TO: CRA Board of Commissioners
FROM: Ashlyn Darden, Legal Advisor
THROUGH: Renée A. Jadusingh, Executive Director
DATE: April 23, 2024
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SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SOD UNLIMITED, INC.
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Recommended Action:
1. Approve the Second Amendment to the Landscape Maintenance Services Agreement
and
2. Authorize the CRA Board Chair to execute the Second Amendment and any related documents, in a form acceptable to the CRA Legal Advisor.
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Background:
At the July 25, 2023, CRA Board meeting, the CRA Board awarded the Landscape Maintenance Services Agreement to Sod Unlimited, Inc.
Under the Agreement, the full scope of landscape maintenance services for CRA-owned and managed vacant and non-vacant properties, includes but is not limited to, mowing, trimming, edging, blowing, raking and/or sweeping, weed eradication, mulching, shrub pruning, tree, palm, and palmetto pruning, and pre- and post - work debris removal.
The Agreement provides that the CRA may add additional properties and additional services to the Agreement to be serviced by Sod Unlimited, Inc. via a written amendment.
At this time, two (2) additional CRA-owned properties need to be added to receive Landscape Maintenance Services:
1. 111 NW 11th Avenue
2. 102 NW 5th Avenue
At the time of issuing the Invitation to Bid for Landscape Maintenance Services (ITB), the CRA had not purchased the two above properties. The current total annual Agreement amount is $93,480.
A quote was received from Sod Unlimited, Inc. to add the two (2) additional properties in the amount of $35 per visit for 111 NW 11th Ave., and $100 per visit for 102 NW 5th Ave. with each property being visited one (1) time per month. The total annual amount for both properties is $1,620.
Additionally, due to individuals disposing of trash on CRA owned properties, the CRA received a quote from Sod Unlimited, Inc. to increase the frequency of trash pick-up on certa...
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