Title
A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Issue A Blanket Purchase Agreement To Granicus, LLC. For The Purchase Of Compliance Monitoring Software For Short Term Rental Residential Properties In The Amount Of $243,425.50 Based Upon The National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance Contract Number 01-115 In Accordance With Section 38.41(C)(5) Of The City's Procurement Code; Amending The Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget. (Piggyback)
Strategic Plan Focus
Quality of Life & Strong Neighborhoods
Body
Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
On January 20, 2021 the City Commission adopted new regulations for Vacation Rentals. At that time, the Commission encouraged staff to evaluate and procure the necessary resources to effectively enforce the new rules, while also being able to efficiently distinguish between long-term, short-term and vacation rentals on the various online platforms.
In an effort to encourage self-compliance, and in an attempt to not purchase software, between January 26 and March 1st over 23 various forms of communication were sent out as part of the City's Education Campaign (Notify Me, specific email blast, letters, Tweets, Q and A Virtual Session). Between January 20th and March 3rd, these efforts resulted in 47 Vacation Rental Applications being submitted with several in various stages of review.
The Granicus software offers a variety of software solutions to aid with compliance while balancing the needs of residents and tourists in the community and also reduces the strain of low-priority calls on enforcement staff, in particular police officers.
The software solutions recommended for purchase are:
- Address Identification ($133,852.50): Monitors over 50 short-term rental websites and provides necessary documentation for proof of rental to enforce local laws; including redundancy of properties on different pla...
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