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Financial Impact: <br /> Quotes for the identified 8 parks, 11 right-of-ways and 3 well houses/water towers: <br /> Contractor Mowing Costs Contract Period <br /> Village Green Landscapes $49,276.20* 7 month contract <br /> Horticulture Services, LLC $64,750* 7 month contract <br /> *Tax not included <br /> Explanation: <br /> The attached mowing contract specifies the terms and conditions, the locations of the areas to be mowed <br /> and the associated payment. The contract was reviewed by the City Attorney. Revisions were made by <br /> the City and agreed upon by Village Green Landscapes. <br /> Also note: As part of this process, Council permitted staff to enter into a snowplowing agreement for the <br /> 2012/2013 snow season. The five month snowplowing contract for 2012/2013 was not entered into due to <br /> our pushing up against and into December; already losing at least a month of service(despite the absence <br /> of snow). The contractors were not willing to negotiate a shorter three month(January-March 2013) <br /> contract and we did not want to pay for five months of snowplowing when indicators showed a milder <br /> winter. Snowplowing services will be reviewed in the fall of 2013 and a contract written up for services <br /> for November 2013 —March 2014. <br /> Costs and Funding: <br /> Cost for mowing services are estimated at$49,276.20,with tax $52,663.94. The city will be invoiced for <br /> seven equal monthly payments. $64,300 was allocated to the Parks budget for mowing and snowplowing <br /> services in 2013. <br /> --Sin-4 Breuer <br /> Director of Parks d Recreation <br />