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Summary Title: Award a New Contract for Maintenance of City Street Lights, Park Lights and Parking Lot Lights
Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute a Five-Month Contract, with the Option of Four One-Year Extensions, with St. Francis Electric for the Operations and Maintenance of Municipal Street, Park Pathway, and Parking Lot Lighting Systems, for a Five-Month Amount not to Exceed $147,813 and a Total Five Year Expenditure of $1,296,651, Including Contingency. (Public Works 310)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: David L. Rudat, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The operation and maintenance of the City's public street, park pathway, and parking lot lighting systems has been transferred to the Public Works Department from Alameda Municipal Power (AMP). This program includes approximately 6,500 lighting units throughout the City of Alameda that provide illumination for our citizens. St. Francis will provide preventive maintenance services, scheduled and emergency work, and services for the Alameda Recreation and Park Department (ARPD) related to their tennis court and field lighting. Staff recommends approval of the contract to St. Francis for the five months remaining in FY 2018-19, in the amount of $147,813 including a 10% contingency, with the option of up to four yearly extensions, for a total five-year expenditure not to exceed $1,296,651.
BACKGROUND
The City's estimated 6,500 pubic street, park pathway, and parking lot lighting units are an invaluable part of the City. By illuminating roads and pathways, they provide safety lighting for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians.
Light maintenance includes preventive activities, such as outage repair, lens cleaning and pole painting, scheduled repairs such as replacing a light pole, and responding to emergency requests such as when a vehicle knocks down a streetlight pole.
To ensure proper operation and maintenance of the City's public s...
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