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DDA reviews $63,734 OHM proposal to update downtown master plan
Summary
Assistant City Manager Michael Hart presented an OHM Advisors proposal to update Fenton's 2006 Downtown Master Plan and the Downtown Development Guidelines, with a not‑to‑exceed fee of $63,734 and an estimated nine‑month timeline. The proposal includes public engagement, two‑dimensional concept maps and a graphic design manual.
Assistant City Manager and DDA Executive Director Michael Hart asked the board to consider contracting with OHM Advisors to update Fenton's Downtown Master Plan and Downtown Development Guidelines, a planning effort last completed in 2006.
"I recommend the DDA Board approve the expenditure of $63,734 for updating the DDA's Downtown Master Plan & associated Downtown Development Guidelines," Hart wrote in a staff memorandum included in the packet. The OHM Advisors proposal dated April 1, 2026, describes a nine‑month schedule, ten meetings, and deliverables intended for online and print distribution.
OHM's scope covers a new base map showing existing conditions, public and joint‑board work sessions, conceptual map refinements, and a graphically rich design guidelines manual with precedent photos and illustrative diagrams to guide future development. The firm also proposes a public adoption sequence involving the DDA, Planning Commission and City Council.
The memo and attached proposal were presented to the board for consideration; the transcript records Hart's recommendation and the full OHM proposal text but does not record a subsequent motion or vote on the contract in the provided segments. The OHM team members named in the proposal include Justin Sprague, Aaron Domini and Elena Moeller Younger; OHM lists a not‑to‑exceed fee of $63,734 and states additional meetings would be billed at published hourly rates.
Board members discussed the scope as it relates to planned downtown projects and master plan implementation items already in the FY26‑27 budget. No final procurement action on the OHM contract is recorded in the supplied minutes.
What happens next: staff recommended formal approval and signature of the proposal; if the board takes the next step, the OHM scope anticipates roughly nine months to produce maps and a graphic design manual intended to inform zoning, PUD reviews and future development decisions.
