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Home My WebLink About2009 CON CDC SDSU Foundation - Business Management Technical AssistanceMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND THE SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION RECITALS A. The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding is to create a business partnership between the Community Development Commission of National City (CDC) and the SDSU Research Foundation in order to provide business management assistance to small businesses located and operated in National City. I. TERMS A. CDC Staff or the National City Chamber of Commerce (Program Administrator) 1. Staffing and Supervision a. CDC Staff or Program Administrator will select five (5) professional advisors from the community that can be called upon by the students, SDSU staff and CDC Staff or Program Administrator to provide community perspective. b. CDC Staff or Program Administrator will pre-screen National City businesses, of which fourteen (14) will be selected annually to participate in the program. c. If for any reason (1) one or more of the selected businesses is disqualified, the CDC Staff or Program Administrator will select the next most qualified businesses. d. CDC Staff or Program Administrator will act as the liaisons between SDSU students, staff and businesses. e. This agreement will cover one year from July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010, with the possibility of two - one year extensions. At the sole discretion of the CDC Executive Director, this agreement may be extended for an additional periods for technical assistance through the Spring Semester of 2012 if warranted. B. SDSU Students 1. Staffing and Supervision a. SDSU will commit four (4) students per business. b. SDSU will commit an advising committee which consists of one (1) professor (Howard Toole, PhD and Don Sciglimpaglia, PhD) and three (3) graduate business students to oversee the undergraduate students assisting the businesses. c. SDSU undergraduate students, graduate students, and professors will provide student "consulting" for fourteen (14) businesses each academic year (seven in the Fall semester and seven in the Spring semester). Consulting is defined as providing technical assistance, resulting in a written and oral consulting report, to be delivered to CDC Staff or Program Administrator and the participating business, in the form of any or all of the following: i. Business plan creation ii. Business expansion iii. Advertising and promotion iv. Web site and use of Internet computer training v. Market study or market research vi. Contract bidding vii. Customer relations viii. Cost analysis and control ix. Export/import x. Inventory control xi. Special government program xii. Taxes xiii. Accounting -bookkeeping xiv. Insurance xv. Time management scheduling xvi. Personnel management training d. SDSU graduate students, under the supervision of the faculty members of the advising committee, will provide limited short-term consulting for past participants in the program, primarily aimed at implementing previously made recommendations. Such short-term consulting will be on a time available basis. If it is determined that significant issues still exist with a past participant in the program, then the business shall become a candidate for future consulting. However, preference shall be given to businesses which have not as yet received consulting. II. FUNDING AND FACILITIES A. CDC Staff or Program Administrator a. CDC Staff will provide compensation to SDSU Foundation for small business technical assistance within National City over the next three fiscal years, to be accomplished by the CDC paying to SDSU Foundation a total fixed fee of S25,000. by August 15th of each of the three fiscal years (2009, 2010, and 2011). In return, the service provided by SDSU Foundation to the City of National is: technical assistance to 7 small businesses per semester ($12,500) for a total of two semesters and/or 14 businesses served, totaling $25,000 a school year. Thus, this contract is not to exceed a total fixed fee of $75,000. b. The CDC Staff or Program Administrator will make available on an as needed basis a `meeting place" for participants of its Business Consulting and Technical Assistance Program. It should have meeting space for student consulting and business meetings or presentations, Internet access and secured filing/storage. B. SDSU Research Foundation a. SDSU will be responsible for compensating SDSU staff. b. SDSU will submit a progress report on the services provided four times per academic year (mid-term and end of each academic semester). IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Memorandum of Understanding to be executed by their respective duly authorized representatives on this 21 m day of July 2009. SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Dated: 7 %3 o IC f By: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL TY Dated: By: on Morrison, Chairman Approved as to form: Approved as to form: George H. Eiser, III Legal Counsel General Counsel, SDSU