The Santa Barbara City Council on Tuesday hired a new consultant to finish the State Street Master Plan, a project that has sputtered along for the past three years.
The council voted 7-0 to hire Pasadena-based Moule & Polyzoides to finish the job, after city staff terminated the contract of the previous consultant, MIG.
The city in 2022 hired MIG under a $780,000 contract to manage the State Street Master Plan. The city paid MIG $570,000, leaving about $210,000 on the contract. The council also approved an additional $343,250 for the consultant to finish the plan…