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Selection of a Consultant for the Eastside Expansion (NB)
Explanation
The City of Gainesville may expand the Eastside CRA area based upon Blight Findings, and the CRA may be providing funding for the redevelopment plan that will be required after the Blight findings are adopted.
In order to be proactive in this process, the CRA and the City of Gainesville issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a consultant to do the blight finds and to write the plan. There were five responses to the RFP. Staff reviewed the proposals and ranked Asset Property Disposition, Inc. (APD, Inc) first. The APD, Inc proposal was within the CRA budget for this project
Recent changes to the Florida Statute have created a need to change the original timeline for this project. The new timeline has been decreased to four months. The purchasing department contacted Asset Property Disposition to see if they could meet this more aggressive timeline. APD, Inc. agreed that they could; however, they requested an addition $2,000 towards the cost of the redevelopment plan, bringing the total for the plan to $22,000.
Fiscal Note
The CRA will need to increase the budget for the Redevelopment plan by $2,000.
Recommendation
Executive Director to the CRA: 1) Select Asset Property Disposition, Inc. to write the redevelopment plan for the Eastside expansion, if the project is determined to be blighted; 2) increase the original budget by $2,000; and 3) authorize the Executive Director to execute a contract with the selected consultant.