HomeMy WebLinkAboutSR - AGR-5959.B - ANNUAL LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SUCCESSOR AGENCYAGENDA ITEM
co � February 10, 2015
TO: Honorable Chairperson and Directors
of the Successor Agency to
the Orange Redevelopment Agency
THRU: John W. Sibley
Executive Director
FROM: Lisa L. Kim
Economic Manager
ReviewedNerificd
City Manager
Finance Director
To Be Presented By:
Lisa Kim
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1. SUBJECT
Contract between the Successor Agency to the Orange Redevelopment Agency and Azteca
Landscape for annual landscape maintenance services for Successor Agency properties.
2. SUMMARY
Assembly Bill 1484, specifically under Health and Safety Code Section 34171 (d)(1)(F)
authorizes a successor agency to enter into contracts necessary for maintaining assets prior to
disposition. This Contract provides for Azteca Landscape ( Azteca) to perform annual landscape
maintenance services at Successor Agency -owned properties.
3. RECOMMENDATION
1) Approve the Contract between the Successor Agency and Azteca for landscape maintenance
services at Successor Agency properties in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00; and,
2) Authorize the Chairperson and Successor Agency Clerk to execute the Contract on behalf of
the Successor Agency.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
An amount sufficient to fund this agreement is available in Account 940.9810.51450.00000. The
Successor Agency will be seeking funding for this Contract in ROPS 15 -16A, which covers the
period from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015; and is subject to approval by the Successor
Agency, Oversight Board, and State Department of Finance (DOF).
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5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL(S)
2. Be a fiscally healthy community
d. Effectively manage and develop City assets.
3. Enhance and promote quality of life in the community
a. Refurbish, maintain, develop and /or expand public use places and spaces.
6. GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
Economic Development Element Goal 5.0 Improve economic viability of business districts
through aesthetic enhancement, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and elimination of physical
deterioration.
Policy 5.1: Eliminate and prevent physical deterioration and economic obsolescence by
implementing the Orange Merged and Amended Redevelopment Plan.
7. DISCUSSION and BACKGROUND
Background
Assembly Bill 1484, specifically under Health and Safety Code Section 34171 (d)(1)(F)
authorizes a successor agency to enter into contracts necessary for maintaining assets prior to
disposition. These contracts are subject to the approval of the Oversight Board of the Successor
Agency to the Orange Redevelopment Agency and the California Department of Finance (DOF).
DOF is also in the midst of reviewing the Successor Agency's Long -Range Property
Management Plan (LRPMP) detailing disposition of Successor Agency properties. If and when
the LRPMP is approved by DOF, the contract for landscape maintenance services will cease
upon transfer of those approved Successor Agency properties to be dedicated for governmental
purposes to the City.
Discussion
The proposed Contract with Azteca Landscape provides for landscape maintenance work at
Successor Agency properties in the amount not to exceed $20,000. The scope of work shall
include: quarterly weed abatement and monthly landscape maintenance on the following
Successor Agency properties:
• 164 -180 S. Water Street
• 123 -129 N. Cypress Street
• NWC of State College Boulevard and Anaheim Way
• 215 -218 State College Boulevard
Action by the Successor Agency is requested to allow inclusion of this Contract in the proposed
ROPS 15 -16A and ROPS 15 -16B to ensure that sufficient Redevelopment Property Tax Trust
Funds would be available for the Azteca Contract in FY 15 -16.
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It is recommended that the Successor Agency approve the proposed Contract between the
Successor Agency and Azteca for an amount not to exceed $20,000.00 for a period covering July
1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. Due to the Azteca's existing contract with the City of Orange
exceeding the $30,000 threshold for Executive Director approval, authorization by the Successor
Agency Board is requested.
17. ATTACHMENTS
• Contract with Azteca for Landscape Maintenance Services
N:STAFFREPORTS/2015/021015a — Azteca Landscape Maintenance Contract.doc
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