Foundation RESOLUTION NO. 2009 -- 227 RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO NATIONAL CITY BUSINESSES WITH A NOT -TO -EXCEED AMOUNT OF $25,000 ANNUALLY WHEREAS, San Diego State University, School of Business provided assistance to National City businesses in the form of individual consultation by underclassman and graduate students during a three-year period beginning in the Fall Semester of 2006 and ending in the Spring Semester of 2009; and WHEREAS, San Diego State University, School of Business has agreed to continue to provide assistance to National City businesses in the form of individual consultation by underclassman and graduate students during a three-year period beginning in the Fall Semester of 2009 and ending in the Spring Semester of 2012; and WHEREAS, the Community Development Commission of the City of National City and the San Diego State University Foundation are both desirous of executing a Memorandum of Understanding to continue to provide business management technical assistance to National City businesses. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Community Development Commission of the City of National City hereby authorizes the Chairman 10 execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the San Diego State University Foundation to provide business management technical assistance. Said Memorandum of Understanding is on file in the office of the City Clerk. PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of September, 2009. ATTEST Bradman» . ecretary Morrison, Chairman APPROVED AS TO FORM: George H. Eiser, III City Attorney Passed and adopted by the Community Development Commission of the City of National City, California, on September 15, 2009, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Commissioners Morrison, Parra, Sotelo-Solis, Van Deventer. Nays: None. Absent: Commissioner Zarate. Abstain: None. AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON Chairman, Community Development Commission Sec ty Development Commission By: Deputy I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of RESOLUTION NO. 2009-227 of the Community Development Commission of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted on September 15, 2009. Secretary, Community Development Commission By: Deputy C xCOG• 3y City of National City, California COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENDA STATEMENT MEETING DATE September 15, 2009 AGENDA ITEM NO. 22 ITEM TITLE Resolution of the Community Development Commission of the City of National City authorizing the Chairman to execute a Memorandum of Understanding in the amount of not -to - exceed $25,000 annually with the San Diego State University Foundation to provide Business Management Technical Assistance to National City Businesses PREPARED BY n DEPARTMENT Alfredo Ybarra (Ext. 4279) Community Development, Housing and Grant EXPLANATION In 2006, the Community Development Commission (CDC) collaborated with the San Diego State University Foundation (SDSU) and established the SDSU Technical Assistance Program which has to date assisted 72 local small to mid -size businesses improve and/or expand their businesses. This new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will require that SDSU provide business consulting to 14 businesses per academic year, with a potential of 42 businesses over the next 3-year period. The approval of this MOU would allow City staff, National City Chamber of Commerce (NCCC) and SDSU's College of Business Administration to offer a mutually beneficial service to small businesses located within the redevelopment areas of National City. Consulting teams made up of 3 to 4 students will continue to work with small businesses and make recommendations to improve business performance. The consulting process generally takes three months. National City Chamber staff and two business professors from SDSU oversee the whole process. Participating businesses are eligible for a forgivable loan up to $15,000 from the CDC to implement the recommended business improvements. The MOU will cover one year from July 1. 2009 —June 30. 2010, with the possibility of two- one year extensions. The CDC Executive Director will have sole discretion to extend the contract for each year through Spring of 2012 if warranted. Environmental Review •N' N/A Financial Statement Approved By: Finance Director The MOU funding requirement of $25,000 is budgeted for fiscal year 2009-2010. The program may be extended for up to two years for total potential costs of 75,000. Account No. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Adopt Resolution BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION ATTACHMENTS ( Listed Below) Resolution No. Memorandum of Understanding A-200 (9/99) N &' . -- 1NCOR.pORAT OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK 1243 National City Blvd. National City, Califomia 91950 Michael R. Della, CMC - City Clerk 619-336-4228 phone • 619-336-4229 fax SDSU FOUNDATION Business Management Technical Assistance Jacqueline Reynoso (Chamber of Commerce) Forwarded Copy of Agreement to Consultant