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2012/06/19 Riverside, County TLMA planning services Apr SUBMITTAL TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Ip IZ W COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA FROM: TLMA— Planning Department SUBMITTAL DATE: July 31, 2012 SUBJECT: Agreement for Professional Services between the County of Riverside, TLMA— Planning Department and the City of Menifee. RECOMMENDED MOTION: That the Board of Supervisors: 1) Ratify the Professional Services Agreement between the County of Riverside and the City of Menifee; and authorize Chairman to execute the same; and 2) Direct the Planning Director to administer the contract. g BACKGROUND: The current Service Agreement with the City of Menifee expired on June 30, 2012. The City of Menifee has requested the Planning Department to provide professional services including E but not limited to Archeological, Biological, Geological, Planning Services, and Landscape Architect J Q Review. to o 0 The Planning department will only perform services as requested by the City. All work will be performed 0 under the direction of the City at the rates set forth in the Service Agreement. This hourly rate covers U the full cost of County services. 0 inftiais: Caroly Sym Luna, Director U CSL:ph 0 > • Current F.Y.Total Cost: - $N/A In Current Year Budget: N/A O� FINANCIAL Current F.Y. Net County Cost: $ N/A Budget Adjustment: N/A a = DATA Annual Net County Cost: $ N/A For Fiscal Year: 2012/2013 ZC SOURCE OF FUNDS: N/A Positions To Be ❑ M Deleted Per A-30 O } Requires 415 Vote ❑ u_ ao C.E.O. RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE v i NE F' --Er-GO tNu IS A FULL TRUE ANis DOPY OF A MINUTE ORDER OF By OF :PERVISORS F_NTEP,ED Tina Grande N a a County Executive Office Signature KECIA HARrPEC THEM,Cleric of rile Bnard of . w ii--iversida,C lwik a MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF S? ;,. C C 0 S On motion of Supervisor Stone, seconded by Supervisor Benoit and duly carried by ❑ ❑ unanimous vote, IT WAS ORDERED that the above matter is approved as recommended. Ayes: Buster, Tavaglione, Stone, Benoit and Ashley Nays: None Kecia Harper4hem Absent: None CleMeVp Date: July 31, 2012 By: E xc: Planning O 0 X Prev. Agn. Ref.: 10/19/10 #3.47, 7/12/11 #3.39 District: Agenda Number: o a _ All PTTk.:rrr,"r_ly ! S FILEC WITH THE CLERK OF Ti"E BOARD • 6 1 AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 2 BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE 3 AND THE CITY OF MENIFEE 4 � 5 The County of Riverside, California (hereinafter "COUNTY"), and the City of Menifee, California 6 (hereinafter "CITY"), hereby agree as follows: 7 8 RECITALS 9 A. CITY desires that the following COUNTY departments within the Transportation & Land 10 Management Agency (hereinafter "TLMA") provide certain professional services for CITY: 11 the Planning Department, including the Environmental Programs Division. 12 B. Services by other COUNTY departments or agencies are not the subject of this Agreement. 13 „ C. COUNTY and CITY desire to define the scope of the professional services to be provided 14 and the terms and conditions pursuant to which COUNTY will provide the professional 15 services. 16 i' NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows: 17 18 SECTION 1 - RECITALS INCORPORATED n 19 The foregoing recitals are incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement by this 20 reference. 21 22 SECTION 2 -ADMINISTRATION 23 The TLMA Director, or his designee, shall administer this Agreement on behalf of COUNTY 24 (hereinafter "COUNTY'S contract administrator"). The CITY manager, or his designee, shall 25 administer this Agreement on behalf of CITY (hereinafter "CITY'S contract administrator"). 26 27 SECTION 3 - SCOPE OF SERVICES 28 i j Upon CITY'S request and COUNTY'S approval as set forth herein, COUNTY will provide the 29 i 1 professional services described in Attachments A to this Agreement, as well as any other 2 professional services mutually agreed to by the parties (hereinafter"professional services"). 3 COUNTY, or consultants under contract to COUNTY, if any, shall comply with CITY codes in 4 providing the professional services. COUNTY shall work directly with CITY and its staff in 5 providing the professional services. COUNTY staff shall consult with CITY staff if CITY staff 6 desires such consultation. COUNTY shall not be required to, and shall not, respond to any 7 person or entity other than CITY concerning the professional services it provides. CITY shall be 8 responsible for responding to all such persons or entities as set forth herein. 