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Subject: Authorization of consultant services and budget for specific plan and environmental review of the Vallco Shopping District Special Area.
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to:
a. Execute a consultant agreement with Opticos Design to provide services to the City for the preparation of a specific plan for the Council’s consideration, for an amount not to exceed $850,000 (Attachment A).
b. Execute a consultant agreement with David J. Powers and Associates, Inc. to provide services to the City for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Reports (EIR) for the Council’s consideration, for an amount not to exceed $821,940. This amount includes services of transportation consultant Fehr and Peers, who will be a subconsultant under the David J. Powers and Associates, Inc. contract (Attachment B).
c. Execute a consultant agreement with EPS to provide services to the City for economic impact analysis for an amount not to exceed $147,000 (Attachment C).
d. Negotiate and execute additional future amendments to the agreements listed in Items 1a. - c. above, up to a total of $2,405,549, which includes the contract amounts listed above, 15% administrative fee on consultant contracts and a 15% contingency, to the extent that funds are appropriated for the amendments and the total expenditures are cost-recovered from the applicant.
2. Approve an increase to the Fiscal Year 2017-18 Planning and Community Development - Mid to Long Term Planning program budget of $2,405,549.