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Subject: Professional Services Agreement For The West Oakland Sustainable Transportation Equity Projects (STEPS)
From: Transportation Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To:
(1) Accept And Appropriate Sustainable Transportation Equity Project (STEP) Grant Funds In The Amount Of Seven Million Six Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-One Dollars And Ninety-Nine Cents ($7,665,371.99) To Implement The West Oakland STEP Program, Administered By The California Air Resources Board (CARB); And
(2) Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement With Oakland Parks And Recreation Foundation As A Fiscal Agent For The West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Urban Biofilter, And West Oakland Green Initiative In An Amount Not-To-Exceed Two Million Eight Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Dollars And Zero Cents ($2,884,200.00); And
(3) Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement With The Crucible In An Amount Not-To-Exceed Three Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Three Hundred Twenty- Nine Dollars And Ninety-Five Cents ($364,329.95); And
(4) Waive The City’s Competitive Request For Proposals/Qualifications Selection Process; And
(5) Allocate Two Million Eight Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars ($2,893,956) In Local Match; And
(6) Adopt Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings