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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />~ <br />~~HILLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />Agenda Item 7.A. <br /> <br />April 5, 2006 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Honorable Mayor and City Council Members <br />Michelle Wolfe, City Administrator <br /> <br />Schawn Johnson, Assistant to the City Administrator S~ <br />Thomas J. Moore, Operations and Maintenance Directo; jJ4~ j _ Yvk"In..L. <br /> <br />City Council Approval of the Proposed Tree Removal and Related <br />Services Contract Submitted by <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />ENCLOSURES: <br /> <br />2006 Tree Removal Proposal-Bid Overview <br /> <br />Overview <br />On March 17'\ City staff publicly opened and accepted bids from tree removal contractors for <br />the City's 2006 Tree and Stump Removal Contract. <br /> <br />Back!!round <br />In March, City staff requested fonnal bids for the removal of trees and stumps in Arden Hills. <br />City staff mailed out twenty-three bid packets to area tree removal contractors. One of the bid <br />packets was returned to City Hall with no forwarding address. The City also advertised thc bid <br />process in the Shoreview-Arden Hills Bulletin and on thc City's website. On Marcb 17th, the <br />completed bid forms were due at City Hall by 3:00 PM. Thc City received five potential bids for <br />the tree removal contract. All five of the bids received met the minimum requirements set forth <br />in the bid process. <br /> <br />The following companies submitted bids to the City for the 2006 Tree Removal Contract: <br />I. 4 Seasons Tree Care <br />2. Blue Chip Tree Company <br />3. Fritz Tree Service <br />4. Precision Landscape & Tree <br />5. St. Croix Tree Service-Rescinded there bid proposal to the City <br /> <br />The following is an overview of the lowest bid prices that werc submitted to the City of Arden <br />Hills by the aforementioned tree removal companies on March 17,2006: <br /> <br />IIMetro-inet.usIArdenHillslAdminIAssistant City AdministratorlMemo's and Lellersl200612006Tree Contract-CC <br />Memo.DOC <br />