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Date: Item No.
KNECHT’S NURSERIES & LANDSCAPING
CONTRACT EXTENSION
Proposed Action
Staff recommends adoption of the following motion: Move to approve amendment to contract
with Knecht’s Nurseries & Landscaping for tree and shrub planting services.
Overview
On October 7, 2019, the City Council approved a contract with Knecht’s Nurseries and
Landscaping for fall tree and shrub planting on city ponds, right-of-way and easements. The
contractor was unable to do the work last fall due to early frost and snow.
The City Attorney prepared the attached contract amendment extending the terms of the
contract with Knecht’s Nurseries and Landscaping until June 6, 2020. The total amount of the
contract is $12,456.00. This amount is less than the original contract because of a revision in the
plantings for the Dodd and Flagstaff berm based on the quoted price and the budget for the
project.
Plant material has a one-year warranty from the date of planting. The contractor’s obligations
under the contract shall continue until the warranty obligations have been met.
Primary Issues to Consider
Why is a separate contract for tree and shrub planting services being executed with these
projects? Planting in the fall (and spring) is less stressful on the tree and shrub material since they
are seasons of root growth and cooler temperatures. It was more efficient and cost effective to
bundle the projects after all final grading work was completed on the infrastructure projects.
Supporting Information
• Amendment to contract for services
Financial Impact: $ Budgeted: Y☐ N☐ Source:
Related Documents: (CIP, ERP, etc.):
Envision Lakeville Community Values: Good Value for Public Services
Report Completed by: Emily Ball, City Forester
April 6, 2020
12,456.0
Multiple sources
AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT FOR SERVICES
THIS AMENDMENT (“Amendment”) is made and entered into this 6th day of April, 2020
(“Effective Date”), by and between the CITY OF LAKEVILLE, a Minnesota municipal corporation
(“City”) and KNECHT’S NURSERIES & LANDSCAPING, INC., a Minnesota corporation
(“Contractor”).
RECITALS
A. The parties entered into a Contract for Services dated October 7, 2019 (“Contract”) for
tree and shrub planting on City properties;
B. The parties desire to reduce plantings in a specific area and extend the term of the
Contract.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. Amendment to Paragraph 1 of the Agreement. Paragraph 1 of the Agreement is hereby
amended to read as follows:
1. SCOPE OF SERVICES. The scope of services is detailed in the Contract Documents
but generally consists of tree and shrub planning services during the spring of 2020
within the City’s Fall 2019 Planting locations. The Contractor agrees to perform
the services as detailed in the Contract Documents
2. Amendment to Paragraph 2 of the Agreement. Paragraph 2 of the Agreement is hereby
amended to read as follows:
2. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. The following documents shall be referred to as the
“Contract Documents,” all of which shall be taken together as a whole as the
contract between the parties as if they were set verbatim and in full herein:
A. The Contract as amended by the Amendment;
B. Instruction to Contractors – Request for Proposals, modified to reflect the
changes to the plantings for the Dodd & Flagstaff location as attached hereto
as Exhibit A;
C. The City’s General and Technical Specifications;
D. Contractor’s Proposal, as amended on September 26, 2019, amending the
plantings for Dodd & Flagstaff Berm and providing a total contract price of
$12,456.00.
If there is a conflict among the provisions of the Contract, the order in which they
are listed above shall control in resolving any such conflicts with Contract
Document “A” having the first priority and Contract Document “D” having the last
priority.
3. Amendment to Paragraph 9 of the Agreement. The term of this Contract shall be from
the effective date of the executed Contract to the completion of all work contemplated by the
Contract or June 6, 2020, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. All of the plant
material has a one-year warranty from the date of planting and the Contractor’s obligations under
the Contract shall continue until the warranty obligations have been met under the terms of the
Contract.
4. Effect of Agreement. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Contract
shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City and the Contractor have executed this Amendment as
of the day and year first above written.
CITY OF LAKEVILLE
By: ________________________________
Douglas P. Anderson, Mayor
And:________________________________
Charlene Friedges, City Clerk
KNECHT’S NURSERIES &
LANDSCAPING, INC.
By: ___________________________
Its:____________________________
EXHIBIT A
DODD & FLAGSTAFF BERM PLANTINGS
Quantity/ Stock Common Name
2 #7 Autumn Splendor Horse Chestnut
2 #7 Thornless Hawthorn
1 #15AP Ancestry Oak
1 #15 Holmstrup Arb