9 10 SECTION 4 - REQUESTS FOR SERVICES 11 CITY may use any desired means or process to decide whether to request professional 12 services. CITY may request professional services for a single project or a group or class of 13 1 11 projects. CITY shall make all requests for professional services in writing and CITY'S contract 14 ' administrator shall send such requests to COUNTY'S contract administrator. Before requesting 15 professional services, CITY'S contract administrator may ask COUNTY'S contract administrator 16 for a written estimate of the cost of the services. 17 j 18 SECTION 5 - APPROVAL OF REQUESTS 19 If COUNTY agrees to provide the professional services requested, COUNTY'S contract 20 administrator shall notify CITY'S contract administrator and the appropriate TLMA department in 21 writing. If the appropriate TLMA department has an established procedure for providing the 22 professional services requested (hereinafter"service delivery procedure"), the written notification 23 to CITY shall include the service delivery procedure. Services shall be provided in accordance 24 with the service delivery procedure unless the parties mutually agree to a different procedure. 25 COUNTY shall not provide professional services if the request for such services is not made and 26 approved in the manner described above. 27 28 29 II 2 1 SECTION 6 - DANGEROUS CONDITION EXCEPTION 2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4. and 5. of this Agreement, COUNTY is hereby 3 authorized to immediately remedy any dangerous condition it encounters in the course of 4 ! providing professional services, and CITY hereby agrees to pay the costs incurred by COUNTY 5 for such remediation. For purposes of this Agreement, a dangerous condition shall be any 6 condition that may result in imminent personal injury or property damage. COUNTY contract 7 administrator shall promptly notify CITY contract administrator of any dangerous condition 8 remedied pursuant to this exception. 9 10 SECTION 7 - PERTINENT INFORMATION 11 �' Once a request for professional services has been made and approved in the manner described 12 above, CITY'S contract administrator shall promptly transmit to COUNTY'S contract 13 administrator all pertinent information concerning the project or group or class of projects. Such 14 information shall include, but not be limited to, CITY'S case file(s); CITY'S approvals; CITY'S 15 codes; CITY'S General Plan; any applicable specific plans; and any reports relating to biology, 16 cultural resources, paleontology or geology. 17 18 SECTION 8 - PERSONNEL 19 In providing the professional services described in this Agreement, COUNTY and its staff shall 20 I be considered independent contractors and shall not be considered CITY employees for any 21 purpose. COUNTY staff shall at all times be under COUNTY'S exclusive direction and control. 22 COUNTY shall pay all wages, salaries and other amounts due such personnel in connection with 23 their provision of the professional services and as required by law. COUNTY staff shall be 24 located at COUNTY facilities. 25 II 26 III SECTION 9 - VEHICLES 27 If CITY chooses to provide vehicles for COUNTY'S use in providing professional services, the 28 vehicles shall meet COUNTY'S specifications, shall be adequately equipped and ready for 29 3 i 1 service and shall be registered in the name of CITY. CITY-owned vehicles shall only be used for 2 CITY-approved functions. 3 4 SECTION 10 - COST OF SERVICES 5 Unless the parties have mutually agreed to a set fee for professional services, CITY shall pay 6 COUNTY for all such services, including staff-to-staff consultations, at the hourly rates set forth 7 in Attachment B to this Agreement. CITY shall pay COUNTY for each hour of services it 8 provides, or each fraction of an hour billed at 1/10th increments, including any required travel 9 time. CITY may request overtime hours at the hourly rates set forth in Attachment B, if overtime 10 hours are offered by the appropriate COUNTY department. Notwithstanding the above, CITY 11 shall pay COUNTY the full costs of producing any aerial photographs, aerial maps or satellite 12 images for CITY. If CITY chooses to provide vehicles for COUNTY'S use, CITY shall also pay 13 COUNTY the full costs of operating such vehicles, including, but not limited to, fuel, 14 maintenance, and licensing costs. 15 16 SECTION 11 - RECORDS and BILLING 17 COUNTY'S contract administrator shall submit to CITY'S contract administrator a monthly 18 invoice which shall include an itemized accounting of all services performed and the cost 19 j thereof. 20 21 SECTION 12 - PAYMENTS 22 i CITY shall pay each monthly invoice within thirty (30) days of the date CITY'S contract 23 administrator receives the invoice from COUNTY'S contract administrator. CITY may dispute 24 any monthly invoice by submitting a written description of the dispute to COUNTY'S contract 25 administrator within ten (10) days of the date CITY'S contract administrator receives the invoice 26 from COUNTY'S contract administrator. CITY may defer the payment of any portion of the 27 invoice in dispute until such time as the dispute is resolved; however, all portions of the invoice 28 not in dispute must be paid within the thirty (30)-day period set forth herein. 