City

of

Lafayette Staff Report

For:

Redevelopment Agency Board

By:

Ann Merideth, Community Development Director

Date Written:

August 7, 2009

Meeting Date:

August 10, 2009

Subject:

Supplemental Staff Report for Agenda Item #8A

(Agreement with Design, Community & Environment to prepare

the Downtown Lafayette Specific Plan Program Environmental

Impact Report)

Through its review of the proposals, the technical review committee recommended that

an additional task be added to DCE's work scope. The committee recommended that

TJKIVI do mid-day traffic counts as part of the traffic analysis. The lack of mid-day

counts was an issue raised during the preparation and review of the January 2009 Draft

Plan. DCE did amend the work scope to include the additional counts, but the TJKIVI's

costs did not include the task in the budget included in the original staff report

attachment. Mid-day traffic congestion will undoubtedly be raised during the scoping and

Draft EIR review, and it would have to be added later as an additional cost. Staff

recommends that it be added now and addressed up front in the Draft EIR. There are still

adequate funds in the existing redevelopment budget to include the task; no additional or

new funding is required.

Use

$

270,753

EIR, financial analysis, visual simulations

Source

$

195,000

Downtown EIR

_________

$

50,000

Design Guidelines

__________

$

25,753

Consultant studies

__________

$

270,753

Total

Recommendation

Approve the Agreement with Design Community & Environment to prepare the

Downtown Lafayette Specific Plan Program Environmental Impact Report with the

additional task of mid-day traffic counts.

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