I. RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the professional services agreement with RSG, Inc. for additional Housing Successor Agency consulting services related to the disposition of Housing Successor property located at 180 N. Pierce Street, increasing the contract amount by $8,705 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $14,205, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the amendment and related documents.
II. BACKGROUND:
The City of Coalinga serves as the Housing Successor Agency to the former Coalinga Redevelopment Agency (RDA) and is responsible for administering and disposing of former RDA housing assets in compliance with applicable state law, including Senate Bill 341, Assembly Bill 1793, and related provisions of the California Health and Safety Code.
In FY 2024-25, the City entered into a professional services agreement with RSG, Inc. in the amount of $5,500 to prepare the required Housing Successor Expenditure Report and provide related advisory services.
The Housing Successor Agency currently owns property located at 180 N. Pierce Street, which is being utilized as a community garden operated by a local non-profit organization. The City intends to transfer the property from the Housing Successor Agency to the City at fair market value pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33433, and subsequently transfer the property from the City to the local non-profit organization managing the community garden.
These disposition actions were not contemplated in the original scope of services and require additional technical, legal, and statutory documentation.
III. DISCUSSION:
RSG, Inc. has submitted a proposed contract amendment to provide additional disposition advisory services necessary to complete the transfer of 180 N. Pierce Street in compliance with state law. The additional services include preparation of City Council and Housing Successor Agency resolutions, staff reports, public hearing notices, a Summary Report pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33433, and deed documentation to transfer the property from the Housing Successor Agency to the City.
The amendment also includes preparation of a purchase and sale agreement, City Council agenda materials, and deed documentation necessary to transfer the property from the City to the local non-profit organization currently managing the community garden. In addition, RSG will attend up to two City Council meetings virtually, upon request by City staff, to present the proposed property dispositions.
All documents prepared by RSG will be reviewed by the City Attorney prior to execution.
The proposed amendment increases the contract amount by $8,705, bringing the total not-to-exceed contract amount to $14,205. Services will be billed on a time-and-materials basis in accordance with the terms of the original agreement.
Approval of this amendment will allow the City to proceed with the required property disposition process in a timely and legally compliant manner.
IV. ALTERNATIVES:
- Do not authorize the City Manager to execute the contract amendment.
V. FISCAL IMPACT:
The additional cost of $8,705 will be funded from the Housing Successor Fund. Sufficient appropriations are available within the Housing Successor budget, and there is no impact to the City’s General Fund. |