Title/Name/Summary
Mid America Tree and Landscape, Inc. Proposal - Approval
History
The Village was recently awarded national runner up in the 2007 Award of Excellence for Community Trees program sponsored by the United States Conference of Mayors and the Home Depot Foundation. The award included a $25,000 grant made payable to the Village’s not-for-profit partner in the application, which was Open Lands.
The funding is to assist in the creation of healthy, livable communities through the use of trees. To that end, the Planning and Engineering Division and the Recreation & Parks Department have developed a plan to utilize this funding for the purchase of trees to be planted at the Stellwagen Farm. This will provide a landscape screen around the farm perimeter and provide shade for users of the planned perimeter bike path. All trees are planned to be local native species and will be identified for the benefit of path users.
On April 7, 2008, the Board of Trustees approved a budget adjustment of $25,000 for the purchase of trees to be planted at Stellwagen Farm with full funding from the Home Depot grant.
Approval is now being sought to use Mid America Tree and Landscape, Inc., the Village’s 50/50 program tree vender ( bid for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, at $250 each tree), for the purchase and installation of the trees.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to approve waiving of the bid process;
And
I move to approve of the proposal from Mid America Tree and Landscape, Inc., for the purchase and installation of trees at Stellwagen Farm at a cost not to exceed $25,000.