DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Annual Contract for Parks Gate Opening and Closing
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes acceptance of a contract with KD's Janitorial Service to provide transportation and manpower to open, close, or both open and close the main gates of public parks, natural areas, or green-way trails within the City limits for the Parks and Recreation Department for an estimated cost of $35,000.00 annually. This contract is a three (3) year contract ending December 31, 2019 with two (2) one (1) year options. Funding for this contract is available through the FY 2017 Parks and Recreation General Fund Operating Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for Council consideration and action is a proposal submitted by KD's Janitorial Service to provide transportation and manpower to open, close, or both open and close the main gates of public parks, natural areas, or green-way trails for the Parks and Recreation Department. There are nine locations requiring that park gates be serviced daily, including holidays, which include: Martin Luther King Park, Morrison Kallison Park, W.W. McAllister Park, Southside Lions Parks, Leon Creek Vista Trailhead to be opened daily between 4:00am and 5:00am. Pearsall Park shall be opened daily between 4:00am and 5:00am and closed at 11:00 pm. Salado Creek at Los Patios shall be visually inspected to ensure that gates are opened daily by sunrise and closed by sunset. Medina River Natural Area 1 & 2 gates shall be manually closed at sunset. Additionally there are thirteen designated park locations and 142 undesignated park locations which may require gate service with established contract pricing, on an as needed basis. The thirteen designated park locations are more likely to require gate service than the undesignated park locations.
The City issued a Request for Competitive Sealed Proposal for "Annual Contract for Parks Gate Ope...
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