Title
Resolution to Approve a General Services Agreement with Superior Hoist & Dock Service Inc. for the Harvesting of Aquatic Vegetation in Geddes Pond for an Amount Not to Exceed $15,225.00 for Calendar Year 2020 with a 3% Increase Annually for the Duration of the Agreement
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is a resolution to approve a General Services Agreement with Superior Hoist & Dock Service Inc. for the Harvesting of Aquatic Vegetation in Geddes Pond. This replaces an expiring agreement.
Budget/Fiscal Impact: It is requested that the general services agreement be approved for ten years, for an amount not to exceed $15,225.00 for Calendar Year 2020 with an annual increase of 3% for each of the remaining years of the contract. Funding is available in the approved FY20 Parks & Recreation Services General Fund budget and the Parks Maintenance and Capital Improvements Millage budget and will be planned for annually in the Parks & Recreation Services General Fund and Parks Maintenance and Capital Improvement Millage for future years of the agreement.
Project Description: The impoundments along the Huron River in Ann Arbor are ideal environments for aquatic vegetation growth. The excessive plant growth in Geddes Pond has reached a nuisance level with solid or near solid surface canopy conditions that limit navigation and recreational activities.
Beginning in 2012, the City has hired a company to mechanically harvest the aquatic plants adjacent to the Gallup Park canoe livery and the Gallup Pond public boat launch. The original RFP scope was developed by Natural Area Preservation staff, the City Environmental Coordinator, Water Quality Manager, and Parks & Recreation Services staff. Aquatic plant harvesting in these areas has been completed three times per summer each year since. The aquatic plants grow back in approximately 4 weeks to an action threshold level. The harvesting procedure has utilized practices that minimized mortality of aquat...
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