REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Amendment No. 4 to the Agreement for Professional Services with Perkins + Will for the Tasman East Specific Plan and Related Budget Amendment
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing, and Transportation Development
BACKGROUND
In 2016, the City conducted a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) for professional services to assist City staff with preparation of a Specific Plan and an associated Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Tasman East Focus Area. Through this process, Perkins + Will was selected and awarded an agreement with a completion date of September 30, 2017. (See attached Attachment #2 for Executed Original Agreement and Agenda Report.)
In October 2017, the agreement was amended to include additional traffic modeling to determine the Specific Plan's impact on greenhouse gas emissions and to incorporate those revisions into the EIR as well as well as the Specific Plan document. (See attached Attachment #3 for Executed Amendment No. 1 and Agenda Report.)
In January 2019, the agreement was amended to include additional outreach with key stakeholders and to finalize the environmental analysis that was needed to complete the Specific Plan process. (See Attachment #4 for Executed Amendment No. 2 and Report to Council.)
In August 2019, the agreement was amended for Perkins + Will to perform additional analysis related to maintaining the Primavera sewer lift station in its current location and reconfiguring the proposed Calle del Sol extension into a pedestrian paseo. (See Attachment #5 for the Executed Amendment No. 3 and Report to Council.)
The Tasman East Specific Plan was adopted by the City Council in November 2018. Of the 4,500 units supported through the adopted specific plan, developers have submitted applications for a total of 4,484 units on approximately two-thirds of the available land development area. Given the continued demand to provide new housing in the Tasman East are...
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