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Memorandum
Planning Department
TO: Kevin Woodhouse, City Manager
FROM: Tina Wehrmeister, Planning Director/ Acting Asst. City Manager Joshua Montemayor, Management Analyst II
DATE: October 20, 2020
SUBJECT: Consultant Services Agreement for
Planning Services with Good City Company
Background
The Planning Department has received a number of complex development project applications that exceed the capacity of current consultants. The Planning Department would like to engage Good City Company which has staff that are capable of assisting the Planning Department with highly complex development projects.
Fiscal Impact
The amount of the requested contract totals $50,000, and is included in the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Planning Department Budget as a developer-reimbursed expenditure and requires no additional appropriation. Because the expense is reimbursed by project applicants, there is no net fiscal impact. the City Manager may approve purchases up to $50,000.
Attachment
1. Consultant Service Agreement with Good City Company
Good City Company can provide the City of Pacifica with the following on-call planning services:
Prepare initial project summaries and route to City departments for comment.
Analyze projects for compliance with the City's General Plan, zoning ordinance, Local Coastal Plan, Subdivision Map Act, Design Guidelines, specific plans, Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit (i.e.
C.3 requirements), and other policies.
Review projects and provide comments within timelines specified by the Permit Streamlining Act and the City (shorter timelines may be required for certain projects).
Prepare Initial Studies and CEQA documents or ability and expertise to work with a CEQA consultant.
Write staff reports, resolutions, conditions of approval, ordinances, and deliver oral presentations.
Draft detailed findings that withstand project appeals.
Attend Planning Commission and/or City Council meetings.
Conduct site visits.
Be available during regular business hours to answer questions by phone or email.
Meet at the Planning Department as needed to meet with staff and applicants (all meetings are conducted virtually during COVID-19 health protocols).
Interact with Coastal Commission North Central Coast District staff to coordinate project review.
Process development and redevelopment of environmentally sensitive sites, former industrial sites, and hotel projects.
Process annexation requests.
Review building permit applications for entitlement projects processed by consultant.