AWARD OF BID FOR CITY-WIDE TREE TRIMMING

RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Authorize award of bid to Arborists, 914 East Fourth Street, Santa Ana, California in the amount of $13,250 for tree trimming at Valley Park and the Community Center. Additionally, authorize the Director of Public Works to adjust as necessary per the approved FY 96-97 budget.
2. Reject all other bids.
3. Allow the Public Works Director to make modifications within budget.

BACKGROUND:

In preparing the FY 1996-97 Budget staff requested appropriation to trim trees City-wide. Specifications were prepared and request for bids were sent out to five tree trimming companies and advertised in the Easy Reader. On May 29, 1997, four bids received by the City Clerk's Office were publicly opened and read aloud.

ANALYSIS:

The results of the Tree Trimming bids for Valley Park and the Community Center were as follows and include all applicable fees, taxes:

BIDDER'S NAME AMOUNT OF BID

1. ARBORISTS --- $13,250

2. TRAVERS TREE SERVICE --- $16,120

3. CHRIS' TREE --- $15,920

4. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TREE & LANDSCAPE --- $18,931

FISCAL IMPACT:

$35,000 was budgeted in this fiscal year (FY 96-97) for tree trimming in the Street Lighting/Medians Division, account number 105-2601-4201. As of this date $1,000 has been spent. We selected Valley Park and the Community Center as our first priorities for major tree trimming. We would like to accomplish all necessary tree trimming, and utilize the amount budgeted.