STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance and Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: October 13, 2020
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Elizabeth Reich
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a one-year service contract, with two one-year renewal options for residential rehabilitation repair services to homes with code violations that residents cannot afford to repair for the Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization - REKJ Builders, LLC, most advantageous proposer of five - Not to exceed $500,000 - Financing: Dallas Tomorrow Fund
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BACKGROUND
On March 9, 2005, City Council authorized an ordinance amending Chapter 27 of the Dallas City Code to create the Dallas Tomorrow Fund (DTF) to provide financial assistance and other guidance to persons determined financially unable to repair or rehabilitate their property or premises in compliance with City ordinances by Ordinance No. 25927. The City of Dallas established DTF pursuant to Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code in order to make grants of public money to promote local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the City of Dallas by improving the quality and public safety of residential neighborhoods. The City desires to provide an economic incentive in the form of in-kind grants covering the costs of rehabilitation and/or repair of properties and premises that violate city codes and to enter into a grant agreement with an administrator in order to promote:
1. Development and diversification of the economy;
2. Eliminate unemployment and underemployment; and
3. The stability and economic value of residential neighborhoods
DTF must be used for the sole purpose of rehabilitating and/or repairing properties and premises in the City for persons who are found unable to financially comply with notices of violation issued by the director under this chapter Section 27...
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