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III CITY OF SANTA ANA <br /> I. BACKGROUND <br /> Incorporated in 1886, Santa Ana, a Charter City, established a Council-Manager form of <br /> government in 1952. The City Council is composed of seven members; the Mayor elected at <br /> large and six Council members elected by ward, who appoint the City Manager, City Attorney <br /> and Clerk of the Council. The City of Santa Ana (City) is a full-service City with a diverse <br /> population of approximately 335,000. <br /> The City's eleven agencies provide all the traditional municipal services, as well as water utility, <br /> library system, 20-acre zoo, City Jail, Police Department, and contracts with the Orange County <br /> Fire Authority for provision of fire services. The City employs 1,178 authorized full-time positions <br /> and has an annual citywide budget is $646 million, including the General Fund budget of$316 <br /> million. <br /> The City of Santa Ana is located 10 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, 33 miles southeast of <br /> Los Angeles and 90 miles north of San Diego. The City, which is the county seat of Orange <br /> County, encompasses an area of approximately 27 square miles and is the 11th largest by <br /> population in California. <br /> For more information, please visit https://www.santa-ana.org <br /> II. OVERVIEW OF PROJECT <br /> The City of Santa Ana (City) is seeking proposals from qualified firms and organizations <br /> (Proposers) to provide landscaping maintenance and irrigation systems maintenance of street <br /> medians and public right-of-way amenities, vacant lots/parcels, slopes, channels, and <br /> easements. See EXHIBIT I for complete Scope of Services. <br /> The term "Vendor", "Proposer", "Firm", "Consultants", and "Contractor" shall refer to any legal <br /> entity or entities submitting a proposal in response to this Request for Proposals (RFP). <br /> III. MANDATORY PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING <br /> A mandatory virtual pre-proposal meeting will be held on the date and time specified on the <br /> cover page of this RFP. Proposals will only be accepted from respondents that attended the <br /> mandatory meeting. <br /> Failure to attend this meeting shall result in your firm being disqualified from proposing <br /> Meeting Link: <br /> https://zoom.us/i/98704388674?pwd=mNghAhildyrUAJIAWC13bQgvbsacGF.I <br /> The meeting will include a detailed discussion of the project, route schedule, posting programs <br /> etc. All questions shall be required to be submitted in written form. After the pre-proposal <br /> meeting, City will respond to pre-proposal attendees by e-mail to written questions or requests <br /> for clarifications. At a minimum the Contractor Operation/Field Supervisors are required to <br /> attend this meeting. <br /> 3 <br /> MEDIAN AND RIGHT OF WAY LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE—RFP#25-058 <br />