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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 April 30, 2008 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor SUBJECT: April Parks Maintenance Update Maintenance activities during an extremely busy April have included the following: • Garbage collection at all parks. In addition, many of our parks were cleaned up by volunteer groups as part of the Earth Day celebration. Their efforts are greatly appreciated. • Equipment maintenance and preparation for spring. Picked up mowers from water towers (winter storage), convert Groundsmaster from winter machine to mower, service and prepared all mowers for spring. Prepared JD4100 tractor for field grooming. Inspected and serviced all trailers, weed whips and leaf blowers. • Conducted prescribed burns at Town Center, Behms Park, and Centennial Middle School. • Continued structural pruning of young park trees. • Inspected all athletic fields. • Athletic field layout: - Layout of 10 soccer fields. - Layout of one lacrosse field. - Layout and grooming of 15 ballfields. - Soccer fields are in the process of being painted. Goals and nets should be in place by the end of the week. • Assisted with Earth Day: - Delivered and picked up picnic tables and popcorn popper to Wargo Nature Center. - Picked up trash bags that were filled by volunteers. • Swept trails, Rice Lake Elementary tunnel, debris from turf adjacent to parking lots, ballfield infield/outfield edges. • Irrigation startups — filled systems with water, checked for leaks, line breaks (have not completed all systems). • Shop work — organized parks loft areas. Fabricated hard hat rack, weed whip rack, and hand tool rack. • Pumped water from Clearwater Creek Park playground. • Snow plowing as needed (parking lots and sidewalks). • Building maintenance — painted Sunrise Park interior and bathrooms at Marshan Park. • Pheasant Hills boardwalk — ramped up class 5 at both ends, bituminous will be installed later this spring/summer.