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assignments include + Assisting the City with the planning counter and answering planning inquires. + Processing various types of land use entitlement applications as needed through the Citys review process and prepare recommendations for action by staff, Planning Commission, and/or the City Council. + Coordinating discretionary review of entitlement applications. + Reviewing applications and proposed projects and prepare documents as needed for compliance with the required environmental statutes. + Assisting the City in conducting planning studies as needed. + Processing Plan Amendments and Code Amendments as needed. + Attending meetings of the City Council, Planning Commission, staff, public officials, community leaders, developers, contractors, and the general public as directed. + Completing planning reviews of building permits and tract maps in a timely manner. + Acting as planning project management for assigned planning projects. + Conducting inspections for approved planning projects and monitoring and evaluating implementation of conditions of approval as needed. + Other planning -related duties as assigned by the Planning Manager or their designee. The scope of work assumes that the City will make available templates for all required staff reports, conditions of approval, resolutions/ordinances, and other documents needed to process the application and that the City will publish public hearing notices. At the City's request the scope of work can be expanded to cover specialized studies or projects. A separate scope of work can be provided for these tasks if they are requested. Work will be provided either on -site or off -site as agreed upon by the City and Interwest Work will commence on February 3rd, 2025, and end on December 31, 2025, unless extended by mutual agreement. The planner will be available for up to 30 hours a week, with a not to exceed budget of $187,000. The City of Santa Ana will be will not be charged for the first three days that Interwest's planner is on site, this will be a complimentary training period. Payment Schedule The contract approved on November 7dh, 2023, states "that beginning on the first anniversary of the effective date of the agreement and annually thereafter, the hourly rate listed below shall be automatically increased based upon the annual increase in the Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics of Consumer Price Index' (CPI). The revised hourly rate factoring in a 3.4% CPI is reflected in the fee schedule below (rounded to the nearest dollar). Work will be billed on a time and materials basis: INTERWEST