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Contract and Scope of Services associated with Land Development Code Update (B)
Explanation
On September 1, 2011, the City Commission approved a consultant ranking regarding proposed updates to the Land Development Code. The number one ranked firm approved by the City Commission is Little John Engineering.
In addition to approval of the ranking, the City Commission directed that staff clarify the initial scope of services to: 1) identify those areas of the City subject to application of a form based code through provision of a map; 2) identify those Special Area Plans that are recommended to be eliminated and replaced by a form based code; and, 3) identify areas of the existing Land Development Code that should be integrated with the form based code in order to ensure the seamlessness of a final product.
Since providing this direction on September 1st, staff has met internally with a team (inclusive of Planning, CRA and City Attorney's staff) to review the direction and provide a response (this information has been shared with Public Works and GRU staff as well). In addition, staff has met with representatives of the development community and neighborhood residents about this matter.
The contract and scope of services defines six components and separates these components into various billable tasks. Completion of the tasks and ultimately the larger components will result in an identified deliverable provided to the City. Invoices will be submitted indicating percentage completion of individual tasks over time. There is a large component of the Scope of Services that is dedicated to meetings and public interaction that will be important to the ultimate successful conclusion of the project.
The attached map represents staff's direction on areas most suitable for application of form based code principles. A map provided by the development community that roughly follows the contours of the staff map will be provided to the Consultan...
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