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COUNCIL MEETING August 10, 1999 Santa MOnica, California
TO Mayor and City Council
FROM City Staff
SUBJECT Recommendatron to Authorize the CIty Manager to Negotrate and Execute
Professional Services Contracts for Plan Review and I nspectlon Services
INTRODUCTION
ThiS staff report recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate
and execute contracts for plan review services for the BUilding and Safety DIVISion Staff
recommends contracts with ICBO Plan Review Services and EsGl1 Corporation, In a
cumulative amount not to exceed $250,000
ThiS staff report also recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a contract with Wllldan & Associates In an amount not to exceed
$150,000 to provide temporary Inspection and engineering staff for the BUlldmg and Safety
Division
BACKGROUND
The regional Increase In bUilding construction actIVIty continues to affect the BUilding and
Safety DIVIsion In FY 96/97 the BUilding Permit valuation for the City was $63 5 million,
In FY 97/98 the amount Increased to $190 million In FY 98/99 bUilding permit valuation
reached 5320 million The number and scope of plan reviews and construction permits for
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Su bsequent to the adoption of I ntenm Ordmance 1947, the City Council directed staff to
prepare an ordinance whIch would amend ,t to exempt applIcatIons for tentatIve maps and
parcel maps submitted on or before May 25, 1999 from the moratorium The attached
proposed ordmance has been prepared In response to the City Council's direction
After the Council gave direction to prepare the amendment, an applicant who would be
affected by It requested, through counsel, that the exemption be broadened Specifically,
the apphcant requested that the amendment exempt conditional use and development
review permits as well as tentative maps Acceding to thIS request would moot out the
applicant's legal claims However, the proposed ordinance before Council does not
presently Include thiS broadened exemption
Recommendation
It IS respectfully recommended that the accompanymg ordinance be Introduced for first
reading and that the Council conSider expanding the moratorium exemptions to Include
applications for conditional use and development review permits that were submitted on or
before May 25, 1999
PREPARED BY Marsha Jones Moutne, City Attorney
Barry Rosenbaum, Deputy City Attorney
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ATTACHMENT
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negotiate and execute a contract with Wllldan & Associates In an amount not to exceed
$150,000 to provide temporary inspection and englneenng staff for the BUilding and Safety
DIVISion
Prepared by Suzanne Frrck, Director, Planmng and Community Development
Tim McCormick, BUilding Officer
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