REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Contract for Consultant Services Associated with the Development of the Lawrence Station Area Sense of Place Plan (F18-266)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a contract to Callander Associates of San Jose, in an amount not to exceed $114,957 for consultant services associated with the development of the Lawrence Station Area Sense of Place Plan. Approval is also requested for a 10% contingency in the amount of $11,496.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Section 2.08.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, City Council approval is required for the procurement of goods and services exceeding $100,000 in any one transaction. Consistent with the provision of Municipal Code Section 2.08.070(b)(1), contracts for the procurement of professional or specialized services may be exempted from the competitive proposal process.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(a) of the CEQA Guidelines as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The City Council adopted the Lawrence Station Area Plan (LSAP) and certified the associated Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on December 6, 2016 (RTC No. 16-1108). Adoption of the LSAP included an implementation action to prepare a Sense of Place Plan to address design criteria for streetscape elements and prepare implementation requirements for the plan elements. The City Council also directed study of an increase in the allowable number of housing units in the LSAP area.
Following the adoption of the LSAP, the City Council allocated $200,000 from the General Fund to the LSAP Housing Study and Sense of Place Plan as part of the FY 2017/18 Adopted Budget (Project No. 833700, Budget Supplement #10). The Housing Study is in ...
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