CONTRACT 6805A AmendmentAgreement No. 6805A
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
AGREEMENT NO. 6805 BETWEEN
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATES
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT ("Amendment") is made and entered into this 1st day of
January 2026, by and between CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, a general law city and municipal
corporation existing under the laws of California ("CITY"), and ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, a California Corporation ("CONSULTANT"), collectively
referred to as the "Parties."
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into Professional Services Agreement No. 6805 (the
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Agreement to extend the term and expand
its scope of services and compensation payable by CITY to CONSULTANT as
consideration for such additional services.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Sections 11 (Changes) and 34
(Authority/Modification) of the Agreement and in consideration of the foregoing, the
Parties agree as follows:
1. Section 7 is amended to extend the term of this Agreement to June 30, 2027.
2. Exhibit 'A" as referenced in Agreement Sections 1(C) and 3(A) is amended to
expand the Scope of Services referenced in Section 3 to include the additional
services set forth in Exhibit "B," to this Amendment (Contract Amendment
Request by ESA dated November 6, 2025), which includes an expanded
transportation/traffic scope to address comments raised by Caltrans, EIR
revisions to multiple sections based on project changes, and additional project
management and meetings/teleconferences associated with the environmental
documents for the proposed residential development at 1521 E. Grand Avenue.
3. Agreement Section 1(C) is amended to increase the compensation payable by
CITY to CONSULTANT by an additional amount of $56,032.00, resulting in a
maximum not -to -exceed Agreement total of $426,000.00 (which includes a 10-
percent contingency above the CONSULTANT'S cost proposal and
Amendment 1) as consideration for preparing and completing the
environmental documents for the proposed residential development at 1521 E.
Grand Avenue. The additional amount of $56,032.00 includes additional work
necessary to complete the project's environmental documents contemplated in
the Agreement.
4. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which will be an original, but all of which together constitutes one instrument
executed on the same date. In accordance with Government Code §16.5, the
parties agree that this Amendment will be considered signed when the
signature of a party is delivered by electronic transmission. Such electronic
signature will be treated in all respects as having the same effect as an original
signature.
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5. Except as modified by the Amendment, all other terms and conditions of the
Agreement will remain the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment on day
and year first hereinabove written.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
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Darrell George,
City Manager
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Susan Truax,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
MARK D. HENSLEY, CITY ATTORNEY
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David King,
Assistant City Attorney
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ASSOCIATES
a California Corporation
Taxpayer ID No. 94-1698350
Ruta Thomas,
Senior Vice President
Regional Director
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memorandum
date November 6, 2025
to Eduardo Schonborn, Planning Manager
cc David Blumenthal, Sagecrest
from Meghan Gibson and Mike Harden
subject Professional Services Agreement No. 6805: Additional Scope/Costs for Caltrans Requested
Analysis, EIR Updates due to Project Description uncertainty, and Additional Project Management
Introduction
This memorandum outlines the budget amendment request for out of scope of work on the 1521 E. Grand Avenue
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Project being conducted under Professional Services Agreement No. 6805.
This request resulted from additional technical analysis being requested by Caltrans in a Notice of Preparation
(NOP) scoping comment letter, as well as through follow-up coordination with Caltrans. In addition, due to delays
and changes in the proposed Project resulting from the applicant's decision -making process regarding the final
project size, additional budget is required to ensure that the EIR sections are consistent with the Project Description
that is moving forward. Lastly, due to the stops and starts in the Project, and the longer timeframe for completing
the environmental review process, additional project management time is needed.
Amendment Request
Task 1: Transportation/Traffic Scope (Fehr & Peers)
In Professional Services Agreement No. 6805, ESA's traffic subconsultant, Fehr & Peers, scope of work included
conducting an ICU Level of Service (LOS) analysis that the City has typically required for signalized intersections
and an HCM LOS analysis using Synchro 11 software for unsignalized intersections.
However, to address comments raised by Caltrans in their NOP scoping comment letter and per follow up
coordination with Caltrans, Fehr & Peers will include the following additional study intersections in the non-CEQA
Local Transportation Assessment.
