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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to execute a contract with West Coast Arborists, Inc., of Anaheim, CA (not an MBE, WBE, SBE or Local), for a park tree inventory, on the same terms and conditions afforded to the City of Agoura Hills, for a total amount not to exceed $199,000, for a period of one-year, with the option to renew for one additional one-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager or his designee. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into an annual contract with West Coast Arborists, Inc. (WCA), for park tree inventory services. The City of Long Beach (City) was awarded an Urban Forestry Grant (Grant) in the amount of $150,000 for a park tree inventory from the State of California, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), funded by the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 84). In 2008, the City completed an Urban Forest Master Plan (Plan). In an effort to meet the goals and policies identified in the Plan, the next phase involved completing a detailed assessment of the City's overall tree inventory. In 2011, the tree inventory effort began with the completion of a street tree inventory, funded by a Grant award from CAL FIRE. It is now time to complete the City tree inventory by including park trees. The completed park tree inventory will give the City a more comprehensive view of quantitative information about the trees in the parks, such as the overall tree count, locations, species, diameter, condition, and maintenance needs.
City Charter Section 1802 provides an alternative procurement method by permitting the City to purchase or otherwise obtain services, supplies, materials, equipment, and labor with other governmental agencies by purchasing under their contracts on a voluntary and selective basis, when authorized by a Resolution of the City Council.
The Department of Park...
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