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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContracts & Agreements_12-1984_CCv0001.pdf PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR PREPARATION OF A REVISED HOUSING ELEMENT CITY OF REDLANDS GENERAL PLAN 1. IDENTIFICATION This Agreement is effective as of the I day of June, 1984, by and between the City of Redlands (hereinafter collectively referred to as "CITY") and DONALD A. COTTON ASSOCIATES, INC. (hereinafter referred to as "DACA"). 2. RECITALS WHEREAS, CITY desires to retain DACA to perform professional planning services related to the update and revision of the Housing Element of the General Plan in conformance with Article 10.6 of the California Government Code; and, WHEREAS, DACA is well qualified by reason of education and experience ,to perform such services; and WHEREAS, DACA is completing the update of the needs assessment data for this Housing Element revision under a separate contract with San Bernardino County; and WHEREAS, DACA is willing to reader such professional services as hereinafter defined. NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions herein contained. CITY hereby engages DACA and DACA agrees to perform the following services. 3. AGREEMENTS 3.1 Definitions: The following definitions shall apply to the following terms, except where the terms of this Agreement otherwise require: 3.1.1 "Project". The planning services or any portion thereof described in the attached Work Products and Methodology and labeled Exhibit I. 3.1.2 "Services": Such professional services as are necessary to be performed by DACA in order to complete the plans and studies described in the aforesaid Exhibit I. 1 3.2 Agreements of ACA agrees as follows: 3.2.1 That DACA will prepare a revised Housing Element and supporting documentation as required by Title 7, Division 1, Chapter 3, Article 10.6 of the Government Code of the State of California. DACA will prepare the Housing Element according to the attached Work Program and consistent with the State and City guidelines for such Housing Element. 3.2.2 That DACA will supply three (3) review copies of the screen draft to CITY within ninety (90) days of our authorization to proceed; DACA will make revisions to the draft of the Housing Element suggested by the CITY staff and deliver fifteen (1 5) copies of the draft Housing Element to the CITY within ten (10) working days of the CITY'S transmittal of comments to DACA on the review of the screen draft. 3.2.3 That DACA will, at DACA'S sole cost and expense, secure such other persons as may, in the opinion of DACA, be needed to comply with the terms of the Agreement and, if such other persons are retained by DACA, such persons shall be fully qualified to perform such services. 3.2.4 Invoices for services shall be submitted by DACA in accord with the payment schedule contained in Section 3.3. 3.3 Agreements of CITY: CITY agrees as follows: 3.3.1 a) to pay DACA the sum of $7,370.00 for the performance of the services identified in the Work Program. Payment to DACA is to be made according to the following schedule. b) CITY shall make progress payments to DACA in accordance with the invoice submitted by DACA on a monthly basis, and such invoices shall be paid within 30 days. Invoices shall specify the fee, the percentage completion of the work, the allowable total billing, the total invoiced to date, and the amount currrently being invoiced. c) Upon submission of the final document, any uninvoiced portion of the contract amount shall be invoiced. invoices submitted by DACA in accord with this schedule shall be paid within 30 days of the invoice date. 3.3.2 Additional Services: Payments for any services requested by the CITY during the study and not included in the DACA Work Program shall be paid on a reimbursable basis in accord with the DACA Standard Fee Schedule in effect at the time the services are provided. These costs will be invoiced as they occur and will be paid by the CITY within 30 days. 2 4. OWNERSHIP OF DOCUMENTS All documents, data, studies, surveys, drawings, maps, models, photo-graphs and reports prepared by DACA under this Agreement shall be considered the property of CITY upon payment for services performed by DACA. Said documents and materials shall be delivered to CITY by DACA at the completion of the project; however, DACA may take and retain such copies of said documents and materials as desired. 5. TERMINATION This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon the giving of a written "Notice of Termination" to the other party at least fifteen (15) days prior to the termination date specified in said notice. In the event this Agreement is terminated, DACA shall be paid the full value of his service, based upon the percentage of completion of his work on the date of termination. 6. NOTICES Any and all notices, demands, invoices, and written communications between the parties by mail shall be addressed to the parties as follows: William C. Schindler Donald A. Cotton Community Development Administrator Donald A. Cotton Associates, Inc. City of Redlands 1028 North Lake Avenue, Suite 207 30 Cajon Street Pasadena, California 91.104 Redlands, California 92373 Any such notices, demands, invoices and written communications by mail shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by the addressee five days after the deposit thereof in the United States Mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed as noted above. 7. ENTIRE AGREEMENT This Agreement supersedes any and all other agreements, either oral or in writing, between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein® Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that no representations, by any party which are not embodied herein and that no other agreement, statement or promise not contained in this Agreement shall be valid and binding. Any modification of this Agreement will be effective only if it is in writing signed by the parties. 3 S. SAVINGS CLAUSE If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way. 9. GOVERNING LAW This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. 10. ATTORNEY'S FEES In the event that legal action is necessary to enforce the provisions of the Agreement, the parties agree that the prevailing party in said legal action shall be entitled to recover attorney's fees from the opposing party in any amount determined by the Court to be reasonable. 11. INSURANCE DACA, INC. agrees to maintain in full force and effect during the term of this Agreement a public liability insurance policy with limits in the amount of $100,000.00, and which indemnifies the CITY from all liability from loss, damage, or injury to persons or property arising from the performance of these services. 