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Page 3 e City Council Minutes October 20. 1987 The Mayor indicated that the downtown business owners have examined a durable plastic tree grate that would cost approximately $400.00 per grate. Adding an approximatly 18 percent overhead to this amount would make the total cost for tree grates in the $29.000 range. Mayor Gunkel indicated that the City has no financial resources to cover this expense so the CBD property owners will have pay for the grates by way of assessments. The Mayor indicated that it would be the City's responsibility to fasten these durable plastic grates at the base of the trees and would be responsible for maintenance and cleaning around the base of the trees. TRASH RECEPTACLES The City Engineer has estimated that 16 trash receptacles at $600.00 each. plus 20 percent additional expenses would place the cost of the trash receptacles at $11.500. Adding the City's 28 percent overhead charge to this amount. would make the total cost for trash receptacles in the amount of $14.700.00. This would provide two receptacles on each side of the street per block. e The Mayor indicated that it is the City's revised estimate. which eliminated overhead charges. that the total cost for trash receptacles would be $11.500. and that no city funds are available to assist in financing this part of the Beautification Project. Therefore. all costs for trash receptacles would have to be assessed to the benefited property owners in the CBD. The Mayor further suggested that that the CBD property owners may want to investigate a less expensive model of trash receptacles and that the Committee could seek donations from various organizations within the community to help finance this part of the Beautification Project. TEXTURED SIDEWALKS The City Engineer report indicated that the additional cost between regular sidewalks and textured sidewalks is 50 cents per sqare foot. Based on 17.205 square feet of sidewalk in the CBD and adding 20 percent to this figure. makes the cost for textured sidewalks in the amount of $10.300.00. Adding the City's 28 percent overhead to this amount. placed the total cost for textured sidewalks in the $13.200 range. The Mayor indicated that a more realistic figure for this textured sidewalk would be in the $11.800 range based on a much reduced overhead expense. The Mayor further indicated that this item is not eligible for MSA funding. no City funds were available for this part of the project. and that the textured sidewalk aspect of the Beautification Project would have to be assessed to the benefited property owners. e In summary. the Mayor indicated that from the City's prospective a more realistic cost of the beautification part of the 1988 Main Street Improvement Project is as follows: