A resolution approving a proposed First Amendment between the City and County of Denver and Mead and Hunt, Inc. concerning on-call professional environmental and sustainability planning services at Denver International Airport. Amends a contract with Mead and Hunt, Inc. to add $700,000 for a new contract total in the amount of $1,150,000 to perform required National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) environmental review for development and redevelopment projects including concourse expansions, and anticipated Peña Boulevard expansion projects at Denver International Airport. There is no change to the contract duration (PLANE 201628003-01). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 8-28-17. The Committee approved filing this resolution by consent on 7-26-17.
I just want to make sure on a bill for introduction, as has been called out in front of consideration of them being called out and under pending. Nothing has been called out. Madam Secretary, please put the first item on our screen. 806. Councilman Flynn, go ahead. Make your comment. Thank you, Mr. President. I this is another one of those contracts that started out just below our threshold for initial approval at $450,000, and we are adding an amount to it. So that's two and a half times the original amount by adding 700,000. But we're not adding to the term. We're not extending the case. It's the same it's the same term of the contract. So what I would like to I would like to request, Mr. President, that Aaron Barrasso on the who's on the hot seat could prepare a memo for me and the rest of council. A number one. Mr. President, the contract that we have in our system doesn't have any information about the original contract, about the term of it when it expires, how long it goes on. All we see is that it was dated June 20th of 2016. Could it could you prepare a memo for us detailing why we misjudged the scope of this initial contract? Why are we adding two and a half times the original amount? What are they going to do? In other words, Mr. President, when we have these contracts that come to us where they're an amendment to an existing contract that was under our threshold, we have very we find ourselves with very little choice but to approve the folks who are already on board. We have no idea how it was procured initially. And and sometimes it appears as though it was done in order to camel's nose in the tent. There might be a very valid reason for doing for doing it this way, but I'd sure love to know what it is. These things should be if they're going to be a million, $150,000 in the end, they should probably come to us with the original procurement so we can see how it was done. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Aaron Barraza. That's okay. Get that to us. Thank you. All right, let's put up the next item. Councilman Flynn, go ahead and make your comment on resolution 806.