HomeMy WebLinkAbout066-2015RESOLUTION NO. 66-2015
AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH ECONOMIC & PLANNING SYSTEMS, INC.
FOR AN ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING AND A
CONTINGENCY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville (the "Town') is committed to promoting and
encouraging a diverse and healthy local economy, within an appropriate scale and
character, as a means of supporting an outstanding quality of life for all Town
businesses and residents; and
WHEREAS, the Town has adopted an Economic Development Analysis (the Analysis),
which involved hard data collection, a business survey and an evaluation of Danville's
strengths and challenges; and
WHEREAS, the Analysis included a series of recommendations to assist the Town of
Danville with the development of a Comprehensive Economic Development Plan
(CEDP); and
WHEREAS, the Town Council, through its adoption of the Analysis at its December 17,
2013 meeting, authorized the development of a CEDP; and
WHEREAS, funds for the development of a CEDP were appropriated in the approved
2014/15 Operating Budget and CIP Program; and
WHEREAS, the Town executed a Professional Services Agreement with Economic &
Planning Systems (EPS) Sacramento, California on January 6, 2015 to complete the
CEDP; and
WHEREAS, the agreement with EPS includes a not -to -exceed compensation of $65,000;
and
WHEREAS, an additional business community meeting was added to the scope of
work in the amount of $4,000; and
WHEREAS, the original agreement did not include a contingency and one is
recommended to be added in the amount of $6,000, for a new not -to -exceed agreement
of $75,000; and
WHEREAS, the Town has determined that additional services that were not included in
the original scope of work and the establishment of a contingency are required for EPS
to complete the CEDP; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the Danville Town Council, that the Town Manager is hereby
authorized to execute, on behalf of the Town, an amendment to the Professional
Services Agreement with Economic & Planning Systems, for consultant services for the
development of a Comprehensive Economic Development Plan, thereby increasing the
agreement amount by $10,000 for a new not -to -exceed compensation amount of $75,000.
APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on July 21, 2015, by the
following vote:
AYES: Doyle, Stepper, Arnerich, Morgan, Storer
NOES: None
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY
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