ESC Preliminary Recommendations for RFP

Recommended

Submitted by ESC Member Sarah Boren; new business.

Debated

Upon hearing that the city received a $300,000 grant to fund an updated Master Stormwater Management Plan with staff actively working on a scope and RFP, ESC seeks to include preliminary recommendations in the plan — including detailed sub-basin drainage information, water storage capacity at the parcel level, soil type and infiltration data, and analysis of turf block parking spots versus tree placement in rights-of-way. The $300,000 grant is the hook: this is real money moving toward a planning contract, and ESC wants to shape the scope before it goes out to bid. The turf-block-versus-trees analysis is politically notable given ongoing city debates about parking and canopy.

Decided

minutes do not record the outcome.