Consider action to authorize a Professional Services Contract with CORE Location Advisors, LLC. Consider action to adopt a resolution authorizing a Professional Services Contract with Core Location Advisors, LLC, for real estate advisory and acquisition services to evaluate and acquire potential locations for Public Safety and City Hall facilities, in an amount not to exceed $46,980.00; authorizin

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

The purpose of this agenda item is to authorize a professional services agreement with Core Location Advisors, LLC (dba Core Brokerage, operating as or in partnership with Catalyst) to deliver comprehensive real estate advisory and site acquisition services. Under this agreement, the Professional will evaluate and identify optimal locations for a new, voter-authorized Public Safety facility and a new City Hall facility and guide the City through final purchase negotiations and closing. The scope of work is tailored to evaluate 14 distinct candidate properties identified in previous studies and will be completed on a fixed-fee basis not to exceed $46,980.00 (exclusive of brokerage fee contingency). Program funding is fully supported by the voter-approved 2023 General Obligation (GO) Bond Program.

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.4/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).