TO: CRA Board of Commissioners
FROM: DJ Lee, CRA Property/Project Manager
THROUGH: Jeff Costello, CRA Executive Director
DATE: February 12, 2019
Title
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY AND CRA STREETSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Approve the Fifth Amendment to the lnterlocal Agreement with the City to include funding for the electrical, irrigation and landscape maintenance costs associated with the various Streetscape Maintenance Projects as listed in Exhibit “A” of the Agreement, in an amount not to exceed $100,000 per year, and extend the time period for the CRA to fund the streetscape maintenance costs, up to and including September 30, 2024.
Background:
The adopted Community Redevelopment Plan and Annual Work Plan call for the implementation of various streetscape beautification projects pursuant to the adopted Neighborhood and Redevelopment Plans. The Community Redevelopment Plan includes the provision that the CRA will provide initial maintenance for a minimum of five (5) years for selected streetscape and pocket park improvement projects in cooperation with the City.
In 2011 the CRA entered into an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with the City to provide funding for the maintenance of the completed streetscape projects. The term of the original Agreement commenced on October 1, 2011 and extended for a period of five (5) years and provided for the renewal of the Agreement for a five (5) year period upon the consent of both parties. As stipulated in the Agreement, the CRA is invoiced every 30 days by the City based on the actual cost of landscape maintenance and irrigation. The City’s Parks and Recreation Department currently administers the agreements with the City’s landscape maintenance vendors for various streetscape improvements, while the CRA provides funding for the landscape maintenance for the projects specified in the ILA. It is noted, the City’s landscap...
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