REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
BY: JENNIFER RUIZ, Deputy City Manager
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with Fresno's Chaffee Zoo Corporation:
1. Invoke Exception to the Better Business Act pursuant to Section 2 pertaining to certain Exclusive Negotiating Agreements.
2. Enter into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with Fresno's Chaffee Zoo Corporation to develop the terms of an Amendment to the Lease Agreement and to negotiate terms to construct, operate, manage, and maintain anticipated improvements to parking facilities.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council invoke the exception to the Better Business Act pursuant to Section 2 pertaining to certain Exclusive Negotiating Agreements and to approve the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement between the City of Fresno and the Fresno Chaffee Zoo Corporation and authorize the City Manager to sign all implementing documents, approved as to form by the City Attorney's Office.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Pursuant to City Council approval of an exception to the Better Business Act pertaining to certain Exclusive Negotiating Agreements, staff recommends invoking the exception for the proposed Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with the Fresno Chaffee Zoo Corporation to develop the terms of an amendment to the Lease Agreement and to negotiate terms to construct, operate, manage, and maintain anticipated improvements to parking facilities.
Fresno's Chaffee Zoo Corporation ("Zoo"), a privately created California public benefit corporation, entered into the current lease agreement with the City of Fresno on January 1, 2006. In July 2007, the Zoo released a Facility Master Plan to serve as a "roadmap" for future Zoo development. The proposed Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) will open negotiations between the City and the Zoo regarding the desire to jointly u...
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