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E3. Brownfields Qualified Environmental Professional Selection RecommendationsCommunity & Economic Development 201 1'` Avenue East Kalispell, MT 59901 Phone: (406) 758-7713 kthompson@kalispell.com www.kalispell.com REPORT TO: Doug Russell, City Manager FROM: Katharine Thompson, Assistant Director Community Development SUBJECT: Brownfields Qualified Environmental Professional Selection Recommendations MEETING DATE: January 17, 2017 BACKGROUND: The City of Kalispell was awarded a second Brownfields Assessment grant in the amount of $400,000 in 2016. The work to be conducted under the grant is primarily environmental site assessment phase I and phase II reports, remediation clean up planning and cleanup cost estimating as appropriate. The grant funds will be focused on four priority sites within the Core Area in support of the USDOT TIGER grant project and the grant period ends September 30, 2018. The Community and Economic Development Department has chosen to create a pool of Qualified Environmental Professionals (QEPs,) in keeping with the Brownfields grant award, with which to conduct the grant work and will rotate projects among the three firms selected. Eight firms responded to the request for qualifications and a five -member committee reviewed the statements of qualifications finding the top three firms to be Newfields, Weston Solutions and WGM Group. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council approve the selection of Newfields, Weston Solutions and WGM Group. FISCAL EFFECTS: The 2015 Brownfields Assessment Grant will fund all costs of the QEP services as tasks under the grant resulting in no cost to the City of Kalispell. ALTERNATIVES: Reject the selection committee recommendation. c: Aimee Brunckhorst, Kalispell City Clerk