SUBJECT: General Business
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A Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Approving an Agreement For Services with DPZ CoDesign, LLC for the Four Corners Master Plan and Unified Development Code Review in the Amount of $380,000
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DEPARTMENTS: Planning and Community Development, Economic Development, and Administration
PRESENTER: Malcolm Fleming, Town Administrator
TIME ESTIMATE: 20 minutes
only required for non-consent items
FISCAL INFORMATION:
Cost as Recommended: $380,000
Balance Available: $0
Budget Line Item Number:
New Appropriation Required: $380,000 from unanticipated revenue.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Motion to approve the consulting services contract with DPZ CoDesign in the amount of $380,000...End
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Town staff have been working with property owners, representatives from adjacent neighborhoods, developers, the Urban Land Institute Technical Advisory Panel (ULI TAP) and others to determine how best to create, given current and likely market conditions in Erie, a unique sense of place and an economically thriving center around Erie's Four Corners (the intersection of Erie Parkway and County Line Road).
In this area there are four different property owners with development plans, covering a total of 116 acres, in various stages of entitlement. Without delaying projects, the Town wants to ensure these individual developments are complementary and all contribute to creating an attractive community center with the right mix of retail, office, residential, park and open space uses that will thrive in Erie's market. Further, we want to achieve the goal of an attractive community center while also strengthening Erie's existing historic Downtown, northeast of the Four Corners area. As noted by Mayor Carroll and Trustees during the Board's July 23rd meeting, we have only one chance to get this right; the layout and design of streets, buildings and public spaces will affect the li...
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