For City Council Meeting [December 11, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Ahmad Ansari, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Robb Steel, Asst. CA/Director of Development Services
Title
Request City Council to Extend a Professional Service Agreement with MIG|Hogle-Ireland for Planning Services on a month-to-month basis in the amount of $95,000, increasing the total Purchase Order Authorization to $245,000. POWERPOINT
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BACKGROUND:
After completion of an RFP process, the City Council awarded a contract to MIG|Hogle-Ireland for Advance Planning services in the Planning Division for $150,000. The Planning Division engaged the services of one full-time Assistant Planner to help with expanding project applications, and serve the public counter.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
Contract Planning Services
The rate for Assistant Planner services is $75 per hour. An increase in the contract of $95,000 will pay for services on a month-to-month basis until the City fills the Assistant Planner position currently under recruitment. The $95,000 budget pays for approximately 1,270 hours of support services.
Recruitment
In 2018, City Council authorized an Assistant Planner position for the Development Services Department. Recruitment for the Assistant Planner position began in November 2018 and will take approximately 4 months to complete.
Current Planning
The Planning Division is responsible for:
1. Building plan check and inspections for new development;
2. Grading plan check for new development;
3. Landscape plan check;
4. Technical support and administration of the Planning Commission;
5. Administration of the Development Review Committee; and
6. Technical support to the Economic Development Committee and Transportation Commission.
Major projects assigned to full-time Planning staff include:
1. Renaissance Marketplace;
2. Lytle Creek Ranch Specific Plan Amendment and Residential Subdivision;
3. Rialto Bioenergy Facility;
4. Midvalley Land...
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