Santa Clarita

City Council

June 11, 2024 Item #11

Agenda Item 11

11. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS FOR LMD ZONES T23, T23A,\nAND T23B - City Council consideration to award contracts to Stay Green, Inc., to\nprovide recurring landscape maintenance services for Landscape Maintenance District\nZones T23, T23A, T23B.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\nCity Council:\n1. Award three contracts to Stay Green, Inc., to provide landscape maintenance services\nfor Landscape Maintenance District Zones T23 (Mountain View), T23A (Mountain\nView Condos/Seco Canyon), and T23B (Seco Villas), for two-year contract amounts\nnot to exceed $1,023,272, $537,200, and $174,426 respectively.\n2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute up to three additional one-year\nrenewal options beginning in year three, not to exceed the annual contract amounts,\ninclusive of as-needed expenditure authority, plus an adjustment in compensation\nconsistent with the appropriate Consumer Price Index, upon request of the contractor,\nand contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the City Council in the annual\nbudget for such fiscal year.\n3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contracts and associated\ndocuments, subject to City Attorney approval.\n4. Appropriate an ongoing budget increase, beginning in Fiscal Year 2024-25, of\n$285,989 from the Landscape Maintenance District Fund Balance (Fund 357) to Zone\nT23 expenditure account 3572420-516110 ($221,860), to Zone T23A expenditure\naccount 3572421-516110 ($40,888), and to Zone T23B expenditure account\n3572422-516110 ($23,241).\n5. Find that the award of contracts is exempt from the California Environmental Quality\nAct pursuant to Article 19 – Categorical Exemptions, Section 15301, Existing\nFacilities, (h) Maintenance of Existing Landscaping.