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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Purchase One Multi-Purpose Sweeper from Municipal Maintenance Equipment for $178,692.81 through Sourcewell, a Cooperative Contract Purchasing Agency
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager to purchase one new piece of equipment at a cost of $178,692.81, through Sourcewell, a cooperative contract purchasing agency.
BACKGROUND
The Engineering & Transportation Department has begun implementing new road projects utilizing Complete Streets components. Complete Streets is a transportation policy and design approach that integrates people and places in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the City's transportation networks. This helps ensure streets put safety over speed, balance the needs of different modes, and support local land uses, economies, cultures, and natural environments.
One component of Complete Streets is the creation of physically segregated (Class IV) bikeways, such as those currently under construction on Fairmont Drive (the portion southwest of E. 14th Street). However, the addition of Class IV bikeways presents a maintenance challenge for Public Works, as the existing street sweepers require an operating clearance of 10 feet, and segregated bikeways typically have widths of between six and eight feet.
The City is under state mandate through our National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, which is administered locally through the Alameda County Clean Water Program, to sweep all City roads a minimum of once per month. When the maintenance challenge was brought up with Engineering & Transportation staff, they indicated that funding may be available to purchase a smaller sweeper, thereby enabling NPDES compliance while expanding the City's Class IV network.
In addition to using this equipment on existing and...
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