SEQUOIA ECOLOGICAL CONSULTING, INC. (THIRD AMENDMENT (#2025361)

Page 2 of 4 (CIP No. 25783). 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement with the ACFD for fuel management services in an amount not-to-exceed $600,000. 3. Authorize the Director of Public Works to approve and execute contract change order(s) to the Agreement, if needed, up to a not-to-exceed amount of $50,000. 4. Authorize the City Manager to approve a Third Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Sequoia in the amount of $87,470 (revised total contract not-to-exceed $259,955) and extend the agreement term through December 31, 2027. 5. Adopt a resolution adopting the CalVTP Project—Specific Analysis and Addendum to the PEIR for the project; findings of fact; and a statement of overriding considerations (Attachment 1). BACKGROUND On January 17, 2024, the City was awarded a $1,048,900 non-matching grant through the CAL FIRE California Climate Investments Wildfire Prevention Grants Program to reduce fuels on approximately 125 acres in and around Augustin Bernal Community Park. On June 16, 2024, the City awarded Sequoia a Professional Services Agreement to prepare California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation for the project, including a PSA and Addendum to the CalVTP. In December 2025, the City completed the PSA and Addendum. The CEQA documents evaluated up to 162 acres of potential fuel management area, providing implementation flexibility while supporting the CAL FIRE grant objective of 125 acres of fuel reduction. In January 2026, City and Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department (LPFD) staff met with the ACFD fuel management crew to confirm priority treatment areas and an implementation approach consistent with the CEQA documents. In March 2026, staff completed Phase 1 plans and specifications, prepared the draft Agreement with ACFD, and received Sequoia’s Third Amendment for construction management and environmental services. DISCUSSION The proposed Agreement would provide an ACFD fuel management crew at $60,000 per week, in an amount not to exceed $600,000. Priority work would establish a 50-foot firebreak/fuel management zone along trails and adjacent to the rear of the Golden Eagle Estate residential properties. Treatments include hand removal of vegetation under six inches in diameter to near ground level, tree pruning to reduce ladder fuels, and selective shrub treatment using mosaicing (removing some vegetation while preserving others) to improve fuel break effectiveness and emergency access. Because the work is hand labor and site-specific, the initial effort is estimated to take 8-10 weeks. Work is anticipated to begin in May 2026, subject to crew availability and potential redeployment to active fires. The Agreement term runs through December 31, 2027, to provide scheduling flexibility. Implementation will occur in phases to align with available grant funding and the CAL FIRE grant objective: Docusign Envelope ID: 266F3365-7BEF-87AC-8198-E2103A9F8B36