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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Second Amendment to the Service Provider Agreement with City ConText to Increase Compensation by $76,080 for a Total Aggregate Compensation Not to Exceed $150,000, and Extend the Term to December 31, 2023, to Continue Providing Technical Planning Support to the City of Alameda Housing Element Update and Related Zoning Amendments. (Planning, Building and Transportation 209)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 2019, the City of Alameda (City) entered into a contract with City ConText to assist with planning services and zoning text amendments. To date, their work product includes the Bird Safe Buildings and Dark Skies ordinances as well as the Objective Design Review Standards. Staff is requesting an amendment to the City ConText contract to increase the contract amount to an amount not to exceed $150,000 for work on zoning text amendments related to the Fiscal Years (FY) 2023-2031 Housing Element Update. The contract will be funded by the State's $300,000 LEAP grant, which was awarded to the City in 2020. Community Planning Fees in the Planning & Building Department Biannual Budget may also be used to fund this contract.
BACKGROUND
Under State law, the General Plan Housing Element must be updated every eight years to accommodate the local share of the regional housing need, also known as the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). By December 2022, the City Council must approve an updated Housing Element of the General Plan identifying the sites with appropriate zoning to achieve the City's RHNA. The updated Housing Element will require various amendments to the Zoning Ordinance text, in order to align the Zoning Ordinance with the Housing Element as required under State law.
DISCUSSION
In the fall of 2020, the City received its draft RHNA for the State mandated update of the General Plan Housing Element, which must be adopted the end of 2...
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