Title
Approval of Amendment #3 to Service Agreement AGR20-50, between Dekker, Parich, Sabatini, LTD and Incorporated County of Los Alamos, to increase the contract budget in the amount of $25,500, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax for the purpose of completing additional work and cleanup of Chapter 16, the Development Code.
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve Amendment #3 to AGR20-50, between Dekker, Parich, Sabatini, LTD and Incorporated County of Los Alamos, to increase the contract budget in the amount of $25,500, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, for the purpose of completing additional work and cleanup of Chapter 16, the Development Code
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve Amendment 3 to AGR20-50, between Dekker, Parich, Sabatini, LTD and Incorporated County of Los Alamos.
Body
The County Council approved a contract with Dekker, Perich, Sabatini, LTD in June of 2020 for the purposes of conducting a county-wide initiative to develop new Master Plans for downtown Los Alamos and the White Rock Town Center and to lead a comprehensive update of the County’s Development Code, Chapter 16. The service agreement AGR20-50 is shown in Attachment C.
The first phase of the contract involved the community engagement process and development of the two downtown Master Plans, both of which were adopted by County Council as amendments to the Comprehensive Plan in October of 2021.
The second phase of the contract involves the comprehensive update of Chapter 16 of the County Code, also known as the Development Code. This phase is still in progress and the current schedule is to ultimately bring the code update for Council adoption by November of this year.
The original scope of the project specifically identified thirteen (13) public meetings for both phases. After the initial kick-off process and input from various stakeholders and Councilors, it was evident that for this Code Update to be a success, outre...
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