City Council Returns to Full Consent Calendar

The City Council is scheduled to vote to amend an existing purchase order with Select Patrol to provide security services for the transitional age youth (TAY) and geriatric empowerment model programs (GEM) at the Jackie Robinson Community Center on Monday as part of the consent calendar.

A “yes” vote by the council would increase the value of the purchase order by $113,001, from $74,999 to a revised amount of $188,000, and extend the term through June 30, 2022.

The consent calendar is a multi-item portion of the City Council agenda which can be passed in its entirety with a sweep motion.

The council approved a contract with Select Patrol for security services presented by the Department of Public Works on July 15, 2019 after completing a competitive bidding process.

According to a city staff report, the need for security at the community center arose after Public Works finalized the citywide contract.

“Due to increased needs for security, it is in the City’s best interest to continue providing security services, and to increase the purchase order by $113,001 for a revised amount of $188,000 and to extend the term through June 30, 2022,” states the report.

The Pasadena Public Health Department (PPHD) plans to add the needed security services to the scope of work for the citywide contract during the next solicitation. Since the vendor was on contract with the city, PPHD contacted Select Patrol and requested services at the same rate as outlined in the current contract.

“Without the security services provided by Select Patrol, staff for the GEM and TAY programs would be responsible for security and patrol responsibilities,” according to a staff report. “This would negatively impact the safety of staff and program participants, as well as limit the time available for case management and housing.”

Also on Monday’s consent calendar, the council will vote on a resolution approving the city’s general fee schedule.

Consistent with California law, a Pasadena Municipal Code Section states that the amount of any fee established by resolution of the City Council shall not exceed the cost incurred by the city in providing the service, use, action, or item for which the fee is charged.

Examples of cost-of-service-based fees include processing land use approvals, building permits, and entrepreneurial type services. The general fee schedule also includes non-cost-of-service-based fees, such as facility rentals and fees to participate in recreation programs.

Also on Monday’s consent calendar a successful sweep motion could authorize City Manager Steve Mermell to: enter into a three-year $78,612 contract with Republic Services in Block 5 Parking Lot; let a $253,041 contract for three vehicles for the city’s Water and Power Department; reject all bids on a toilet sensor project because the project was incorrectly advertised as not a Public Works project, which is required by the California Department of Industrial Relations; and adopt a resolution authorizing an application for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program with Heritage Housing Partners in a total amount not to exceed $10 million of which up to $5 million is requested for affordable housing development and/or housing related infrastructure, with up to $5 million requested for a grant for sustainable transportation infrastructure, transit-related amenities or program.

The consent calendar also includes requests to: increase the amount paid to Vital Medical Services from $200,000 to $300,000 to continue to providing non-emergent medical services to inmates housed in the city’s jail, which would also authorize one additional one-year term at an amount not-to-exceed $300,000; amend a contract with PointeC to $797,001 through Dec. 31, 2022, for consultant services to conduct a SR 710 northern stub repurposing supplemental analysis; adopt the city treasurer’s recommended Investment Policy and Investment Strategy for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022; amend the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) Public Health Department Operating Budget by recognizing and appropriating $70,000 in city of Los Angeles grant pass-through funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; authorize the city manager to enter into a contract with Act 1 Construction for an amount not to exceed $4,250,000 which includes the base contract amount of $3,896,375 and a contingency of $353,625 to provide for any necessary change orders; and adopt an energy efficiency goal to achieve 11 720 megawatt-hours energy savings and 1.8 megawatts per year demand reduction from Pasadena Water and Power energy efficiency programs for fiscal years 2022 through 2031 in accordance with state law.