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Subject: Communication sponsored by Mayor Mason, on behalf of the Director of City Development, requesting approval of Environmental Consultants (as solicited by Official Notice 17-2020 - Request for Qualification, Environmental and Engineering Services related to Brownfield Initiatives) and the permission to enter into professional services contracts.
Recommendation of the Finance and Personnel Committee on 04-26-2021: That the request for approval of Environmental Consultants as solicited by Official Notice 17-2020 and the permission to enter into professional services contracts be approved. Further, that the Mayor, City Clerk, and Executive Director of the Community Development Authority/Director of City Development, or their designees, and authorized representatives be authorized to negotiate and execute a professional services contract with Terracon Consultants, Inc. and negotiate and execute a professional services contract with LF Green Development, LLC for environmental consulting services as related to brownfield initiatives, on the City’s behalf.
Fiscal Note: In the past, the vast majority (70%) of funding for the environmental consultant has come from grant funding either from the US EPA or WI DNR. Other funding has been obtained from Tax Increments District administrative and environmental funds, general professional service accounts of the Department of City Development and the CDA, project specific line items in the City’s Capital Improvement Budget, and cost sharing with the property owner or developer. While being highly project and/or grant driven, estimated annual brownfield environmental consultant expenditures average $200,000.