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REPORT From the City Manager May 20, 2002 Subject Agreement for Professional Consulting Services with Curtis Williams & Associates, Planning Consultant. Recommendation Approve an agreement for Professional Consulting Services with Curtis Williams & Associates, Planning Consultants for a total amount of $24,552, to provide planning services involving the upgrade of specific outdated sections of the Redwood City Zoning Ordinance (Attachment A). Background The Zoning Ordinance is in need of significant overhaul. Planning does not have the staff resources to handle this work in-house~. However, major changes to zoning ordinances are very complex and time consuming. Palo Alto has been working on such a major overhaul for over two years. We propose to begin the review of the Zoning Ordinance structure with the new staff resources proposed in the 2002-03 budget. Work scope In the meantime there are many smaller changes that are necessary to correct deficiencies or to bring the Ordinance up to date with changed legislation. Mr. Williams will enable us to begin to "clean up" a number of these map and text adjustments to the Zoning Ordinance. These will include changes to the Streetscape (Article 36); Non-Conforming Buildings and Uses (Article 33); and Parking (Article 30) sections among other housekeeping items. Curtis Williams is a seasoned planner (formerly Planning Director in several cities) who will provide the following services: · Review existing ordinances and related information · Compare with ordinance provisions of other cities · Develop draft ordinance changes · Make recommendations to staff on changes · Provide staff suppo,'t dudng Planning Commission and City Council review and action. 1 The Zoning Ordinance was drafted in the 1960's and it's basic structure remains unchanged from that time.