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Meeting Date: 10/27/93 <br /> Agenda Item: P 2 <br /> CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION <br /> ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cleveland Avenue Project /Community Park Prairie <br /> Planting Change Order <br /> SUBMITTED BY: Carol Kriegler, Parks Rec Director <br /> REVIEWED BY: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator <br /> Terry Maurer, City Engineer <br /> EXPLANATION /SUMMARY: The Cleveland Avenue road construction project included <br /> a native wetland and prairie seeding of areas adjacent to the wetland that emerged <br /> as a result of the project. Also to be included was limited ag -lime path recon- <br /> struction (6 ft. wide) and seeding of the remaining prairie areas within the park. <br /> The goal of the seeding is to establish a prairie of desirable native grasses and <br /> wildflowers throughout the park's prairie and wild areas. <br /> Since the county has been unable to successfully conduct necessary site preparations <br /> in the affected areas that have existing vegetation, it is recommended that prairie <br /> establishment not be attempted in these areas until next spring. The county is <br /> proceeding with seeding in the disturbed areas without existing vegetation. In an <br /> attempt to draw this project to a close yet this fall, it is recommended that the <br /> city release the county from the responsibility of prairie establishment in the areas <br /> with existing vegetation. In return, the county will conduct increased path <br /> reconstruction to the extent of the estimated value of the prairie establishment that <br /> would otherwise have taken place. The estimated value of the incomplete prairie work <br /> is approximately 1,500. This will entitle the city to an approximate additional 300 <br /> linear feet of reconstructed ag -lime path. <br /> This change order will allow the city to be compensated fairly for the incomplete <br /> prairie work while delaying the attempt for prairie establishment until a more <br /> conducive time by a more specialized contractor. The city would then contract with <br /> a prairie <br /> restoration contractor independently next spring for the remaining work. The city's <br /> 1994 park C.I.P. includes the reconstruction of the remaining unimproved ag -lime <br /> path. <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: Approval of change order <br />