Pays Everlast Development $10,600 to clear fire-risk vegetation at Hillcrest Elementary School

The district is hiring Everlast Development Inc. of Oakland to cut and haul away dry vegetation, clear weeds, and trim bushes, ivy and low branches along the fence line and around the grounds at Hillcrest Elementary School, to meet the Oakland Fire Code. The $10,600 price includes a $3,000 contingency allowance (a $7,600 base bid), according to the attached contract. Everlast was the lowest responsive bidder in a competitive bid, and work was scheduled to start July 26, 2021, before this approval, and end August 31, 2021.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the official text. Reviewed Oct 4, 2026

Discrepancy from the official text. The text gives $10,600.00 'and a contingency of $3,000.00', which reads as if the contingency is extra; the attached contract and memo say the $10,600.00 includes the $3,000.00 contingency. (Confirmed by a reviewer.)

Vendor / partner: Everlast Development Inc. · Oakland, CA
Action: Bid award
Category: Food, transportation & operations
Term: Jul 26, 2021 – Aug 31, 2021
This vote: $10,600
Schools: Hillcrest Elementary School
Funding: Fund 010/Restricted Repair Maintenance Account
Resource / site: 8150-127
Vendor no.: 006121
Presented by: Deputy Chief, Facilities Planning and Management
File: 21-1815 · agenda V.-7
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Sep 22, 2021

Official text

Approval by the Board of Education of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor by and between the District and Everlast Development Inc., Oakland, CA (“Contractor”), for the latter to provide tree services but not limited to cut, remove, and properly dispose of vegetation ground fuels along the fence line; clear weeds throughout site, including playgrounds, trim bushes and trim back ivy and any protruding branches along fence line and low hanging tree branches, with all services fully compliant with the Oakland Fire Code and Standards, for the Vegetation Fire Management Project, at Hillcrest Elementary School, in the amount of $10,600.00, and a contingency of $3,000.00, as the lowest responsive, responsible bidder and rejecting all other bids, if any, with the work anticipated to commence on July 26, 2021, and scheduled to last for thirty (36) days, with an anticipated ending of August 31, 2021.

History

Sep 22, 2021 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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