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HomeMy WebLinkAbout28-City Administrator , ,- CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Dept: Administration 0,-.. - .,. 'L i'i.... ip..i i Subject: Resolution of the City of San Bernardino authorizing an agreement with O'Reilly Public Relations to provide community outreach services relating to the annexation of three County Islands. MCC Date: 06/17/2002 From: Fred Wilson, City Administrator Date: June 11,2002 Synopsis of Previous Council Action: 05-23-2002 - Legislative Review Committee recommended approval of authorization to proceed with the proposed annexation of three County islands located generally east of Central A venue, north of Atlantic Avenue. Recommended Motion: Adopt Resolution. Contact person: Teri Baker Phone: 5122 Supporting data attached: Staff Report, Ward: ResolutIOn, Agreement FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: $5000.00 4 Source: (Acct. No.) 001-092-5502 (Acct. Description) General Fund Professional 1 Contractual Services Finance: Council Notes: ~~ j:l~W-l 'l-?-' Agenda Item No. - jJo 1 Jf (; /n) D J.- , -.-" CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Staff Report SUBJECT: Resolution of the City of San Bernardino authorizing an agreement with O'Reilly Public Relations to provide community outreach services relating to the annexation of three County Islands. BACKGROUND: In order to help educate and inform residents on the issues relating to the annexation of three County islands, it is proposed to use the services of a community outreach consultant. The firm of O'Reilly Public Relations is being recommended to assist in this effort. O'Reilly Public Relations has worked successfully throughout the region on numerous public affairs issues, and government community relations outreach programs. Additionally, the firm specializes in annexation and land-use related issues. If approved, the services provided by the consultant will include: drafting a key message document and collateral material; drafting and distributing community meeting correspondence, briefing materials, and distributing a post meeting summary letter to residents; and preparing follow-up collateral materials and media follow-up materials (if needed). These efforts will be accomplished through mailings and community meetings. Upon execution of an agreement, the firm will immediately begin working with staff to draft the materials described above. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Ifthe agreement is approved, the cost to the City to retain the services of O'Reilly Public Relations will be $5000 from the General Government Professional/Contractual Services Account Fund. RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 2002-173 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH O'REILLY PUBLIC RELATIONS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES RELATING TO THE ANNEXATIONS OF THREE COUNTY ISLANDS. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Mayor of the City of San Bernardino is hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of said City an Agreement with O'Reilly Public Relations relating to the annexation of three County islands, a copy of which is attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by reference as though ful1y set forth at length. SECTION 2. The authorization to execute the above referenced agreement IS rescinded if the parties to the agreement fail to execute it within sixty (90) days of the passage of this resolution. III III III III III III III //1 III 1/1 III III -:1!2J' (" -/7-0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2002-173 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH O'REILLY PUBLIC RELATIONS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES RELATING TO THE ANNEXATIONS OF THREE COUNTY ISLANDS. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor joint regular and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the 17th day of June , 2002, by the following vote, to wit: Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT ESTRADA x LIEN x MCGINNIS x DERRY x SUAREZ x ANDERSON x MCCAMMACK x , l}, ei,<1..,VL 2002, The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this 20 th l i day of June Approved as to Form and legal content: I "0..t",/ <. Judith Valles, Mayor ,Iity of San Bernardino JAMES F, PENMAN, City Attorney By: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2002-173 EXHIBIT A SERVICES AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into this 17th day of June 2002, by and between O'Reilly Public Relations ("PROVIDER") and the City of San Bernardino ("CITY" or "San Bernardino"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, it has heen determined that it is advantageous and in the best interests of the City of San Bernardino and residents located in three county islands adjacent to the CITY to annex these areas into the City of San Bernardino; and WHEREAS, annexation of these three unincorporated islands will positively position the City of San Bernardino as a forward thinking city that