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~~r ~~J <br />( ITEM 7.5. <br />( ~` <br />ity of ~~ MEMORANDUM <br />River TO: Mayor & City Council <br />lk • <br />FROM: Phil Hals, Street/Park Supt. <br />DATE: July 31, 1995 <br />SUBJECT: Woodland Trails Park Paving <br />The road, parking lot, and trail construction at Woodland Trails Park is <br />moving forward nicely. In about a week, all of the Class 5 base will be in <br />place and it will be ready to pave. My original plan was for my staff to do the <br />bituminous paving as part of our grant match, but I have several concerns. <br />1. Our grading and CL-5 installation will equal approximately $30,000 of <br />our $50,000 match. <br />2. Our paver, being rubber tired, will not work well on the hills on a CL-5 <br />base, so we would need to rent a truck type paver for $3,000 per week <br />for two weeks or $6,000. <br />• 3. If we are paying that much for a paver we should rent three trucks to <br />haul, in addition to our three trucks, to keep the paver busy. This <br />would cost $9,600. I did not calculate a cost for operating our paver, <br />rollers, and three trucks. <br />4. A paving crew consists of five members plus three drivers which leaves <br />myself and one other person to do the mowing and all of the other <br />tasks for the two week period. <br />In my opinion, it would be wise to hire a contractor to do the paving for an <br />estimated cost of $19,500 which, with some incidentals, would cover the <br />remaining amount for the grant match and would free up my staff to do <br />normal maintenance work as well as our street patches and some playground <br />improvements. <br />The money could come from the park dedication fund. <br />• <br />13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />