STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: June 28, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Department of Public Works
EXECUTIVE: Dr. Robert Perez
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SUBJECT
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Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to extend the service price agreement for one year with Good Earth Corporation for grounds maintenance services of Texas Department of Transportation properties within the corporate boundaries of the city of Dallas for the Department of Public Works for an extension from June 13, 2023 to June 13, 2024 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
This Supplemental Agreement will provide for continuous ground maintenance services for Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) rights-of-way within the corporate boundaries of the city of Dallas. This includes TxDOT properties such as highway medians, parkways, side medians, triangles, islands, interchange islands, shoulders, landscaped areas, and other TxDOT rights-of-way. The TxDOT landscaped areas provides improvements such as plant materials and irrigation along TxDOT rights-of-way to establish a higher level of visual appeal along the corridors within Dallas city limits increasing aesthetic appeal citywide.
The service price agreement includes all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to provide complete and continuous maintenance of all trees, shrubs, ground coverings, and landscaped areas. Services provided by the awarded vendor throughout the term of the project include, but are not limited to; mowing of 112,140 acres, litter removal and disposal from 264,384 acres, line trimming, pruning, de-weeding, blade edging, and herbicide treatments.
The agreement was structured in three sections, East, West, and landscaped areas. The East section and the West section both are scheduled to be maintained every 21-28 days, weather permitting, during mow season. Section three consists of landscaped areas a...
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