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FROM: <br />RE: <br />DATE: <br />REPORT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br />Bill Sanders <br />Pioneer Park Seeding <br />July 11, 1990 <br />We have been carefully monitoring the progress of the seeding at <br />Pioneer Park and have reviewed the site with the seeding <br />Contractor, Gary Houle of Lino Lakes Landscaping. <br />The grass has improved significantly since the mowing began a <br />couple of weeks ago. There are varying amounts of grass <br />established throughout the Park and we can expect the grass to <br />continue to fill in and the weed growth to diminish. <br />We are recommending that the following steps be taken to establish <br />a dense and uniform grass cover: <br />1. The lawn areas must be mowed and maintained so that <br />the grass height does not exceed 4 ". This helps to <br />control weed growth and stimulates spreading of <br />grass roots. <br />2 Cut weeds /grass that have formed mats over lawn <br />areas must be raked up and removed. <br />3. Fertilizer (20- 10 -10) must be applied immediately <br />at a rate of 400 lbs /acre. The City may do the <br />work or Lino Lakes Landscaping (the seeding <br />Contractor) may be hired to apply the fertilizer at <br />a cost of $80.00 /acre for a total cost of $1,600.00 <br />4. All eroded areas must be repaired prior to <br />reseeding. Repair will consist of filling gullies <br />and low spots with topsoil and compacting the <br />topsoil to minimize future settling. Lino Lakes <br />has quoted a price of $8.40 /cu. yd. for the work <br />and buck Blacktop has quoted $10.00 /cu. yd. We <br />estimate that not more than 300 cu. yd. will be <br />required for a total maximum cost of $2,520.00 <br />(using Lino Lakes price). Any areas that are low <br />due to improper grading initially will be filled <br />with topsoil by Lino Lakes at no charge to the <br />City. <br />Page 15 <br />