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C1TY A‘ OF 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 2, 2008 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor SUBJECT: February and March park Maintenance Update Maintenance activity during the months of February and March includes: • Rink maintenance — Rinks were officially opened on December 15 and our last maintenance was performed on March 4th. This is by far the longest skating season we've experienced in the last 15 years. • Remove goals from rinks — Goals and nets were then evaluated for condition, nets were removed and goal frames were repaired. Goals will be painted before next season and many will receive new nets. • Building maintenance — Bathrooms and shelters have been cleaned, garbage cans emptied and rubber mats rolled up and stored for the season. ■ Sunrise warming house — Interior walls and ceiling have been painted. • Equipment maintenance and repairs — Chain saws, line painter, weed whips, etc have been maintained and repaired. • Tunnel maintenance at Rice Lake Elementary School — The tunnel has become a maintenance headache again this spring. As always, snow melting from the south side of Birch Street runs into the tunnel where it is supposed to run through the tunnel to the north and then drain into a ditch on the west side. A couple of problems with this scenario: First, as the snow melt enters the tunnel it begins to refreeze as the temperature inside the shaded tunnel is considerably colder than the temperature on the south facing slope. Second, the north facing slope on the north side of Birch Street melts at a much slower rate than the south side which often causes any runoff that does make it to the north to be dammed up at the end of the tunnel. Well enough complaining, when the tunnel is slippery we sand; when the ice is soft we scrape it out with our Toolcat, when there is 4" of water on the north end we chisel a trench to allow it to drain. Job security I guess. Well let's move on. • Assisted the Streets Department with snow removal as needed. ■ Purchased siding and windows for Birch Park. We plan to complete the exterior and painting before the summer playground program begins. • Secured storage space in track building at Centennial Middle School (CMS), then moved all football blocking dummies from Marshan Park building to CMS storage. • Prepped wood duck boxes for spring nesting. In 2007, 33 out of our 52 boxes successfully hatched approximately 185 ducklings • Organized recreation supplies at Marshan Park building.