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Home My WebLink About11 - PSA for Updates to the General Plan Housing, Land Use and Circulation Elements - CorrespondenceReceived After Agenda Printed April 14, 2020 Item No. 11 Subject: FW: April 14 Agenda - Item # XIX - 11: Professional Services Agreement with Kimley- Horn and Associates Inc. From: Dorothy Kraus <dorothyikraus@gmail.com> Date: April 13, 2020 at 11:58:50 AM PDT To: Dept - City Council<CitVCouncil@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: April 14 Agenda - Item # XIX - 11: Professional Services Agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Mayor O'Neill and Council Members, I assume that the October 15, 2021 deadline to have the required adoption of an updated Housing Element has slipped or will eventually slip given COVID-19. Is this your operational assumption? I am not suggesting that work stops altogether or is even slowed but given the COVID Response budget allocations, I am looking for assurances that going ahead with consultants now is right timing. I see that there was over $lm dollars in budget money (?) leftover from the Kearns and West contract, which is being used to offset costs of these new contracts. Additionally, has the City gotten any feedback from RHNA (or State) about the high housing numbers they're expecting the city to comply with? I also want to express my hope that while staff, Kimbley-Horn and Associates, LSA, and Urban Crossroads are being engaged in the Housing Element update (which includes Circulation), the Housing Element Committee and the public will have visibility and input to work plans, and any key discussions and/or proposals to advance the updated Housing Element along the way vs. hearing about it for the first time on a future City Council agenda. Communication with constituents on this issue is essential. Perhaps John Pope put something together?? Thank you for your time in reading over my comments. Sincerely, Dorothy Kraus Mulvey, Jennifer From: City Clerk's Office Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 2:48 PM To: Mulvey, Jennifer; Rieff, Kim Subject: FW: Comments for tonight's NB City Council Mtg Attachments: petition_signatures,jobs_20202002_20200411161852.csv; petition_signatures,jobs_ 20202002_20200411161852.xlsx From: Kari Dietrich Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 2:48:04 PM (UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Brown, Leilani Cc: Rieff, Kim; City Clerk's Office Subject: Comments for tonight's NB City Council Mtg [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. To the Newport Beach City Council, Say Yes to Choice (OC Community Choice Energy) Outside all due recognition and attention paid to the urgent matters surrounding Covid-19, we humbly ask to likewise continue discussions with the City of Irvine and work to accept their invitation to join their Community Choice Energy program. As of now, the matter continues to be on the Irvine City Council agenda for May 12. We want the business development, freedom of choice, and affordable and sustainable energy that a Community Choice Energy program offers. Thank you, Mayor O'Neill and other council members, for doing everything to keep us safe, as well as your being open to this important step, especially at this singular time. Sincerely, OC Families for Consumer Choice Newport- and OC -area petitioners are listed here; original petition letter and full signature list are attached. Name & City Gialisa Gaffaney CdM Anne Parzick CdM Brenda McCroskey CdM Patricia Nichols CdM Beverly Carmichael CdM Maeve Courtney CdM Dillon Henry NB Teri Bassman NB Carol Crane NB Joni Nichols NB Anne Gordinier NB Susan Lew NB Eileen Penan NB Amy Henry NB Laura Oatman NB Maxine Stomber NB Dennis Bress NB Lara Horgan NB Toni Rios NB Mark Tabbert NB Gena Reed NB Nicole Nelson NB Bobbi Dauderman NB Cheryl Fischer NB Patricia Gwin NB Pamela Gilmour NB susan skinner NB Kathy Andrews NB JOHN FREYTAG NB Laurie Hoagland NB Claudette Shaw NB Esther Behnam NB Nancy Geerlings NB Catherine Han NB Kelly Wright NB Jerry Dauderman NB Carol Lind NB Michelle Jordan NB shari garcia Chevez NB Bridget Skinner NB Tracey Prever NB Jamie Simons NB Nicole Surratt NB Lisa Kassel NB Anne Bohn NB Sandra Jackson NB Sara Johnson NB John Dietrich NB Julie Montgomery NB Milvi Vanderslice NB April Negrete NB Brian Courtney NB Karisa Botch NB Victoria THOMAS NB Vicki Morris NB Christine Thomas NB Faye Hezar Newport Coast 2 Stephanie Sandoz Newport Coast Deborah Liu Newport Coast Xandra Laskowski Newport Coast Cecily Burke Newport Coast Russell Baldwin Costa Mesa Kay Simpkins Costa Mesa Susan Anderson Costa Mesa Ashley Bigonger Costa Mesa Vanessa Handy Costa Mesa Linda Law HB Marcia Stroup HB Kathleen Treseder Irvine Sue Ellen Oconnor Irvine chloe liu Irvine Irene Kinoshita Irvine Melissa Biebel Irvine Janet McNeil Irvine Louise Beckerman Irvine Carolyn Hacker Irvine Mary Carter Laguna Beach Ginger Osborne Laguna Beach wendy wu Laguna Niguel Brendan Horgan Mission Viejo Michael Rotcher Mission Viejo Bonnie Felt Mission Viejo Marjorie Cano Santa Ana Moira Nonnweiler Santa Ana Virginia Bernal Santa Ana Passally Torres Santa Ana Kari Dietrich Content Strategist & Climate Advocate Irvine, CA 323.244.1642 3 Mr. Mayor, Members of the City Council Subject: Professional Services Agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for Updates to the General Plan Housing, Land