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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve and Authorize the Interim City Manager to Purchase One Ford F-350 Chassis Truck with a Perkins Lifter Unit Sole Sourced from Arata Equipment Company for $99,472.01; and to Appropriate $99,472.01 from the Equipment Repair and Maintenance Fund Balance to the Equipment Repair and Maintenance Fund Account 690-16-002-7510
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve and authorize the Interim City Manager to purchase (sole source) one replacement piece of equipment (replacing old F-350 truck and a Rake-O-Vac unit used in parks maintenance) at a cost of $99,472.01. Staff also recommends that for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 the City Council approve an appropriation of $99,472.01 from the Equipment Repair and Maintenance Fund Balance to the Equipment Repair and Maintenance Account 690-16-002-7510.
BACKGROUND
The replacement piece of equipment will be housed in the Parks section of the Public Works Department. The new F-350 chassis-mounted solid waste collection unit replaces a Ford F-350 truck with a dump bed (purchased in 2008 with a 10-year useful life) and a tow-along Rake-O-Vac (purchased in 2001 with a 15-year useful life), both used for parks maintenance throughout the City. Both pieces of existing equipment were scheduled for replacement in Fiscal Year 2018-2019.
Analysis
The existing F-350 truck with a dump bed is used to remove trash bags from City parks, with staff manually lifting bags and putting them into the dump bed. Historically the Rake-O-Vac was used to perform leaf pick-up in grass and non-grass areas. In the interim since its purchase, staff has implemented Bay Friendly guidelines that encourage leaving leaf material in non-grass areas as a natural kind of groundcover that also helps minimize run-off and reduces the amount of pesticide usage. Additionally, all existing City mowers are mulching mowers which mulch leaf material with...
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