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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />DECEMBER 5, 2017 <br />TITLE: APPROVED <br />L3 As <br />AWARD OF EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE ElAs Amended Recommended <br />AGREEMENT WITH VACANT PROPERTY ❑ Ordinance on 1� Reading <br />SECURITY, LLC FOR PLACING METAL El Ordinance on Reading <br />EI El Implementing Resolution <br />SECURITY DOORS, SCREENS AND ❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />OTHER SECURITY EQUIPMENT ON RED - <br />TAGGED BUILDINGS <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,3; 5, 4E) <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />CITY NAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to enter into a contract with Vacant Property <br />Security, LLC for equipment and services related to placing metal security doors, screens, and <br />other security equipment on "red -tagged" buildings to enforce compliance of code enforcement <br />violations, for a one year term ending on December 4, 2018, with an option to extend the term for <br />up to one year, in an amount not to exceed $115,000, including any extension period, subject to <br />non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and the City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City continues to use a variety of enforcement options to shut down illegal marijuana <br />dispensaries. The operators of these dispensaries and the landlords that rent to the operators do <br />not have the regulatory safety permits (RSP's) required by Measure BB and often are not in <br />compliance with State laws. The operators of these illegal dispensaries do not have business <br />licenses and they do not comply with the voter approved regulations or pay the required taxes <br />that the lawful operators pay to the City. <br />The City's administrative citations, civil and criminal actions and civil fines have not thwarted all of <br />the operators. Even direct legal action against the landlords has not resulted in compliance. <br />Every day that an illegal operator is in business, he or she makes significantly more money than <br />it costs to oppose legal action. Furthermore, even when the City takes action to sever utility <br />services, the operators bring in generators and re-establish utility service through illegal <br />connections. After red -tagging buildings, Planning and Building Agency's Code Enforcement <br />staff has found that the operators tear down notices and plywood security doors. <br />In addition the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency (PRCSA) has experienced a <br />need for an alternative to wood paneling to secure a building. On several occasion the property <br />25H-1 <br />