Use and Circulation Elements • 1 support the selection of this team. • 1 recommend this team be retained. • 1 do not recommend this team be authorized to proceed at this time. • 1 recommend the City keep the Scope of Work flexible. The City /residents will have a significant amount of input which could affect the Consultant's SOW, timing and fees. • 1 recommend the City provide the Consulting team a preliminary Project Description to work from as a guidance document. The preliminary Project Description should be developed by the community, with input from their mouths, not a consultant survey with the Consultant defining the questions to be used as data to create the plan. The General Plan should be the Community's vision. • The Staff report description of the Scope of Work differs significantly from the Consultants Proposal. Please clarify what the Agreement covers. o Staff: "Updates to the General Plan Housing, Land Use and Circulation Elements" o Consultant Proposal: ■ Project Preparation, Community Outreach, and Project Management ■ Housing Element ■ Land Use Element Amendments ■ Circulation Element Amendments ■ Transportation Technical Analysis ■ Environmental Justice Policies ■ Market Fiscal Analysis ■ Public Hearings and Adoption ■ Environmental Compliance • 1 am confused how the Consultant will be proceeding. What information will the City be providing to the Consultant? • Who will determine if and where the RHNA allocation will be distributed? Please explain the process. • Please explain how the Consultant/City propose to account for ADUs in their proposal. • Will the traffic analysis include a LOS Analysis within its SOW? David Tanner Page 1 of 2 4-14-2020 dave@earsi.com • How will VMT be calculated and what concepts for VMT mitigation are being discussed? • Who will determine Disadvantaged Communities within the City? Does the City intend to prepare a CEQA document for the Updated General Plan, or is the City relying on its request for legislation exempting the Housing Element from CEQA? Please update the public on the City's request. How would a CEQA exemption for the Housing Element affect the SOW of the Consultant, the timing and fees. Would CEQA concerns be input into the Housing Element? If the Housing element is exempted from CEQA, how will CEQA mitigation be applied to the scope of an individual projects CEQA document. • Does the City intend to take any action to invalidate Measure S or the Green Light Initiative as suggested to the City by the BIA. This would affect the SOW of the Proposal. Has the City made commitments to the BIA to change any land uses in the City? Is the City currently in discussions with the BIA to do so? • Has the City requested any other regulatory relief that could affect the SOW required to update the General Plan or comply with CEQA for this project? • Has the City requested an extension of time to complete the Housing Element? If yes, from whom? Please provide status and how this will affect the Consultant SOW. • Has the City pre -determined any input into the General Plan update? If yes, please describe that information and what effect it will have on the Scope of Work? • How will the other General Plan Elements and City Planning documents linked to the General Plan be updated to maintain internal consistency with the updated portions of the General Plan? • What role will the community play in the General Plan Update? • Are there any other consultants needed for the City to complete the General Plan Update? • 1 recommend the Consultant work product be public, not confidential. END David Tanner Page 2 of 2 4-14-2020 dave@earsi.com Subject: FW: Newport Beach General Plan Update: Collateral and next steps. I Professional services. From: Philip Bettencourt Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 8:38:05 AM (UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: City Clerk's Office; Jurjis, Seimone Cc: Zdeba, Benjamin; Campbell, Jim Subject: Newport Beach General Plan Update: Collateral and next steps. I Professional services. [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Collogues, I followed every word on the General Plan conversation last evening. As your busy days permits would you please share: • The PowerPoint collateral presented at the meeting; • Th written collateral referenced by Mr. David Tanner in his remarks (Not found in the agenda listing under "Correspondence" as I recall. • You current assumptions about the meeting schedule for the Citizen's Advisory Committee given the social distancing requirements as they now exist, the Governors statement yesterday, and the practical constraints on public dialog and collaboration given, for instance the thoughtful remarks from Ms. Kraus last evening. P.S. I suspect It should come as no surprise that I submitting my resume to the Kimley-Horn team leaders to see if perhaps I can play some useful role as an "Honest Broker" and community and business outreach specialists. We have deep roots with most if not all of the city's major environmental constituencies and property owners. (As well as being an active member of the last General Plan Advisory Committee). "Boots on the ground" if you will all due respect to the work of the nice folks at Kearns and West. All the best going forward. Philip F. & Meredith Bettencourt Real Estate Development Planning & Stewardship 949-874-4443 1 14 Corporate Plaza, STE 120 1 Newport Beach, CA 92660-7995