Agenda Item Wording:
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Lisendra Heights Landscape and Lighting District - Authorize the City Manager to appropriate funding and award a landscape enhancement project to Brightview Landscape for an amount not to exceed of $125,309.
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Deadline for Action: 5/20/2024
Submitting Department: Community Services
Contact Name and Phone Number: Zach Huff, Urban Forestry Supervisor 713-4295; zach.huff@visalia.city Alvin Dias, Parks and Facilities Manager 713-4564; alvin.dias@visalia.city John Lollis, Assistant City Manager 713-4323; john.lollis@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the appropriation of $125,309 and award a landscape enhancement project for the installation of new irrigation and drought tolerant plant material at the 93-02 Lisendra Heights Landscape and Lighting District to Brightview Landscape Services of Fresno, CA, in the amount of and not to exceed $125,309, per the attached specifications.
Background Discussion:
The Urban Forestry Division manages the landscape maintenance for the City's Landscape and Lighting Districts, the Northeast District, Open Space District, City Facilities, and City-owned parking lots, trails, and medians. Within the Landscape and Lighting Districts, staff has identified districts with sufficient funding to perform landscape enhancement projects. Many of these enhancement projects have been on a smaller scale, such as entryway landscape replacement, tree replacement, and low voltage landscape lighting restoration.
One of the Landscape and Lighting Districts where staff have received several calls from concerned residents is the Lisendra Heights District. The Lisendra Heights District is approximately thirty (30) years old and was built over seven phases of construction. Much of the landscape and irrigation has reached its expected life cycle. The landscape,...
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