PREPARED BY: LYNN TRACY NERLAND DATE OF MEETING: 08/05/19
SUBJECT:
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO HOUSING SUCCESSOR AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND MURPHY & ASSOCIATES REGARDING HOUSING SUCCESSOR ACTIVITIES FOR UP TO $50,000 AND APPROPRIATE $50,000 FROM THE HOUSING SUCCESSOR AGENCY FUND BALANCE TO FUND THE CONTRACT
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Economic Development and Diversification Priorities, including the implementation of the Long-Range Property Management Program and various housing and other development projects, are consistent with the City of San Pablo City Council Priority Workplan for FY 2019-21 effective March 1, 2019.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project subject to CEQA.
BACKGROUND
Nicole Murphy has been providing legal services to the City and former Redevelopment Agency since 1998 and is very familiar and knowledgeable about the operations and projects of the former Redevelopment Agency; the redevelopment dissolution process mandated by the State, including the Long-Range Property Management Plan and financial reporting on the ROPS forms submitted to the California Department of Finance; housing projects; and previous bond financings. Particularly, with retirements and new personnel, her institutional memory is critical.
With the redevelopment dissolution process, there are now three entities involved in economic development and redevelopment: the City, the City as Housing Successor, and the Local Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Pablo.
FISCAL IMPACT
Housing Successor - A prior contract with Murphy & Associates in the amount of $50,000 was approved by the City Council in 2017 for legal services related to the City's Housing Successor activities. This contract currently has only approximately $2,260 left available after two years of...
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