Agenda #: 5.5
Meeting Date: June 18, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Daniel Fox, City Manager
TITLE: CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH REGIONAL CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FOR BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT SERVICES THROUGH JUNE
30, 2025.
STRATEGIC
GOAL: Safe, Sustainable & Healthy Community
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign the Consulting Services Agreement with Regional Chamber of Commerce San Gabriel Valley.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The total not-to-exceed amount of the Agreement for Fiscal Year 2024/25 would be $12,000. Sufficient funds are included in the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Economic Development budget.
BACKGROUND:
The Regional Chamber of Commerce San Gabriel Valley (“Chamber”) began as the Diamond Bar Chamber of Commerce before expanding eastward to also include the communities of Walnut, Rowland Heights, Hacienda Heights, Avocado Heights, La Puente, Bassett and Valinda. According to its website, the Chamber seeks to “promote civic, commercial, industrial commerce and enhance the quality of life within our community” while advocating for the business interests of its members. The City of Diamond Bar has partnered with the Chamber for many years, focusing primarily on local business development and engagement efforts.
ANALYSIS:
The FY 2023/24 Consulting Services Agreement included a revised scope of work designed to enhance cooperation between the City and Chamber, with specific deliverables defined. The Chamber met these terms with actions including but not limited to:
• Regular meetings with staff from the City’s Office of Economic Development to improve communication, develop programming, and strategize for business attraction and development.
• The development of local business development workshops and networking events, including Gas Company grant programs, Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, and Business Roundtables, among other events.
• Assistance with City business engagement efforts, including Restaurant Week, City Anniversary Celebration, ribbon cuttings/grand opening, etc. • Business assistance/service matching programming.
• Quarterly reporting.
In FY 2024/25, the Chamber is expected to continue to provide business education and engagement programming, events including grand openings/ribbon cuttings and the annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, participate in the City’s Restaurant Week program, and drive new local business membership.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The City Attorney has reviewed and approved the Agreement as to form.
PREPARED BY:
REVIEWED BY:
Attachments:
1. 5.5.a Consulting Services Agreement with Regional Chamber of Commerce San Gabriel Valley