REPORT TO DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY TASK FORCE
SUBJECT
Title
Discussion on the budget and scope of work for the Downtown Precise Plan. Item continued from the March 18, 2021 meeting.
Report
BACKGROUND
On October 8, 2019 the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute an agreement with Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC (WRT) to provide Downtown Precise Plan Consultant Services for an initial three-year term ending September 30, 2022, for a maximum compensation not to exceed $578,346, subject to annual appropriation of funds.
The agreement is fixed price with payments tied to the successful completion of the milestones listed in the table below. The cost elements include the tasks from the scope of work that were identified in the RFQ, as well as the optional tasks identified by the Consultant in their RFQ response.
COST ELEMENTS:
Project Initiation
$67,025
Issue Identification and Vision
$58,270
Financial Analysis
$31,260
Development Scenarios/Conceptual Plans
$74,740
Workshops
$22,121
Draft Precise Plan Chapter Development
$68,380
Public Services and Implementation
$10,520
Draft Precise Plan Refinement
$12,880
CEQA Clearance
$72,880
Planning Commission & City Council Public Hearings
$20,000
Reimbursable Expenses
$14,295
Services Subtotal
$452,371
Optional Services
$125,975
GRAND TOTAL
$578,346
In June 2020, a budget request was approved by the City Council for additional funding in the amount of $100,000 for additional work that will focus on market feasibility, retail strategy and connectivity, and which includes additional review and testing of the land use/design options, a larger context study to understand compatibility and competition from other large development projects, added stakeholder meetings, added Downtown Community Task Force (DCTF) meeting with subconsultants, added DCTF Workshop with consultants, and a Financial Memo Addendum to the Existing Conditions Report, as well as, a contingency budget.
DISCUSSION
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