CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the Award of Bid 17-169, Parkway Tree Trimming, to Steve Piper and Sons for an amount not to exceed $150,000 and for a one-year term.
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DEPARTMENT: Department of Public Works
SUBMITTED BY: Richard Dublinski, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The Department of Public Works - Operations Division is responsible for the care and maintenance of more than 70,000 parkway trees throughout the City. In order to maintain a healthy urban forest, the department conducts routine trimming of approximately 4,000 parkway trees annually, weather permitting. The City of Naperville's tree trimming program is intended to promote healthy, safe and attractive growth. Any trees planted in the parkway by the City or by private homeowners are the property and the responsibility of the City of Naperville to maintain.
The selected contractor will be paid for trimming on a per tree basis according to the diameter classification of each tree pruned. A good time to trim trees is in the winter and early spring when the trees are not completely leafed out. To maintain a healthy urban forest, a six-year trimming cycle is recommended as a best management practice, which requires the City to trim more than 11,500 trees each year.
Due to a reduction in the number of trees trimmed by both the contractor and in-house staff since 2010, the department is now on an eight- to nine-year tree trimming cycle. This has resulted in more than 1,100 service requests for trimming and downed branches per year. The Operations Division's goal is to return to trimming the parkway trees on a six- to seven-year cycle. A more systematic approach to tree trimming will reduce service requests for trimming and downed branches as well as decrease tree related liability claims for property damage.
DISCUSSION:
Advertisement Date: 09/19/17 Notices Sent: 76
Opening Date: 10/05/17 Planholders: 8
Bidders: 3
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