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I I I 132. PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT This Agreement is made this the 6th day of Febrl.lHY ,2006, between the City of San Marcos, Texas ("City"), 630 East Hopkins, San Marcos, Texas 78666 and Recreational Engineering and Planning, Inc. ("Consultant"), 485 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, Colorado 80302 for the provision of consulting services in connection with the Rio Vista Dam Maintenance and Whitewater Improvements Project (the "Project"). The City and the Consultant agree as follows: ARTICLE 1 CONSUL T ANT'S SERVICES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND COORDINATION; STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY 1.1.1 The Project generally consists of A) the stabilization of the existing Rio Vista Dam structure and construction of three white water "drops" within the channel of the San Marcos River in the vicinity of the Rio Vista Dam to reduce and disperse the current erosive flow condition below the Rio Vista Dam (the "Instream Work"), and B) the stabilization, reshaping, and improvement of the banks of the San Marcos River in the area of Rio Vista Dam (the "Bank Work"). The Consultant will be responsible for advising and assisting the staff of the City's Environment and Engineering Department in developing plans and specifications and other construction contract documents for the Instream Work portion of the Project, and for construction administration for the Instream Portion of the Project. The City expects to retain Halff Associates, Inc. to provide engineering services related to the Bank Work portion of the Proj ect. 1.1.2 The City has coordinated preliminary aspects of the design and construction of the Proj ect with the Consultant, with Half[ Associates, Inc., and with Greenway, Inc. and KBR, the construction contractors the City expects to engage to perform the construction work on the Project. The Consultant fully understands and acknowledges that the successful completion of the Project will require a high degree of cooperation and coordination between the Consultant, the engineer selected by the City for the Bank Work portion of the Project, and the construction contractors engaged by the City to perform the construction work on the Project. The City anticipates that the Instream Work and the Bank Work will each be performed by a single construction contractor under separate construction contracts. The City reserves the right, however, to prosecute the work in the manner which is most beneficial to the City. In providing its services, the Consultant agrees to provide a high level of cooperation and coordination with all parties involved in the design and construction process for the Project, to ensure that regardless of the approach to construction selected by the City, the Project is completed in a manner that ensures integration of the Instream Work and Bank Work components, and functionality and durability of the overall Project. 1.1.3 The Consultant certifies that it has special expertise in the area of in-stream dam and I REP Rio Vista Dam