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Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Second Amendment to the professional services agreement with HR&A Advisors, Inc. to increase the contract authority by $50,120 for additional expenses and community outreach associated with the anti-displacement roadmap for an amount not to exceed $437,720.
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WHEREAS, the City Council directed staff to begin preparing an Anti-Displacement Roadmap, synthesizing in one document all the City's existing policies and programs to address commercial and residential displacement, gathering richer data on which to base decision making, conducting extensive community and stakeholder outreach, and preparing policy recommendations to strengthen the City's approach to addressing displacement; and
WHEREAS, following an extensive procurement process, including issuing a Request for Proposals and interviewing responding firms, the City contracted with HR&A Advisors, Inc. to prepare the City's Anti-Displacement Roadmap; and
WHEREAS, in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 budget process, City Council appropriated $200,000 in Fund 270, General Plan Maintenance Reserve, to begin preparation of the Anti-Displacement Roadmap; and
WHEREAS, in the FY 2024-25 budget process, City Council appropriated $270,000 in Fund 823, Commercial Linkage Fee Fund, to complete funding for the Anti-Displacement Roadmap ($220,000) and provide monies for City-incurred administrative expenses (up to $50,000); and
WHEREAS, these budgetary actions have fully funded the effort after staff identified proposal errors that undercounted HR&A's budget; and
WHEREAS, staff has requested that HR&A include an additional contingency amount for up to two (2) additional Community Advisory Committee meetings, if warranted, and these costs can be absorbed by existing budget; and
WHEREAS, the City Council authorized and executed a First Amendment to the professional services agreement with HR&A Advisors, Inc. on May 22, 2024, to designate and authorize HR&A Ad...
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