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Meeting: Board of Education on 2026-06-15 9:00 AM - Special Meeting

Meeting Time: June 15, 2026 at 9:00am PDT

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Agenda Item

D.-8 26-1225 Approval by the Board of Education of Agreement for Maintenance by and between the District and Julian Tree Care Inc., Richmond, CA, for the latter to provide vegetation fire weed abatement maintenance services which include cutting, removing, and properly disposing of vegetation, weeds and bushes; cut back ivy and any protruding branches along the fence lines, as well as low-hanging tree limbs; removal of all trash and debris, more specifically described in Exhibit A of the Agreement, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the Various Sites - Burbank Elementary School, Grass Valley Elementary School, Community Day School, King Estates Middle School, Howard Elementary School, Marshall Elementary School, John Swett Elementary School and Westlake Middle School - Vegetation Fire Management Weed Abatement Project, in the amount of $60,000.00, as the lowest responsive bidder, rejecting all other bids, with the work anticipated to commence on June 11, 2026, and required to be completed within forty-five (45) days, with an anticipated ending of August 5, 2026.

Legislation Text 26-1225 Agreement for Maintenance - Julian Tree Care Inc. - Various Sites Burbank ES, Grass Valley ES, Community Day, King Estates MS, Howard ES, Marshall ES, John Swett ES and Westlake MS Vegetation Fire Management Weed Abatement Project- Buildings & Gr 26-1225 Agreement for Maintenance - Julian Tree Care Inc. - Various Sites Burbank ES, Grass Valley ES, Community Day, King Estates MS, Howard ES, Marshall ES, John Swett ES and Westlake MS Vegetation Fire Management Weed Abatement Project- Buildings & Gr

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    Mario Capitelli at June 14, 2026 at 4:16pm PDT

    We have worked to amend board policy now we need to start enforcing it, pushing back for departments to plan for change. These items alone represent a half dozen positions. I think these are exactly the kinds of contracts to pull and beg the questions, "How will this be done differently next year?"
    Translation: Almost $3,000,000
    Security Cameras: $121,000
    Graphic Design: $34,500
    Fire Vegetation Removal:
    Two Fire Vegetation Contracts $85,000 and $65,000, This work is required by the city, Something that could be done by an expanded team over a few months, and these two contracts alone would expand that team by 1 person. Combined with our tree contracts we could have 2-3 more gardeners saving us money and working most of the year to beautify our campuses and provide redundancy year round. Again I would ask that you question this contract and how we are addressing this work next year. There is a lot of work to be done, its time for departments to plan for next year to be different.