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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Aimee Schwimmer
DATE: November 22, 2005
SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH IMPACT SCIENCES, INC. TO
COMPLETE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND
RELATED DOCUMENTS FOR THE MASTER'S COLLEGE
MASTER PLAN
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council authorize the City Manager or designee to enter into a professional services contract
between the City and Impact Sciences, Inc. for the completion of an Environmental Impact
Report and related documents, for a total contract amount not to exceed $250,000.00.
BACKGROUND
The Master's College has filed an application with the City of Santa Clarita for multiple
entitlements. The college is in the process of preparing a master plan of its existing 95 -acre
college campus located in the Placerita Canyon Community in the City of Santa Clarita. This
Master Plan is in response to City direction and to the property owner requests in the Placerita
Canyon Community for a plan of proposed future development and expansion of the College.
The goals of the master plan are:
• plan for future development of the campus;
• establish a maximum student and staff population count;
• move the main entrance for the campus outside of Placerita Canyon;
• construct a portion of Dockweiler Drive; and
• construct a new chapel.
Staff sent an open request for qualifications and proposals for the environmental impact report
preparation services to five firms that specialize in environmental analysis, of which two
responded. Impact Sciences, Inc. was the highest rated firm of the firms interviewed by City
staff to provide the specified services.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
1. Do not approve the contract with Impact Sciences, Inc. and direct staff to select alternate
consulting firm for environmental impact report preparation services for The Master's
College Master Plan. Therefore, there is no fiscal impact to the City's General Fund with this
action.
2. Other action as determined by the Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The total costs for Impact Sciences to prepare the Environmental Impact Report will be paid by
the applicant, The Master's College (Account # 501-23075).
ATTACHMENTS
Draft Contract available in the City Clerk's Reading File