Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Consent
SUBJECT:
Title
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH DYETT & BHATIA, URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNERS TO COMPLETE THE COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING CODE UPDATES (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
In June 2017, the City entered into an agreement with Dyett & Bhatia, Urban & Regional Planners to provide planning services to perform a comprehensive update to the City's General Plan and Zoning Code, (Exhibit 1). Staff is recommending City Council approve Amendment No. 5 increasing the contract by $80,800.00 from $1,907,664.00 to $1,988,464.00, (Exhibit 2).
The proposal is to add services to the Agreement related to: (i) authorize additional services related to Housing Element revisions as necessary to gain HCD certification of the Housing Element; and (ii) authorize additional services related to the comprehensive Zoning Code update, including additional services necessitated by (a) City's decision to divide said update into two phases, (b) changes to State law occurring throughout the update process, (c) City's decision to have Consultant to prepare parking and loading regulations as part of the Zoning Code update and not as part of the development of the Carson Neighborhood Mobility Plan as originally contemplated in Task 8.B of the Scope of Services, and (d) City's request for Consultant to make the new Zoning Code interactive via use of hyperlinks to related provisions and to terms and definitions. City and Consultant also desire to extend the term of the Agreement until December 31, 2025 and authorize time and compensation for Consultant to perform these additional services.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. APPROVE Amendment No. 5 to the agreement with Dyett & Bhatia, Urban and Regional Planners to complete the City's comprehensive General Plan and Zoning Code Updates extending the contract through December 31, 2025 and increasing t...
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