REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: BRIAN RUSSELL, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Street & Landscape Maintenance Divisions
ERIKA PELAYO-LOPEZ, Community Coordinator
Public Works Department, Landscape Maintenance Division
SUBJECT
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Approve Contract Change Order No. 3 to the Highway Litter Control Contract with Landscape Maintenance of America dba California Highway Adoption Company, in the amount of $119,500, increasing the total two year contract from $709,446 to $828,946 (Citywide)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends City Council approve Contract Change Order No. 3, in the amount of $119,500 with Landscape Maintenance of America dba California Highway Adoption Company for Highway Litter Control.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This contract change order for $119,500 will maintain the current service levels and number of clean-up cycles through the end of the current vendor contract in March 2022. On May 14, 2020, City Council approved a City-initiated contract change order for $119,500 to utilize savings in available funding to increase litter control from (1) one time per month to two (2) times per month, for a total of twenty-four (24) times per year on Highway 41 and 99. Funding is available through the freeway litter control program previously approved by Council, which includes outside funding from Measure "C" and Caltrans District 6. Caltrans is requesting the City approve the change order to maximize the amount of litter removed on the State highways. Consistent with the change order previously approved by the Council, this action will utilize the funding that is in place through the adopted budget and existing agreements with Caltrans and the Fresno County Transportation Authority.
BACKGROUND
On January 16, 2020, City Council approved a contract with Landscape Maintenance of America dba California Highway Adoption Co. for $197,376 to provide monthly highway litter ...
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