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Report regarding a resolution approving the First Amendment to a consulting services agreement with Metropolitan Planning Group for staff augmentation services in an amount not to exceed $60,000, authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement, and authorizing a corresponding increase in the total budget to $190,000. (Tony Rozzi, Principal Planner).
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RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco adopt a resolution approving the First Amendment to a consulting services agreement with Metropolitan Planning Group (DBA M-Group) in an amount not to exceed $60,000, authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement, and authorizing a corresponding increase in the total budget from $130,000 (existing) to $190,000 (proposed).
Approval of the proposed contract amendment will allow the continuation of badly needed support services to allow the Planning Division to handle its current workload of new and existing planning applications. The costs for M-Group's services will be funded through pass-through contracts with applicants or the Planning Division's existing professional services budget.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The Planning Division continues to receive a large volume of entitlement applications for complex mixed-use and commercial campus developments. These projects, coupled with the typical applications for single family dwelling remodels, commercial tenant improvements, business licenses, signage, special events, parking exceptions, and use permit requests have increased the workload significantly and lengthened the entitlement review duration.
For this reason, staff recommends continuing contractual services with M-Group, as the previously selected firm from the City's competitive RFP process. With M-Group's full-time staff planner equivalent successfully on-board and trained with the Planning Division, this contract will provide seamless full-time assistance, as needed, for...
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