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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Professional Services Agreement with RRM Design Group, a California Corporation, for the Preparation of the Downtown Specific Plan in an Amount not to Exceed $750,000 (CD)
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MEETING DATE:
July 3, 2024
PREPARED BY:
Cynthia Marsh, City Planner
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with RRM Design Group, a California Corporation, for the preparation of the Downtown Specific Plan in an amount not to exceed $750,000.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In July 2023, the City Council allocated $750,000 in surplus General Fund dollars to develop a Downtown Specific Plan and directed staff to prepare and issue a Request for Proposals ("RFP") to qualified consultants. In the months that followed, staff began outreach with potential consulting firms, and reviewed multiple downtown plans from other cities.
In November 2023, Council approved the RFP Steering Committee and designated members to participate as follows: one designee from the Chamber of Commerce, one designee from the Downtown Business Alliance, one designee from Visit Lodi, three City staff (two from Community Development and one from Economic Development, and Mayor Pro Tempore Cameron Bregman as the Councilmember representative.
In January and March 2024, staff met with the Committee to discuss the proposed RFP scope of work, and to review the draft RFP. The proposed RFP Scope of Work included:
1. Downtown Specific Plan - establishes a link between implementing policies of the General Plan and the individual development proposals of the downtown area
2. Examination of Infrastructure Gaps and Opportunities
3. Economic Analysis of priority sites/focus areas for catalytic projects, including "Highest and Best Use," Pro Formas, and preplanning activities for catalyst sites - quantity depending on budget
a. High level approach for...
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