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site agreement would have already been negotiated in this agreement... so, if the city council approves this proposal, AV will have the city locked up for at least 30+ years. (See Section 5.) One other note, the RFP for "outdoor advertising management services" was issued on May 30, 2014, and closed on June 12, 2014 for a period of 13 days ... of which, 4 days were weekends. Questions the City should consider: 1) The City is encouraged to seek an experienced consultant to provide them technical knowledge regarding sign ordinance, etc. However, such consultant should wind up competing to operate the signs too. That's a conflict of interest as the "consultant" will only look out for his/her interest, and not the City's interests. 2) Typical practice from the outdoor industry is that the participating firm will cover the City's out of pocket costs. No deduction will be made prior to any payments to the City. 3) By going with the All Vision path as proposed, the city will then be making a policy decision to enter into the sign business. Not only is the city now be competing in the sign business, it along with All Vision will be monopolizing the sign industry. Is this the intention of the City? 4) Political considerations: Santa Clarita Case Study. All Vision represented the Los Angeles MTA, whereby All Vision proposed to remove over 100 billboard displays on MTA's right of way. A problem stood out that neither the City of Santa Clarita, MTA nor All Vision were the owners of those billboards. Nonetheless, city staff and the majority city council voted to approve the MTA/All Vision agreement (similar terms/concepts as one proposed in Santa Ana). In the process, All Vision convinced the City of Santa Clarita to buy out a small local billboard firm called Edwards Outdoor for roughly $1.3M. Upon city council's approval of the MTA/All Vision, residents of Santa Clarita gathered over 18,000 signatures to put the project on the November (2014) ballot. (Note that a typical city council seat only requires between 5,000 and 6,000 votes.) All Vision spent a considerable amount of money to campaign for the approval of the project. However, over 16,000 residents voted to reject the All Vision proposal during this past November election. (See the money sources from All Vision to this "Yes on S" campaign here: http://www.santaclarita.com/blog/view.php?blog entry id=31345&em=x)