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Page 3 Osprey Marsh BCC Meeting - January 7, 2013 - CONSENT December 30, 2013 additional landscaping along the side berms of the Egret Marsh floway as part of the algal turf scrubber floway improvements. Staff has found GKE s prices to always be very fair and extremely competitive; and its quality of landscape material, workmanship, and exotic control efforts are first class. GKE's fee for providing, installing, and maintaining Osprey Marsh's Scrub Jay friendly landscaping, and providing exotic control services is $263,649 054 GKE can begin and complete the Work within the required timeframes. The post -construction landscape watenng and maintenance period is two - years and the post -construction exotic control period is five -years. A copy of Amendment No. 1 to Work Order No GKE-2, with pertinent attachments is included herein. ANALYSIS Alternative No. 1 - Approve Amendment No. 1 to Work Order No GKE-2 and authorize the Chairman to execute the Amendment on behalf of the County. Alternative No. 2 - Reject Amendment No. 1 to Work Order No. GKE-2 FUNDING The current contract price was reduced by $ 240,855 with Change Order 1. Work order No 2 will increase the contract price back to $5,856,661 with an additional $22,794 being deducted from the contingency balance. The contingency balance will now be $208 206. Funding of this contract will be provided by Utilities Department's South County Concentrate Disposal Project - (74% or $4,333,930) Account No. 471-169000- 12502 and Optional Sales Tax/Public Works/PC South Stormwater (26% or $1,522,731) Account No. 31524338-066510-06050. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Board of County Commissioners: 1. Approve Alternative No. 1 - Amendment No. 1 to Work Order No GKE-2 with GK Environmental, Inc. and authorize the Chairman to execute the Amendment on behalf of the County. ATTACHMENTS 1. Amendment No. 1 to Work Order No GKE-2, executed by GK Environmental, Inc. (one copy) 4 About 25 percent of the total landscaping cost is associated with buffer requirements required by the Indian River County Landscaping Ordinance. Approximately $37,400 is associated with the eastern property line, $14,500 is associated with the southern property line, and $14,800 is associated with the northern property lme; for a total of $66,700. These costs do not include associated costs for the two-year maintenance penod. P\Pnhlir. Wnrkc\KaithM Stnrmwatar Prniprtc\Pr. Smith nnnctrurtinn\Ananria Itamc\Ananria - Rnncant - Wnrk nrriar t;KF-9 56