promotes 'Good Government' practices; and WHEREAS, community outreach will enhance the reputation of the City of San Bernardino by successfully positioning the annexation application as a positive step toward improving the quality oflife for area residents; and WHEREAS, the CITY desires to retain the services ofthe PROVIDER for the purpose of providing community outreach services; and WHEREAS, PROVIDER possesses the professional skills and ability to provide the service and training for the CITY; NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. SCOPE OF SERVICES. For the remuneration stipulated, PROVIDER will provide services as described in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2002-173 PROVIDER'S proposal, a copy of which is attached hereto, marked Attachment "A" and incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth at length. 2. TERM; SEVERABILITY. The term of this Agreement shall be for a period of one-year unless modified, amended, or cancelled by the written mutual consent ofthe parties prior to said date. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by thirty (30) days written notice by either party delivered to the party. The terms of this Agreement shall remain in force during the term hereof unless mutually amended. The duration of this contract may be extended with the written consent of both parties. 3. COMPENSATION. Upon receipt of an invoice for the service delineated in the attached proposal, PROVIDER shall be paid Five thousand dollars ($5000.00). 4. INDEMNITY. PROVIDER shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the CITY, its officers, employees and agents (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of defense and reasonable attorney's fee) arising out of or related to CITY'S performance of this Agreement, except that such duty to indemnify, defend and hold harmless shall not apply where injury to person or property is caused by CITY'S willful misconduct or negligence. CITY shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the PROVIDER, its officers, employees and agents (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of defense and reasonable attorney's fees) arising out of or related to PROVIDER'S performance of this Agreement, except that such duty to indemnify, defend and hold harmless shall not apply where injury to person or property is caused by PROVIDER'S willful misconduct or negligence. The costs, salary and expenses of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2002-173 the City Attorney and members of his office in enforcing this Agreement on behalf of the CITY shall be considered as "attorneys' fees" for the purposes of this paragraph. 5. INSURANCE. While not restricting nor limiting the foregoing, during the term of this Agreement, PROVIDER shall maintain in effect policies of general commercial liability in the amount of $1,000,000.00 combined single limit and shall file copies of said policies with the Risk Manager of the CITY prior to undertaking any work under this Agreement. CITY shall be set forth as an additionally named insured in each policy of insurance provided hereunder. The Certificate of Insurance furnished to the CITY shall require the insurer to notify CITY of any change or termination in the policy. 6. NON-DISCRIMINATION. In the performance of this Agreement and in the hiring and recruitment of employees, PROVIDER shall not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, physical handicap, ethnic background or country of origin. 7. NO EMPLOYMENT. PROVIDER shall perform work tasks provided by this Agreement but for all intents and purposes PROVIDER shall be an independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the CITY. III III III III III III 20C2-173 8. NOTICES. 1 2 3 Any notice to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be deposited with the United Postal Service, postage prepaid and addressed as follows: 4 TO THE CITY: 5 6 City Administrator's Office 300 North "D" Street San Bernardino, CA 92418 Facsimile (909) 384-5138 TO THE PROVIDER: O'Reilly Public Relations 3403 Tenth Street Suite 110 Riverside, CA 92501 F3csimile (909) 781-0845 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 III 28 IN WITNESS THEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the day and date first above written. ,2002 O'Reilly Public Relations Date: June By: __r i '\ .1. (,,//',/,:. /.,,\::-.Lf I_~:, Patrick O'Reilly, 'Pre~ident/CEO Date: June :,"! I r ,2002 City of San Bernardino Date: June 17 , 2002 By: // ~. ( ( /'Ju~ith Valles, Mayor , ' / ! ". I Attorney ~. .,."