Board renews engineering contract for floodplain recertification, raises compensation limit
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The Board of Business Neighborhood Services authorized an amendment to a professional services agreement with Christopher B. Burke Engineering LLC to renew floodplain mapping and Community Rating System recertification services for three years and increase the contract limit from $150,000 to $250,000.
The Board of Business Neighborhood Services on Aug. 28 voted to amend a professional services agreement with Christopher B. Burke Engineering LLC to cover community rating system recertification and flood-map engineering services. Staff presented Resolution 2025C10024, which authorizes renewing the contract for three additional years, raising the compensation limit from $150,000 to $250,000, and updating the contract fee schedule for calendar years 2027–2028.
Staff explained that the contract supports the department’s floodplain management program, including annual verifications used to maintain discounts on flood insurance through the Community Rating System, five-year cycle visits, and incidental flood mapping or letters of map change that may require engineering consulting.
Board members asked questions about the contract’s scope and purpose; staff confirmed the contract covers annual verification activities, five-year cycle visits and occasional flood-mapping or map-change engineering needs. The board approved the amendment by voice vote; members recorded “aye,” and the resolution passed without a roll-call tally in the transcript.
Staff said the contract increase and renewal are intended to ensure continuity for floodplain management services, including technical support for map changes and permit-specific flood mapping when the state or other agencies do not provide the mapping.