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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 October 30, 2007 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor SUBJECT: October Maintenance Update Thankfully the rains have stopped for the last week or so and we are able to get on some of our soggy soccer and football fields. Maintenance activities during October have included the following: • Lino Park — as I stated last month the extremely wet weather has really delayed progress at Lino Park. Our initial seeding was delayed three weeks and then heavy rains the week of October lst washed much of the seed away as well as creating numerous washouts along the trails. The site finally dried up enough to work it October 10th and we were able to regrade, retill, and reseed the site by October 12. We also installed two pallets of sod in erosion prone areas to help stabilize top soil. The October 12 seeding is a full five weeks later than we had hoped to seed. What this means is that the young seedlings that have begun to grow are at great risk to be lost to a hard freeze this fall or desiccation during the winter. We are anticipating having to heavily over seed or possibly reseed next spring based on the amount of winterkill we experience. I am hoping for a long warm fall. • Finally fall soccer and football programs have ended (October 28). We are currently in the process of trying to undo the damage that has been done. Nets and goals are coming off the fields. We are core aerating, topdressing and over seeding wear areas on these fields. • Irrigation system blowouts are nearing completion with only Clearwater Creek, Birchwood Acres, and Lino Park remaining to be winterized. • I anticipate this week (October 29 — November 2) to be our final full mowing cycle. We will probably have to mow a few sites after this week but this should be the last cut of the season for many of our parks. • Sunrise Park — the warming house has been the target of vandalism recently. Roof vents and chimney caps have been torn off or smashed three times from October 6 thru October 14. We think they have been accessing the roof by climbing on a cage we built around our gas meter and irrigation pipes. This cage has been replaced by a more vandal resistant design and the roof vents have been repaired, hopefully for the last time. Police have increased evening patrols also.