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i 6.1 C Page 1 REP�RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council and The Redevelopment Agency Board From the Cit Mana er and Executive Director January 24, 2011 SUBJECT Amendment #1 with Wagstaff/MIG for Professional Consulting Services for the Downtown Precise Plan RECOMMENDATION Approve Amendment #1 by motion, to increase the contract amount by $86,503.02 for environmental consulfiing services with Wagstaff/MIG for preparation of a new Environmental lmpact Report (EIR) for the Downtown Precise Plan. This amount is in addition to $17,883 in contingency funds that were also previously authorized in the original EIR budget upon approval of the City Manager. BACKGROUND On July 13, 2009, the Redevelopment Agency entered into an agreement with Wagstaff/MIG to rewrite the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Downtown Precise Plan. On December 14, 2010 the Planning Commission recommended to the City Council that the Final EIR be certified. That document will now be considered by the City Council for certification at its January 24, 2011 meeting. The planning consultant is requesting additional compensation to pay for supplemental EIR analysis including work up to and including Final EIR certification. The additional work includes: additional shadow impact evaluation; collaboration and coordination of new historic resource survey information; review of several City Downtown Precise Plan updates; additional analysis of alternatives; editorial reformatting; attendance at Historic Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC) meetings and incorporation of HRAC comments. This work had to be completed by the consultant prior to the Amendment #1 so that the project could meet important deadlines for public and City Council review. This amendment will allow the funding to catch up to the work actually completed. The original ElR agreement prepared in 2009 was in the amount of $178,826 and the consultant is now requesting additional funds due to the needed supplemental analysis described abave. Pfease see the attached letter dated December 17, 2010 from Wagstaff/MIG. Specifically, the additional work cost the city $86,503.02 in addition to $17,883 in contingency funds that were approved in the original EIR approved budget. The total aggregate amount of the Agreement and Amendment #1 is $265,329.02, excluding the contingency amount of $17,883. There have been no other previous amendments to this agreement. The additiona! funds will be made available from Redevelopment capital project funds.