DATE: June 4, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Revenue Agreement with the Economic Development Corporation Serving Fresno County and Agreement with TIP Strategies, Inc. for Consultant Services to create a digitally integrated Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy.
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize Chairman to execute a Revenue Agreement with the Economic Development Corporation Serving Fresno County (EDC) to pay for the update of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the County and fourteen of its incorporated cities (excluding the City of Fresno), effective upon execution, ending upon the completion of the digitally integrated CEDS ($120,000);
2. Adopt Budget Resolution increasing FY 2023-24 appropriations and estimated revenues for the Public Works and Planning Department - Grants Org 5512 in the amount of $120,000 to cover costs associated with the update to the County's CEDS (4/5 vote); and
3. Approve and authorize Chairman to execute an Agreement with TIP Strategies, Inc. for consultant services to create a digitally integrated CEDS, effective upon execution, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base term and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $247,500.
4. Approve and authorize Director of Public Works and Planning, or his designee, to approve and execute written changes to the line items in the project budget to the Agreement with TIP Strategies, Inc., which when added together during the term of the Agreement, do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total maximum compensation payable to TIP Strategies, Inc., and which do not result in any change to the maximum compensation amount payable to TIP Strategies, Inc.
REPORT
Approval of the first recommended action will approve and authorize an agreement between the County and EDC to fund the creation of the County's CEDS using...
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