29 4 ij it 1 SECTION 13 - DUTY TO INFORM AND RESPOND 2 CITY'S contract administrator shall promptly transmit to COUNTY'S contract administrator all 3 inquiries, complaints, and correspondence that CITY receives concerning COUNITY'S 4 professional services and all information concerning dangerous conditions that may exist in 5 CITY. COUNTY'S contract administrator shall promptly transmit to CITY'S contract 6 administrator all inquiries, complaints, and correspondence that COUNTY receives in the course 7 of providing professional services. CITY shall be responsible for responding to all such 8 inquiries, complaints and correspondence. 9 10 SECTION 14 - NOTICES 11 Any notices required or permitted to be sent to either party shall be deemed given when 12 personally delivered to the individuals identified below or when addressed as follows and 13 deposited in the U.S. Mail, postage prepaid: 14 County of Riverside City of Menifee 15 Transportation & Land Management Agency 29714 Haun Road 16 P.O. Box 1409 Menifee, CA 92586 17 Riverside, CA 92502-1409 Attention: Carmen Cave 18 Attention: Planning Department Community Development 19 Director Director 20 21 SECTION 15 - OWNERSHIP OF DATA 22 Ownership and title to all reports, documents, plans, specifications, and estimates produced or 23 compiled pursuant to this Agreement shall automatically be vested in CITY and become the 24 property of CITY. CITY reserves the right to authorize others to use or reproduce such materials 25 and COUNTY shall not circulate such materials, in whole or in part, or release such materials to 26 any person or entity other than CITY without the authorization of CITY'S contract administrator. 27 28 29 5 1 SECTION 16 - CONFIDENTIALITY 2 COUNTY shall observe all Federal and State regulations concerning the confidentiality of 3 records. 4 5 SECTION 17 - INDEMNIFICATION 6 Indemnification by COUNTY. Excepted as provided below in the paragraph entitled "Special 7 Circumstances", COUNTY shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless CITY, its officials, officers, 8 employees and agents from all claims and liability for loss, damage, or injury to property or 9 persons, including wrongful death, based on COUNTY'S negligent acts, omissions or willful 10 misconduct arising out of or in connection with the performance of professional services under i 11 this Agreement including, without limitation, the payment of attorney's fees. 12 Indemnification by CITY. CITY shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless COUNTY, its 13 officials, officers, employees and agents from all claims and liability for loss, damage, or injury to 14 property or persons, including wrongful death, based on CITY'S negligent acts, omissions or 15 willful misconduct arising out of or in connection with the performance of professional services 16 under this Agreement including, without limitation, the payment of attorney's fees. 17 Special Circumstances. Notwithstanding the above, COUNTY shall not indemnify, defend and 18 hold harmless CITY, its officials, officers, employees and agents, and CITY shall indemnify, 19 defend, and hold harmless COUNTY its officials, officers, employees and agents, from all claims 20 !; and liability resulting from any of the following: 21 The invalidity of CITY'S codes. 22 How CITY decides to address, or prioritize actions addressing, alleged violations of 23 ,i CITY'S codes. 24 How CITY decides to maintain, or prioritize the maintenance of, CITY facilities, including, 25 but not limited to, streets and sidewalks. 26 How CITY decides to deploy, or prioritize the deployment of, school crossing guards. 27 The design of CITY facilities, including, but not limited to, streets and sidewalks 28 j constructed after July 1, 2009. 29 r 6 1 CITY'S failure to provide pertinent information and inform as provided in Sections 7. and 2 13. of this Agreement. 3 4 SECTION 18 - INSURANCE 5 The parties agree to maintain the types of insurance and liability limits that are expected for 6 entities of their size and diversity. The types of insurance maintained and the limits of liability for 7 each insurance type shall not limit the indemnification provided by each party to the other. If 8 CITY chooses to provide vehicles for COUNTY'S use, CITY shall maintain liability insurance for 9 the CITY-owned vehicles and insurance for any physical damage to the CITY-owned vehicles in 10 an amount equal to the replacement value of all vehicles provided. The vehicle policies shall, by 11 endorsement, name COUNTY, its agencies and departments and their respective officials, 12 officers, employees and agents as additional insureds. 