STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: June 22, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Elizabeth Reich
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) Supplemental Renewal Agreement No. 1 to exercise the first of two one-year renewal options, with REKJ Builders, LLC, for residential rehabilitation repair services to homes with code violations that residents cannot afford to repair for the Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization, and (2) an increase in appropriations in an amount not to exceed $500,000 in the Dallas Tomorrow Fund to be used for associated costs - Not to exceed $500,000 - Financing: Dallas Tomorrow Fund (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a service contract is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis according to annual budgetary appropriations.
This Renewal Agreement will continue to provide residential rehabilitation repair services to homes with code violations that residents cannot afford to repair for the Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization 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 ...
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