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AGENCY ACTION
MEETING DATE:
AUGUST 6, 2007
TITLE:
CONTRACT AWARD TO PREPARE THE GENERAL
PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE AND
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
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1. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager
and the Clerk of the Council to execute a contract with The Planning
Center to prepare the General Plan Housing Element in an amount not
to exceed $227,670.
2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager
and the Clerk of the Council to execute a Cooperative Agreement with
the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana (Agency)
to use $25,000 of Agency funds on the General Plan Housing Element.
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACTION
Direct the Agency General Counsel to prepare and authorize the Executive
Director of the Community Redevelopment Agency and the Agency Secretary
to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Santa Ana to supply
an amount not to exceed $25,000 for use in preparation of the General
Plan Housing Element.
DISCUSSION
As required by State law, Santa Ana's General Plan Housing Element is to
be updated and forwarded to State of California Housing and Community
Development by June 30, 2008. Last updated in December 2000, the Housing
Element identifies the City's plan, programs and policies to ensure the
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Contract Award to
Santa Ana General
August 6, 2007
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Prepare the
Plan Housing Element
provision of adequate housing choices for the Santa Ana community. In
addition, the Housing Element will provide an inventory of vacant or
underutilized land with the potential to develop the City's 3,393 housing
unit share of the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA).
The General Plan Housing Element effort will include a summary of Santa
Ana's existing demographic and housing characteristics; identify progress
on the goals and implementation actions set forth in the existing 2000
Housing Element, multi-lingual community workshops for input by
policymakers, stakeholders and the residents; detail locations that allow
for future housing growth to serve the Santa Ana community and regional
market; and a planning document that frames Santa Ana's Housing policy
and goals for the future.
A Request for Proposals was distributed to eleven planning consulting
firms in late May 2007. In response to the Request for Proposals, staff
received proposals from three highly-qualified planning firms: The
Planning Center, RBF Consulting and Hogle-Ireland. After reviewing the
proposals, Planning and Housing staff conducted interviews with each of
the consulting teams. At the conclusion of the interviews, together with
an analysis of the proposals submitted, staff determined that The
Planning Center was best qualified to assist in the preparation of the
Housing Element update. The total contract amount for the preparation of
the General Plan Housing Element will not exceed $227,670.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds in the amount of $135,000 are available in the CDBG fund for
General Planning Projects (account no. 135-149-6291, project no. 08-
7603), funds in the amount of $57,670 are available in the Planning and
Building Agency account for other contractual services (account no. 11-
505-6291), funds in the amount of $25,000 are available in the Merged
Housing Set Aside funds (account no. 507-508-6291, work order no. 62017),
and funds in the amount of $10,000 are available in the Air Quality
Management fund (account no. 31-505-6291). The total contract amount
will not exceed $227,670.
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Contract Award to Prepare the
Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element
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APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS:
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