Title
Resolution to Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Interface Studio LLC for City Comprehensive Plan Services and to Appropriate Funds ($101,580.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is a resolution to approve Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Interface Studio LLC for an additional amount of $101,580.00 for services related to the development and adoption of the City Comprehensive Plan and to appropriate that amount.
Project Description
The attached contract modification is for a net increase of $101,580.00 to the Comprehensive Plan Professional Services Agreement with Interface Studio LLC and to extend the timeline through 2025.
The "community engagement" and "inventory and analysis" phases of the plan are complete. However, as the planning team drafted goals and future land use categories, it was determined that feedback was needed from staff to ensure alignment with their operations and policy direction. As such, we scheduled five additional working group meetings with the Park Advisory Committee, Systems Planning, Parks and Recreation, and a group of natural feature experts to discuss how recreation, infrastructure, and trees could be impacted by the plan's proposed goals, strategies, and future land map.
During this time, differing proposals for how to approach land use emerged, which called for unplanned meetings prior to drafting the plan. Planning staff felt it was necessary at a key milestone in the project to consult with the Planning Commission and City Council to seek guidance on how to proceed with the plan's direction. This decision has delayed the project's timeline and expanded its scope.
Preparing for these meetings was time-intensive and therefore costly, but critical for agreement of all parties on a vision for the city's future. Additional research was conducted on case studies for mixed-use hubs, how TC-1 performs at the city's desired develo...
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