"Plan Lubbock 2040", the City's Comprehensive Plan, was adopted by the City Council in December 2018. This plan contains a framework of goals, actions, and timeframes for the City of Lubbock to implement in order to support the vision expressed in the document. The first goal in the implementation chapter of this plan is to "revise the zoning and subdivision ordinances in order to implement the Comprehensive Plan recommendations." It recommends a Unified Development Code (UDC) to combine all regulations and standards into a single, cohesive and comprehensive document.
This project will include the review, rewrite, amd unification of the zoning and subdivision regulations, sign regulations, drainage regulations, design and historic districts standards, manufactured homes and recreational vehicle parks requirements, and various ancillary development-related regulations.
On May 28, 2019, the City Council entered into an agreement with Kendig Keast Collaborative (KKC) of Sugarland, Texas, for the development of the Unified Development Code in an amount not to exceed $567,747. The proposed contract was 22 months in length, with options for extension. However, due to COVID-19, in person meetings and public gatherings had to be restricted, which postponed events planned for public participation to provide input on the UDC.
Therefore, on February 23, 2021, the City Council approved a 6-month extension on the contract with KKC, ending September 2021, at no additional cost to the City of Lubbock. Based on guidance from the UDC Subcommittee and the ongoing review of the current draft, staff is requesting a second 6-month extension to the contract with KKC, at an additional cost of $77,120. The new contract end date would therefore be March 2022 instead of September 2021.
$370,000 was appropriated in FY 2018-19 in Capital Improvement Project 8633, Comprehensive Plan Implementation, with an additional $255,000 appropriated in FY 2019-20.
Staff recommends approval of this contract extension. |
