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Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department <br />600 Town Center Parkway <br />Lino Lakes, MN 55014 <br />(651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 <br />www.ci.lino- lakes.mn.us <br />April 27, 2004 <br />TO: Park Board Members <br />FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor <br />SUBJECT: April 2004 Maintenance Update <br />Spring has sprung, with the recent rains and the upcoming warming weather we are preparing for <br />lots of mowing. Maintenance activity during a very busy April has included: <br />• Ball field Inspections — Inspected and corrected problems prior to season start. <br />• Daily Field Preparation — The season kicked off on Monday. Daily maintenance includes <br />dragging, hand raking base and pitching areas, chalking fair /foul lines, dropping off balls <br />and placing bases. <br />• Soccer Field Layout — We will be providing 10 game fields and 4 practice fields for the <br />upcoming season. We do the initial layout and painting. The soccer club takes over <br />painting after that. <br />• Repaired and installed fishing dock at Country Lakes Park. <br />• Over seeded as needed at Clearwater Creek Park (area was damaged by football game in <br />the fall, before grass was mature). <br />• Sprayed for Knotweed control on athletic fields, which will be over seeded. <br />• Irrigation system start up and inspections at Clearwater Creek, Highland Meadows, <br />Behm's, and Marshan Parks. <br />• Equipment Maintenance — Prepped mowers, trailers, groomers, weed whips, etc for <br />upcoming season. <br />• High Risk Oak Removal — Assisted Forestry with removal of spore producing trees from <br />city property. (6 trees at Sunrise, 5 trees Jeanne Drive Outlot). <br />• Prepped Nursery Area — Bare Root trees and shrubs to arrive Thursday, April 29. <br />• Hired summer seasonal staff. <br />• Garbage pickup as needed. <br />• Earth Day set -up and take down. <br />• Trail inspection and sweeping. <br />• Playground inspection and repairs. <br />• Tree spaded three Red Maples under power lines at Lino Park (relocated behind pleasure <br />rink). <br />• Installed 20 Bluebird houses at various park locations. <br />• Prepped and seeded native prairie area in Behm's Development. <br />• Those are April highlights. May will be a challenge until our seasonal staff arrives. <br />sw /parkbrd /mike /April 04 Update.doc <br />