I | Consideration and Approval of Contract: A Professional Services Contract with DOWL, LLC in an amount not to exceed $523,993.00 for a Land Availability and Suitability Analysis and a Development Code and Process Analysis | ||||||
Planning Director Michelle McNulty provided a PowerPoint presentation that covered the following: LAND AVAILABILITY AND SUITABILITY STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND PROCESS ANALYSIS PROJECT INTRODUCTION COORDINATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH SCOPE OF PROJECT 1. LASS 2. CODE AND PROCESS ANALYSIS DELIVERABLES SCHEDULE THEN WHAT? Councilmember Matthews asked how the project would inform or compliment the Regional Plan process. Ms. McNulty stated that Cascadia Partners was leading the Regional Plan outreach and they are a partner of DOWL. The partnership would provide good coordination between the two plans. Councilmember Matthews stated that the Downtown Business Alliance was undergoing a revisioning of downtown and asked how that was coordinated with the project. Ms. McNulty stated that the downtown visioning was more coordinated with the Regional Plan and through virtue of that, it would inform the project. Councilmember House believed that the analysis would help determine how the city can responsibly develop and redevelop in the future. Councilmember Harris agreed and asked how the fifty sites were going to be selected. Ms. McNulty explained that staff was still working on the development of the approach but it would generally include an analysis of all the properties, their existing status and infrastructure, and how that relates to the development desired. Councilmember Harris expressed her desire to ensure that all neighborhoods are considered equally and evaluated for potential impacts to infill and redevelopment. Ms. McNulty added that another thing that the consultant team would be considering was the impacts of dislocation and gentrification of neighborhoods. It would be important to avoid adverse impacts on vulnerable populations. |
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Moved by Councilmember Khara House, seconded by Vice Mayor Austin Aslan to award a Professional Services Contract with DOWL, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $523,993.00 for a Land Availability and Suitability Analysis and a Development Code and Process Analysis and authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents. | |||||||
Vote: 7 - 0 - Unanimously | |||||||