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AGENCY ACTION
MEETING DATE:
AUGUST 20, 2007
TITLE:
CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
TASSA CONSULTING GROUP, LLC AND
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
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CITY MANAGER E CECUTIV IRECTOR
RECOMMENDED ACTION
CITY COUNCIL
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
APPROVED
^ As Recommended
^ As Amended
^ Ordinance on 1st Reading
^ Ordinance on 2nd Reading
^ Implementing Resolution
^ Set Public Hearing For
CONTINUED TO
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1. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager
and the Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with Tassa
Consulting Group, LLC, to assist with the completion of an
application to the State of California for a new fifteen-year
Enterprise Zone designation in the amount not to exceed $72,000.
2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager
and the Clerk of the Council to execute a Cooperative Agreement with
the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana (Agency)
to use an amount not to exceed $72,000 of Agency funds for the
completion of an application to the State of California for a new
fifteen-year Enterprise Zone designation.
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Direct the Agency General Counsel to prepare and authorize the Executive
Director of the Community Redevelopment Agency and the Agency Secretary
to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Santa Ana to supply
an amount not to exceed $72,000 for use in the completion of an
application for a new fifteen-year Enterprise Zone designation.
80B-1
Consulting Services Agreement with
Tassa Consulting Group, LLC and
Cooperative Agreement
August 20, 2007
Page 2
DISCUSSION
The City of Santa Ana applied to the State of California and received a
fifteen-year Enterprise Zone (EZ) designation in 1993. This designation
is scheduled to expire on June 7, 2008.
The Enterprise Zone program was created by the State of California
Legislature for the purpose of stimulating the economy in areas deemed to
be economically challenged. The program offers State Tax Incentives to
businesses in the zone, helps communities retain companies, and attracts
new companies to the area. As a result, new jobs are created and blight
is reduced.
Businesses in the Santa Ana Enterprise Zone have saved an estimated
$350,000,000 since 1993. The program has also helped generate over
15,000 new jobs. A new fifteen-year EZ designation will allow the City
of Santa Ana to continue its economic progress.
Last year, twenty-four communities received fifteen-year Enterprise Zone
designations and all used consultants to assist with the complex and
labor intensive application process. This year only eight Enterprise Zone
slots are available. Due to intense competition for these slots, the
need to have a successful and well-qualified consultant to assist with
the Santa Ana application is extremely important.
A Request for Proposals was distributed to ten consultant firms. In
response to the Request for Proposals, staff received proposals from
three qualified firms: Tassa Consulting Group, LLC, The Planning
Institute, Inc., and Jack Faucett Associates. A City staff committee
reviewed, ranked, and rated the proposals and determined that Tassa
Consulting Group, LLC was the most qualified and experienced consultant.
Tassa will assist with all aspects of the completion of the proposal
including, but not limited to: compiling requisite information, data,
and studies; preparing tables and maps; drafting and editing various
narrative sections; and attending meetings and public hearings as
requested.
80B-2
Consulting Services Agreement with
Tassa Consulting Group, LLC and
Cooperative Agreement
August 20, 2007
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FISCAL IMPACT
Funds are available in the Merged Economic Development Account (account
no. 570-932-6291).
APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS:
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~nda A. Summers
Economic Development Manager
Community Development Agency
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Executive Director
Finance and Management Services Agency
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