HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-09-17 CC Mtg - C4. PSA with RESPEC for Wetland Consulting ServicesCommission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor & City Commission
FROM: Brian Krueger, Development Review Manager
Martin Matsen, Director of Community Development
SUBJECT: Authorize city manager to sign a professional services agreement with RESPEC for
wetland consulting services during the development review process for 2017
MEETING DATE: January 9, 2017
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the city manager’s signature on the 2017 professional services
agreement with RESPEC for wetland consulting services.
SUGGESTED MOTION: I authorize the city manager to sign the 2017 professional services agreement
with RESPEC for wetland consulting services.
BACKGROUND: This is a consent item for the city manager’s signature in order to enter into an
agreement for professional services for wetland consulting services to support the development review
process. The City does not have a standing wetland review board to provide recommendations on
development review projects and to administer the wetlands regulations established in the Unified
Development Code under Article 30. In lieu of a recommendation from a Wetlands Review Board, the
City will utilize contract services to perform wetlands review. RESPEC is a regional firm with a local
office. Wetland scientists will perform the review and produce a report per the attached scope of work.
The Department of Community Development has approved budget resources to fund professional services
of this type. The review will be as needed and dependent upon whether or not each project includes
wetlands and/or watercourses that contain adjacent wetlands.
The contracts will be managed by the development review division of Community Development. Brian
Krueger, Development Review Manager will be the City’s representative for the contract. The agreement
terms include the option to extend the agreement yearly, not to exceed a total agreement length of three
years.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None at this time.
ALTERNATIVES: N/A.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The Department of Community Development has approved 2017 budget resources
to fund professional services of this type.
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Attachments: RESPEC professional services agreement
Wetland Review Scope of Work
Report compiled on: December 30, 2016
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ATTACHMENT A
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ATTACHMENT A
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City of Bozeman, Wetland Review Services
Project application wetlands and watercourse technical review.
Scope of Work:
The majority of the work is anticipated to be assigned on an as-needed/on-call basis. The general
municipal wetland and watercourse support work may include, but is not limited to the
following: the consultant will perform wetland and watercourse review for substantial
conformance with City’s wetland regulations in Article 30, Section 38 of the Bozeman
Municipal Code. This will consist of the review of wetland studies, wetland delineations and
other related reports included with development review project applications in accordance with
the most current version of the development codes and standards as adopted by the City of
Bozeman.
The consultant will review the project application and wetland related submittal materials
including wetland studies, wetland delineations, draft permits and other related reports; will
evaluate the impacts that the proposed regulated activities may have on delineated wetlands and
provide recommendations on wetlands protection, mitigation and/or enhancement.
The consultant will specifically provide the City a recommendation on all proposed buffers; a
recommendation on all proposed modifications and impacts to wetland and call out any specific
details regarding incomplete or incorrect items on the plans and/or reports, and a description of
what corrections or additions are required as well as references to the specific, applicable code
sections relating to the deficiencies. The consultant will review any proposed mitigation,
including type, quality, and location and make a recommendation on the proposed approach.
A report shall be submitted with this evaluation for each project in both paper and digital
formats. The report shall include a summary of the written review including clear findings and
recommendations. This report shall be completed ten working days from the date that the City
submits the application materials to the consultant for review in digital format.
Attendance at preliminary application or site review or other meetings may be occasionally
required. As directed, the consultant may periodically provide support before the Bozeman City
Commission as an expert on the subject matter.
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