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Porterville to rescind CEQA procurement ordinance, allow vetted consultants chosen by developers
Summary
After hearing developers and builders, Porterville's city council directed staff to rescind a 2013 ordinance that limited environmental consultants to a city-maintained list and to replace it with a more flexible policy allowing vetted consultant selection by project proponents.
Porterville City Council directed staff on June 17 to move away from a 2013 ordinance that requires environmental review consultants to be selected from a city-maintained list and to adopt a more flexible policy that would allow developers to propose qualified CEQA consultants subject to city vetting.
City planner Jeff O'Neil summarized the city's current process, noting Ordinance 1081 established a task-order process in which developers choose consultants from a city roster and the consultant contracts with the city. He said the…
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