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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 November 2, 2005 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor SUBJECT: October Park Maintenance Update Fall football and soccer programs officially came to a close this past weekend (October 29 -30). We will spend the next couple of weeks topdressing and over seeding wear areas and then put them to bed for the winter. Maintenance highlights during the month of October has included: ❖ Mowing of all park areas. We may have to mow one more time, but the end of the mowing season is definitely in sight. ❖ Garbage collection. ❖ Soccer and football field maintenance and game preparation including line mow -ins, painting and net repair. ❖ Removed and stored soccer nets and goals. ❖ Core aerated football and soccer fields. ❖ Applied winterizer fertilizer to approximately 44 acres of turf. • Highland Meadows — removed soil and old mulch from playground and basketball court landscape beds, replaced with fresh mulch. • Playground inspection and repairs as needed. ❖ Shenandoah Park playground — replaced burned S crawl tunnels on 2 -5 and 5 -12 play structures (approx. $2400.00 in replacement parts). ❖ Birch Park hockey rink — brought in fresh Class V and re- leveled rink. We hope to re- grade City Hall Park and Lino Park rinks before freeze up. ❖ Installed trunk guards and checked condition of young park trees. ❖ Irrigation system blowouts and repairs. ❖ Building cleanup and maintenance. ❖ Equipment cleanup and maintenance. • Installed new gates and stop signs at trail entrance on east side of Rice Lake Elementary School. ❖ Repaired damaged bleacher at CMS #2. • Assisted Recreation Department with Family Turkey Shoot preparation. IIIThose are October's major highlights, more to come in November. Sw /parkbrd/Mike /October 05 Park Update.doc