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MOUN-DS ViEw <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />Item No: 8E <br />Meeting Date: April 10, 2023 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Don Peterson, Director of Public Works/Parks and Recreation <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 9733 Approving a Tree Removal Contract with <br />Precision Landscape and Tree Service <br />Background/Discussion: <br />Public Works oversees the Forestry duties for the City these include maintaining the trees <br />in/on City grounds and in the ROW (Right of way), and the Diseased Tree Ordinance for <br />private Elm, Oak and Ash trees. Staff received five quotes for the removals of easy access <br />trees (front yards) and non -accessible trees (back yards). <br />The proposals were further broken down in both the accessible and non -accessible trees in <br />two categories: <br />Cost per diameter inch (for accessible and inaccessible) <br />Cost per tree with trunk diameter over 35 inches accessible <br />Cost per tree with a trunk diameter greater than 30 inches inaccessible <br />There were four companies that submitted proposals. The results are as follows: <br />Unit Price Schedule <br />Contractor <br />Good Vehicular <br />Difficult Vehicular <br />Access <br />Access <br />Tree <br />(boulevards, front <br />(back yards, remote <br />Tree <br />Diameter, <br />yards,etc.) <br />y parks, <br />locations etc.) <br />Service <br />inch (dbh') <br />Removal <br />Cost per <br />Precision Landscape <br />$28.00/dia.-in. <br />$33.00/dia.-in. <br />diameter <br />Rivard Companies <br />$40.00/dia.-in. <br />$50.00/dia.-in. <br />inch <br />Upper Cut Tree Service <br />$52.00/dia.-in. <br />$85.00/dia.-in. <br />Pioneer Tree Service <br />$74.00/dia.-in. <br />$103.00/dia.-in. <br />Birch Tree Care <br />$92.00/dia.-in. <br />$130.00/dia.-in. <br />Removal <br />Over 35 <br />Precision Landscape <br />$45.00/dia.-in. <br />Negotiable <br />accessible <br />Rivard Companies <br />$50.00/dia.-in. <br />$60.00/dia.-in. <br />Over 30 <br />Upper Cut Tree Service <br />$85.00/dia.-in. <br />$95.00/dia.-in. <br />inaccessible <br />Pioneer Tree Service <br />$89.00/dia.-in. <br />$103.00/dia.-in. <br />Birch Tree Care <br />$130.00/dia.-in. <br />$200.00/dia.-in. <br />'dbh=diameter at breast height (4.5 feet off ground) <br />2trimming unit price includes a two -person crew, bucket truck, chipper, and chip truck or loader <br />The Mounds View Vision <br />A Thriving Desirable Community <br />