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The Mayor and City Council shall discuss and possibly take action on a request to approve an Award of Contract to Dyett & Bhatia Urban and Regional Planners of San Francisco to provide consulting services for the City of Maricopa, Development Services Zoning Code Rewrite, in an amount not to exceed $330,750; and to approve budgetary transfers to fund consulting services related to interim Planning and Zoning functions, including overseeing the Zoning Code Rewrite, through the end of FY12-13 in an amount not to exceed $136,200. The transfer is from General Governmental CIP, Capital Projects-Transportation, Buildings, Amtrak Station Relocation (35044146-67720-35016) for $466,950 to General Governmental CIP, Capital Projects-Planning & Zoning, Design Services-Improvements Other Than Buildings, Zoning Code Rewrite (35044141-67735) for $330,750 and to General Fund, Planning and Zoning, Professional and Occupational (10044141-53320) for $136,200. The procurement process for the contract award is in compliance with City of Maricopa Purchasing Code, Section 3-4-6. Discussion and Action.
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On March 6, the City Council approved a contract with Zucker Systems for the completion of a Development Services Department Review and Audit. The report was accepted by the City Council on June 19. Since that time, staff has created an Implementation Plan per the primary recommendation in the Review Report. The presentation included information on key focus areas identified in the Plan, strategies for accomplishing goals, and associated costs to achieve the desired results in the current and future fiscal years.
On October 30, 2012, an updated presentation regarding the Development Services Department's Implementation Plan was presented to Mayor and City Council. Included in the presentation was an overview of the activities to date and the intention to proceed with the interim Planning & Zoning Administrator functions and the Zoning Code Rewrite. Thi...
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