DEPARTMENT: Planning Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
SA Tomorrow Area Planning Consulting Services - Year 2 Professional Services Agreement Amendment
SUMMARY:
Ordinance authorizing an amendment to the SA Tomorrow Area Planning Consultant Services - Year 2 Professional Services Agreement with Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. pertaining to the Phase 2 Sub-Area Plans to allow Spanish translation of adopted plans and the creation of dual-language websites, and extending the term to June 2021, for the an additional amount of $116,070.00, and for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,171,070.00. Funding for this amendment is included in the FY 2020 General Fund Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of San Antonio is projected to grow significantly over the next two decades and developing a plan to accommodate that growth was the driving objective for the development of the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan. The SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan was adopted by City Council on August 11, 2016. This Comprehensive Plan recommends the development of sub-area plans that focus analysis and policy recommendations to more specific geographical areas. The three types of sub-area plans identified in the Comprehensive Plan include Regional Center Plans, Corridor Plans, and Community Plans.
In FY 2018, City Council approved Ordinance 2018-05-31-0401 authorizing the execution of a professional services agreement with Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. (MIG), in the amount not to exceed $1,055,000.00 for consultant services pertaining to the development of the second phase of sub-area plans to implement the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan. The Phase 2 plan areas include the Texas A&M - San Antonio Area Regional Center, Port San Antonio Area Regional Center, Highway 151 / Loop 1604 Area Regional Center, Northeast I-35 / Loop 410 Regional Center, Near Eastside Community Area, and Southeast Community Area.
In FY 2020, the Planning Department received funding to have the Phase 2 plans translated into Spanish after they have been adopted by City Council. As the plans are intended to live as digital documents, or e-plans, on individual websites dedicated to each plan area, these websites will need to be enhanced to accommodate the additional content and easily toggle between English and Spanish. In addition to the text content, all graphic content such as maps and charts will also be translated.
ISSUE:
Ordinance authorizing an amendment to the SA Tomorrow Area Planning Consultant Services - Year 2 Professional Services Agreement with Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. pertaining to the Phase 2 Sub-Area Plans to allow Spanish translation of adopted plans and the creation of dual-language websites, and extending the term to June 2021, for the an additional amount of $116,070.00, and for a total amount not to exceed $1,171,070.00.
The Professional Services Agreement with Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. provides the City of San Antonio with the second round of Sub-Area Plans to implement the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan that was adopted by City Council on August 11, 2016. Specific scope enhancements in this amendment include translation of the adopted plans into Spanish, the creation of Spanish-language e-plan websites, and continued project management for the extended Phase 2 timeline. The term of the contract will be extended from June 2020 to June 2021 to allow for the completion, adoption, translation, and creation of dual language websites for each of the Phase 2 sub-area plans.
ALTERNATIVES:
As an alternative, City Council could choose not to approve this contract amendment, resulting in adopted Phase 2 plans being available to the public only in English.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Ordinance authorizing an amendment to the SA Tomorrow Area Planning Consultant Services - Year 2 Professional Services Agreement with Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. pertaining to the Phase 2 Sub-Area Plans to allow Spanish translation of adopted plans and the creation of dual-language websites, and extending the term to June 2021, for the an additional amount of $116,070.00, and for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,171,070.00. Funding for this amendment is included in the FY 2020 General Fund Budget
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends authorizing the contract amendment in the amount of $116,070.00 for the Professional Services Agreement with Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. (MIG) for SA Tomorrow Area Planning Consulting Services - Year 2.