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BY: Mayor O'Grady A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE CITY'S CONTRACT WITH RICHARD L. BOWEN + ASSOCIATES, INC., AND THE CITY ENGINEER AND ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING SERVICES TO AND AS THE CITY'S ENGINEERING DIVISION, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, this Council adopted Ordinance Number 2006-118 on May 16, 2006, authorizing the Director of Public Service to request proposals for engineering services, including the services of a City Engineer, to augment and assist the City's Division of Engineering; and WHEREAS, the Director of Public Service conducted the said authorized RFP process and recommended to the Board of Control that it approve a contract with Richard L. Bowen + Associates Inc. and Daniel J. Collins, as the engineering firm and engineer most capable to perform the engineering services required at the most reasonable price; and WHEREAS, the City entered into a contract with Richard L. Bowen + Associates, Inc. and Daniel J. Collins, providing for the former to provide engineering consulting services to the City and for the latter to serve as the City Engineer; and WHEREAS, this Council has since adopted five additional resolutions, Resolution Nos. 2007-62, 2007-120, 2007-157, 2008-12 and 2009-25 authorizing five extensions of the contract between the City and Richard L. Bowen + Associates, the latest such extension scheduled to end on March 31, 2009; and WHEREAS, due to the time it is taking to complete contract negotiations and approval of a new contract by the Board of Control, the Administration is requesting an additional sixty (60) days to complete the review process and award a contract to the most qualified engineering firm; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to authorize a sixty (60) day extension of the City's contract with Richard L. Bowen + Associates to afford the Administration the additional time it requires to complete the SOQ process and to prevent any disruption in required City engineering services prior to the time that the Board of Control awards the new contract;