File #: 13-0628    Name: EMC Planning Group, Inc. (Paraiso Hot Springs)
Type: General Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 6/5/2013 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 6/18/2013 Final action: 6/18/2013
Title: a. Approve Amendment No. 2 to Professional Services Agreement No. A-12306 with EMC Planning Group, Inc. (EMC) where the Base Budget is increased by $6,010.00 for a total amount not to exceed $156,414.80 to provide for new tasks associated with peer review/analysis of ten (10) special-status plant and animal species and stream channel impact for completion of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Paraiso Hot Springs Resort (PLN040183), for a term through June 30, 2014; and b. Authorize the Director of Planning to execute Amendment No. 2 to Professional Services Agreement No. A-12306 and future amendments to this Agreement where the amendments do not significantly alter the scope of work or change the approved Agreement amount. (REF110063/ EMC Planning Group, Inc. and PLN040183/Environmental Impact Report for the Paraiso Hot Springs Resort)
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Amendment No. 2 to PSA, 2. Attachment B - Synopsis of PSA, 3. Completed Board Order, 4. Fully Executed Agreement, Amendment No. 2 PSA between CoMo & EMC Planning Group, Inc., 5. Fully Executed Agreement, Amendment No. 3 to PSA, 6. Fully Executed Agreement, Amendment No. 4 between the County of Monterey and EMC Planning Group, Inc., 7. Fully Executed Agreement between the County of Monterey and EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Title
a. Approve Amendment No. 2 to Professional Services Agreement No. A-12306 with EMC Planning Group, Inc. (EMC) where the Base Budget is increased by $6,010.00 for a total amount not to exceed $156,414.80 to provide for new tasks associated with peer review/analysis of ten (10) special-status plant and animal species and stream channel impact for completion of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Paraiso Hot Springs Resort (PLN040183), for a term through June 30, 2014; and
b. Authorize the Director of Planning to execute Amendment No. 2 to Professional Services Agreement No. A-12306 and future amendments to this Agreement where the amendments do not significantly alter the scope of work or change the approved Agreement amount.
(REF110063/ EMC Planning Group, Inc. and PLN040183/Environmental Impact Report for the Paraiso Hot Springs Resort)

Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve Amendment No. 2 to Professional Services Agreement No. A-12306 with EMC Planning Group, Inc. (EMC) where the Base Budget is increased by $6,010.00 for a total amount not to exceed $156,414.80 to provide for new tasks associated with peer review/analysis of ten (10) special-status plant and animal species and stream channel impact for completion of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Paraiso Hot Springs Resort (PLN040183), for a term through June 30, 2014; and
b. Authorize the Director of Planning to execute Amendment No. 2 to Professional Services Agreement No. A-12306 and future amendments to this Agreement where the amendments do not significantly alter the scope of work or change the approved Agreement amount.

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

DISCUSSION:
This is the second amendment to the PSA. The prior increase was related to analyzing consistency with the 1982 General Plan and impacts to an intermittent stream on site. As part of the biological ana...

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