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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/16/2005 - STAFF REPORTS (31) DATE: February 16, 2005 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager By: Procurement & Contracting Manager REPORT OF EMERGENCY PURCHASES RECOMMENDATION Receive and file a report of the emergency purchases made in order to mitigate storm damages related to the December, 2004 declaration of a local emergency. SUMMARY The City Council will receive and file a report of emergency purchases over $25,000 relating to the local emergency declared in December, 2004. BACKGROUND The Palm Springs Municipal Code Section 7.04.040 requires the reporting of transactions over $25,000 made pursuant to the declaration of an emergency. City staff made a number of emergency purchases to mitigate storm damages pursuant to Executive Order No. 2004-01 declaring the existence of a local emergency (ratified by City Council via Resolution 21175 dated January 5, 2005). Those transactions amounting to greater than $25,000 are: Purchase Order 516169 to Dateland Construction Company in the approximate amount of $221,580 (final bills have not yet been received): Services provided include: • cleanup of storm debris on Indian Avenue and Araby Road; • re-construction of 1522 feet of damaged roadway of Indian Avenue; • re-construction of 700 feet of damaged roadway of Araby Road Purchase Order 516170 to James Rue Construction Company in the approximate amount of $150,000 (services are ongoing): Services provided at Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort include: • debris removal on Resort and Legends courses; • fairway restoration on Resort and Legends courses; • replacement of cart paths on resort and Legends courses; • re-grading fairways in the wash on the Legends course; • re-construction of concrete cart crossing on the Legends course. -r-rEM . �( Note: On February 4, 2005 President Bush declared a major disaster for California. Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response, said federal funds will be provided for the state and affected local governments and certain private non-profit organizations to pay 75 percent of the eligible costs for repairing or replacing damaged facilities in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura. The funding also covers state and local government costs for debris removal and emergency services related to the disaster. BR, CEO . JO NS N Procurement & Contracting Manager DAVID H. READY City Manager