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The soil medium has a 3 month slow The water rig we set up for the The contractor decides release fertilizer in it;we use water downtown has a 60 gallon tank with a Fertilizer is mixed in with the water how/when they are watered and soluble fertilizer in our water starting wand to reach up to the baskets. With and they are watered 7 days a week. Yes - almost daily. fertilized. They warranty them mid-late June. If you have petunias in that, every other week we add one 16 outside of something crazy. Rain or shine. your basket you'll need to add oz bottle of"Miracle Gro Liquid fertilizer (heavy feeders). Feed" to the 60 gallon tank. We currently have 66 hanging baskets; 2 on each pole. The initial purchase was from the CIP fund. The purchase of all plant material comes out of our 19 baskets g $199 ea. _ $3781 + Park Operating Budget; our staff is $95/wk. for maint. 20 wks - split between the Parks and Streets $1900 for total of$5681. Operating Budget. The money saved We have 50-60 pots that are We have 110 hanging baskets (2 per pole). Purchase and maintenance is in watering time has more than paid Opurchased with funds from m out D T 46 ground level l ntors. Cost is funded through my operating budget. of them. We used to water baskets Beautification fund which has 15,0 00 $8Kplantto + $325/wk. to every day including weekends;if> 90 every year for various projects. maintain ($6500)— $12,181 degrees watered twice a day. It takes 1 overall total 1/2 - 2 hrs each time. Now we water once a week when weather is cool in spring and fall; 2 day's a week if hot, dry and windy. We hang 2 pots on each light pole. My recommendations if the City of Elk River can't find a volunteer group Same contractor decorates the to assist with watering. If City staff ground level planters for winter does the watering, they should water for about $5,000. the baskets twice on Friday's. Making the last watering more of a soaking to carry through the weekend. baskets &planters $12, 181 + Initial basekt purchase of X99/ea CIP) + $42 for flowers — $141 ea x 66 — $5000 for winter planters = 82 baskets; funded by Envir. Serv. $15,000 Beautification Fund X17,181 $9306 + maint cost. Cost is split bewteen Parks and Streets.