12. COUNTERPART EXECUTION This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed an original irrespective of the date of the execution, and said counterparts, together shall constitute one and the same agreement. CITY: CITY OF REDLANDS GACA: A Signature Id Signature NameX- O Name Donald A. Cotton H-oi Vy' Title it der Title President Date Date June 1, 1984 4 EXHIBIT I WORK PROGRAM This section discusses the major tasks which DACA proposes to complete and the methodology that will be employed. It is organized to show the procession of the work and the correspondence of the work products with the requirements of State law. It has been our experience that organizing the Housing Element so that it can be easily compared to the requirements of state law speeds the review and certification process at the State level. The resulting document is also easily understood by lay people. All information developed by the consultant will be summarized in charts and where appropriate, graphically represented on maps. These will be useful for other planning purposes as well as the housing element. The accompanying text and analysis will explain the importance of the information for understanding the housing needs of the residents of the City of Redlands. PHASE Is UPDATE OF POPULATION, HOUSING, AND HOUSING MARKET INFORMATION DACA will review all available data and identify any additional information that may be required. We will then discuss with appropriate staff members the best means of remedying any data deficiencies. We have assumed that the City will provide the information unless otherwise noted. The following information with be needed for the Housing Element update: a. Current information on population, households, employment, and income for the City. 1980 Census information at the Census Tract level will be assembled from information provided by San Bernardino County. This will be supplemented with information from the State Department of Finance, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and HUD' s Annual Housing Survey. b. Information on the location and extent of housing deterioration in Redlands. Information developed by San Bernardino County for use in the preparation of the Housing Assistance Pion (HAP) is acceptable to the State. We have assumed that it will be used for this update. C. Information on the location and potential development capacity of all vacant and underutilized land. Aerial photographs and records of the planning and building departments will be used to develop an inventory of vacant land by zone. d. Current housing prices by unit size for census tracts and the City as as a whole. Information on the sales prices of new homes is available from Security Pacific National Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Information on the sales prices of older housing is available from the Society of Real Estate Appraisors. Altogether, the sample will represent between 40% and 60% of the homes sold in Redlands over the past year. e. Current rents by unit size for the City. Rent information will be obtained from local realtors specializing in rentals, apartment management firms, and from the local paper. f. Trends in residential demolition and construction over the past 3 years from records in the planning and building departments and the State Department of Finance. g. Identification of the location and extent of environmental or infrastructure constraints on further residential development. This will involve interviews with staff of key agencies and departments providing these services to identify problems. h. Projections of population, household, and employment growth in Redlands over the remainder of the decade, and Redland' s share of expected regional growth and housing need. City staff, SCAG and the State Department of Finance all prepare such forecasts. They will be reviewed for consistency and reasonableness. PHASE 11: ANALYSIS OF HOUSING CONDITIONS AND HOUSING NEEDS DATA The consultant will review the in-formation collected in Phase I and analyze it to determine and identify: a. Growth trends in Redlands in comparison to surrounding cities and the region. b. The relationship of Redlands' housing market to the regional housing market. c. The characteristics of the City's existing households and any projected changes. d. The number of households with special housing needs (elderly, handicapped, large families, undocumented aliens, etc. ). e. The match between the housing needs of the City's population and the housing available to them. f. The relationship of the cost of housing in Redlands to the income of its residents. g. The balance of housing and employment opportunities in Redlands. h. Governmental constraints on housing production. i. Non-governmental constraints on housing production. j . Opportunities and costs of alternative energy sources for City housing. R. The growth potential for the City over the remainder of the 1980' s. 2 PHASE III: SUMMARY OF HOUSING NEEDS The trends revealed by the preceeding analysis will be used to produce a summary of existing and projected housing needs for all economic segments of the community. As much as possible, this information will be quantified and groups with special needs identified. GACA will then meet with City staff to discuss the needs analysis as it relates to existing City programs. PHASE IV: EVALUATION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS GACA will meet with City staff and staff of the Office of Community Development in San Bernardino County to determine the achievements under adopted housing programs in comparison to the goals set in the current Housing Element. Reasons for shortfalls will be explored to identify new programs and changes in existing programs which would better address the housing needs of Redlands' residents identified in Phase 111. Specifically, the housing program will be reviewed to insure that it: a. Identifies adequate sites which can be developed with a full range of housing types to meet the housing needs of existing and future residents. b. Contains programs to assist in the development of low and moderate income housing. c. Addresses, and where appropriate, mitigates the constraints which government imposes on the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing. d. Contains programs to preserve and improve the condition of existing affordable housing stock. e. Insures that housing opportunities are available for all persons regardless of age, religion, sex, marital status, ancestry, national origin, or color. PHASE V: HOUSING PROGRAM DACA will develop a draft housing program based on discussions during the previous phases. Given the existing, active housing and economic development program in Redlands, we do not anticipate that extensive changes or additions will have to be made to the programs contained in the adopted Housing Element. The draft housing program will identify goals, funding sources, implementation time frames, agencies responsible for implementation and any problems of consistency with other adopted or proposed plans or policies. 3 PHASE VI: DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT The draft housing element will be assembled from the information developed in Phases I through V. A screen check copy will be provided to staff for review before fifteen (15) copies are printed for review by the State Department of Housing and Community Development and City officials. PHASE VII: PUBLIC REVIEW AND FINALIZATION DACA will assist City staff in presenting the draft Housing Element to the Planning Commission and City Council. Ail comments and changes arising from these meetings will be prepared for incorporation in the final document. If necessary, DACA will (in cooperation with City staff) develop responses to any questions or comments received from the State Department of Housing and Community Development after their review of the draft. Twenty copies of the final document will then be printed. SCHEDULE We understand that the City would like to have its revised housing element completed as soon as possible. DACA will work with City staff to provide necessary documents in a timely manner. We are available to begin this project immediately and will have a screen draft ready for City review within ninety (90) days of beginning work. In developing the work schedule, we have assumed that City staff will be available to assist us in locating and developing information sources in Phases 1 and 11, and to review work products promptly in subsequent phases. Close cooperation between staff and DACA will be essential in order to meet the project schedule. 4