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Home My WebLink About0410.095• TO: FROM: AGENDA DATE: SUBJECT: ,@ City of Palo Alto City Managerls Report HONORABLE CITY COllNCIL 3 CITY MANAGER September 18, 1995 DEPARTMENT, L'TILn'IES CMR:410:95 AmeodmeDt 10 C'lDtracl ror SpeciaJized CoosuIting Services Related 10 western Ana Power Aclminlslration Contract Acti'fities and Electric Industry Restructuring Issues This report requests thai Council owove aOO a.rtl>orize the Mayo< to sigll AmeDllment NQ. 1 to Coott:ICt Nc. C5071633 ..,jlll Resource Management lnteroatiooal, Inc. (RMI) for specwlZed consulting se<Vices on issues related 10 \he Westel"ll Area Power Administration (Wester1!) power conuact, electric industry restnlCttuing, and !be California PuMc U>.ilitles COiI1IlUssion (CPUC) regulatory maIlerS. The amendmeIl! provides for an amount not 10 exceed $90,000 for FY 1995196 aGd eX1ends !be ""'" o{!be COIIIra<;t Ihrougll June 30, 1996. RECOMMENDATIONS Staff rerommeods th.at Council: Autb0ri7" \he Mayor 10 approve AmendmeIl! No. 110 Crntract No. C5071633 with ItMl for an amount not 10 exceed $90,000 for IT 1995196 and eX1end"mg the contract .,,'" througll June 30, 1996. POUCY !MPLICATIONS NOD<. . . -" o EXECllTIVE SUMMARY Staffuscd!he RFP process in 1m to solicit proposals from CO<lSUltJlnlS !hat have developed. IeSpOC1<Cl experti<e in electric utllily regulatory IJllIners. A competitive se1<ctioa prCUS! .... designed to select • consultanl to mainlain ceosistency in !he quality and timeliness ol wo<1:. Eleven Rl'Ps Were sent out and Ibree proposals ,.ere recei>·ed. I. 1993, RMl H. selec1ed; and Iln initillI contracl was signed in September 1993. Based on R.1v!I', performal>:e and cooIinued City Deed, RMJ .. as again retAined in 1994 10 provide these specialized CQQS;llting service>. ~ Deed lor Ih<'se semces continues and RMr. performance continues 10 be eleenen!. Should we require similar services in future years, staff intends 10 conduct a..oother competitive: selectioD process 10 select I consultant 10 maintain consistency of work. In progress are a number ol issues reLlted to Western, sueD as !he proposals 10 transfer ownerWp ol federal Power Marketing Administrations, which coold have • signifJC&lJl impact on the availability and price ol!be Westeru resource. Approximately 60 10 90 percelll ol Palo Aho', electric energy needs is SUWrlCd tmder !be Western contract ar • cO<l olll'l'<oximarcly S2().25 million per year. S!aff believes lhal the City will benefit from e.leOOl"!! !be contrad with R.Ml b1 conrlnuc to utilize its expertise in Wtstem issues to gather information. ad'\-ise stAff, and assist in developing appropriate response strategie<. A!; discussed in the August 3. 1995 CMR (No. 371 :'15), !be <>Dgei,,!! electric indusuy restt\lCturing presen'.s major challenges and opponunities to \he Ci!) ol Palo Alto', electric utili!). During IT 1995196, stAff inlcud5 to imp1<mellt several ol!he recommendations concluded in !he 'Analysis ol Competitive Issues Facing !be Cily ol Palo Alto', Electric lItility' Rq>ort which was prepared by RMI. These activitie< will likely require consultanl expertise to assist in developing appropriate strategie<. Furtber. stAff anticipates !he need lor consultanl assistance in parncipatiog in CI'UC aud state legislature industry restrUcturing octivilies scI>eduled lor FY 19951%. lltiliries staff will coorin"" 10 reprosent !be City betoro Wesre'1l. !be CP1X, and the JegisLltur::. The ~Ilsultan! 1s being retAined primarily foe !be p;1l1lOSCS of information gathering. developmenl ol strategies aud technical .d,'1ce. WJth the Council', approval, !be contract ameodmeOl cau be impJcmeDted in • timely manner so !hat RMI cau assist Sl>ff in l'urtba development ol strategies addressing the Cily's We"",. contract and eJectric industry restructuring issues. Pag. 2 oU , , • • ,:~ :;_\,.,":-~.;:.