-- By:q:~;~ey Lewis, D' Amato, Brisbois, Bisgaard III III III 20(12-173 June 17, 2002 O'RE::'iLLt [J()EJI Ie REL./) Fred A. Wilson City Administrator City of San Bernardino 300 North "D" Street San Bernardino Ca, 92418-0001 Dear Fred: Thank you for inviting us to submit this proposal to serve as the Community Relations Consultant for the City of San Bernardino relating to the proposal annexation of County islands located adjacent to the City. We have revised this proposal to incorporate the workscope changes we discussed with Teri Baker of your office. OPR Inland EmDire Backl!round O'Reilly Public Relations (OPR) is the largest public relations firm in the Inland Empire. Our office has worked successfully throughout the region on numerous public affairs, government relations and community relations outreach programs. OPR also specializes in land-use related issues and projects and have had a number of successes both for and against annexation efforts including: . Citizens For Good Government - Provided successful strategic plan for community action groups opposed to City of Fontana's annexation attempt . "Donut Hole" Property - Organized a public outreach campaign to defeat the City of Redlands annexation attempt of the "Donut Hole" . San Bernardino County Dairy Preserve - OPR designed and implemented a public relations program that led to the successful annexation of 1,600 acre preserve to the City of Chino SITUATION Surrounded by the boundaries of the City of San Bernardino are three unincorporated territories or 'islands' which include a total of approximately 200 individual land parcels. The City is considering the annexation of the three islands. The City is in the process of considering whether to submit an application with the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) and is currently considering strategies for community outreach. Annexation of the parcels would streamline the public safety services by placing both fire and police services under City authorization. Potential resident benefits include shortened emergency response times by law enforcement and the fire department. J<.lD3 rU..:[H SI::JrH Sun,: 1 '10 nM'1~,\I.;t-, Cl\ n:--?'.;<:l '~~"'I\I~- l:-!' :;1 -':3 , _~'1_,:-1.: '-:<LLYPR.COM 2002-173 Annexation Proposal June 17, 2002 2of3 However, the primary concern of the unincorporated area residents to the City annexation would have been the payment of the city utility tax. However, it is our understanding that the City will not seek to impose the Utility User Tax upon those three annexation areas. GOALS . Enhance the reputation of the City of San Bernardino by successfully positioning the annexation application as a positive step toward improving the quality oflife for area residents. . Positively position the City of San Bernardino as a forward thinking city that promotes 'Good Government' practices. . Clearly and accurately communicate project information and benefits among target audiences. STRATEGIES . Be proactive. Clearly identify and communicate annexation public benefits. . Be constant and consistent with communications. Interruptions or distractions will prevent a compelling argument from resonating, and allow for the dissemination of inaccurate information . Utilize area Councilmember as key feature of outreach efforts, personalizing and demonstrating the City's desire to be "actively engaged and listening". TACTICS and TIMING . Phase I: Internal Research (Weeks 1 through 3) -Step 1: Draft key messages document -Step 2: Draft collateral materials (Fact Sheet, Q&A etc.) . Phase 2: Pre-application Submittal (Weeks 4 through 6) -Step 3: Draft and distribute community meeting correspondence -Step 4: Draft media briefing materials -Step 5: Draft and distribute post meeting summary letter to residents . Phase 3: Post-application submittal (Weeks 7 and 8) -Step 6: Prepare any follow up collateral materials (if needed) -Step 7: Prepare any media follow up materials (if needed) 20C2-173 Annexation Proposal June 17, 2002 30f3 BUDGET OPR estimates fees for this project to be approximately $5,000 for the above referenced work scope. The above program was tailored to address the relatively small universe of residents associated with this particular unique annexation. Communication programs for large annexation proposals should also include the following elements for consideration: Research . Public Opinion Survey . Focus Groups . Messaging Deck . Target Audience Inventory and Target List . IdentifY third party validators Community Relations . Coalition Development . Community Advisory Council Development . Direct Mail Program . Townhall Meeting Program . Speakers Bureau design and coordination Media Relations . Reporter briefings . Editorial board briefings . Author opinion/editorial articles . Appoint project spokesperson . Public Service Announcements (PSA's) . Local cable buy . Newspaper advertising Again, thank you for considering O'Reilly Public Relations for this effort. We look forward to the opportunity to work with you and are prepared to answer any questions you may have regarding this opportunity Sincerely, Patrick 1. O'Reilly President! CEO Lou Monville Public Affairs Director Taylor Mi From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Clark_Ra Monday, June 24, 2002 9:26 AM Baker Te HartzeCLi; Medina_Sa; Otterbein_Do; Taylor_Mi; Wilson_Fr RE: Agreement between O'Reilly Public Relations and the City Hi Teri, Following up on our conversation, thanks for the email below and for the clarification. As I indicated, the Reso authorizes the Mayor to execute the agreement and