City Council Staff Report Page 1 of 2 December 16, 2025 Staff Report
Agenda Item No. 4.5
DATE: December 16, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Joan Malloy, City Manager
SUBJECT: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Consulting Services Agreement with Douglas Herring & Associates, for CEQA Mitigation Monitoring Services for the Lazuli Landing Project
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff is requesting the City Council adopt the attached Resolution (Attachment 1) authorizing the City Manager to enter into a consulting services agreement with Douglas Herring & Associates for mitigation monitoring services, in conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), for the Lazuli Landing (Project), in an amount not to exceed $82,573. See Exhibit A for a detailed scope of work. The project is located between Mission Boulevard, Second Street, D Street, and E Street (APNs: 486- 3-29, 486-3-28, 486-3-30, 486-3-35, 486-3-34-3, 486-3-34-4).
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
This agenda item is aligned with the following:
Goal C, Strategy 5: Promote housing development for all income levels in the community by implementing the Housing Element, updating the zoning ordinance to include objective standards for new multi-family residential development to streamline the review of applications for housing developments, and other measures.
BACKGROUND
The Lazuli Landing Project is an 81-unit affordable housing development by MidPen Housing Corporation (MidPen) on 1.65 acres of City-owned land, to be leased to MidPen for 99 years. The project received its major entitlements in 2019-2021 and, most recently, approvals for an amendment to the Disposition, Development, and Loan Agreement, Financing Plan, and Final Parcel Map on October 28, 2025. Construction is scheduled to start in mid-December 2025 with project completion in mid-2027.
Agenda Item No. 4.5
City Council Staff Report Page 2 of 2 December 16, 2025 A Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP) was included with the Mitigated Negative Declaration approved for the Project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) on February 11, 2020. The MMRP includes several mitigation measures that require monitoring throughout construction.
DISCUSSION
Douglas Herring & Associates is a qualified firm with extensive experience preparing and implementing CEQA documentation for a variety of projects, including the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Lazuli Landing project. The scope of work for the mitigation monitoring includes measures related to air quality, cultural resources, and noise.
Douglas Herring & Associates has assembled a well-qualified team, including subconsultants for cultural resources and noise. The scope includes monitoring of construction activities on the site to ensure compliance with the adopted mitigation measures.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund. MidPen will pay for the work covered by the agreement with Douglas Herring & Associates.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Resolution (Attachment 1) authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with Douglas Herring & Associates for mitigation monitoring services for the Lazuli Landing Project, in an amount not to exceed $82,573.
Prepared by: Leslie Carmichael, Contract Planner
Submitted by: Carmela Campbell, Economic and Community Development Director Attachments:
1. Draft Resolution Authorizing Agreement with Douglas Herring & Associates Exhibit A - Douglas Herring & Associates Scope of Work