REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
November 17, 2022
FROM: RINA M. GONZALES, Interim City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
BY: ERICA M. CAMARENA, Chief Assistant City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney, Division of Code Enforcement
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Declaring a proper purpose for separation of emergency and non-emergency demolition contracts in the procurement process. (Subject to Mayor Veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
City Attorney recommends Council adopt a resolution declaring a proper purpose for separation of emergency and non-emergency demolition contracts in the procurement process, specifically to ensure the preservation of life, health, or property without delay.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City Attorney's Office is seeking to establish a requirements contract solely for emergency demolition services in order to avoid delays in the service to demolish imminently dangerous structures that could have a detrimental effect such as the loss of life. A finding that there is a proper purpose for separating emergency and non-emergency demolition contracts in the procurement process, specifically to ensure the preservation of life, health, or property without delay, is necessary to comply with Fresno Municipal Code ?4-107(e).
BACKGROUND
The Code Enforcement Division of the City Attorney's Office performs structural demolitions on private property on an as-needed basis. The need for demolition varies, including prolonged lack of maintenance of vacant and abandoned structures, dilapidation, fire damage, or other elements causing the structure to be uninhabitable and dangerous.
In some cases, the need for demolition is sudden and the structure poses an imminent danger to life, health, safety, or adjacent property. Qualified Code Enforcement staff will then make the decision to summarily demolish the structure to the minimum extent necessary to eliminate the imminent danger. At that time, it is crucial that a contracted demolition service provider b...
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