Placement: Resolutions
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Resolution 22-R94, Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Grant Agreement Between the Florida Forest Service, a Division of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the City of Port St. Lucie, to Provide Financial Assistance for the Citywide Landscape Inventory.
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Submitted By: John Dunton, Deputy Director- Public Works
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of safe, clean, and beautiful.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Robin Dorfmeister
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and the Florida Forest Service (FFS), a division of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
3. Purpose: The City desires to hire a vendor to review the existing tree inventory and provide a detailed assessment of current conditions of the City's tree inventory. The selected vendor will update the current Landscape GPS Database that was previously collected under Contract 20180219. The acceptance of grant financial assistance will reduce the cost to be incurred by the City to perform a GPS inventory of existing landscaping owned and maintained by the City of Port St. Lucie.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New
5. Duration: The term of the agreement will commence upon the execution of this agreement and continue through April 30, 2023. The Florida Forest Service (FFS), a division of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has indicated that the contract will be extended an additional six months upon receipt of the executed agreement to facilitate the selection of a consultant to perform the services.
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: An up-to-date inventory will provide more efficient and effective urban forest management to sustain and maintain its population of trees as it directly affects the environment, health to the community and natural habitat. Having an updated inventory could potentially reduce contract overru...
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