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Planning and Building Department, Planning Services Division, Long Range Planning Unit, recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Amendment I to Agreement 5912 with Mintier Harnish to assist with creating custom design standards and guidelines in the County’s Community Regions (Shingle Springs, El Dorado/Diamond Springs, Cameron Park, and El Dorado Hills) for new Commercial, Mixed-Use, and Multi-Family Residential Design Standards for communities identified in the County’s General Plan Policy 2.1.1.1, increasing the budget by $520,001 for a new total amount of $826,616, updating the scope of work, and extending the term of the agreement by 3 years with a new expiration date of January 31, 2028; and
2) Authorize the Purchasing Agent, to execute any further documents determined necessary related to Agreement 5912, including amendments which do not increase the amount or term of the Agreement, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
FUNDING: Discretionary Transient Occupancy Tax 26%, Affordable Housing Trust Fund 19%, General Fund 55%.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Work began on the design standards under this original contract in February 2022. Portions of component 1 were completed including Subtask 1.1.1 Kickoff Meeting and Shingle Springs Tour, and Subtask 1.1.2 Existing and Draft Document/Ordinance Review and County Reconnaissance. Additionally, Subtask 1.2.1 Create Revised Draft of the Shingle Springs Design Standards had begun. The Consultant did extensive work on a preliminary draft of the Shingle Springs Community Design Standards, as originally scoped, however the subtask was not completed.
AB 2011 and SB 6 passed in late 2022 and went into effect July 1, 2023. This new housing legislation caused a pause in the work to evaluate how it affected the scope of the project. AB 2011 allows for ministerial, by-right approval for affordable housing on commercially zoned lands, and also allows such approv...
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