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COUNCIL MEETING: May 24, 1988
Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City council
FROM: City staff
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to
Negotiate and Execute Contract with cotton/Beland
Associates to Conduct a city-wide Land Use Survey
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends that the City council authorize the City
Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Cotton/Beland
Associates (CBA) to conduct a comprehensive land use survey of
the city of Santa Monica.
BACKGROUND
The purpose of the land use survey project is to create a
database that lists, describes and quantifies existing patterns
of land use in Santa Monica.
The project will include
preparation of land use maps, development of a parcel-specific
computerized land use inventory, and a report setting forth the
findings of the study.
The last comprehensive land use survey was conducted over ten
years ago in 1975. Since 1975 there have been many changes in
the landscape of the City: two Redevelopment projects, a large
number of residential demolitions and development of new
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mUlti-family uses, and a general intensification of commercial
land uses. The land use survey will identify these changes.
The land use data provided by the 1988 survey will play a key
role in the geographic-based information system (GIS) currently
under development (which will ultimately include both automated
permit tracking and land use mapping capabilities), in future
updates of the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance, and in
performing comprehensive rezonings over the next two years. The
survey will take advantage of other land use databases which are
available, such as information from the County Assessor and the
Rent Control Administration. The survey will also include new
air photographs of the City, updating the 1985 air photographs
currently maintained by the General Services Department.
The selection process for this project included issuance of
Requests for Proposals in March 1988, submittal of proposals from
six firms in April 1988, and interviews of the three top-rated
consultants in May. Based on an analysis of prior experience
with similar projects, staff is recommending Cotton/Beland
Associates (CBA) be selected to perform the land use survey.
CBA's land use survey experience, local knowledge and
availability, and computer mapping capabilities resulted in a
superior proposal. This project will take approximately nine
months to complete and will result in both maps and data which,
together with the City-wide Traffic study, will provide a
database which will greatly enhance the planning process in the
city.
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BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
The Fiscal Year 1987-88 budget includes a $100,000 allocation for
this project in the city Planning Division budget account
01-200-266-000-410. CBA will perform the survey and associated
tasks for a total of $88,410, and staff is recommending a $5,000
contingency amount above this figure in the event the city wishes
to increase the number of work products, such as maps, to be
produced as part of the project.
RECOMMENDATION
staff respectfully recommends that the city Council authorize the
ci ty Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with
Cotton/Beland Associates to conduct a comprehensive land use
survey of the city of Santa Monica in the amount of $93,410,
$5,000 of which is to be used solely at the discretion of the
Director
of
Planning
for
additional
work products
not
contemplated in the CBA proposal.
Prepared by: Paul Berlant, Director of Planning
D. Kenyon Webster, Senior Planner
Liz Casey, Assistant Planner
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