Resolution No. 74761 RESOLUTION NO. 7476
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
3 VERNON APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN
AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BY AND BETWEEN
4 THE CITY OF VERNON AND TETRA TECH, INC.
INFRASTRUCTURE SOUTHWEST GROUP FOR THE PREPARATION
5 OF A SOTO AND 26TH STREET CORRIDOR STUDIES REPORT
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7 WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 7200 adopted on August 4, 1998,
8 the City Council of the City of Vernon approved a Memorandum of
9 Understanding ("MOU") with the Alameda Corridor Transportation
10 Authority (,"ACTA") relating to the construction of the Alameda
11 Corridor Transportation Project ("Project"), a portion of which will
12 be located within the City of Vernon; and
13 WHEREAS, the MOU provides that feasibility studies may be
14 conducted to assist in the remediation of the effects of the Project
15 on the City and requires the involvement of the California Department
16 of Transportation ("Caltrans") in the study preparation process; and
17 WHEREAS, as part of the Project, the City of Vernon was
18 granted $300,000.00 in Federal Aid money to prepare feasibility
19 studies of congestion and traffic management in order to identify
20 potential impacts that would result from the construction of the
21 Project; and
22 WHEREAS, the City staff determined that the City would
23 benefit from allocating a portion of these funds to produce a Corridor
24 Studies Report ("CSR") of 26tn Street and Soto Street which would
25 identify the potential improvements to these streets necessary to
26 mitigate impacts and future traffic demands resulting from the
27 Project; and
28 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon has received an "Authorization to
I Proceed" from Caltrans; and
2 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon desired to retain the services of
3 an engineering firm to perform a CSR and advertised for a Request for
4 Proposal ("RFP"); and
5 WHEREAS, Tetra -Tech, Inc. Infrastructure Southwest Group
6 ("Tetra Tech") responded to the City's RFP and is a company with
7 expertise in the field of environmental engineering; and
8 WHEREAS, the City desires to engage the environmental
9 engineering services of Tetra -Tech, and Tetra -Tech is willing to
10 provide such consulting services to the City at a cost not to exceed
11 One Hundred Ninety -Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty -Nine Dollars and
12 No Cents ($194,439.00) and complete said work within one hundred
13 twenty (120) days from the date of execution of the agreement, subject
14 to said work being approved by the City.
15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
16 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
17 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
18 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true
19 and correct.
20 SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
21 approves the Agreement For Professional Services, a copy of which has
22 been presented to the City Council concurrently with this resolution,
23 and the City Council hereby orders said Agreement to be received and
24 filed by the City Clerk.
25 SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
26 authorizes the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute said Agreement for,
27 and on behalf of, the City of Vernon.
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SECTION 4: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
certify to the passage of this resolution, and thereupon and
thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of January, 2000.
ATTEST:
BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
LEONIS C. MALBURG, Kayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No.
7476, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at an
adjourned regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Tuesday,
January 25, 2000, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the
City of Vernon. /
(SEAL)
BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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