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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 30, 2006 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor SUBJECT: November Park Maintenance Update The past month has seen us putting our parks and athletic fields to bed for the winter and preparing our rinks and equipment for the upcoming season. Maintenance activities during the month of November have included the following: o Completed final mowing of the season. Mowing equipment has been cleaned, maintained and stored or changed over to winter equipment (blower, broom, plow). o Other equipment (tractors, snowblowers, tanker, chain saws, weed whips, etc) has been maintained, winterized and stored or prepped for winter action. o Completed exterior trim painting of City Hall warming house. This completes total exterior renovation of this building (new roof, siding, windows, doors, and paint). We hope to tackle Birch Park shelter next year. o Playground inspections — added fibar at Highland Meadows Park. o Inventoried party wagon contents. o Assisted the Recreation Department with Turkey Shoot — unpacked cutouts and supplies, loaded and unloaded party wagon, stored cut -outs and supplies. o Core aerated football and soccer fields. o Top dressed football and soccer field wear areas. o Fertilized approximately 43 acres of irrigated athletic fields and turf. o Watered spring planted trees and shrubs. o Removed dock at Country Lakes Park. o Removed soccer nets and goals from fields. o Assisted the Environmental Coordinator o Burned prairie restoration sites in Stoneybrook (4.5 acres) and Foxborough (2.5 acres) Developments. o Staked boulevard trees. o Buckthorn control. o NPDES inspection and compliance. o Public Service maintenance yard — cleanup and organize.