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O'Fallon staff outline three-tier plan for roundabout landscaping, flag maintenance costs and safety options
Summary
City landscape staff presented three design/maintenance tiers for new roundabouts — enhanced, irrigated-lawn and basic — and recommended Cultural Arts Commission oversight for artwork; annual maintenance estimates range from about $1,900 to $9,000 per roundabout.
O'Fallon landscape division staff presented design concepts for the city's new roundabouts on July 24, showing three maintenance levels and sample public-art approaches and asking the council for feedback.
Bob Dierduff, who identified himself as the landscape division lead, said the division is responsible for grounds care on city-owned property outside parks and outlined three options labeled A (enhanced), B (irrigated lawn) and C (basic). He gave annual maintenance estimates for each: “A ... is probably $9,000 a year per roundabout,” he said, adding B is just under $8,000 a year and C about $1,900 a year. He also recommended…
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