Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to waive the request for proposal requirements of Columbus City Code Chapter 329 and enter into a professional services contract with Vogt Santer Insights, dba Vogt Strategic Insights (VSI) in an amount up to $50,000.00 for the purpose of providing data analysis for the first triannual reevaluation of the Residential Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) Program.
VSI is a national leader in housing, real estate and market research. VSI partnered with HR&A for the original incentive study in 2017 and has intricate knowledge and designed parts of the current CRA program policies and tools.
Contract Compliance: the vendor number is 3130 and contract compliance is pending.
Waiver of Request for Proposal Requirements: A waiver of the request for proposal requirements outlined in Columbus City Code Chapter 329 is being requested to contract with a firm that specializes in real estate market and data analysis, and has intricate knowledge of the existing CRA program.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available in the 2021 General Fund Budget. This ordinance is contingent upon the passage of the 2021 Operating Budget.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested in order to immediately begin the process of reevaluating the Residential CRA program to meet the 3 year reevaluation timeline of Summer 2021.
Title
To authorize the Director of Development to execute a professional services contract with Vogt Santer Insights, dba Vogt Strategic Insights, in an amount up to $50,000.00 for the purpose of providing data analysis for the first tri-annual reevaluation of the Residential CRA program; to authorize expenditure up to $50,000.00 from the General fund; to waive the competitive bidding requirements of City Code Chapter 329; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Development desires to work with VSI to provide data analysis that will sup...
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