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COUNCIL MEETING Apn127, 1999 Santa Monica, California
TO Mayor and City Council
FROM City Staff
SUBJECT Recommendation to Award a Contract to Rincon Consultants, Inc for
Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report on the Target Department
Store Project
INTRODUCTION
This staff report recommends that Rincon Consultants, Inc be awarded a contract In the
amount of$126,719, With a 20% contingency, to prepare an Environmental Impact Report
for the proposed Target Department Store project located at 430 Santa MOnica Boulevard
at the southwest corner of 5th Street and Santa MOnica Boulevard The proposed project
Includes the removal of a surface parking lot and the construction of a three-story, 166,080
square foot department store With four levels of subterranean parking The recommended
contingency amount IS to cover additional costs that may anse dUring the analYSIS of the
project's Impacts and to expedite the review process
BACKGROUND
The environmental assessment process IS being Initiated In conjunction With an application
for a Development ReView Permit which has been submitted to the City by the project
applicant
The Planning and Community Development Department has determined that an
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Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will be required to evaluate the proposed project The
EIR will examrne a number of environmental Issues regardmg the proposed project
Includmg air quality, nOIse, light and glare, shadows, human health, economiC and social
Impacts, population, land use, housmg, transportation, circulation and parking, utilities,
public services, construction Impacts, recreational resources, cultural resources,
aesthetiCS, and neighborhood effects Once an EIR IS prepared, there will be a public
comment period dUring which Interested persons can review and comment on the
environmental analysIs Public hearings on the project Will also be conducted by the
Planning Commission
A Request for Proposal to prepare the EIR for thiS project was Issued by the Plannmg and
CommunIty Development Department, which IS responsible for preparing City
environmental documents Five firms responded With proposals Staff recommends that
Rincon Consultants, Inc be selected to prepare the EIR due to ItS competitive cost
proposal and experience In preparing Similar environmental reviews For example, Rrncon
prepared the environmental analYSIS forthe Wal-Mart Center General Plan EIR forthe City
of Santa Mana and the Glendale Market Place EIR In addition, Kaku ASSOCiates Inc , the
proposed traffiC and circulation subconsultant, has prepared numerous traffic studIes m
Santa MOnica and on Similar projects
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
The City's costs forthls EIR, mcludlng the twenty percent contingency amount, WIll be fully
paid In advance by the applicant Funds from the applicant In the amount of $126,719 Will
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be deposited mto the General Trust and Agency Fund Account Number 80-000-000-
00000-9750-04362 Additional contmgencyfunds (upto a maximum of20% oftheonglnal
contract amount) will be deposited by the project applicant to this same account If It IS
determined by the Director of Plannmg & Commu n1ty Development that the ongmal scope
of services needs to be amended to provide additional environmental analysIs
Expenditures to cover the cost of this additional analysIs will be charged to this fund
without any fmanclallmpact to the City
RECOMMENDATION
It IS recommended that upon receipt ofS126,719 from Target, the City Council authorize
the City Manager to enter mto a contract with Rincon Consultants, I nc at a cost of
$126,719, with a 20% contingency, for preparation of an EIR for the proposed Target
Department Store project
Prepared by Suzanne Fnck, Director of PCD
Jay Trevino, Planning Manager
Laura Beck, Associate Planner
Plannmg And Community Development Department
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