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MEMORANDUM <br />• <br />lVel' ~l'O <br />P'1tOM: <br />llATE: <br />LIBRARY BOARD <br />PHIL HALS, STREET/PARK SUPT. <br />AUGUST 31, 1994 <br />SUBJECT: WEST PI20PEI2TY LINE FENCE <br />IMPROVEMENTS <br />A recent citizen complaint led to City Council directive that the Stx•eet/Park <br />. department replace the broken wood posts that support the chain link fence <br />on the west property line of• the Library. After a close inspection of the area, <br />my staff would ]ihe t;o propose the following improvements: <br />Remove I.bc existing fence, bushes and sod on the west side of the <br />parking lot, leaving the lilacs, however, and then re-installing <br />landscape edging, new bushes, some type of stone mulch, concrete car <br />stops and the existing fence fabric with new steel posts and top rail. <br />The benefits that. ~~~e hope to accomplish include a more stable fence, a more <br />pleasing landscape, and less maintenance required for weed trimming. <br />The costs are estimated to be: <br />Fence improvemc~i(. b}~ a fencing contractor $ 900 <br />Concrete car stops 1,125 <br />Landscape edging 400 <br />Landscape rock 250 <br />Landscape plants 250 <br />Irrigation repairs 200 <br />All labor to re~nuvc the existing fence, sod, and plants, and install edging, <br />stone mulch, plant materials, and irrigation would be supplied by the City <br />Street/Park depar(auent. <br />Please consider funding options and contact xne if you wish to consider such a <br />project. <br />P.O. Box 490 • 13065 Orono Parkway • Elk Rivcr, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (6l2) 441-7425 <br />