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Alcala, Abigail <br />From: Flores, Gaston <br />Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 1:27 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: FW: Contact the City Council Submission <br />From: notify@proudcity.com <notify@proudcity.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 1:10 PM <br />To: Flores, Gaston <GFlores@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: Contact the City Council Submission <br />Name <br />David Johnson <br />Email <br /> <br />Address <br /> <br />Fullerton, California 92832 <br />United States <br />Map It <br />Phone <br />( <br />Who is this message for? <br />• Mayor Valerie Amezcua <br />• Mayor Pro Tern Jessie Lopez <br />• Councilmember Thai Viet Phan <br />• Councilmember David Penaloza <br />• Councilmember Phil Bacerra <br />• Councilmember Johnathan Ryan Hernandez <br />• Councilmember Benjamin Vazquez <br />Comments or questions <br />Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers: <br />I write to you today with serious questions regarding the process that was conducted to award the Infield Maintenance contract <br />pursuant to RFP No. 23-152 and is Item #12 on the Agenda tonight. I should start by noting that given the fact that the entire City <br />is being awarded to one contractor (for the first time in 20 years) this touches every Council Ward in the City. <br />I am President of Major League Infields, Inc. and we were the firm not selected to do any of the work in this new term of the <br />agreement (for the first time since 2005). We're adults, and it wouldn't be the first time we've lost in a competitive process. <br />However, there are some things about this that don't add up (i.e. THE CITY PAYING OVER 30 PERCENT MORE THAN IS <br />NECESSARY). <br />Since February 2019 we had the contract to service Districts 1, 3 and 4, which contain 28 fields, and the recommended <br />contractor for this new agreement has been doing District 2 which contains a total of four (4) fields. During our tenure in these <br />three Districts, City inspectors sent us very few complaints, concerns or issues, and in fact, we haven't received a single <br />complaint or concern in years. (We toured the fields today and took photographs that I cannot attach here that were taken today <br />of fields serviced by both companies in various Districts and I challenge anyone to cite any discernible difference in the <br />