REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
December 15, 2016
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, AICP, HDFP, Director
Development and Resource Management Department
THROUGH: DANIEL ZACK, AICP, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT
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Approve the second amendment to the contract with Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. (MIG), a California Corporation, to extend the end date of the contract from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2017 and to increase the contract by an amount not to exceed $13,500 for consulting services to complete the Housing Element Amendment and to authorize the City Manager or his or her designee to execute documents
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RECOMMENDATION
Approve the second amendment to the contract with Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. (MIG), a California Corporation, to extend the end date of the contract from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2017 and to increase the contract by an amount not to exceed $13,500 for consulting services to complete the Housing Element Amendment and to authorize the City Manager or his or her designee to execute documents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. (MIG) is the consulting firm that was retained in September of 2015 by the Development and Resource Management Department to assist staff in the preparation of the Housing Element. The original contract was in the amount of $50,000 and was approved administratively pursuant to Administrative Order No. 6-19. The first contract amendment was approved in April 2016 for $17,000 to assist with the housing element certification process. $13,500 in additional funds are now being requested to complete a housing element amendment.
BACKGROUND
The Housing Element is a required element of the General Plan and the only element that requires certification by a state agency, in this case the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). The...
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