Level of Service Analysis — Fehr & Peers will conduct HCM LOS and queueing analysis at the following three
additional intersections, for weekday AM and PM peak hours for each of the intersections,. utilizing Synchro
12 software:
— Mariposa Avenue & Pacific Coast Highway
— Grand Avenue & Pacific Coast Highway
— El Segundo Avenue & Pacific Coast Highway
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Professional Services Agreement No. 6805: Additional Scope/Costs for Caltrans Requested Analysis, EIR Updates due to Project Description uncertainty, and
Additional Project Management
The following scenarios will be analyzed for the LOS and queueing analysis:
— Existing Conditions
— Opening Year (No Project) Conditions
— Opening Year Plus Project Conditions
Multimodal Conflict Analysis — Fehr & Peers will conduct an evaluation of multimodal conflict points at the
following four intersections to evaluate potential traffic safety conflicts between various transportation modes:
— Grand Avenue & Washington Street
— Grand Avenue & Kansas Street
— Holly Avenue & Washington Street
— Holly Avenue & Kansas Street
The multimodal conflict analysis will consist of a description of conflict locations between vehicles and pedestrians
and cyclists, as well as a description of pedestrian attractors (such as transit stops). This analysis will include a
graphic identifying the conflict points.
In addition, Fehr & Peers will estimate project trip generation for two additional project alternatives, which will be
a reduced project size alternative and a by -right development alternative, using the same methodology as the
Project.
Cost: $11,684
Task 2: EIR Revisions Based on Project Changes
Based on coordination with the City, we understand the direction is to move forward with the original 323-unit
Project. However, direction was provided on September 26, 2025 to move forward with the 276-unit reduced
project. After that meeting with the City and a subsequent meeting with the City and Applicant's main contact on
October 8, 2025, ESA was provided direction to revise the existing Project Description and work on updating EIR
sections to account for the revised unit count and other project changes.
Since multiple EIR sections were already written (including the Project Description, Aesthetics, Population and
Housing, Public Services, Recreation, and Utilities and Service Systems, among others), many of these sections
were then revised per the reduced Project details. Now that the direction is to revert back to the 323-unit Project,
we will need to ensure that all EIR sections and graphics match the most recent site plan that reflects the 323 units.
As part of this effort, ESA will determine what additional data needs are required to support our technical studies.
For example, there have been multiple responses and iterations of the Air Quality and Noise Construction and
Operation Data Form (July 2024, April 2025, and July 2025). Efforts will be needed to update our data requests to
reflect the revised Project characteristics.
This amendment request assumes that updates to the EIR will be made based on the January 2025 set of plans and
technical studies. Should additional plan sets or modified technical studies be reviewed, additional ESA budget
may be required to complete the necessary updates to the EIR.
Cost: $14,348
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Professional Services Agreement No. 6805: Additional Scope/Costs for Callrans Requested Analysis, EIR Updates due to Project Description uncertainty, and
Additional Project Management
Task 3: Project Management, Meetings/Telecons
Our original schedule assumed 10-11 months up until the Draft EIR public review period, and we are currently 19
months into the schedule and have not yet reached the Draft EIR public review portion of the schedule. Due to
Project delays and the total duration of the Project taking longer than anticipated in our original proposal,
approximately 80% of the existing budget for management and meetings has been expended. Therefore, additional
management and meeting time is needed to complete the CEQA process. Moving forward, the precise number of
meetings and the duration and staffing of meetings required to complete the environmental review process cannot
be accurately predicted at this time. Accordingly, ESA has assigned a budget allowance for this task. For purpose
of this amendment, ESA anticipates scheduling bi-weekly (one meeting every other week) meetings during the
preparation/review stages of the Draft EIR and then again during the preparation of the Final EIR. We assume the
bi-weekly meetings would be half an hour in length and up to 12 meetings are assumed. The budget herein would
also be expected to allow 2 ESA Staff members to attend 2 public hearings during the CEQA/Project approval
process.
Cost: $20,000
Contingency
Per Professional Services Agreement No. 6805, item 1. C., the contract originally included a 10% contingency of
$33,483. After Modification 2 for the Archaeological, Paleontological, and Historic Analysis, the remaining
contingency was $508. As noted in the table below, we have included a new contingency amount of $10,000.
Amendment Cost
The out -of -scope work identified above as well as a new contingency budget includes a total cost of $56,032. The
breakdown is as follows:
The original contract was $364,000 which included a 10% contingency. Amendments No. 01 and 02 were
requests to use contingency funds for additional tasks but did not add any new funds to the contract. With
Amendment No. 3, the new contract amount would be $419,526.00 (including the $10,000 new contingency
budget). A summary of the contract costs to date are shown below.
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Professional Services Agreement No. 6805: Additional ScopetCosts for Caltrans Requested Analysis. EIR Updates due to Project Description uncertainty, and
Additional Project Management
Ori final Contract Estimate $364,000
Amendment No. 01 (shifted contingency funds to F&P
Transportation task for additional
intersection anal sis)
Amendment No. 02 (shifted contingency funds to Cultural task
for Archaeological, Paleontological, and
Historic scope)
Amendment No. 03 �$56,032 (plus use of $508 of remaining
on final contingenc,+ funds)
Revised Contract Amount $419,524 ::::1