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AGENDA REPORT CITY OF COLTON Office of the City Attorney For City Council Meeting of September 20, 1994 September 14, 1994 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY C UNCIL FROM: Julie Hayward Biggs, City Attorney SUBJECT: Agua Mansa Economic Development/Utilities Commission Recommendation Background: At the Utilities Commission meeting held on September 12, 1994, the Commission discussed at some length the proposal submitted by BEETEC regarding promotion of the Agua Mansa Enterprise Zone as a location for a newspaper recycling facility. The Staff reports prepared for the Utility Commission are attached for your review. It was the determination of the Commission that while the City Council may wish to consider retaining a consultant to encourage this kind of development in that location, the Council should comply with the City's policy that requires Requests for Proposals or Request for Qualifications before making any commitment to BEETEC. The Utilities Commission expressed some concern that the role that BEETEC has assumed with regard to recruiting MacMillen Bloedel to Colton may properly be a function that City staff could and should address directly. Nevertheless, in recognition of the effort that BEETEC has made to recruit this company to the City, there was some sense that it might be appropriate to consider retaining the services of that company, or of another company similarly oriented, to promote business development in the City. Accordingly, it was suggested that the City may wish to consider either a standard consulting contract, providing for payment on an hourly or monthly basis to a consultant selected by the City Council, or a contingent fee arrangement that would compensate a finder for delivery of a business enterprise to the City. A non -contingent fee-based consulting agreement would require payment regardless of whether the consultant actually procures a business enterprise for the City. A contingent fee arrangement would be predicated upon actual delivery to the City of a business enterprise and a commitment by that business to locate a facility here. In either case, the City would be expending funds to recruit economic development rather than relying solely on staff.