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Council discusses Del Prado medians: county core service vs. city takeover, staff recommends pushing county and documenting comparisons
Summary
City Arborist Omar Leon told the Committee of the Whole that Lee County—s core maintenance of Del Prado medians excludes routine mulching and comprehensive refurbishment; staff outlined three options — keep county maintenance, fund supplemental mulching, or negotiate a city takeover with regrading.
City Arborist Omar Leon briefed the Committee of the Whole on Del Prado Boulevard median landscaping and maintenance. Leon said Lee County maintains several roadways inside Cape Coral, including Del Prado, and that county service is a core, lower level of service that excludes routine mulching, comprehensive refurbishment and irrigation maintenance (the county provides only emergency irrigation repairs).
Leon said the county estimates annual maintenance for Del Prado at roughly $200,000 and listed the county—s core tasks and frequencies: 24 mowing/edging cycles per year, monthly spot weed control, site-line pruning and…
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