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Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />DATE: February 18, 2020 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> David Perrault, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Todd Blomstrom, City Engineer/Public Works Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: ICWC Contract Renewal and Draft 2020 ICWC Work Plan <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Sources: <br />$10,000 TBD Park Maintenance <br />Surface Water Mgmt <br /> <br />Council Should Consider the Following Actions <br /> <br />City Council direction is requested regarding the proposed 2020 contract renewal with the <br />Minnesota Department of Corrections ICWC program and the Draft 2020 ICWC Work Plan <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br /> <br />In May 2019, the City entered into a one-year contract with the to participate in the Institution <br />Community Work Crew (ICWC) program. The program provided a work crew consisting of a <br />crew leader and up to ten crewmembers for up to ten hours per day to complete predetermined <br />work plans. Work dates were available on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at a cost of $75 per <br />hour. <br /> <br />ICWC crews completed buckthorn removal in Floral, Cummings and Hazelnut parks, sediment <br />removal and rain garden maintenance in Valentine Park, and performed landscape maintenance <br />at City Hall, Highway 96 median areas and gateway sign on New Brighton Road in 2019. <br /> <br />The ICWC has provided a new contract for the 2020 season as provided in Attachment A. The <br />terms of this proposed contract are similar to the 2019 contract, including an hourly rate of $75 <br />per hour for crew time. <br /> <br />The ICWC program supervisor and Public Works staff have discuss the City’s desire for more <br />extensive use of ICWC work crews during the 2020 season. An initial list of potential 2020 <br />projects was developed and reviewed with ICWC representatives in September 2019. The <br />ITEM – 1D <br /> MEMORANDUM <br />