With the Fresno Council of Governments set to present a spending plan by September and billions of dollars at stake for local roads, the group is searching for a new Measure C consultant.

Consultant Kendall Flint of Oakland-based DKS Associates will no longer spearhead the research and data collection for the upcoming transportation sales tax renewal, Fresno COG Executive Director Robert Phipps told GV Wire. He said the decision was mutual between Flint and the organization.

Flint’s successor will face two big challenges, Phipps said.

No. 1, the new consultant will have to successfully navigate dozens of divergent interests — all with their own ideas on how the transportation tax money should be spent.

No. 2, he or she must fulfill Fresno COG’s goal of preventing a competing Measure C

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