we have up until 90 days to execute the agreement. The Mayor has signed the reso. As soon as you have the hard copy of the revised agreement and it has been signed by Mr. Sabo, please send it to Michelle Taylor or call her at extension 3206 so that she can take care of getting it executed by the Mayor and then I'll attest to her signature. At that point, we should all be on the right track. Call me if you have any questions. -----Original Message----- From: Baker_Te Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 8:14 AM To: Clark_Ra Cc: HartzeLLi; Medina_Sa; Otterbein_Do; WilsonJr Subject: RE: Agreement between O'Reilly Public Relations and the City Rachel, Once Fred made me aware of what transpired at the Council meeting, I contacted Sandy immediately and made her aware that I was working with Tim Sabo on some changes to the agreement. I explained that I could execute the agreement and she said that was fine just to make sure that the Clerk's Office was provided with the original. I have the original ready to go to O'Reilly for their signature (Fred and Tim Sabo have signed it). I was waiting on a revised proposal from O'Reilly (Tim had changes to that as well) before sending it to them. However, now that you say the resolution was approved, we may have a problem. I think the resolution authorized the Mayor to sign off on it, not Fred. I could print a new agreement with a signature line for the Mayor and Tim Sabo and the Clerk's Office could execute it? I'm sorry for the confusion, I was a bit confused myself. Teri -----Original Message----- From: Clark_Ra Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 1:10 PM To: Baker_Te Cc: HartzeLLi; Medina_Sa; Otterbein_Do; Wilson_Fr Subject: Agreement between O'Reilly Public Relations and the City Hi Teri, 1 . At Monday's Council meeting the Council approved the Resolution authorizing execution of the above-referenced agreement; however, as Deputy City Clerk Hartzel listened to the tape of the meeting, she realized that Attorney Tim Sabo indicated some minor changes needed to be made to the agreement. The Mayor signed the Resolution; however, she did not sign the Agreement that was attached and I do not know if that was intentional or not. We now have the original agreement that was presented at Monday's Council meeting and it needs the Mayor's signature. Before we have the Mayor sign it, I thought I'd better check to see if the agreement needed to be revised based on Mr. Sabo's comments. Fred advises that Mr. Sabo already gave you a revised original agreement and that it has been executed. This was news to us! The City Clerk's Office is responsible for tracking and filing all ORIGINAL Resolutions, Ordinances, Agreements and we have to be in the loop. If in fact a revised agreement has been executed, please return the original document to this office so that it can be filed together with the original Resolution. I can't emphasize enough how important it is for departments to ensure that the City Clerk's Office retain ORIGINAL documents. Please call me if you have any questions. Thanks. Rachel G. Clark (909) 384-5002 City Clerk clark ra@ci.san-bernardino.ca.us <mailto:clark ra@ci.san-bernardino.ca.us> 2 -. OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK RACHEL G. CLARK, C.M.C. - CITY CLERK 300 North "D" StrcCl. San Bernardino. CA 92418-0001 909.384.5002. Fax: 909.384.5158 www.cLsanMbernarJino.ca.us Sf.' July 1.2002 Mr. Patrick O'Reilly, President/CEO O'Reilly Public Relations 3403 Tenth Street, Suite 110 Riverside, CA 92501 Dear Mr. O'Reilly, At the Mayor and Common Council meeting of June 17, 2002, the City of San Bernardino adopted Resolution 2002-173 - Resolution authorizing an agreement with 0 'Reilly Public Relations to provide community outreach services relating to annexation of three County islands. Enclosed is one (1) original agreement. Please sign in the appropriate location and return the executed agreement to the City Clerk's Office, Altn: Michelle Taylor, P.O. Box 1318, San Bernardino, CA 92402, as soon as possible. Please be advised that the resolution and agreement will be null and void if not executed within 90 days, or by September 16, 2002. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (909)384-5002. Sincerely, i /./ Michelle Taylor Senior Secretary Enclosure CITY OF SAN BERNARlllNO ADOPTED SH:\REU VALUES: Integrily . Accountahilit)' . Respect rOl Hurnan Dignity. Honesty " CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO Interoffice Memorandum CITY CLERK'S OFFICE Records and Information Management (RIM) Program DATE: July 5, 2002 TO: Teri Baker, Administrative Analyst II FROM: Michelle Taylor, Senior Secretary RE: Resolution 2002-173 - O'Reilly Public Relations CC: Finance Attached is a fully executed copy of the agreement with O'Reilly Public Relations to provide community outreach services relating to annexation of three County islands, The original agreement is on file in the City Clerk's Office. If you have any questions, please call me at ext. 3206. .- -.... 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