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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 4, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br />AMEND AN AGREEMENT FOR CONTRACTED <br />ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN <br />SERVICES WITH URBAN STUDIO <br />~- <br />i <br />C&' ~v --- <br />CI Y MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br />the Clerk of the Council to execute an amendment to the existing <br />agreement with Urban Studio for contracted architecture and urban design <br />services in an amount not to exceed $116,000. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Planning Division is currently reviewing several projects that will <br />have long range architectural and urban design impacts on the City. <br />These projects include the First and Cabrillo residential high-rise <br />development, the City Place high-rise residential development on north <br />Main Street and the Metro East Mixed-Use Overlay District generally <br />located east of the Santa Ana (I-5) Freeway. To enhance the <br />architectural and urban design components of significant development <br />projects, the City has relied since September 2003 on consulting services <br />of John Kaliski with Urban Studio. Urban Studio has provided invaluable <br />input on a variety of projects, which has resulted in improved project <br />design, better compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods and more <br />sustainable long-term development projects. <br />An agreement with Urban Studio was originally approved in September 2003 <br />in the amount of $10,000. Amendments to the agreement were approved by <br />Council in November 2004, December 2005 and June 2006. These amendments <br />added $66,000 to the agreement and were for the purpose of preparing the <br />public realm plan for the Metro East Overlay District, as well as review <br />of other significant development projects. This amendment to the <br />agreement would increase the contracted amount by an additional $40,000, <br />for a total of $116,000 and extend the term of the agreement for 12 <br />months. <br />25A-1 <br />