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6.H. - Page 1 of 7 /<�ik Redwood CitylCallifornia Faunded 1867 A,&/ DATE: July 22, 2019 SUBJECT STAFF REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager Amendment No. 4 to the Professional Services Agreement with Leslie Parks for Interim Housing and Economic Development Consultant Services RECOMMENDATION By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 4 between the City of Redwood City and Leslie Parks, a Housing and Economic Development Consultant, in the amount of $52,325, for a total of $228,325. STRATEGIC INITIATIVE Housing BACKGROUND In June 2018, the City of Redwood City ("City') entered into a professional services agreement with Leslie Parks, an economic development consultant, to provide the City with interim economic development assistance. Over the past 10 months, Ms. Parks served as the City's Interim Economic Development Manager during the vacancy of the Economic Development Manager position, which was recently filled in May 2019. Leslie Parks is currently assisting with specialized ancillary short-term economic development assignments, including cannabis business permit processing, development of a Downtown Retail Action Plan, and analysis of a development project fee deferment request. On November 5, 2018, the City Council approved Amendment No. 1 to extend Ms. Parks' contract through the end of March 2019, and increase the contract amount up to an additional $60,000. Amendment No. 1 also authorized the City Manager to amend the contract time, if necessary, for up to a six month period with an amount not to exceed $60,000, for a total agreement amount not to exceed $176,000. To date, there have been three amendments to the original professional services agreement. Currently, the total agreement cost expended is $147,035, which is within the City Manager's signing authority. City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 152