REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
July 31, 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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Actions pertaining to a consultant contract 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)
2. Authorize the Director of the Development and Resource Management (DARM) Department to enter into a professional services agreement with the firm of AECOM Technical Services, (AECOM) in the amount not to exceed $966,068 utilizing funding from the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) and Fresno Council of Governments (Fresno COG)
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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 appropriating $1,020,000 for High Speed Rail Station Master Plan consulting services and miscellaneous City expenses.
2. Authorize the Director of the DARM Department to enter into a professional services agreement with the firm of AECOM in the amount not to exceed $966,068 utilizing funding from the CHSRA and Fresno COG.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On August 25, 2011, the Council adopted a resolution amending the AAR to appropriate $900,000 from the CHSRA in the Public Works Department budget for preparation of the High Speed Rail Station Area Master Plan (Master Plan). On March 29, 2012, the Council adopted a resolution to appropriate $120,000 from Fresno COG for the Master Plan and to transfer the funds from the Public W...
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