13 14 SECTION 19 - IMMUNITIES 15 Nothing in this Agreement is intended to nor shall it impair the statutory limitations and/or 16 immunities applicable or available to the parties under State laws and regulations. 17 18 SECTION 20 - MODIFICATIONS 19 I This Agreement may be amended or modified only by mutual agreement of the parties. No 20 alteration or variation of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and 21 signed by the parties hereto, and no oral understanding or agreement not incorporated herein 22 shall be binding on any of the parties hereto. 23 24 SECTION 21 - WAIVER 25 Any waiver by a party of any breach of one or more of the terms of this Agreement shall not be 26 construed to be a waiver of any subsequent or other breach of the same or of any other term 27 hereof. Failure on the part of either party to require exact, full and complete compliance with any 28 terms of this Agreement shall not be construed as changing in any manner the terms hereof, or 29 'ZI, I 1 estopping that party from enforcing the terms hereof. 2 3 SECTION 22 - SEVERABILITY 4 If any provision in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void 5 or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will nevertheless continue in full force without being 6 impaired or invalidated in any way. 7 8 SECTION 23 - TERM 9 This Agreement shall become effective upon its approval by the Riverside County Board of 10 Supervisors and shall remain in effect until June 30, 2013. This agreement may be terminated 11 by either party upon thirty (30) days written notice to the other party. This Agreement may be 12 extended for up to an additional twelve (12) months if the parties, through their respective 13 governing bodies, mutually agree to the extension in writing and mutually agree on the hourly 14 rate to be charged for services. 15 16 SECTION 24 - ENTIRE AGREEMENT 17 This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their understanding with 18 respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior and contemporaneous 19 agreements and understandings, written or oral. 20 / 21 22 23 24 25 26 / 27 28 29 1 APPROVALS 2 3 COUNTY Approvals CITY Approvals 4 5 APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO FORM: 6 7 - A. L-, Dated: Dated. Katherine A. Lind s F r 9 Assistant County Counsel City Attorney, City of Menifee 10 11 APPROVED OARD OF SUPERVISORS: APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL: 12 4 1 / QaA41to� d: 'JU1 31 2012 c�-�°t—i 1 hn Tav gIion hn V. Denver Chairman, Riverside County Board Mayor, City of Menifee 16 of Supervisors 17 18 - ATTEST: ATTEST: 19 CLERK OF THE BOARD: CITY CLERK: 20 21 22 B . By: ; --- ;;LZf" 23 Deputy Kathy Bennett 24 25 (SEAL) 26 27 28 29 `JUL 31 2012 9 i; 1 ATTACHMENT A 2 3 Planning Department Services, including Environmental Programs Division j 4 5 Upon request and approval as set forth in this Agreement, the Planning Department will do 6 I any of the following: review public and private development projects to ensure that such 7 i projects are consistent with State law and CITY codes; review development projects to 8 determine the level of analysis needed for cultural, paleontological and geologic resources; 9 review reports related to these resources; prepare environmental analyses for development 10 � projects; prepare conditions of approval for development projects; provide any other services 11 customarily provided by a City planning department. 12 13 Upon request and approval as set forth in this Agreement, the Environmental Programs 14 Division will do any of the following: review public and private development projects to 15 j ensure that such projects are consistent with Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plans 16 (MSHCPs); prepare conditions of approval for development projects; process Habitat 17 Acquisition Negotiation Strategy (HANS) applications and conduct Single-Family Expedited 18 Review Processes as required by the Western Riverside County MSHCP; review biological 19 reports and MSHCP consistency analyses; perform habitat assessments and biological 20 surveys. 21 22 23 24 I 25 26 27 28 29 j ,I 10 I I ATTACHMENT B HOURLY RATES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REGULAR OVERTIME DEPARTMENT POSITION HOURS HOURS Geologic and Planning Department Paleontological Services $ 138 N/A Planning Department Archeological Services $ 138 N/A Planning Department and Environmental Programs Division Principal Planner Services $ 140 N/A Planner Services (Including Landscape Architect Planning Department Review) $ 135 N/A Ecological Resource Environmental Programs Division Specialist $106 N/A Environmental Programs Division Clerical $54 N/A