HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006 07 24 Informational 507 Warranty Replacement of Diseased Magnolia Trees and Plant Material ADD-ON
COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM 507
ADD-ON
Informational X
July 24, 2006
Regular Meeting
Mgr. / Dept
Authorization
REQUEST:
The Community Development Department, Urban Beautification Services
Division, updating the City Commission on the status of warranty
replacement of the diseased magnolia trees and plant material located in
the SR 434 Village Walk Project area.
NOTE:
This item is being submitted as an Add On because, in response to the
City Commission's request, Staff wanted to provide the Commission
with the latest available information on the status of the diseased
Magnolia trees along Village Walk. The County provided that
updated information after the deadline for agenda items.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this item is to provide the City Commission with
information regarding the current status of warranty tree and plant
replacements scheduled by Seminole County for the SR 434 Village Walk
Project.
CONSIDERATIONS:
In mid April 2006, City Staff began to notice several Magnolia trees that were installed as
part of the Seminole County SR 434 Access Management Project (Village Walk) were beginning
to show signs of stress. Soil samples were extracted and sent to the Agriculture Extension Center
for analysis, with P.H. results coming back as acceptable. In May 2006, field inspections by
City Staff and TruGreen revealed the Magnolias were infected with Tulip Tree Scale (likely
infected before installation) and Pythium Root Rot (due to being installed below grade). The
City's landscape contractor immediately treated visible scale infestations on the magnolias with
an insecticide.
On June 6, 2006, Staff contacted Seminole County again regarding pending warranty
shrub replacements within the project and requested the Magnolia trees also be replaced under
the (2) year warranty. Seminole County agreed the contractor, AP AC, would be required by
contract to do the replacements or action may be taken against the landscape bond for the project.
In mid-June, City Staff created an inventory of landscaping that had perished and
ordered (2) chemical treatments from TruGreen in an attempt to arrest the development of scale
and root rot infestations on magnolias installed by Vila & Sons.
Seminole County has recently informed the City that on July 19, 2006 Vila & Sons was
scheduled to field verify the trees and has verbally agreed to do the plant replacements requested
by the City. Seminole County has also notified the City that final payment on the job will not be
made to the contractor until warranty replacements are completed. If warranty replacements are
not made to the City's satisfaction, the appropriate amount will be withheld from the contractor's
final payment for the job and used to replace plant materials in the Village Walk area that have
perished.
COMMISSION ACTION:
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