Mayor Stimpson Submits Contracts for Right-Of-Way Mowing Plan

Apr 7th, 2015

MOBILE, Ala. – Mayor Sandy Stimpson is pleased to present to the City Council, for their approval, contracts that will once again help the city maintain major thoroughfare right-of-ways by having them mowed and maintained during the peak growing season on a regular schedule.

For part of the summer last year, the City of Mobile was able to realize considerable efficiency by partnering with the private sector to handle major thoroughfare mowing. By lessening the load on the city staff, the citizens were able to experience regular and appropriate mowing schedules across the city. This is a continued effort by the Stimpson Administration to address and improve the appearance, maintenance and overall cleanliness of the City of Mobile.

"I look forward to seeing the results across the city from a mowing program that spans the entire growing season. The citizens deserve a clean and well maintained city. By partnering with the private sector to help us maintain our major thoroughfares, the city will gain the capacity to better serve our citizens in all other parts of the city. Our mowing schedules should hit the mark this year," Stimpson said.

The contracts if approved have been broken down into four sets and valued at $290,684.70:

Jubilee Landscape Management Inc. (Jubileescape) ($129,303.00):

• Government Street/Highway 90 from just East of Eslava Creek to Bellingrath Road

Greenskeepers Lawn & Landscaping ($114,941.70)

• Airport Boulevard from Florida Street to West of Dawes Road
  
• University Boulevard from Moffat Road to Highway 90
  
• Dauphin Street from Mobile Street to McGregor Avenue
  
• Springhill Avenue from N. Catherine Street to Mobile Street
  
• Michigan Avenue from S. Broad Street to California Street
  
• Downtown: Canal Street, S. Claiborne Street, S. Conception Street, Water Street, Beauregard Street, N. Lawrence Street, N. Broad Street.
  

Eric's Lawn Care, LLC ($17,010.00)

• Dauphin Island Parkway from Gossan Street to Faye Street
  

Complete Management Group, LLC ($29,430.00):

• Hillcrest Road from Airport Boulevard to Girby Road
  
• Cottage Hill Road from Montlimar Creek to Hillcrest Road
  

Background Information

• These contracts will appear on the City Council agenda Tuesday, April 7, 2015.
  
• The City shared the bid packages with 316 companies and received 9 bids.
  
• The City reserves the right to extend some, all, or none of the mowing awards for a second or third year.
  
• The City's desire is to have all areas mowed approximately 27 times (mowing cycle) between April 13, 2015 (effective start date), and October 30, 2015 (effective end date).
  
• The mowing cycles will have all areas mowed on a 14-day cycle in April and October, changing to a 7-day cycle at the instruction of the city May through September.
  
• The City defines a mowing cycle as having a street mowed, trimmed, edged, trash/litter removed and blown once as a complete cycle (unless the city notifies the owner otherwise). The City has the right to tell vendors when to change the mowing cycles based on weather conditions