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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 29, 2007 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor SUBJECT: November Parks Maintenance Update Maintenance activities during the month of November have included the following: • Completed all mowing. Mowers have been thoroughly cleaned, serviced and stored for the winter or had mowers removed and winter attachments installed. • Final garbage collection until spring. All cans have been emptied throughout the park system. • Completed irrigation system blowouts. • Equipment winterization and winter equipment preparation. In addition to the mowers mentioned earlier, a lot of other equipment needs to be winterized and stored or prepped for winter use. Our JD 6410 gets a plow hung on it in the winter and is used to clear parking lots and plow cul -de -sacs. Our JD 5525 gets an 8' angle broom attached to it and is used to sweep sidewalks and hockey rinks. All plows and snow blowers are hooked up and run prior to the first snow to ensure everything is operating properly. • Assist Recreation Department with Family Turkey Shoot and moving supplies from Town Center to Marshan storage building. • Assisted Streets Department with tree removal along Pine Street. • Delivered and spread approximately 60 cubic yards of rec -step to Clearwater Creek Park tot lot. • Removed dock from Country Lakes Park. • Graffiti removed from Brandywood Park playground. • Athletic field projects: - top dressed and over - seeded wear areas on football and soccer fields - spread ballfield Red Rock to infields on Sunrise #1 and #2. • Heavy Duty Attachment Rack installed (48'L x 8 1/2' H x 4' W) inside our outdoor storage yard. The rack holds approximately 18 skid steer and tractor attachments and all are easily accessible. In the past you would sometimes have to move 2 -3 attachments to get to the one you needed. The rack will keep things much more organized and allow us to hook up much faster. • Pheasant Hills Trail Update — much has happened here since last month's update. Tree and brush clearing has been completed. Stumps along the proposed trail route were removed. The abandoned section of trail was milled on site with the millings being used as base material for the new trail. A geotextile fabric was placed under the base material to help stabilize the trail. Additional loads of crushed limerock were hauled in for base material. The trail has been graded and compacted. All disturbed areas have been