REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement with Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. (MIG) for Preparation of the Freedom Circle Focus Area Plan, Amendment No. 3 to Reimbursement Agreement with Freedom Circle Venture, LLC, and Related Budget Amendment
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing, and Transportation Development
BACKGROUND
On August 27, 2019, the City Council directed staff to proceed with the long-range planning process to designate the Freedom Circle area as a Future Focus Area within the General Plan instead of the preparation of a Specific Plan. This direction was given following the decision by two of the three Freedom Circle property owners funding the Specific Plan (The Sobrato Organization and Irvine Company) to withdraw from their funding of the Freedom Circle Specific Plan process, which had begun in August 2018. The remaining property owner (Greystar DBA Freedom Circle Venture LLC) is continuing to fund the Future Focus Area planning process while the City also continues to process their General Plan Amendment (GPA) application.
DISCUSSION
As a result of discussion at the April 13, 2022 Planning Commission meeting, the City decided it would be appropriate for the City's consultant, MIG, to prepare additional environmental analyses, including supplemental biological and air quality analyses. The supplemental biological analysis includes a more recent reconnaissance of the Greystar site; the supplemental air quality analysis includes a quantitative analysis of diesel exhaust resulting from construction vehicles on proximate sensitive receptors. Supplemental funding for this work beyond the contingency amount included in the City's existing Service Agreement with MIG is needed to cover this work; and therefore, staff is proposing to expand the formal Scope of Services for the consultant agreement needs with additional funding to complete this work.
The consultant agreement has been and will cont...
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