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AGENDA TITLE: Approve Specifications and Authorize Advertisement for Bids for
City -Funded Maintenance of Landscape Areas for 2008
MEETING DATE: October 17, 2007
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve specifications and authorize advertisement for bids for
City -funded maintenance of landscape areas for 2008.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: This project provides for the contract maintenance of 168
landscaped sites in the public right-of-way, public buildings, parking
lots, the Multimodal Station and the White Slough Water Pollution
Control Facility. In the past year, additional sites were added that
included the center median on Lower Sacramento Road south of Kettleman Lane and Westgate Drive.
The total acreage of this contract now exceeds 45 acres.
This bid consists of three separate groups: Group A — Maintenance of Turf and Miscellaneous Landscape
Areas, Group B — Maintenance of Lower Sacramento Road and Adjacent Landscape Areas, and
Group C — Maintenance of Cherokee Lane and Adjacent Landscape Areas. The groups may be awarded
separately to multiple contractors or together as one contract.
The level of maintenancewill continue at the current frequency of once a month compared to the weekly
service done in fiscal year 03/04. This has had a minimal impact on the overall appearance of the sites,
although we do have an increased number of complaints about the maintenance. Staff feels the sites are
at an overall acceptable level of appearance.
The specifications are on file in the Public Works Department
FISCAL IMPACT: This current annual contract of $210,275 maintainsthe existing landscape
sites at a frequency level of once a month. Note that this work is separate
from the landscape maintenance locations included in the various
Landscape MaintenanceAssessment Districts that have been established
in new developments. Maintenancework at those locations is done more frequently.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: The money for this project will be coming from the 2007/08 Operating
Budget— General Fund, Utility and Transit accounts (102011, 170403,
3215036, 210801, 180453,103511, 170404, 3215042, 125052, 160652)
Budgetedi/ , 2007108 fiscal year
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Richard C. Prima, Jr\
Public Works Director
Prepared by Curt Juran. Assistant Streets and Drainage Manager
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cc: George M. Bradley, Streets and Drainage Manager CurtJuran, Assistant Streets and Drainage Manager
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