On May 3, 2023, Professional Services Agreement A2023-077 was entered into with The Code Group, Inc., dba VCA Code, in the amount of $50,000 for contract building inspection services, 40 hours per week. On August 10, 2023, City Council approved Amendment No. 1 to provide part-time building inspection services through the end of the year with an additional contract amount of $45,000 ($95,000 total). The Building Division has utilized a contract Building Inspector on a part-time basis approximately 24 hours per week since the approval of Amendment No. 1 to clear a substantial plan review backlog. 
 
On January 10, 2024, City Council approved Amendment No. 2 to increase the contract amount to $145,000.
 
The proposed Amendment No. 3 to the agreement is necessary to supplement city staff due to current high building plan review volume, so that the work can be completed within customer time frame expectations.  The only change made to Exhibit B was to remove the total compensation cap on the Exhibit so that, if in the future, further amendments are needed, only the compensation cap in the agreement must be revised and not the Exhibit. It was determined that competitive bidding is not required for these services because The Code Group Inc., dba VCA Code was pre-approved as a qualified "on-call" consultant by the City Council on August 8, 2023, after participating in a detailed Request For Qualifications process. 

This proposed action is not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., "CEQA") and CEQA Guidelines (Title 14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq.), because it does not involve any commitment to a specific project which could result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and, constitutes an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. Accordingly, this action does not constitute a "project" that requires environmental review (see specifically 14 CCR § 15378(b)(4-5)).

There is sufficient funding in the General Fund Community Development Operating budget to cover the Fiscal Year 2024-25 cost of The Code Group, Inc., dba VCA Code agreement. There is no impact on the General Fund with this item.