City Council

8. CITYWIDE TREE MAINTENANCE AND INVENTORY CONTRACT - This item\nconsiders awarding a two year contract with three, one-year renewal options to West\nCoast Arborists, Inc., for tree maintenance services throughout the City.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council:\n1. Approve an increase, in the current Fiscal Year, of $325,320 to the existing West\nCoast Arborist, Inc. contract for a total contract amount not to exceed $6,499,592.\n2. Award a two-year contract to West Coast Arborists, Inc., beginning in Fiscal Year\n2025-26, to provide tree maintenance services, for a total two-year amount not to\nexceed $6,700,548, plus up to three additional one-year renewal options beginning in\nyear three, not to exceed the annual amount of $3,350,274, plus Consumer Price\nIndex upon request of the contractor and approval of the City of Santa Clarita.\n3. Appropriate a one-time amount, in the current Fiscal Year, of $90,000 from the Self\nInsurance Fund (Fund 721) to expenditure account 7212306-516101.\n4. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2025-26, appropriate an ongoing amount of $99,684 from\nthe Areawide Fund (Fund 367) and $73,270 from the Landscape Maintenance District\nFund (Fund 357) to the expenditure accounts identified in Attachment A, totaling\n$172,954.\n5. Appropriate a one-time amount of $109,250 beginning in Fiscal Year 2025-26, and an\nongoing amount of $56,350, from the Hart Park Fund (Fund 140) to expenditure\naccount 1402401-516101 for the care of trees at Hart Park.\n6. Appropriate an amount of $30,000 from the Oak Tree Preservation Fund (Fund 406)\nto expenditure account 4062401-516101 beginning in Fiscal Year 2024-25 through\nFiscal Year 2026-27.\n7. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all contracts and associated\ndocuments subject to City Attorney approval, contingent upon the appropriation of\nfunds by the City Council in the annual budget for such fiscal years.