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I <br /> • SCHOOL GROUNDS MAINTENANCE BUDGET PROPOSAL <br /> MOWING: <br /> * Mowing at Pinewood once per week, weather permitting. <br /> * Mowing at Edgewood twice per week and sometimes 3 times depending upon weather. <br /> * Lease Cushman mower 12' cut, 4 wheel drive necessary for cutting hills at schools. <br /> * 24 week program, May 1 - October 31. <br /> AERATION: <br /> Upon evaluation of the turf at both schools, it is determined that aeration is the primary <br /> requirement for immediate improvement - soils are too packed, hard and impenetrable. Aeration <br /> would be with City owned golf course aerator that goes down 5-6 inches, allowing oxygen, <br /> nutrients, & water to permeating and loosening soils. <br /> * Aeration estimated to take 36 hours each time. Recommendation is 3 aerations for each site for <br /> a total of 216 hours. <br /> * City to use own tractor and aerator. <br /> 411)TOPDRESSING: <br /> Topdressing to occur 2 times with topsoil. <br /> * Estimated time is 36 hours for topdressing tasks. <br /> * City to use city owned equipment. <br /> SEEDING: <br /> Slit seeding to occur in late August on all fields. <br /> * City to use own equipment <br /> * Regular Parks worker to perform task <br /> * Estimated 32 bags of seed at $80/bag <br /> BROADLEAF SPRAYING <br /> Spraying for broadleafs would occur once in the Spring after plants have bloomed and once again <br /> in the Fall. <br /> * City to use own equipment. <br /> •* Chemical cost estimated to be $600 for two applications. <br />