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Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino-lakes.mn.us December 29, 2003 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor SUBJECT: November and December Park Maintenance Update Here it is the end of December and we still don't have skateable ice. Every time we get close another prolonged warm spell hits and sets us back. Talk about frustration! Maintenance activity during November and December has included: ❖ Removing nets and goals from soccer fields. Top dress and seed worn areas. ❖ Irrigation system blowouts and winterization. Every year it seems we add another system or two; we currently have systems at the following sites. City Hall Park, Highland Meadows, Behm's, Marshan, Sunrise, Rice Lake Estates, Birch, Clearwater Creek Park, Fire Station, Town Center, Rice Lake Elementary, Centennial Middle School, and well houses at Sandhi11 Drive, Birch Street, and Clearwater Creek Drive. ❖ Sunrise Park parking lot construction. Hauled fill, graded, tilled and backfilled edges. ❖ Equipment maintenance, changeover and storage. It is often overlooked but in the spring and fall we spend a lot of time on equipment changeover and maintenance. A few examples: JD 6410 — in the fall we remove, service and store the 16' Landpride mower, remove and store turf tires, install bar tread tires and 11' angle plow. Toro Groundsmaster — remove, service and store mowing deck, install cab and snow blower. Ford 3930 Tractor — remove, service and store flail mower. Install 8' wide front mount angle broom. ❖ Applied late fall fertilizer application to approximately 40 acres of irrigated turf. ❖ Assisted with election set -up and takedown. ❖ Hockey and pleasure rink preparation. Leveling, board repair, gate repair, light repair, goals and net repair, clean and prep shelters, snow removal and flooding. ❖ Constructed new pleasure rink at Sunrise (installed 2 new lights). ❖ Spot mowed as needed. ❖ Garbage collection as needed. ❖ Ball field maintenance — cleaned out base boxes, stored scoreboard controllers. ❖ Playground inspection and repair — added pea rock and fibar where needed. ❖ Snow removal of roads, trails, parking lots and sidewalks as needed. ❖ Assisted with Family Turkey Shoot — loaded and unloaded trailer. ❖ Installed park bench along trail near LaCasse Drive.