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BACKGROUND The preparation of an East Pleasanton Specific Plan is called for in the City's General Plan and is a City Council priority item. In September 2012, the City Council authorized the City Manager to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Rasmussen Planning and Gates + Associates, to prepare a Specific Plan for East Pleasanton. The budget was for a total of $751,766 which included a contingency of $68,342. Use of the contingency is limited to items not included in the original scope and requires prior written approval of the City. In order to respond to Task Force, neighborhood, and City Council requests for additional discussion and analysis, the following items, not included in the original Scope of Work, were authorized by City staff and paid for out of the contingency: • Two additional Task Force meetings (in March and April 2013) to continue discussion of Alternative plans, including preparation of additional alternative plans (graphics and text), attendance by consultants, and presentations at meetings; • Financial feasibility analyses for an additional six alternative plans, and attendance by the economic consultants (EPS) at an Economic Vitality Committee meeting; attendance at a City Council meeting; attendance at meeting of staff and consultants; assistance with the Infrastructure Financing Chapter of the Specific Plan; • An additional six Specific Plan alternatives to be analyzed in the Environmental Impact Report being prepared by First Carbon Solutions. The above work has exhausted the contingency of$68,342. DISCUSSION The Preliminary Draft Specific Plan will shortly be released for discussion by the Task Force and the community. Staff is seeking authorization for an amendment to the Professional Services Agreement for $58,750 for the following work requested by the Task Force and decision-makers: • A financial feasibility analysis of the "Preferred Plan" • Preparation of an analysis to determine a plan with the least number of housing units, that can finance the necessary infrastructure and is economically feasible • Adjustments to the feasibility analysis to account for mitigation of school impacts and contributions to the County for Stanley Boulevard improvements • A fiscal analysis of the adopted Specific Plan • Attendance by the economic consultant at an additional three meetings In addition, staff is requested a contingency budget of $20,000 for additional work items not included in this amendment or the original budget. Staff believes the above additional work items are essential to the forthcoming discussion with the Task Force and neighborhoods, as they would provide answers to questions Page 2 of 3