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ITEM  7 City Council Memorandum      Cultural Development  Memo No. N/A         Date: November 9, 2023 To: Mayor and Council Thru: Joshua H. Wright, City Manager Andy Bass, Deputy City Manager Kim Moyers, Cultural Development Director From: Lauren Koll, Downtown Redevelopment Program Manager Subject: Purchase of tree grates and landscape fencing to be located along Arizona Avenue

Proposed Motion:

Move City Council approve the purchase of tree grates and landscape fencing to be located along Arizona Avenue, from Iron Age Designs, in the amount of $205,539.

Background/Discussion:

As part of planned improvements in Downtown Chandler, tree grates will be added to the planter beds along Arizona Avenue to enhance this highly visible corridor. The city previously installed tree grates in 2010 and 2018 to various areas of downtown, and this purchase will finish the goal of every downtown planter bed having a tree grate. This project will add 54 tree grates, as well as 544 linear feet of landscape fencing, on both sides of Arizona Avenue between Boston Street and Buffalo Street.  Additionally, this project will add tree grates and landscape fencing on the west side of Arizona Avenue from Buffalo Street to Chandler Boulevard.  Installing tree grates and landscape fencing will increase the safety of pedestrians walking along the sidewalks and allow for additional plantings and placemaking initiatives identifying the downtown area.

Evaluation:

Iron Age Designs has fabricated the new tree grates that were previously installed along Arizona Avenue. To ensure consistency of product, as well as avoid the additional cost associated with the setup of the city's design for fabrication by a different vendor, staff recommends the competition impracticable purchase of the Arizona Avenue tree grates and landscape fencing from Iron Age Designs.

Fiscal Impact

Account No. Fund Name Program Name Dollar Amount CIP Funded Y/N 401.4320.6611.6CA672 General Government Capital Projects Downtown Tree Gates and Landscaping $205,539 Y

Attachments Tree Grate Tree Fence

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