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Recommendation to Approve a 36-month Services Agreement between the City of Alameda and the Housing Authority for $1,152,116 (FY 2017-18, with 3% annual adjustments for FY 2018-19 and FY 2019-20) to Administer the Rent Review, Rent Stabilization and Limitations on Evictions Ordinance as Amended for the City of Alameda. (Rent Stabilization 265)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Approve a 36-month Services Agreement between the City of Alameda and the Housing Authority for $1,152,116 (FY 2017-18, with 3% annual adjustments for FY 2018-19 and FY 2019-20) to Administer the Rent Review, Rent Stabilization and Limitations on Evictions Ordinance as Amended for the City of Alameda
BACKGROUND
Following the City Council's adoption of the Rent Review, Rent Stabilization and Limitations on Evictions Ordinance 3148 (Ordinance) in March 2016, the City Council approved an Agreement and two subsequent Amendments between the City and the Housing Authority of the City of Alameda (Housing Authority) for program services and to administer the Rent Stabilization Program through June 30, 2017.
The current Agreement contains a scope of services for the Housing Authority to administer the Rent Stabilization program including staffing to:
a) respond to public inquiries about the Ordinance;
b) create and implement procedures, forms, a website and educational materials and conduct public information trainings/clinics;
c) manage the termination and relocation benefits provisions of the Ordinance; and
d) coordinate the work of the Rent Review Advisory Committee (RRAC) concerning rent disputes.
In addition, the Agreement required the City to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Program Administrator to administer the rent stabilization program following the program's first year (see Exhibit 1: Request for Proposals for Program Administrator and Addendum No. 1), and obligated the Housing A...
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