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Resolution to Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Winter & Company for the Ann Arbor Discovering Downtown (A2D2) Design Guidelines Revision Project ($34,230.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution to approve a Professional Services Agreement with Winter & Company, in the amount of $31,230, plus a contingency of $3,000 for a total project cost of $34,230. This contract will cover consulting services to revise the draft downtown design guidelines document to respond to comments from the A2D2 Steering Committee and the public. This contract also will cover consulting services to revise the draft historic preservation design guidelines document to reflect the changes to the downtown design guidelines.
In March 2007, City Council approved a professional services agreement with Winter & Company|RACESTUDIO to facilitate the A2D2 urban design public outreach and to work with the appointed A2D2 Design Guidelines Advisory Committee to develop recommended outcomes (R-104-3-07). Based on the recommendation of the Design Guidelines Advisory Committee, Council authorized the development of downtown design guidelines on June 15, 2007 (R-258-6-07). Winter & Company subsequently worked with the Design Guidelines Advisory Committee to develop design guidelines, standards and review process recommendations. City Council adopted a resolution on October 18, 2007 (Resolution 07-495) requesting that the Planning Commission develop supporting amendments to the Downtown Plan and city codes to implement the design recommendations.
On May 20, 2008, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on draft amendments to implement design guidelines and design review as part of the A2D2 zoning amendments. The Commission tabled these amendments for further review and public comment. The A2D2 Steering Committee subsequently recommended that the design guidelines be separated from the zoning proposal to allow for additional refinement. In par...
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