TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
John Jalili, Interim City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Public Works Director
Bruce Moe, Finance Director
Anna Luke-Jones, Senior Management Analyst
Gwen Eng, Purchasing Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Grant Funded Purchase of 513 Cubic Yards of Rubber Bark from Rubber Bark, Inc. in the Amount of $82,710.44 (Continued from the December 3, 2013, City Council Meeting) (Public Works Director Olmos).
APPROVE, APPROPRIATE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council: a) award Bid #963-14 to Rubber Bark, Inc. for the purchase of 513 cubic yards of rubber bark in the amount of $82,710.44; and
b) appropriate $82,710.44 from the General Fund for this project, which will be fully reimbursed with grant funding from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
This is not a budgeted item; however, the purchase will be fully reimbursed by the grant. The City must first purchase the bark and then submit a request for reimbursement to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for the monies spent. Therefore, an appropriation of $82,710.44 from the General Fund is required for this project. There are no City fund matching requirements.
BACKGROUND:
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) offers the Tire-Derived Product (TDP) Grant Program to promote markets for recycled-content products derived from waste tires generated in California and decrease the adverse environmental impacts created by unlawful disposal and stockpiling of waste tires.
One common use for tire-derived products is ground cover in recreational areas, as it does not degrade like other ground cover, such as wood chips. The recycled rubber bark provides a safe material to impact falls, and eliminates the need for annual grou...
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