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<br />APPENDIX V
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<br />PARTIAL LIST OF SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES TO INSURE
<br />SUCCESS OF ROADSIDE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS
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<br />ACTIVITIES - BEFORE PLANTING DAY RESPONSIBLE PARTYIPERSON
<br />Overall coordination ............,.....................,............................,......City, Beautification Committee
<br />Request MnlDOT sanction and technical assistance .....................City
<br />Secure assistance from local resources, services, and sponsers ....City, Beautification Committee
<br />Initial scoping and strategy meetings ............................................City, MNIDOT, Local Resource Personnel and Services
<br />Prepare plan ...................................................................................MNIDOT or City, Consultant Designer, Resource Person-
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<br />Review plan ...................,...............................................................MNIDOT, City and Beautification Committee
<br />Identify preliminary work force capabilities and ...............,.....,....City. Beautification Committee and MnIDOT
<br />volunteer pledges
<br />Identify preliminary equipment and supply needs and ..................City. Beautification Committee and MnIDOT
<br />provider committments I terms
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<br />Approve plan .........,............................,...................,......................MnIDOT and City
<br />Obtain cost estimates I bids ....,.......................,.................,.....,.....,City. Beautification Committee and MnIDOT
<br />for provision of landscape materials
<br />Secure Commitments to maintain plantings ..........................,..,.... City
<br />Develop phasing strategy and schedule...,....................................,City, Beautification Committee and MnIDOT
<br />Submit completed parmersbip application with ...........................City, Beautification Committee
<br />MnlDOT approved plan
<br />Notify successful applicants of projects to be awarded..,..............MnlDOT
<br />Prepare and execute the Landscape Parmership Agreement.........MnlDOT and City
<br />Submit purchase orders and schedule delivery of .............,...........City
<br />plants and materials
<br />Provide training school, videotape and info packets ..............,......MnlDOT
<br />Attend training school ...................,........,............................,.........Beautification Committee Representative(others welcome)
<br />Plan a Planting Day Ceremony to Honor the Effort and ...............Beautification Committee
<br />Participants
<br />Publicize planting day and line up sponsors, services, ..................Beautification Committee
<br />"leaders", work crews (volunteers, contractors, etc,)
<br />Hold orientation meeling(s) to schedule and plan ..,.......,..............Beautification Committee
<br />installation; to assign tasks; and to review proper procedures and info packets I videos
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<br />Supply stakes ......,....................................................,..,..................MNIDOT
<br />Stake plant locations .............................................................,........City, Crew Leaders and MNIDOT
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<br />Review staking ........,........".................,..........,..............,..,......,.....MNIDOT
<br />Locate and mark utilities ...........................................,...................City, Beautification Committee
<br />Locate material storage sites and staging areas .............................Beautification Committee and MNIDOT
<br />Spray Roundup in planting areas,...........................,..,...................Experienced and Licensed Personnel (City, County,
<br />(optional and preferably in late summer or early fall) MnlDOT or Contractor)
<br />Haul compost I soil arnmendments to planting beds ..................... City I Community "Forces"
<br />Till planting beds (incorporate compost or other ..........................City I Community "Forces"
<br />soil arnmendments preferably in fall)
<br />Haul wood chips to storage locations near planting heds ..............City I Community "Forces"
<br />Layout flower beds and line up flowers ........................................Communily Garden Club
<br />Receive and inspect nursery stock (preferably in spring) ............. Trained Community Personnel with assistance from Local
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