend the term to January 31, 2014; and
b. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to execute Amendment No. 3 to Professional Services Agreement No. A-11561.

SUMMARY:
See Synopsis of Professional Services Agreement (PSA) (Attachment B).

DISCUSSION:
On November 3, 2009, the Board of Supervisors approved PSA No. A-11561 with Resource Design Technology in the amount of $128,700.00 to provide Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) annual inspections for the County of Monterey Resource Management Agency - Planning Request for Proposals (RFP) #10209 for a period of three years, from November 3, 2009 to November 3, 2012.

On June 7, 2011, the Contracts/Purchasing Officer executed a County Consent to Assignment for PSA No. ...

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