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We do a light fertilizing everyday. A Yes,we dilute Miracle Grow so small dosage of fertilizer in every We supplement the watering with Yes, once a week. We also have to they'rB fertilized a littte every day, tank of water. Once a week we add Are they fertilized on aregul r basis? fertilizer at least once per month. watch for insect issues (aphids plus they have osmocote in them1 teaspoon of dawn soap to 30 gallon water tank. Apparently this which is slow release. helps h rk h e ps t e water stick to e peat moss in the baskets. In 2020,we ordered 275 baskets $47.95ea for — $13,500. For 2021,we will order 300 baskets for$15,000. On Main St. we hang 2 per pole; side streets We have 108 hanging baskets and 5 get 1. We also hang them in parkin lots spares. This cost comes from the around oity hall. 284 w/b placed on We annually purchase & maintain Initially22 with help from the EDA parks maintenance budget(general light poles. 2 spar in case of damage and my Parks budget. We went 10 at the Veteran's Memorial and 4 at 120-140 hanging baskets. Most of through growing pains as many Fund). We used to pay the Sr. How many baskets do you have and how the funding comes from the Park Center upto about $4000 annual to the Cemetery. We started with 20 Operating fund. We also have some cities do. If you have a water pump are they funded? do all of the watering. But in our baskets in 2004. Baskets are paid out of on a maintenance vehicle this is the hGeneral f n (Parks) 'DT dollars to support this program r them. Staff current agreement we now share the fund best way to Ovate t o Sta does from our Special Services District. part of their building and no longer Beautification' line item. All that everyday. mulch, I n r i pay them to water. We pay utilities landscaping, p a plants, etc are paid r f this fund. Thplanterson their building. f out o o t s u d e used to be funded by the ABLA (DT business district) but now they are a budgeted expense. We only use lights poles designated for hanging baskets; they were installed with irrigation lines. We tried hand Other r watering but once we got more than 50 We have a very good working baskets it was decided it was worth the relationship with our senior center. expense to install irrigation. As roads/parking lots were reconstructed we added irrigation. 300 basketks —$15K; PW maintains; 120-140 baskets; PW maintains; DT Beautification fund Funded by Parks and Special District Funding Do not have hanging baskets Did not repsond Andover Farmington Champlin Lino Lakes Prior Lake Ramsey Savage