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Malibu Council approves biological consulting contract with CJ Biomonitoring for fire recovery
Summary
The council approved a professional services agreement with CJ Biomonitoring LLC to provide biological consulting and rapid reports to support fire-recovery planning, after staff said the firm was the top respondent in an RFP process.
Malibu City Council on Jan. 14 approved a professional services agreement with CJ Biomonitoring LLC to provide biological consulting services needed for post-fire recovery planning.
City staff said the firm was selected from two respondents to a city request for proposals and will provide rapid local availability to support planning reports and permitting. Staff described the proposed services as including 24-hour local availability, a 10-day turnaround for planning reports, policy and staff training, and two days of on-site support per week to assist recovery work.
The item was brought forward on the special meeting docket because staff judged biological consulting capacity to be pertinent to immediate recovery. There were no public comments on the item. A council motion to approve the professional services agreement passed with all members present voting in favor. The motion and staff recommendation as recorded on the docket constitute the council’s authorization to execute the agreement.
The contract approval is intended to give planning staff and permit reviewers quicker access to biological expertise during site assessments, coastal coordination and permit review as the city prepares to process rebuild permits and waivers. City staff said they will incorporate the consultant into the city’s recovery workflow and return to council with any significant policy or budgetary changes that result from using external consulting capacity.
