REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 27, 2017
FROM: DANIEL ZACK, AICP, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Development and Resource Management Department
AMBER PIONA, Planner II
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT
Title
Approve an amendment to the contract with Wallace, Roberts and Todd, LLC. for consulting services to augment the scope of the Parks Master Plan and to authorize the Development and Resource Management Department Director or designee to execute documents
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RECOMMENDATION
Approve an amendment to the contract with Wallace, Roberts and Todd, LLC., (WRT) in an amount not to exceed $250,000 for consulting services to augment the scope of the Parks Master Plan to include Urban Greening planning grant goals and to authorize the Development and Resource Management Department Director or his or her designee to execute documents.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
WRT is the consulting firm that was approved by the City Council on May 19, 2016, to work with the community and staff in the preparation of the Parks Master Plan. The original contract was in the amount of $436,701. In 2014 the City was awarded an Urban Greening planning grant of $250,000 to create an Urban Greening Plan. Because of the close alignment of the goals of a Park Master Plan and an Urban Greening Plan, a contract amendment in the amount of $250,000 is now being requested to incorporate the scope of the Urban Greening Plan into the scope of the Parks Master Plan. New services that would not otherwise be provided by the Parks Master Plan include: a formal condition assessment of the additional 50+ parks not included in the original Parks Master Plan scope, an analysis tool that connects the Parks Master Plan recommendations to the Trust for Public Land's ParkScore criteria, providing greater detail about implementation of high-level park goals for the purpose of being grant ready, and expan...
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