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September: <br />➢ Painted Sunrise Park building exterior. <br />➢ Assisted Environmental Coordinator with Oak Wilt control (50 hours of vibratory <br />plowing). <br />➢ Repaired irrigation and seeded north end of Birch Park. (area was used as a temp. road <br />for hauling fill from east to development to the south. Developer was supposed to <br />restore, developer did not). <br />➢ Installed tree guards on young trees prone to deer damage. (antler rubs) <br />➢ Fertilized approximately 45 acres of athletic fields and irrigated turf. <br />➢ Core aerified and over seeded wear areas at school sites and park locations. <br />➢ Tear -off and re -roof buildings at Sunrise, Birch and Marshan Parks. All sustained storm <br />damage from Memorial Day storm. All work was contracted. <br />October: <br />➢ Ball field renovation — tilled infields and warning tracks. <br />➢ Irrigation blowouts and winterization. We now maintain 20 systems, 14 of which we <br />winterized ourselves, 6 sites are contracted. <br />➢ Installed approximately 180' of chain link fencing along east side of Rice Lake <br />Elementary. People were not crossing West Shadow Lake Drive at the crosswalk. A <br />couple of near miss accidents prompted the action. <br />➢ Installed two concrete pads and park benches at Sunrise Park playground. <br />➢ Weeded median beds at County Road 14 (east side near Hugo). Approximately 20 man <br />hours. <br />➢ Removed nets and goals from soccer fields. <br />➢ Athletic field repairs and over seeding. <br />➢ Trail repairs at Rice Lake Elementary. <br />➢ Fabricated, painted and installed window grates on Birch Park building. <br />➢ Clearwater Creek — installed emergency overflow swale in northeast corner of the park. <br />Cut and hauled fill, shaped swale and sodded. <br />November: <br />➢ Completed over seeding of athletic fields. <br />➢ Equipment maintenance, winterization and storage. <br />➢ Winter equipment preparation. <br />➢ Primed and painted hockey goals. <br />➢ Assisted Recreation Department with Family Turkey Shoot — repairs, loaded and <br />unloaded trailers, stored for season. <br />➢ Removed hazardous tree branch overhanging trail. (near Stagecoach Trail). <br />➢ Assisted with prairie burns. <br />➢ Removed dock at Country Lakes Park. <br />Those are the major highlights from the last seven months. It's time to get back to a monthly <br />update starting in December. I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving. <br />sw /parkbd /mike /December 2008 Park Maintenance Update.doc <br />