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<br />6-1E <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />the EIR will save developers time and money, and thereby facilitate and expedite development <br />in the downtown. <br /> <br />Schedule <br />It is estimated that it will take approxímately 5 months from the approval of the agreements to <br />complete the draft EIR with public hearings beginning sometime in the summer. In the <br />meantime, staff is working with the urban design consultant, Freedman Tung & Bottomley, (FTB) <br />to prepare the final draft Downtown Precise Plan. <br /> <br />Fiscal Impact <br />The EIR contract with Wagstaff and Associates will be funded by the Redevelopment Agency as <br />part of its Downtown Funding Plan and capital budget. The Agency will also fund $85,000 of the <br />cost of the Nolte Associates contract with the balance of $39,452 coming from the Water and <br />Sewer Enterprise Fund. At the City Council meeting on February 27, the Council also requested <br />a detail accounting of all the funds expended to date on the Downtown Precise Plan. That <br />information is provided in a separate memo from the Redevelopment Director. <br /> <br />Also as mentioned at the City Council meeting on February 27, staff plans to create a <br />reimbursement program for the cost of both the EIR and the Downtown Precise Plan based on <br />anticipated cost savings to developments from the EIR. There is a significant upfront City cost of <br />preparing the EIR and Precise Plan which will result in substantial cost savings to each <br />developer as they avoid the substantial cost of preparing an environmental analysis for each <br />individual project. The City Council authorized staff to investigate such a reimbursement <br />program and return at a future date with a proposal. Staff has begun that work. <br /> <br />The City may also have to develop a program of advanced funding for some of the infrastructure <br />improvements needed to implement this Plan. Staff will also be investigating this issue as part <br />of the engineering analysis in the EIR. <br /> <br />Alternative <br />Do not approve the contracts which would delay the Downtown Precise Plan EIR and thus <br />adoption of the Downtown Precise Plan. <br /> <br />/v :/ ~--_._._~_.- <br />'Jérrv<l~~ ~-!ì ~ <br />Tom Passanisi Susan Moell ~. <br />Principal Planner Redevelopment Manager <br /> <br /> <br />0 Patterson <br />/ Cómmunity Development <br />/ Director <br /> <br />~ <br />"'. ',~ , <br />""" '-""-7 / <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Chu Chang <br />Engineering and Construction <br />Manqger J <br />/'". ..p"'A< A. ,,' . fL.' r ,.-'_'__',---.... <br />)/(/ of,., I <br />U;" Ìll"-'f/L' <br />Ed Everett <br />City Manager <br /> <br />Attachments <br />1. Wagstaff and Associates Letter Agreement dated 02/17/06 <br />2. Wagstaff and Associates Proposal and Agreement <br />3. Nolte Associates Proposal and Agreement <br /> <br />1:12006 STAFF REPORTS, AGREEMENTS\O3-2006\Agreements for Precise Plan EIR <br /> <br />2 <br />