RESOLUTION R2024-XXX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MANTECA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, aPPROVING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH AECOM FOR $207,960 for the preparation of documents in response to funding from the leap grant WHEREAS, on February 4, 2021, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) approved Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) Grant funding for the City of Manteca in the amount of $300,000; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the LEAP Grant is to accelerate housing production and facilitate the implement the sixth cycle of the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) program; and WHEREAS, on April 6, 2021, a Standard Agreement for the LEAP Grant was entered into between the City of Manteca and HCD to implement the LEAP Grant objectives; and WHEREAS, on May 18, 2021, the City Council approved a Professional Services Contract with AECOM (Consultant) to deliver the original LEAP Grant scope and to assist the City with achieving its housing and RHNA obligations; and WHEREAS, the delay related to the General Plan implementation and effectuation prevented the Consultant from completing the scope of work specified in the original agreement prior to the LEAP grant expiration on September 20, 2023; and WHEREAS, at the time of the grant’s expiration, the City had over $200,000 in unused funds; and WHEREAS, the State extended the deadline to spend LEAP funding to September 31, 2024 to allow cities across California more time to spend and implement the LEAP objectives, and the City of Manteca was granted an extension by the State to continue to use its LEAP funds through the new expiration date; and WHEREAS, the Consultant’s original the contract expired on July 31, 2023 and the City wishes to reenter into a Professional Services Agreement, attached herewith as Exhibit “A”, with the same Consultant given the limited time to expend the remaining fees and the given the Consultant’s familiarity with the City and the completion of a lot of background work conducted by the Consultant; and WHEREAS, the City has an approved revised LEAP scope that can be accomplished by the expiration date and requests that the Council approve this Professional Service Agreement to complete the revised scope, accomplishing the goals of the LEAP Grant; and WHEREAS, the maximum amount remaining and reimbursable to the City of Manteca is $207,960 and the Consultants work shall not exceed this amount; and WHEREAS, the Consultant has the background and skills to successfully deliver the revised grant scope and to assist the City. In addition to AECOM’s unique qualifications related to longstanding work in the City, the firm has an unusually comprehensive combination of disciplines that would be available to the City to assist with this work, including, but not limited to real estate and economics, development finance, urban design, entitlement work for higher-density housing and mixed-use projects, transportation planning and engineering, zoning codes and development codes, and state grant administration; and WHEREAS, AECOM is expected to complete their work pertaining to the LEAP Grant by September 30, 2024; and WHEREAS, the remaining funding of the LEAP Grant will be used to develop two zoning districts to implement the Commercial Mixed Use (CMU) and Downtown (DW) land use designations. These zoning districts will facilitate multi-family housing development in mixed-use areas. The updates will include zoning-level development standards, mixed-use performance standards, building heights, setbacks, lot coverage, density/FAR standards, open space requirements, and off-street parking requirements. AECOM will also collect data required to support environmental review to provide additional coverage for infill housing; and WHEREAS, the General Plan has several implementation policies and goals that encourage creative approaches to integrating housing production with commercial development; and WHEREAS, the General Plan’s Housing Element promotes mixed-use, infill, and downtown development in the city of Manteca and encourages the development of infill parcels for residential use in mixed-use developments. The Housing Element encourages the modification of setbacks, height limitations, coverage ratios, parking requirements, and other development regulations to facilitate residential and commercial mixed use; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all information related to this matter, as presented at the public meetings of the City Council identified herein, including any supporting reports by City Staff, and any information provided during public meetings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Manteca, as follows:
1. The City Council hereby finds that the facts set forth in the recitals to this Resolution are true and correct and establish the factual basis for the City Council’s adoption of this Resolution.
2. The Mayor is hereby authorized to sign a contract with AECOM to implement the revised scope of work approved by the State of California, Housing and Community Development Department.
3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Manteca at a public meeting of said City Council held on the 16th of January 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
MAYOR: __________________________
GARY SINGH
Mayor
ATTEST: __________________________
CASSANDRA CANDINI-TILTON
City Clerk
Exhibits:
Exhibit A- Professional Services Agreement
R2024-XX Page 3 of 3 January 16, 2024
R2024-XX Page 1 of 1 January 16, 2024
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