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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
REQUEST FOR
COUNCIL ACTION
OCTOBER 2, 2006
TITLE:
APPROVED
o As Recommended
o As Amended
o Ordinance on 151 Reading
o Ordinance on 2nd Reading
o Implementing Resolution
o Set Public Hearing For
AGREEMENT EXTENSION FOR SHOPPING
CART RETRIEVAL SERVICES
CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and
Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement extension with Hernandez
Cart Service, Inc. for citywide shopping cart retrieval services. The
extension is for one year, with two additional one-year renewal options.
There will be no additional contract increases over the 2-year period.
The annual contract amount is not to exceed $84,000.
DISCUSSION
On July 3, 2006, the City Council extended the contract with Hernandez
Cart Service, Inc. (HCSI) for an additional 3 months to retrieve
unattended shopping carts throughout the City. HCSI is required to
provide weekly retrieval logs, which include the number of carts returned
to retailers with whom HCSI has separate contracts. Additionally, the
amendment also includes the City's right to periodically audit the
retrieval vehicles and their corresponding logs.
During this time, the City Council has adopted on September 5th an
ordinance to reduce the number of carts abandoned throughout the City.
Since the agreement with HCSI expires on September 30, 2006, and HCSI has
agreed to accept the existing terms and conditions at no additional cost,
staff recommends that the contract be extended one year with two
additional one-year renewal options. This option will allow the City to
retain its ability to retrieve abandoned shopping carts until the new
ordinance is fully implemented. Should it be determined that retrieval
services are required to supplement staff's long-range plan, HCSI's
services will already be retained for this effort.
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Agreement Extension for Shopping
Cart Retrieval Services
October 2, 2006
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with this action.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds are available in the Environmental Sanitation activity (account no.
68-632-6291) .
APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS:
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1/ Executive Director
Finance & Management Services Agency
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