Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to modify contract ED041942 with Wendell Hill dba The Shining Company by extending the contract to February 28, 2011 and increasing the contract amount by $10,000.00. Under this contract The Shining Company provides the initial clean up of vacant and abandoned properties acquired through tax foreclosure. These properties were neglected for an extended period of time before acquisition and the Land Bank Program requires additional funds to perform initial clean up, including weed abatement and removal of trash and debris from vacant structures.
The Shining Company is a Certified Emerging Minority Business Enterprise Company (cc# 31-130-3398, expires Feb. 4, 2012) and one of three contractors selected under bid request 2010 SA003642 to provide various property maintenance services for the Land Redevelopment Office. This ordinance will add $10,000.00 to the original $20,000.00 contract to complete initial clean out of recent land bank acquisitions.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested in order to provide immediate property management services for City owned property held in the Land Bank Program.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this contract modification are allocated from the Land Management Fund ($10,000.00).
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to modify a contract with The Shining Company to provide various property management services on City owned property held in the Land Bank; to authorize the expenditure of $10,000.00 from the Land Management Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)
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WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to modify contract ED041942 with The Shining Company to provide various property management services for the Land Redevelopment Office; and
WHEREAS, an initial contract was established for the amount of $20,000.0...
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