Backup Documents 07/27-28/2010 Item #16A1916A 19
MEMORANDUM
Date: August 2, 2010
To: Pamela Lulich,
Transportation /Traffic Ops
From: Teresa Polaski, Deputy Clerk
Minutes & Records Department
Re: Resolution 2010- 132 /Urban & Community Forestry Grant
Resolution and Agreement
Attached please find a Certified Resolution and an original Agreement as
listed above (Agenda Item #16A19), approved by the Board of County
Commissioners on Tuesday, July 27, 2010.
If you should have any questions, please contact meat: 252 -8411
Thank you.
Enclosure
ATTACHMENT G
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URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANT
RESOLUTION 2010- 132
A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA TO ENTER
INTO AN URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANT MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE
OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, DIVISION OF FORESTRY
WHEREAS, trees are an important part of our community; and
WHEREAS, Collier County desires to apply for an Urban and Community Forestry Grant which
would provide monies in which to help fund the citizen forester program; and
WHEREAS, Collier County desires to apply for an Urban and Community Forestry Grant which
would provide monies in which to help fund the citizen forester program; and
WHEREAS, Collier County wishes to enter into an Urban and Community Forestry Grant
Memorandum of Agreement between the Board of County Commissioners Collier County,
Florida and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida:
Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners supports the development of a citizen
forester program to allow continuation of the city's tree planting program.
Section 2. The Board of County Commissioners hereby authorizes the County Manager to
enter into an Urban and Community Forestry Grant Memorandum of Agreement between
the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida and Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services.
INTRODUCED, PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS THE A DAY OF JULY, 2010.
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URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANT MAINTENANCE
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
This agreement made and entered into this the day of July, 2010, by and between the
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, State of Florida, hereinafter
called the Department and the Board of County Commissioners - Collier County, Naples, Florida,
hereinafter called the Contractor.
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WHEREAS, the Department desires to increase the general level of knowledge of the
principles of urban and community forestry by awarding funds to the Contractor for the
establishment of a demonstration tree planting project as outlined in the Urban and Community
Forestry grant application Number 10 -59 and Grant Memorandum of Agreement (the Grant
Agreement) attached hereto as Exhibit "1" and by reference made a part hereof;
WHEREAS, the Contractor agreed in the Grant Agreement to maintain the project as
described in the Grant Application;
WHEREAS, the Contractor by Resolution desires to enter into this Agreement and authorizes
its officers to do so.
NOW THEREFORE, herein and in Exhibit "1 ", the Grant Memorandum of Agreement, the
parties covenant and agree as follows:
A. The Contractor shall maintain the project in a responsible manner and with due care in
accordance with the below listed Project Standards for the property at the following location:
Specifically, the Contractor accepts the below listed responsibilities and duties:
1. All planting stock or replacement must be Florida Grade #1 or better.
2. Proper watering and proper fertilization of all trees /plants.
3. Keeping trees /plants as free as practicable from disease and harmful insects;
4. Proper mulching of trees and /or planting beds;
5. Keeping the premises free of weeds;
6. Mowing and /or cutting grasses to the proper length;
7. Proper pruning of all trees which includes; removing dead or disease parts of trees or (ii)
pruning such parts thereof which present a hazard;
8. Removing and replacing dead or diseased trees /plants in their entirety, or removing and
replacing those that fall below original Project Standards.
9. Following the Planting and Maintenance Guidelines as included herein as Exhibit
A. The Contractor agrees to repair, or remove and replace at its own expense all or part of the
project that falls below Project Standards. In the event any part or parts of the project,
BID NUMBER: RFP /DF- 09/10 -59
OPENING DATE: APRIL 2, 2010 @2:OOP.M.
including all plants, must be removed and replaced for whatever reason, then they shall be
replaced with the same grade, size and specification as provided in the original plans for the
project. Furthermore, the Contractor shall keep litter removed from the project area. The
above named functions to be performed by the Contractor shall be subject to periodic
inspections by the Department. It is the intent of the parties that the Contractor shall be the
owner of the planting and other installations included and stipulated in the grant application
comprising the project.
B. The terms of this Agreement commence on the date of Certification of Acceptance and
continue for a period of three (3) years.
C. In the event this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions provided in Exhibit
1, then the Contractor shall refund to the Department a pro -rated portion of the grant award
based upon the following schedule:
1) If this agreement is terminated within one year of this agreement, 75 percent of the grant
award;
2) If this agreement is terminated during the second year of this agreement, 50 percent of the
grant award;
3) If this agreement is terminated during the third year of this agreement, 25 percent of the
grant award.
D. This Agreement, together with the Urban and Community Forestry Grant Memorandum of
Agreement, embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto
and there are no other agreements or understandings, oral or written, with reference to the
subject matter hereof that are not superseded hereby.
Signed by parties to this agreement:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
CONSUMER SERVICES
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CONTRACTOR
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
FRED W. COYLE, CHAIRM
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