HomeMy Public PortalAbout2022.251 (08-16-22) RESOLUTION NO. 2022.251
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING
THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
AGREEMENT WITH RAMBOLL TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE
AGREEMENT AND INCREASE THE ALLOCATION TO A NOT TO
EXCEED AMOUNT OF $4,387,4920 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
RELATED TO THE SCOPE OF WORK OUTLINED IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL — EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION GRANT (DTSC-ECRG) AT PROPERTY
LOCATED AT AND AROUND 11600 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD
BASED ON THE AWARD AND CONTRACT OF THE DTSC-ECRG
GRANT; AND, ALLOCATE AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE 11600
LONG BEACH DTSC-ECRG ACCOUNT TO COVER COST OF SAID
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Lynwood ("City") has been notified by the Regional Water
Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region ("RWQCB"),that corrective action must be taken
by responsible parties to ensure protection of human health, safety, and the environment
due to unauthorized releases of hazardous material into the groundwater and soil in the
vicinity of 11600 Long Beach Boulevard ("Site"); and
WHEREAS, in 2014, the City reached a settlement with responsible parties and the
property owner of 11600 Long Beach Boulevard for purposes of addressing the
contamination and acquired funds from said settlement necessary to undertake some of the
costs of remediation required and City has expended the fund; and
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2018 the City approved a Professional Services
Agreements ("Agreement") with Ramboll ("Consultant") to provide environmental
remediation services to the City including but not limited to advisory services, the design of
pilot soil vapor extraction (SVE) system, which is necessary to determine the efficacy of
an SVE system for remediation and will inform the Interim Remedial Action Plan ([RAP);
and
WHEREAS, the total amount of the for these Agreements were allocated from the
11600 Long Beach Boulevard Settlement account; and
WHEREAS, on June 16, 2020, the City Council approved a First Amendment to
the Agreement, which provided the first time extension; and
WHEREAS, due to a number of issues including vandalism, insurance
reimbursement for the damaged equipment, the project tasks were not completed by the
expiration date; and
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WHEREAS, on August 17, 2021 a Second Amendment was approved and
ongoing environmental research and site review continued while the Consultant worked
through a number of impediments as related to the permitting and startup activities of the
system and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the City in its efforts to remediate the site for future development
initiated bi-weekly meetings with the RWQCB, DTSC, and Consultant commencing in
Spring of 2020; and
WHEREAS, in March 2022, the City, RWQCB, DTSC and Consultant developed
and achieved conceptual agreement and direction on an outline for an interim remedial
action plan for the non-source portion of the overall development site; and
WHEREAS, in June, 2022 the City was awarded a Department of Toxic Substance
Control — Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (DTSC-ECRG) in the amount of
$4,874,991 to remediate the development site for the proposed market; and
WHEREAS, the DTSC-ECRG grant has a twenty-four-month expenditure and
completion schedule which commenced in June 2022; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to act immediately and move forward, based on
the DTSC-ECRG funding source to enter into a Third Amendment to the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to get back on track with the remediation activities;
and
WHEREAS, the Scope of Work described by the City in its DTSC-ECRG Grant
includes services that Ramboll will perform, under the DTSC-ECRG contract grant
requirements, on behalf of the City as the grant awardee which includes the cleanup
portion of the awarded grant amount in the amount of approximately $4,387,991; and
WHEREAS, Ramboll will follow the requirements of the DTSC-ECRG contract
entered into by the City for the grant; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to continue with the completion of the cleanup,
development of the Site and to proceed with the tasks outlined in the Agreement's Scope
of Work, it is critical for the continuance of the remediation at the Site and the furtherance
of development activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES
HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, ORDER AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Lynwood hereby authorizes the
appropriation of $4,387,492 of the $4,874,991 from the DTSC-ECRG Grant for 11600
Long Beach Boulevard for environmental remediation services as approved by and under
the terms of the DTSC-ECRG Grant award to the City.
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Section 2. The City Council of the City of Lynwood hereby authorizes the City
Manager, or his designee, to take necessary steps, including the execution of the Third
Amendment to the Agreement and other related documents with the Consultant to
undertake the implementation of all related services under the Agreement's Scope of
Work.
Section 3. The City Council of the City of Lynwood authorizes, in a form
approved by the City Attorney, a Third Amendment to the Agreement with Ramboll for a
not to exceed amount of $4,387,492 for the period of June 22, 2022 to June 21, 2024,
unless brought back to Council for an amendment and or extension.
Section 4. The Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget will be amended by appropriating
funds from the appropriate DTSC-ECRG Fund for the Site.
Section 5. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and
hereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 16rd day of August 2022.
Jor ayor
ATTEST:
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Maria Quinonez, Cify Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM APPROVED AS TO CONTENT
Noel Tapia, City Attor y Ernie er andez, City Manager
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Maria Quinonez, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Lynwood at a meeting held on the 16t" day of AUGUST, 2022.
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS FLORES, SANTANA, SOTO, MAYOR PRO TEM
SOLACHE AND MAYOR CASANOVA
NOES: NONE
ABSENT : NONE
ABSTAIN : NONE
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Maria Quinonez,
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Maria Quinonez, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and the
Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the above foregoing is a full,
true and correct copy of Resolution No. 2022.251 on file in my office and that said
Resolution was adopted on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 16th day
of AUGUST, 2022.
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Maria Quinonez,
City Clerk
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