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51, 411 MEMO TO : Mayor and City Council FROM: Public Works Foreman Ulrich DATE : July 12 , 1990 SUBJECT : Demos of various Park equipment for possible purchase . as per requested In response to inquires from Mayor Hankner and Councilman Quick we will have a couple of demos on some of the possible capital equipment request as per the list submitted at an earlier council meeting. Mentioned in our list of possible equipment purchases was a three wheel type truckster for balif i.eld maintenance . The reason being is that our current Toro Workmaster is out dated and inadequate for the job it is expected to do . The Workmaster was out of service because of an accident that occurred prior to my arrival here . We finally collected an insurance claim and repaired it to the condition you see today. With our growing maintenance needs on our ballfields , . soccer fields , and football fields we are spending more manhours preparing these facilities because of the inadequacies of our current equipment. The new equipment requested will increase our 411 productivity in numerous ways . It has a specificially designed ballfieid drag that will groom the fields rather than merely drag them, and in less time by reducing the hand work required to fill in base and sliding paths . It has the ability to transport small loads of aglirne to be spread in problem areas in the field. Also mounted on the truckster is a thirty gallon paint striper that is used to paint more permenant lines in the grass areas of the fields thus eliminating constant maintenance . Forester Rick Wriskey has requested a small zero turning radius mower to mow the areas around city hall . The maintenance �f the ("ii-•37 ri,-tll U,--f t,.1 ever requires an extensive amount of manhours , do to its exposure in _ 1- - i • - • this task with its ' collection system, manuverability, and increased cutting width. The need for an additional tractor has increased to the point where we cannot accomplish our turf maintenance in the time allotted by mother nature. In both the spring and fall we have approximately two to three weeks to spray, areate, seed, and fertilize our turf areas and this can't be done with one tractor . This tractor would also be utilized for turf repair and construction projects while the other one is mowing. It will also be equipped with a front mounted broom for snow removal on sidewalks and ice rinks . There are a couple of other ideas that I would like to discuss with you in regards to this tractor and equipment Monday night.