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Resolution to Approve a Revised Professional Services Agreement with Regents of the University of Michigan for the Evaluation Services of Dr. Lesli Hoey Related to Bryant Neighborhood Decarbonization Work ($80,000.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration is a revised Professional Services Agreement with Regents of the University of Michigan for Dr. Lesli Hoey and her team to conduct a holistic suite of pre- and post-intervention evaluations related to the City's work to decarbonize the Bryant neighborhood in Ann Arbor. An earlier version of this PSA was approved by City Council at the February 3, 2025 meeting. However, the University of Michigan requested contract changes which the City believed were material enough to warrant coming back to City Council for your consideration. The City's legal department and staff have approved these modifications, which include adding in details on project timing, the addition of a few new clauses, and efforts to align standard City and University contract language. Overall, staff do not believe these changes alter the City's legal protections, the scope of service, or the ability to deliver the work outlined in the contract. As such, staff is seeking authorization to move forward under this revised PSA.
As further background and enumerated in the original resolution brought to City Council on February 3, 2025, for over three (3) years, City staff have been working with the residents of the Bryant neighborhood and Community Action Network to determine what it would look like to make Bryant one of the nation's most sustainable and resilient existing neighborhoods. Ideas emerging through these engagements have helped inform a scope of services and fundraising efforts by both the City and Community Action Network. Now that significant funding has been secured to make neighborhood and household improvements, the City would like to hire a professional evaluator to help set up mechanisms to evaluate the impa...
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