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council Meeting: May 14, 1991
TO: Mayor and city council
Santa Monica, California
FROM: City staff
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to
Negotiate and Execute a Contract with Leighton and
Associates, Inc. for Preparation of a General Plan
safety Element and EIR for the city of Santa Monica
INTRODUCTION
This staff report recommends that Leighton and Associates, Inc.
be awarded a contract in the amount of $94,482 to prepare a
Safety Element for the Santa Monica General Plan and EIR.
BACKGROUND
The purpose
of the City's General Plan is to identify the
community I S land use, circulation, environmental, economic and
social goals and policies as they relate to land use and
development.
Maintaining and implementing the General Plan
provides citizens opportunities to participate in the planning
and decision making processes of the City. California state law
requires that the City include the following elements in the
General Plan: land use, circulation, housing, conservation, open
space, noise and safety. The city of Santa Monica last completed
its Public Safety and Seismic Safety Elements to the General Plan
in the mid 1970's. Much has changed in the city since that time
and an update of these plans is necessary.
State law now
requires that the hazard issues, seismic safety and public
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safety, be combined into a single Safety Element document. In
light of this new state law and with recent legislation requiring
the evaluation of seismic factors as part of the development
approval process, the city council instructed staff to update the
Safety Element as part of the FY 1990-91 work objectives.
This Safety Element should provide for a comprehensive and
decisive plan to reduce risk through hazard management.
Therefore, the City is contracting for: 1) an innovative and
effective Safety Element with policies and implementation
programs consistent with other elements of the General Plan; 2)
a legally defensible Environmental Impact Report (EIR)i and 3) a
multipurpose technical background report with supporting
documentation for the policies and implementation programs.
These programs will be aimed at redevelopment and abatement of
hazards in existing development as well as examining economic
incentives/disincentives and post-disaster reconstruction and
planning.
A Request for Proposals to prepare the Safety Element and EIR for
the City of Santa Monica was issued by the Program and Policy
Development Division. The following firms responded with bid
proposals: 1) Leighton and Associates, Inc. (with Cotton/Beland
Associates, Inc. as sub-consultant) in the amount of $94,482
($69,024 for the Safety Element and $25,458 for the EIR) and
2) EIP - Associates in the amount of $136,133 ($78,396 for the
Safety Element and $57,737 for the EIR). Staff reviewed the
proposals and recommends the selection of Leighton and
Associates, Inc. The proposal by Leighton and Associates, Inc.
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indicated a thorough understanding of the project; furthermore,
Leighton and Associates, Inc. has an impressive track record of
project experience including the Safety Element for the County of
Los Angeles and the Safety Elements for the cities of Burbank,
Culver City and Rolling Hills.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
Currently, the amount of $94,482 is available in Account
#01-200-266-00000-5506-00000 for preparation of the Safety
Element.
RECQ!.lliENDATION
It is recommended that the city Council authorize the City
Manager to execute a contract with Leighton and Associates, Inc.
in the amount of $94,482 to prepare the Safety Element to the
General Plan and Environmental Impact Report.
Prepared by: Paul Berlant, Director of LUTM
Suzanne Frick, Planning !tanager
Paul Foley, Associate Planner
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