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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Appropriation Agenda Date Requested:October 11, 2021 Requested By:Ray Mayo,Director Source of Funds:N/A Department:Public Works Account Number:N/A Amount Budgeted:N/A ReportResolutionOrdinance Amount Requested:N/A Exhibits:Area Map; La Porte Ord.2021-3824(ILA); Budgeted Item:YesNo SUMMARY& RECOMMENDATION On January 23,2012, the La Porte City Council conducted a workshop to review the concept of a swap of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) with the City of Pasadena (Pasadena). In addition to the jurisdictional swap, a major component of the request improvements along Willow Springs Gully near the Pasadena Convention Center site. In order to facilitate the concepts discussed at the workshop, an inter-local agreement(ILA) was developed, providing for: the provision of 100 acre-feet of detention volume from the City of Pasadena to the City of La Porte(La Porte) to the City of Pasadena.On April 26, 2021, after approximately nine (9) years of the City of Pasadena making no progressiontowardsproviding the agreed upon detention volume, the terms of the ILA were amended, asagree to by both municipalities. The amendments entailed: modifying the project timeline; Pasadena delegating, to the City of La Porte, the authority to facilitate procurement of professional services forfeasibility assessment, design phase services,permitting,and other tasks associated with seeing this project to construction phase, with Pasadena remaining responsible for all associated costs; Pasadena agreeing to advertise the construction phase within 60 days of receipt of final construction plans, with construction to be completed withinone s City Council. City of La Porte staff, with the input of City of Pasadena City staff, has negotiated a professional services agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. (Halff) to provide study, design and construction phase services, including as-needed additional services, for a total fee of $341,942.00. Halffresponded to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) # 19601 Engineering Services for Grant Projects and was short-listed as one of the top four respondents. Halff has provided similar services to the City of La Porte, associated with the Bayside Terrace Subdivision Drainage Improvements Project, and has met performance expectations. In accordance with the amended terms of the inter-local agreement, La Porte intends to facilitate all necessary investigations, studies, permitting, and design, with all vendor invoices being paid by directly by Pasadena.