Title
Resolution - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mansfield, Texas, Authorizing the City Manager or His Designee to Execute a Professional Services Agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for the Preparation of a Future Land Use Plan for the City of Mansfield for an Amount not to Exceed Two Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Eight Hundred and 00/100 ($274,800.00)
Requested Action
Approve the subject resolution.
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval.
Description/History
The existing Future Land Use Plan was adopted in 2012. Since the adoption of the existing plan, the City has undergone substantial economic, physical and social change. The City has also experienced significant growth and a change in direction for how development and redevelopment should occur. On November 14, 2022, the City Council selected Freese and Nichols, Inc. to prepare the new Future Land Use Plan that will guide development patterns well into the future.
The proposed resolution authorizes the City Manager or his Designee to execute a professional services agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc. to prepare the new Future Land Use Plan for an amount not to exceed $274,800.00.
The costs for preparing a future land use plan can vary widely; as an example, the City of Highland Village, Texas entered into an agreement for a future land use plan in an amount of $465,017.00 in 2021. Other cities of comparable size --- as examples --- that prepared future land use plans within the last decade include Pflugerville, Texas ($357,470.00 in 2020), Georgetown, Texas ($256,000.00 in 2018), and Lewisville, Texas ($228,000.00 in 2013).
A copy of the proposed agreement is attached.
Funding Source
The cost for Freese and Nichols, Inc. consulting services will be an amount up to $274,800.00. The source of funding is the General Fund.
Prepared By
Jason Alexander, AICP, CEcD
Director of Planning