To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: MARC WIENER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
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APPROVE BY 4/5THS VOTE AND TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO CC-2601-001, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING A 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET MODIFICATION APPROPRIATING $650,000 TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (CDD) - BUILDING AND SAFETY DIVISION - CONTRACT AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (OUTSOURCED PLAN-CHECKS) AND PLAN CHECK REVENUE BUDGETS REFLECTING BUILDING PERMIT FEE REVENUE IN EXCESS OF ANTICIPATED BUDGET TO SUPPORT OUTSOURCED PLAN-CHECK SERVICES
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
With the FY 2025-26 Budget, the Community Development Department (CDD) implemented a third-party plan check program to supplement and increase the pace of Department services. The program has exceeded expectations and has been coupled with an extremely high volume of applications through the first five months of the year, resulting in fee revenue of approximately $1.2 million above projections. Due to the increased number of plan check requests, the original $700,000 expenditure budget set aside for the third-party plan check services is close to exhausted. Recommended is an adjustment to the Department's revenue and expenditure budgets of $650,000 to accommodate the increased volume of work.
BACKGROUND
The CDD recently developed a Departmental Strategic Plan which established goals and performance standards for the Department. A key objective of the plan is to improve customer service and reduce the average building plan check review time from the historic 6-10 weeks to 2 weeks or less. To help achieve this goal, the FY 2025-26 Budget included a Decision Package with a proposal to supplement the City's in-house building plan check review with third-party consultants, paying them 60% of the plan check fee collected by the City. The CDD's two in-house full-time plan checkers manage the consultant's work, performing quality control on the o...
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