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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing City Manager to Waive the Bid Process and Approve Purchase of a RC Mower R-60 Tracked Steep Incline Rotary Mower from RC Mower Embankscape Equipment LLC Suamico, WI ($76,665.25) (PW)
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MEETING DATE:
November 6, 2024
PREPARED BY:
Public Works Director
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to waive the bid process and approve purchase of a RC Mower R-60 tracked steep incline rotary mower from RC Mower Embankscape Equipment LLC Suamico, WI in the amount of $76,665.25.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Public Works Streets Division is responsible for the City's single use storm drain basins. Currently, there are 5 single use facilities in operation with another 2 future basins identified in the 2010 General Plan. The single use facilities were intended to reflect a natural setting requiring minimal maintenance. Over the past few years, staff has received complaints regarding the un-kept appearance of the basins and their potential to create a fire hazard in a residential area due to the growth of natural grasses and weeds.
Staff has responded by attempting to use conventional mowing equipment to control vegetation on the basin slopes. Since the grass and weeds in the basins were never intended to be maintained, the side slopes were designed too steeply for conventional mowing equipment to manage safely. As an alternative, staff recently utilized San Joaquin County Sheriff work crews that used weed-eaters to manually cut the grass and weeds at the single use basin at Reynolds Ranch. This service is fairly economical at approximately $2,000 per basin per service; however, the service is not consistently available as the crews are also dispatched to other areas in the county.
In August of 2024, the Streets Division requested a demonstration of the RC (remote control) steep hill rotary mower to test its ability to perform on the vegetation and side slo...
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