Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Steve Monowitz, Community Development Director
Subject: Adoption of a resolution amending the current Agreement between the County of San Mateo and Graffiti Protective Coatings, Inc., (GPC) dated March 23, 2016 to increase the not to exceed amount of the agreement by $73,825 from $83,700 to $157,525 for a term of March 1, 2016 through March 31, 2018.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution amending the current agreement between the County and GPC dated March 23, 2016 to increase the not to exceed amount of the agreement by $73,825 from $83,700 to $157,525 for a term of March 1, 2016 through March 31, 2018.
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BACKGROUND:
The residents of the North Fair Oaks neighborhood in unincorporated County of San Mateo ("NFO") have identified rampant graffiti as one of the most pressing issues facing their community. Thus, on March 23, 2016, in response to residents' concerns, the County of San Mateo entered into a one-year contract with GPC for an amount not to exceed $83,700 as part of a pilot graffiti abatement project in NFO.
Under the pilot project, all complaints of graffiti in NFO were reported to GPC, which abated most reported incidents within 72 hours. In addition, GPC actively patrolled NFO twice a week, identifying and abating other incidents of graffiti. All told, during the pilot project, GPC successfully abated over 1,200 graffiti-related work orders.
Because of the pilot program's success in NFO, staff has been working to expand graffiti abatement services beyond NFO to all unincorporated areas of the County. It is anticipated that the process of selecting and contracting with a vendor for such services will not be completed until March 2018.
DISCUSSION:
In the meantime, the agreement with GPC has expired and, though GPC continued to provide abatement services after expiration of the agreement, it is no longer doing so an...
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