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Office of: <br />JOEL R. HANSON, Administrator <br />515 Little Canada Road <br />Little Canada, MN 55117 <br />612-484-2177 <br />FAX: 612-484-4538 <br />September 12, 1990 <br />TO: Joel Hanson, City Administrator <br />FROM: Bill Sanders, Park Consultant <br />RE: Tree Moving <br />The following are my recommendations regarding the tree moving <br />operations: <br />1. Shade Trees - City Hall /Fire Station to Pioneer Park <br />Margolis Bros.' price is $220.00 per tree, which includes <br />moving with a 90" spade, pruning, mulching, and watering. <br />There are 10 trees to be moved, ranging in size from 5" <br />diameter to 10" diameter, for a total price of $2,200.00. <br />Funding for this project is proposed to be donated by Little <br />Canada Charity Plus, Inc. The project has been discussed <br />with Jan Sherman, who has indicated that she will recommend <br />approval at their next board meeting. <br />We discussed the project with Wetzel Tree Moving who indicated <br />that he could move the trees for $125 each, but only with an <br />80" spade and not including pruning and mulching. Given the <br />short time schedule and the probability of better success with <br />the larger equipment, we felt that it was best to continue to <br />use Margolis for that project. <br />2. White Pine Trees - Wallin Property to Pioneer Park <br />There are 17 White Pine, 14' -18' height, that are proposed to be <br />donated by Jerry Wallin and moved to Pioneer Park. The following <br />informal bids have been received for the work: <br />CITY OF LITTLE CANADA <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />MAYOR <br />Michael Fahey <br />COUNCIL <br />Beverly Scalze <br />Bill Btesener <br />Rick Collova <br />Jim LaValle <br />Margolis Bros. 17 @ $220 = $3,740.00 <br />Minnesota Valley Landscape 17 @ $250 = $4,250.00 <br />Wetzel Tree Moving 17 @ $125 = $2,125.00 <br />The Wetzel bid does not include mulching, however, it is still <br />substantially lower than the other bids. Therefore, we recommend <br />award of the project to Wetzel Tree Moving in the amount of <br />$2,125.00. <br />This project is funded from the $20,000 donation from the <br />Recreation Association. <br />Page 25 <br />