7. Memo Re Hanging BasketsDate: 2-5-20
To: Scandia City Council
From: Christine Maefsky
Mayor
Re: City Beautification – Spring, Summer, Fall
There has been discussion in the EDA, the Tourism group, and the Capital
Improvement Committee about supporting Scandia’s vibrant small town, Village
Center presence.
While there has been much positive feedback on the winter snowflake lights,
come spring the Village Center lacks the visual appeal that will help to bring
residents to shop and interact there.
Abrahamson Nursery supplies hanging baskets for the cities of Taylors Falls and
St. Croix Falls. Upon my request, they have submitted the following offer for
Scandia:
“The cost would be $62 for the 18" fiber baskets we do for the cities (Taylor’s
Falls and St. Croix Falls). This would be if you were able to pick them up at our St
Croix Falls location. If you want us to ship them down to our Scandia store they
would be $65.” My understanding is that this cost is basically a break even for
them.
Our public works staff will need to keep the plants watered, but the baskets are
constructed in such a way as to hold water from which the plants draw so
watering is needed less frequently.
If we do wish to order baskets from Abrahamson, we need to let them know now
as they will start growing the plants in February.
My recommendation is that we order 25 hanging baskets at the cost of $1,550.
This number will cover the light posts in the center village area.
Options:
1. Order 25 hanging baskets from Abrahamson
2. Do not order hanging baskets
3. Other
Recommendation:
Option 1