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Council accepts $50,000 MSHDA readiness grant, approves $35,000 McKenna contract amendment after debate over scope creep
Summary
The Ferndale City Council voted to accept a $50,000 MSHDA housing readiness grant and approve a $35,000 amendment to the McKenna Associates contract to cover extra community engagement and additional form-based residential work on the zoning-code rewrite.
The Ferndale City Council voted to accept a $50,000 Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) housing readiness incentive grant and approved a $35,000 contract amendment with planning consultant McKenna Associates to cover additional community engagement and extra work on the zoning code rewrite.
City staff said McKenna's original contract — executed after a selection process that recommended McKenna at an estimated $105,800 plus a 10 percent contingency — reflected a base scope for a zoning-code rewrite. During…
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