REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
Date: October 2, 2014
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: MIKE SANCHEZ, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BONIQUE EMERSON, AICP, Supervising Planner
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT
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Action pertaining to an Annual Appropriation Resolution for the High Speed Rail Station Area Master Plan
1. *RESOLUTION- 3rd amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2014-95 appropriating $1,020,000 for High Speed Rail Station Master Plan consulting services and miscellaneous City expenses (Requires 5 affirmative votes)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends City Council take the following actions:
1. Adopt the resolution of the Council of the City of Fresno adopting the 3rd amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2014-95 reappropriating $1,020,000 for High Speed Rail Station Master Plan consulting services and miscellaneous City expenses.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On July 31, 2014, Council authorized the Director of the Development and Resource Management (DARM) Department to enter into a professional services agreement with the firm of AECOM Technical Services, in the amount not to exceed $966,068 for the preparation of a High Speed Rail Station Area Master Plan (Master Plan) and $54,000 for miscellaneous City expenses. Approval of the AAR is needed to reappropriate grant revenues previously accepted by Council in order to fund the work being performed by AECOM Technical Services.
BACKGROUND
Over the last month the Council has debated the purpose of the Master Plan, which seemed to focus more on philosophical or political differences related to high speed rail and whether the City should commission a study to evaluate the impacts of a project that may not occur within the foreseeable future. While the Administration understands this concern, the Master Plan is ...
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