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MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
AGENDA REPORT - •.-_-
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Jessica Sandifer, Community Services Manag .'
DATE: January 24, 2018 (CC Meeting of 02/07/18) V
SUBJECT: Consider Authorizing Waiver of Conflict of Interest Provision for
Benner and Carpenter Agreements •
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Benner and Carpenter (B&C) has several agreements with various divisions in the City
to perform surveying and engineering services. The City's standard professional
services agreement contains language that prohibits consultants and contractors from
performing work for any developers, property owners, or partnerships that own property
in the city or are processing entitlement applications. With the current language, the City
Manager does not have the authority to waive the conflict of interest for this work.
B&C has been approached by a local property owner about creating a parcel map for
their property and they are requesting a waiver of the conflict of interest requirement in
order to perform the work. Staff has no concerns with modifying the language for B&C
because their work, whether on City property or private property, is plan checked and
reviewed by the City's contract engineering firm, so the potential for a conflict of interest
to arise is low. Staff is proposing to modify the conflict of interest language in B&C's
agreement such that the City Manager is given authority to waive the conflict of interest
provision on a case-by-case basis. This would require B&C to notify the City when they
have been approached by potential clients, and the City could determine whether a
conflict exists and whether to waive the procedure. B&C currently has three separate
active agreements for surveying services and parcel map and easement preparation
services with the City and we are proposing to modify the Conflict of Interest provisions
in those three agreements.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
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Honorable City Council
February 7, 2018
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Authorize the City Manager to waive conflict of interest provision in Benner and
Carpenter, Inc.'s agreements, on a case-by case basis, and authorize the City Manager
to sign Amendments to the Agreements modifying the language, subject to final
language approval of the City Manager.
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