-.\,;:: , , FISCAL IMPACT Up to $90.00Q may be ""lized under the amended ""ctract dur'.ng I-Y 1995.1%. F.nds for these senlc:es are included in the FY 19951% Electric: Utility', 'Supply Resources" major activity. ENVIRONME1STAL ASSli§MEl'o'T The above recommendatiollS do 001 constitute. project WIder the California Environmental ~I!y Act; lb<rofon:, an e&vironmentil assessment is not required. ATI'ACHMENTS Ame1ldment No. i '" Contract No. C50716~l PREPARED B)": Doug BocdgDOOe. Manager'" Resource Planning DEPARTMENT HEAD APPROY AI.; ~o::,..y,~~~.e.¥- EDW Direc CITY MANAGER. APPRO, AI.; IIy Manager 0IR:410:9S ,-'- < .. -.~:-~: /" ~-, '''-- AIIlIIIDICIDI'1 110. 1 ro CO!lTUC1: 110. C5 0 71 U3 _ nm CITY 011 PALO ALTO AND RBSOCRCB HlUIAGDIEII'l' IIITDHA'l'IOHAL. DIe. .--" This AmendInent. No .. 1 to Contract No_ CSD71633 (·Contract'") is entered into • by <=:l bet"een the CITY OP PALO ALTO .. a chartered city and a municipal corporation of the State of california ("CIT'!"). and QSOORCE WlNAGElo!ENT INTERNATIONAL. INC .• a california co~ratioo. located at 3100 Ziofandel Drive~ Suite 60',Or Sacramento. CA 95S12-~5'16 PCONTRACTOR-). J. Jt ex, A L $: WHEREAS.. t.he Contract .as Ent.ered into between. the "parti.es for t.he prO'Vision of specialized consulting services on elee.ric u~ility matters; and WHEREAS. the parties wish to amend the Contract. NO'W. 'I'KEREFORE 1 in consideration of the covenants~ teor-5. conditions~ aDd provisior~ of this Ameo~~nt. the parties agree: SECTTQN 1~ Section 4 is hereby ~ced~ in whole to read as follows: ·SECTION 4 -COMpENSATION For the full perfor.mance of t~e services described herein by CONTRAC!OR. CITY shall pay CONTRACTOR a total sum not to exceed Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90.0'O'O} for FY 94J95 and Ninety T"nousand Dollars {$90.0(j\l) for FY S5/9~~ payable within thirty (30) cays of submission by CON'I'RACTOR of its itemized billings in triplicate, in accordance ~th the attached fee Sc~edule~ marked Exhibit ·B~ and incorporated herein by this referen~e~· SECTiON 2~ Section 6 is hereby ~~~ded. in Whole to read as follows: The services to be perfor.ned hereunder shall conme:o.ce on July 1; 1994. and shall be completed by June 30. 1996. in accordance with the time schedule set forth in Exhibit A~· SECTION 3. Except as herein modified, all other prOV1s1OQS of the Contract I inclu~ing any ~ibits and subsequent amendments thereto. shall remain in full force and effect. 1 ~ -" o IN In'l'NESS WHEREOF. the parties have by their dilly authorized representatives executed this Amendmen.t on the date first abo".re written. ATTI!ST: City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Senior ASst. City Attorney APPROVED: City Manager Director of Utilities " Deputy City Manager~ Administrative Services R.isk Ma..!lager 2 CITY OF PALO ALTO Mayor DSOUR-CB to.NAGEMEN'r I~~~~TIONAL. INC. By: /::/;~~.~. -41Zf Its: ... ~-_ ~ ~y< ~-( Taxpayer 1.0. No. 94·2611224 <::D.'tIJ'lCATIi: ot ACDIOWt.ED<lMl!N'r {Civil Code S 1189) STATii OF COUNTY OF r, . I '. ___ -..,-,_.:'t'",,,' _--'-"..!'-"""~''-____ ! __ c:. __ ~~'~.~(~t~'A'4'~'..!~~~~'~"~"-~ ______ ~ ... ~, ,. .,.-on "'l-\.;-~I' • before me, the undersigoed. a notar/ lie in ~_ for said County.. personally appeared .... , .... l ~ ~;. ",' . .. personally known to me {Clr proved to me 00 .che -----basis-~ of satisfactory evidence) to be the person r-sJ whose name {sJ .1!/i!lre ~yb5cribed to tbe witbin instrument~ and ~cknowleQged ~o me tr~t ~she/they executed the same in roether/their authorized capacity 1i-QsJ. and that by Ills/her/their signature rsJ. 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