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Resolution to Approve a Contract with Terra Firma Landscape to Improve the Landscape Plantings at Parks and Recreation Facilities ($53,248.50)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is a resolution to approve a $53,248.50 contract with Terra Firma Landscape to make improvements to the landscape plantings at Parks and Recreation Facilities.
The City of Ann Arbor, Parks and Recreation Services Unit, received a donation of $112,442 from the Henrietta Feldman Trust for plantings in Ann Arbor Parks. A portion of this funding is being used to design and plant beds around recreation facilities to beautify the entrances and make them more welcoming to visitors.
The recreation facilities being planted through this contract include Cobblestone Farm, Gallup Park Livery, Huron Hills Golf Course Club House, Leslie Park Golf Course entrance, and the Veterans Park Pool and Ice Arena entrance.
The project includes the purchase and installation of plant materials, soil amendments, mulch and edging according to designs that were prepared by InSite Design, a landscape architecture firm. The designs were developed with input from Facility Supervisor staff in 2012 and funded through the Feldman Trust donation. The installations will also be maintained by the contractor for two planting seasons, including watering, weeding, and replacing dead plants.
Staff recruited volunteers through the Adopt-a-Park and Give 365 programs to plant the designed landscapes at Bryant Community Center, Northside Community Center, the Ann Arbor Senior Center, Fuller Park and Buhr Park Pool and Ice Arena in the fall of 2012. Donated funding from the Feldman Trust was used to purchase the plants. The initial maintenance of these previously planted areas will be performed as part of the contract with Terra Firma Landscape to ensure their future success.
Bids were received from two contractors:
Terra Firma Landscape $53,248.50*
Crimboli Nursery, Inc. $103,695.00
*Lowest Resp...
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