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Report regarding a resolution authorizing the City Manager or their designee to execute a one-year professional services contract with the South San Francisco Chamber of Commerce for enhanced economic development support services. (Ernesto Lucero, Economic Development Manager)
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RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or their designee to execute a one-year professional services contract with the South San Francisco Chamber of Commerce for enhanced economic development support services. In addition, staff is seeking a decision from City Council on whether to engage the Chamber in a contract with a $25,000 scope of work or a $50,000 scope of work. Two resolutions are attached to this staff report, asking the Council to approve one of the resolutions, depending on the dollar amount recommended for approval.
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BACKGROUND
The South San Francisco Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) is one of the City’s oldest institutions, and its most visible contribution is the installation of the letters on Sign Hill, “South San Francisco, The Industrial City.” Founded in 1913, the organization has ever since had a strong connection to local businesses, beginning with Western Meat Company and other heavy industries located in South San Francisco in the early twentieth century. By 1923, the Chamber ran promotional articles in the local newspaper promoting the community and its businesses, which led to the temporary letters in powdered lime on Sign Hill. By April 1929 the letters were made permanent in concrete.
The historic sign represents not only the City’s identity, but also one of the first major initiatives involving a local City-Chamber collaboration, with the Chamber generating the idea and advocating for the community to help fund the permanent version.
The Chamber, today, is a nonprofit 501(c)(6) that supports a member-based coalition of South San Francisco businesses and its suppo...
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