Madison Heights approves ASTI contract for environmental reviews tied to $850,000 neighborhood grant

Madison Heights City Council on March 24 approved a contract allowing Habitat for Humanity, the city—s subrecipient on a neighborhood improvement program, to use ASTI Environmental to perform tier 2 site-specific environmental reviews required for individual project addresses under an $850,000 community projects funding grant.

The contract will be structured as a blanket agreement to cover environmental reviews for multiple addresses tied to the grant. Staff said the work will support roughly 38 home projects that Habitat for Humanity is implementing and managing as the subrecipient. Council approved authorization for Habitat to utilize ASTI Environmental for the reviews in a motion made during the meeting; the motion passed.

Staff described two different per-address estimates in remarks to council: an initial solicitation note listed about $2,364 per address, and the staff recommendation referenced an estimated $2,003.64 per address with a total not to exceed $90,000. The record does not show an explanation in the meeting for the difference between those figures.

The city manager said Madison Heights is the lead grantee on the $850,000 award and that Habitat for Humanity will implement the home improvement work. Scott Milliken, identified in the meeting as chief operating officer of Habitat for Humanity, was present for questions but did not provide additional remarks on the record.

The council vote authorizes the city to contract with ASTI Environmental to complete the tier 2 reviews and permits Habitat to proceed with procuring those services under the blanket contract arrangement. The transaction is funded through the community projects funding grant the city received earlier in the grant application process.

Next steps include executing the blanket contract with ASTI and scheduling site-specific reviews as addresses are confirmed; the meeting record does not list a timetable or contract start date.