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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND The City Council authorized the General Plan update in April 2003. Although most of the General Plan work is being undertaken by staff, consultant technical assistance will be required to complete certain aspects of the project. This report requests the approval of consultant contracts for services related to the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Report, and for an economic development plan and a fiscal/economic impact analysis for the General Plan. In the future, the City Council will be asked to approve a contract for a General Plan noise element. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH EIP The proposed contract with EIP Associates is to prepare a Draft and Final Environmental Impact Report for the General Plan Update. The Project Manager, Rod Jeung, will lead a team of EIP professionals with technical experience in geology, hydrology, botany and biology, cultural resources, and air quality. The technical work for the Transportation and Circulation section of the report, including modeling of the project and alternatives, will be prepared by Dowling and Associates under separate contract. An item extending and adding to the DoMing Associates contract is also on this City Council agenda. The EIP budget includes 36 hours of professional time under Traffic/Circulation to review and edit the material, and to integrate it into the EIR document. The full scope of EIP's work is described in Attachment 1, Exhibit A, Scope of Work. The proposed budget for the work is $133,000 (see Exhibit B). Staffis recommending the City Council authorize the City Manager to approve additional work up to a total of $146,300. The ten percent contingency would be authorized only for items not included in the original scope of work such as additional public meetings or new issues not previously identified. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BAY AREA ECONOMICS (BAE) The proposed contract with BAE is to complete three primary tasks: · A study on existing economic conditions, including demographic and labor trends, key sectors for future job growth, and retail leakage and potential. · An Economic Development Plan, based on the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities identified above, and including an Action Plan for short-term implementation, and material which will be used in the Economic and Fiscal Element in the General Plan. SR 05:148 Page 2 of 4