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City of Mounds View Staff Report Item No: 71 Meeting Date: July 22, 2013 Type of Business: Council Business Administrator Review: 41, To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Don Peterson, Public Works Supervisor Steve Dazenski, Parks Supervisor Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8124 Approving the Purchase of an AEBI Tractor for the Public Works Department in 2014 Background: As part of the Public Works Department's maintenance program, the Parks Department is responsible for mowing 170 acres of park land along with the maintenance of 6 ice skating rinks. The Street Department maintains 15 miles of trails which include rough cutting the edges in the growing months and snow removal in the winter months. The Storm Water Department has 300 infiltration swales (the count continues to grow with each street project) and 10 regional ponds of which half are rough cut once a year. In order to accomplish these tasks, the Public Works Department has used various mowers and tractors in the past. In 2002 Staff assessed the possibility of purchasing a more versatile piece of equipment that would include handling the steep banks and tight areas that are required to be mowed. Staff discovered that the AEBI Terratrac TT70 was far more versatile than the Ford New Holland 4360 that was being utilized in the Public Works Department at the time. In 2003 the City purchased an AEBI Terratrac TT70, and then in 2005 an additional AEBI was purchased.