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<br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 <br />TITLE: <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />AGREEMENT FOR LANDSCAPE <br />MAINTENANCE SERVICES <br />FOR THE SANTA ANA ZOO AT <br />PRENTICE PARK <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 1 sl Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />,C2wt~~f" <br />CI MANAGE <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Authorize the Ci ty Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the <br />attached agreement with Vista Del Verde Landscape, Inc. to provide <br />landscape maintenance services for a one-year term, in an annual amount <br />not to exceed $112,720 subject to non-substantive changes approved by the <br />City Manager and City Attorney. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The Parks, Recreation and Communi ty Services Agency is responsible for <br />the landscape maintenance at all City parks as well as the Santa Ana Zoo <br />at Prentice Park. The maintenance includes mowing and edging of turf, <br />pruning and trimming of trees and shrubs, removal and control of weeds <br />and plant diseases and pests, plant irrigation, and the maintenance and <br />repair of irrigation systems. <br /> <br />The Zoo's current landscape contract expires on September 30, 2008. On <br />August 5, 2008, the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency <br />requested proposals from four companies currently providing landscape <br />services in City Parks. On August 11, 2008, the Agency received the <br />following four proposals for landscape maintenance services at the Zoo: <br /> <br />Company Annual Cost <br />Vista Del Verde Landscape $102,720 <br />Master's Landscape $120,960 <br />Valley Crest Landscape $124,500 <br />Merchant's Landscape $130,800 <br /> <br />25H-1 <br />