Translate[Archived] Question #40: How much did Eisenhower West property owners contribute to the technical studies/consultant work on the Eisenhower West Plan?
Question:
How much did Eisenhower West property owners contribute to the technical studies/consultant work on the Eisenhower West Plan? (Councilwoman Pepper)
Response:
The dollar amount that Eisenhower West property owners contributed to the technical studies/consultant work on the Eisenhower West Plan totaled $440,000. It was used to fund consultant support for general planning, transportation and other infrastructure needs analysis, the analysis supporting the plan for environmental sustainability, civic engagement support, and economic/market/financial analyses. In addition to staff resources and other miscellaneous non-personnel costs, the City provided $175,000 toward the transportation analysis. City staff ensures that developer or property owner contributions toward planning, analysis or regulatory review do not influence the resulting planning or policy recommendations.
In the cases where property owners or developers have contributed toward small area plans, it has been prompted by those landowners asking to add a planning project to the City’s work program. The City determined that there were insufficient resources to add the project in the timeframe desired by the property owners. Because timing was important to the property owners, they offered to provide those resources to accelerate the project. Considerable care is taken throughout the process to ensure that these contributions do not affect any planning recommendations or any outcome of the planning process.