RESOLUTION NO. 20-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH MOORE IACOFANO GOLTSMAN INC. (MIG) FOR THE ON-GOING PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES TO ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY’S GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING CODE, AS WELL AS ASSIST WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE CITY’S SIXTH CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTATOIN OF A VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED (VMT) ANALYSIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WHEREAS, the City’s existing General Plan was last updated in 2008 and sets forth a vision for Commerce through the year 2020; and WHEREAS, the City’s existing General Plan will soon be outdated, as will the Zoning Ordinance that implements the overall policy framework set forth in the Plan; and WHEREAS, the Commerce City Council recognizes the need to create a new vision for the City’s future and authorized staff to release an RFP for the preparation of an update to the City’s General Plan and Zoning Ordinance, as well as the preparation of the related Environmental Impact Report (EIR); and WHEREAS, since the start of the General Plan process, changes from the State’s Housing and Community Development Department (“HCD”) have resulted in the need to prioritize the review and approval of the City’s Six-Cycle Housing Element, which is one of the required elements of the General Plan; and WHEREAS, on July 2021, SB 743 was implemented by the State of California and changed the method of who to conduct traffic analysis required through the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for publicly and privately initiated project; and WHEREAS , the previous practice of evaluating traffic transportation impacts used road congestion and delay or level of service (LOS). SB 743 requires the amount of driving and length of trips as measured by "vehicle miles traveled" or VMT; and WHEREAS, the cost adjustment to complete the subject project is $239,922 ($218,111, plus10% for contingencies).
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Commerce hereby finds and declares that the foregoing recitals are true and correct, and incorporates them herein as findings and as a substantive part of this Resolution.
Section 2. Approve an agreement with MIG Inc. for the continued work and update to the City’s General Plan and Zoning Ordinance in a form approved by the City Attorney, as well as the preparation of the related Housing Element, and VMT Analysis, as well as associated Environmental documents).
Section 3. The Mayor is authorized to execute the agreement for and on behalf of the City.
Section 4. This Resolution shall take full force and effect immediately upon adoption by the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 12th day of April, 2022. _____________________________
Leonard Mendoza, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lena Shumway
City Clerk