City Council
MEETING DATE: 12/13/2017
TITLE:
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Professional Services Agreement with Terra Nova Planning and Research, Inc., for the Update of the General Plan and EIR, Active Transportation and NEV Plan and Expanded Intersection Analysis
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FROM:
Pat Milos, Community Development Director
John Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council authorize a Professional Services Agreement with Terra Nova Planning and Research, Inc. for the update of the Cathedral City General Plan and associated Environmental Impact Report (EIR) at a cost of $365,000; and development of an Active Transportation and NEV Plan at a cost of $46,800; and completion of an expanded intersection analysis at a cost of $10,000; and authorize the City Manager to sign the Agreement.
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BACKGROUND:
GENERAL PLAN:
The City adopted our current General Plan on July 31, 2002. Although the entire document was reviewed and amended in 2009 and there have been several Amendments and Updates to the plan since its inception nearly 15 years ago it is the City Staff's determination that a comprehensive update of the entire plan is in order.
During the City Council's Strategic Planning Session held on January 28, 2017, Council discussed the importance and timeliness of updating the General Plan and directed Staff to adopt it as a goal for 2017.
During the biennial budgeting process for fiscal year 2017/18 and 2018/19 the General Plan Update was assigned as a Capital Improvement Program Project with total expected funding of $450,000 over a three-year period including Fiscal years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20. The biennial budget was adopted by the City Council on May 5, 2017.
On September 14, 2017 Staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Professional Planning Services for a General Plan Update and an associated EIR. The RFP was publicly noticed in the Desert Sun newspaper, circulated among the local American Planning Association p...
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