STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
AGENDA DATE: September 9, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13
DEPARTMENT: Building Services Department
EXECUTIVE: Joey Zapata
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a service contract for the purchase and installation of eight generators at designated City facilities with LJ Power, Inc., through The Local Government Purchasing Cooperative Contract No. 577-18 - Not to exceed $1,627,633.50 - Financing: Capital Construction Fund
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BACKGROUND
This purchasing agreement will provide for the purchase and installation of back-up power generators at eight City facilities designated to be warming/cooling centers for Dallas residents in the event of extended power outages during severe weather.
During the February 2021 winter storm, the City was unable to open recreation centers and libraries to provide residents with warming centers because the facilities were also impacted by rolling power outages. At that time, the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and Procurement Services worked together to contract charter bus companies to provide mobile warming centers in the areas of most need.
A larger list of 28 potential locations was determined using equity indicators and demographic data as outlined in an April 2021 memorandum from OEM to the Public Safety Committee. The final list of eight locations is the result of an effort to provide a site within relative proximity to all areas of the City:
* Audelia Road Branch Library, 10045 Audelia Road, - 200 kW generator
* Beckley-Saner Recreation Center, 114 West Hobson Avenue, 400 kW generator
* Jaycee Zaragoza Recreation Center, 3114 Clymer Street, 300 kW generator
* Kleberg-Rylie Branch Library, 1515 Edd Road, 150 kW generator
* Marcus Park Recreation Center, 3003 Northaven Road, 250 kW generator
* Mountain Creek Library, 6102 Mountain Creek Parkway, 150 kW generat...
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