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AGENDA TITLE: Specifications and Advertisement for Bids for
20 Tons of Turf Fertilizer for Farks Department
1VIE11% DATE: December 4, 1991
PREPARED BY: Parks and Recreation Director
RECOMMENDED ACIION That the City Council approve the specifications
and authorize advertisement for bids for 20 tons
of Best "Turf Gold" slow-release turf fertilizer
for :!se by the Parks Department.
BACKGROUND Il4ORMATICN Each year the Parks Department purchases
fertilizer for use on the City's 208 acres of
parks. Experience has shown that Best "Turf
Gold" yields a lower annual cost per acre due to
a longer nitrogen release time, requiring fewer applications per year,
than a water-soluble or agricultural blend fertilizer.
The bid opening will be scheduled for Wednesday, December 18, 1991.
R?4DM The estimated cost of this purchase is $9,500.
Funds have been budgeted in the 1991/92 Parks
Department budget.
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Rcnald Williamson, Parks & Recreation Director
APPROVED:
THOMAS A. PETERSON mcycMd paver
City Manager
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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
B E S T T U R F G 0 L D
800 EACH 50 -LB BAGS
PALLETIZED, 40 B;GS PER PALLET
PALLETIZED UNITS PLASTIC -WRAPPED
TO PREVENT MOISTURE ACCESS
DELIVERED TO PARKS DEPARTMENT,
125 FORTH STOCKTON STREET
LODI CA 95240