Oxnard—The City Council, on Tuesday, October 20, approved an agreement with Garcia’s Landscaping Maintenance, and authorized Mayor Luis McArthur to execute the agreement.
THE agreement is for five years, which includes options to extend, for a not-to-exceed amount of $6 million for on-call maintenance services.
Parks Division Manager Brandon Lopez said the City of Oxnard is responsible for over 41,000 trees, per the most recent tree inventory in 2026, in the parkways, medians, and parks throughout the City.
“There are currently five full-time employees in the Public Works Tree Crew to conduct and oversee a large amount of tree work, both routine and emergency,” he said. “With the passing of Measure E in 2020, the City Council approved funding for contract tree services that include a Grid Pruning Contract and an on-call Tree Maintenance Services Contract.”
The Grid Pruning Contract, he said, provides cost-effective tree pruning, at bulk rates, Citywide, to achieve the objective of an industry standard five-year pruning cycle for all City trees. Palm trees are pruned at least once per year.
“The On-call Tree Maintenance Services Agreement supplements the City Tree Crew and provides additional capacity to address emergency tree work, tree removals, stump grinding, root…
