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Planning and Building Agency
<br />https://www.santa-ana.org/pb
<br />Item # 23
<br />City of Santa Ana
<br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
<br />Staff Report
<br />March 16, 2021
<br />TOPIC: Approve an Amendment to the Agreement with SLS Property Solutions, Inc.
<br />AGENDA TITLE:
<br />Approve an Amendment to the Agreement with SLS Property Solutions, Inc., to increase
<br />the Agreement amount by $160,000 for a total of $205,000, to extend the term to June
<br />30, 2022, and to add a one-year renewal option ending on June 30, 2023.
<br />RECOMMENDED ACTION
<br />Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement amendment with SLS Property
<br />Solutions, Inc., for property nuisance abatement services to increase the agreement
<br />amount by $160,000 for a total of $205,000, to extend the term of the agreement to June
<br />30, 2022, and to add a one-year renewal option ending on June 30, 2023, exercisable by
<br />the City Manager subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and
<br />City Attorney.
<br />DISCUSSION
<br />On July 11, 2018, the City issued an RFP (18-060) for Board -Up Services. Four
<br />proposals were received and reviewed by Code Enforcement staff and based on the final
<br />scores, the three most qualified and responsive vendors were recommended to the City
<br />Council. On August 21, 2018, the City Council authorized the City to enter into a service
<br />agreement with the three recommended vendors: Mariposa Landscape, Inc., Real Estate
<br />Consulting Services, Inc., and SLS Property Solutions, Inc., for the aggregated amount
<br />of $45,000 over a three year term ending on June 30, 2021. Of the three vendors, only
<br />SLS Property Solutions (SLS) and Real Estate Consulting Services, Inc., executed a
<br />service agreement with the City.
<br />Buildings and properties which are determined have dangerous conditions as defined
<br />Under the California Health and Safety Code, the Uniform Building Code, the International
<br />Property Maintenance Code, and the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) may be
<br />declared to be public nuisances and may be mandated to abate through repair,
<br />rehabilitation, demolition, or removal. Clear examples of hazardous or nuisance
<br />conditions include unsecured and vacant structures, vacant properties, unfenced vacant
<br />parcels with overgrown vegetation, trash and debris left on a property, swimming pools
<br />without adequate protective fencing, and other hazardous conditions as defined by the
<br />California Health and Safety Code (Section 17920.3) which create imminent danger,
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