6A(2) Proposal for Professional Services

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underserved. A grocery retailer profile report can also be prepared as part of the additional study. ~ Work item 2 -The second element is to complete a Grocery Store Saturation Study. Upon conclusion of the study, it will be determined if specific site analysis should be completed. 3. Scout program When the City completed the first Buxton project in 2006, all information was delivered in a binder in a paper format. Later in 2006, information Buxton started to shift to a .pdf format so that the data packages were more manageable and could be more easily shared with prospective clients. Over the last several years, Buxton has developed a web based interface for data management called Scout. Scout is not only a tool for the city to manage the Buxton data, but through specialized access protocols, Scout could be shared with interested commercial prospects as well as existing businesses in the city. Because Scout is a GIS-interface program, information about City owned properties, TIF areas, project area work plans or incentives, or a variety of other business assistance work product could be managed from this toolset. The Scout upgrade would be done as part of the refresh from this project. A yearly maintenance fee of $12,000.00 ($1,000/year) is required to maintain this service if it is deemed useful and necessary. ~ Work item 3 -The third element is to work with Buxton on the integration of alf data and local relevant data sets into the Scout program Proposal Budget The proposal budget, found on page 26 of the proposal, is broken out as follows: 1. CommunitylD Refresh - $10,000 New CommunitylD Site - $30,000 (LaSalle Square site) 2. Grocery Store Saturation Study - $5,000 Alternate 1: Match Grocery Stores to Selected Sites - $3,000/site Alternate 1A: Marketing packages for individual grocers - $1,500/package 3. Scout - $0 (part of refresh price) Total Proposal Amount: $45,000.00 Staff would fund this work through a combination of SBCDA and AEDA funds based on a assignable work. Staff would also request the ability to do up to three Grocery Store site selections (Alternate 1) depending on the findings of the saturation study. Staff would request a total not to exceed budget of $54,000. Staff humbly requests Commission approval.