REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
June 21, 2018
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Development and Resource Management Department
THROUGH: DANIEL ZACK, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT
Title
Award a contract to Placeworks, Inc. for consultant services for the City of Fresno's Industrial Compatibility Study in the amount of $99,900.
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council award a contract to Placeworks, Inc. in the amount of $99,900 for the Industrial Compatibility Study and authorize the Development and Resource Management Director to sign and execute the contract on behalf of the City of Fresno.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The need for the Industrial Compatibility Study was identified in the Fresno General Plan (2014) and re-affirmed in the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan (2017). This report describes the consultant selection process and the scope of the study. Staff recommends that the City contract with Placeworks, Inc for the work, with Shared Spaces as a sub consultant for public engagement. The study is expected to take approximately one year to complete. A consultant is being contracted for this study because of the special technical expertise needed for assessing industrial land use compatibility, which requires scientific background in the subjects of noise, air quality, hazardous materials, and traffic and transportation.
BACKGROUND
The Fresno General Plan Healthy Communities Element Policy HC-3-g states that the City should "Consider developing a program with community stakeholders to address compatibility of industrial and heavy commercial uses and zoning with established neighborhoods." The need for the study was re-affirmed by community stakeholders during the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan process concluded in 2017.
Study Goal: Identify where incompatibility may exist between plann...
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