...Title
Actions Related to the Purchase Orders for Tree Maintenance and Planting Services.
...Recommendations
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or her designee to:
(a) Execute purchase orders with Arboricultural Specialties, Inc. dba The Professional Tree Care Company (Berkeley, CA), Brightview Tree Care Services, Inc. (Blue Bell, PA), Rapid Response Force LLC (Hollister, CA), Richard Smith dba Bay Area Tree Specialists (San José, CA), Urban Tree Management, LLC (San Carlos, CA), and West Coast Arborists, Inc. (Anaheim, CA) for tree maintenance and planting services for a one-year term beginning on or about August 27, 2025, and ending on or about August 26, 2026, for a total combined not-to-exceed amount of $7,291,500;
(b) Approve a contingency of $700,000 for unanticipated tree maintenance and planting services, subject to the appropriation of funds; and
(c) Exercise up to six one-year options to extend the term of the purchase orders, with the last option, for each purchase order, ending on or about August 26, 2032, subject to the appropriation of funds.
CEQA: Categorically Exempt, File No. ER24-086, CEQA Guideline Section 15301(h) Existing Facilities. (Finance)