REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
August 21, 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 appropriating $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 (STAMP) and $54,000 for miscellaneous City expenses. The AAR associated with this contract is being brought forward for Council consideration.
BACKGROUND
Council took action on August 25, 2011, to amend the AAR to appropriate a total of $900,000 from the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) for the preparation of a Master Plan. The $900,000 consists of $700,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) dollars that the CHSRA is receiving from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), as well as $200,000 in Proposition 1A High Speed Rail bond proceeds. In addition, the Council took action on ...
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