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^ ��^"�:t�lt"��: (e� ,f�t�� , City Council Memorandum ity TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: March 20, 2012 FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ITEM NO: 24 CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WARDS: ALL SUBJECT: FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH REVENUE EXPERTS, INC. TO INCLUDE PROCESSING AND COLLECTION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION ISSUED PARKING CITATIONS ISSUE: The issue before the City Council is consideration of approval of the First Amendment to the Agreement with Revenue Experts, Inc. to add the processing and collection of Code Enforcement Division issued parking citations as defined by Title 10 of the Riverside Municipal Code. RECOMMENDATIONS That the City Council approve the First Amendment to the Agreement with Revenue Experts, Inc. to add an additional scope of service for processing and collecting Code Enforcement issued parking tickets beginning April 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2014, and authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute the First Amendment. BACKGROUND On August 14, 2007, the City Council approved an Agreement with Revenue Experts, Inc. for the collection of administrative citations for the period of July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2011, at a not to exceed amount of $100,000 annually. On April 19, 2011, the City Council approved a second Agreement for the period of July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2014, for the same services at the same annual cost ($100,000). Code Enforcement Officers are authorized to issue parking citations. Currently, those citations are sent to the Public Works Department's Parking Services Division for processing and collection efforts. The Code Enforcement Division would like to increase efficiency by monitoring and processing all enforcement activities within the Code Enforcement Division to allow for a more effective use of staff time. Adding parking citation processing and collection services to the current Agreement with Revenue Experts, Inc. will provide Staff with a single point of contact for managing Code Enforcement Division issued citations. The Code Enforcement Division generally issues parking citations for private property parking violations. Although the Code Enforcement Division occasionally issues parking citations on public property (streets, parking lots, etc.), the majority of the public property citations are issued by the 24 -1