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4100 VERNON AVE. SOUTH <br />ST. LOUIS PARK, MN 55416 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: February 16, 1978 <br />TO: <br />FROM: Robert Behrends, Director of Operations <br />RE: Municipal Cooperative Nursery Establishment, North <br />Ramsey County <br />During the meeting of February 14th, between representatives <br />of Arden Hills, Moundsview, New Brighton, Shoreview, and St. <br />Anthony, it was requested that I give each municipality an <br />estimate of the initial cost of plantation establishment. The <br />following estimates are based on the 1977 cost of establishing <br />the Municipal Cooperative Nursery at Eden Prairie. Figures are <br />adjusted to correspond to a plantation five acres in size, with <br />each municipality appropriating approximately $2,000.00 for tree <br />purchases. <br />Site Preparation <br />$350.00 <br />- Fence Construction <br />$1750.00 <br />Land Rental <br />NC <br />Tractor Rental (hole digging, 4 days) <br />$300.00 <br />Soil Shredder Rental (soil aeration, 1 <br />day) $75.00 <br />Containers (for container stock) <br />$375.00 <br />Peat and Sand (for container stock) <br />$175.00 <br />Cold Storage <br />NC <br />Tree Transportation Costs (to planting <br />site) $50.00 <br />Soil Tests (U. of M.) <br />$12.00 <br />Fertilizer <br />$150.00 <br />Tree Wrap (5 cases) <br />$99-.00 <br />Electricity <br />$75.00 <br />Miscellaneous Hardware <br />$100.00 <br />TOTAL <br />$3511.00 <br />Cost per Municipality <br />$702.20 <br />�- *Any item listed above that could be supplied by a municipalit <br />would reduce the cost listed above. y <br />Clerk's exhhit:no. <br />013'T <br />Meeting-5-244--78 <br />