City Council
MEETING DATE: 8/12/2015
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Approve a One-Year Pilot Program Contract with Graffiti Protective Coatings, Inc. for Providing Graffiti Abatement Services.
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FROM:
Pat Milos, Community Development Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a one-year contract with Graffiti Protective Coatings, Inc. (GPC) to provide graffiti abatement services in an amount not to exceed $6,000 per month and authorize the City Manager (or designee) to execute the contract.
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BACKGROUND:
The Public Works Division is responsible for citywide graffiti abatement. In Fiscal Year 2014-2015, the Public Works Division removed approximately 3,000 graffiti tags throughout the City and expended $104,556. Graffiti continues to be an ongoing issue and expense for the City. City Staff proposes a one-year pilot program to procure abatement support services to mitigate graffiti and reduce this expense.
DISCUSSION:
Graffiti Protective Coatings (GPC) is located in Southern California and has over 1,000 municipalities, government agencies and private clients. GPC's definition of professional abatement is a technique that leaves no traces of past vandalism. GPC also provides a minimum 98% color match quality to restore color on permeable surfaces.
GPC has a proactive zero-tolerance approach to graffiti abatement through constant patrol of the service area and provides a 24 hour, seven day a week response based on requests received from City Staff and residents through the City's graffiti hotline and free smartphone application to the City for reporting graffiti service requests. In addition, GPC provides a 60 minute or less response to emergencies.
The City intends to "piggyback" on the Desert Hot Springs contract with Graffiti Protective Coatings to provide a similar scope of services. Since its inception, the City of Desert Hot Springs has realized a significant reduction in the amoun...
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