REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement with Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. (MIG) for preparation of the Freedom Circle Focus Area Plan, Amendment No. 2 to Reimbursement Agreement with Freedom Circle Venture, LLC, and Related Budget Amendment (Deferred from August 24, 2021)
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 Focus Area process while also moving forward with their General Plan Amendment (GPA) application.
This item was scheduled for consideration by the City Council on August 24, 2021 as a consent calendar item. Councilmember Jain pulled the item to ask several questions. Staff requested that the item be continued to the September 7, 2021 meeting to provide adequate time to prepare a response to those questions.
DISCUSSION
Over the course of work on this project, additional tasks have been added related to the Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA). Funding for these additional tasks has come from the Service Agreement contingency. Continued work on the TIA reveals that further analysis is needed and, therefore, the formal Scope of Services for the consultant agreement needs to be expanded and supplemented with additional funding to complete this body of work.
The consultant agreement has been, and will continue to be, funded through a Reimbursement Agreement with th...
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