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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, <br />