REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
November 20, 2014
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Development and Resource Management Department
THROUGH: DANIEL ZACK, AICP, Assistant Director
Development and Resources Management Department
BY: KARANA HATTERSLEY-DRAYTON, M.A., Historic Preservation Project Manager
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT
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Approve a consultant agreement in the amount of $88,930 with Architecture + History, LLC to conduct an intensive historic survey of Phase I of the South Van Ness Industrial District and authorize the Director of the Development and Resource Management Department or her designee to sign on behalf of the City (Council District 3)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a consultant agreement with Architecture + History, LLC in the amount of $88,930 to prepare a Historic Property Survey Report for Phase 1 of the South Van Ness Industrial Area and authorize the Director, or her designee, to sign the agreement on behalf of the City.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In its 2014 final report, the City's Business Friendly Fresno Task Force recommended that historic property surveys, for neighborhoods not previously surveyed, would help facilitate future investment and streamline environmental review. City staff identified the South Van Ness Industrial Revitalization Project Area, with its mix of commercial and residential properties, as a good candidate for a potential Certified Local Government (CLG) matching grant through the State Office of Historic Preservation. The Development and Resource Management Department included a $60,000 line item for this parcel-by-parcel survey in the Department's approved 2015 budget. Department staff prepared a CLG grant application and the City of Fresno was awarded a grant of $40,000.
City staff prepared and posted an RFP/RFQ for the historic property survey work for consultants' fees not to exceed $90,000....
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