Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to renew a contract for the Facilities Management Division with Winnscapes for landscape maintenance. Ordinance No. 0372-2009, passed March 30, 2009, authorized the contract for landscape maintenance. The contract was bid with four one-year renewal options. This is the third of four one-year renewal options for the period of April 15, 2012 through April 16, 2013.
Landscape activities include full service lawn mowing, edging, four rounds of lawn fertilizing, maintenance of all planting beds, pruning of all trees and shrubs, weeding of all planting beds, mulching, and, hydro-seeding when necessary, and spring clean-up. Landscape maintenance is performed at the I-71 Complex located at 757 Carolyn Avenue/750 Piedmont Road; Health Department at 240 Parsons Avenue; Columbus West Family Health and Wellness Center, 2300 West Broad Street; Police Academy at 1000 North Hague Avenue; Strategic Response Bureau at 1120 Morse Road; East Central Health Center at 1180 East Main Street; Police Sub-Stations located at 333 West Town Street, 950 East Main Street, 2500 Park Crescent, 1371 Cleveland Avenue and 248 East 11th Avenue; Near East Pride Center, 1393 East Broad Street; Central Safety Building at 120 Marconi Boulevard; Impound Lot at 2700 Impound Lot Road, Short Street Parking Lot at 475 Short Street, and the Police Lot at Marconi and Long Streets.
Winnscapes Contract Compliance No. 31-1313521; expiration date October 25, 2013.
Fiscal Impact: The Facilities Management Division budgeted $81,395.66 in the 2012 General Fund Budget for this contract. The cost of this renewal is $81,395.66.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to renew a contract for the Facilities Management Division with Winnscapes for landscape maintenance for various City facilities; and to authorize the expenditure of $81,395.66 from the General Fund. ($81,395.66)
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WHEREAS, it is ne...
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