§ 9-4.060. Consulting services—Agreements—Execution.

There is hereby delegated to the Planning Director the authority to execute on behalf of the City the standard form of agreement approved by the provisions of Section 9-4.05 of this chapter. The agreement shall only be executed with consultants previously approved by the Council. The Planning Director shall use the following standards, in the order set forth, for the selection of consultants to prepare environmental impact reports on given projects:

A.

Consideration shall first be given as to whether any built-in bias or prejudicial influences could act upon the consultant by reason of the consultant's performing similar services for the same developer privately and at the same time as the proposed service or by reason of other connections with the developer which could act as a prejudicial influence on the consultant in favor of the developer.

B.

Consideration shall next be given as to whether there is a need on a specific project for the expertise held by one consultant which the other consultants do not possess.

C.

Consideration shall next be given to the availability of consultants to commence the work at the time requested and within the time limitations required.

D.

If the considerations set forth in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section disclose that more than one consultant is available, consultants shall be selected on a uniformly rotational basis.

(§ 4, Ord. 157)