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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 January 25, 2011 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor SUBJECT: Spring 2010 — January 25 -, 2011 Park Maintenance Update 2010 was a challenging year maintenance wise. With the loss of most seasonal staff and the two weeks of imposed furloughs, getting things done in a timely manner definitely was difficult at times. Throw in a couple of storm events (July and October) and a real winter with lots of snow and snow events and it should become apparent that the last year has definitely kept us busy. A quick summary of maintenance activity from April 2010 through the present. Spring • Landscape beds — The last few years we have acquired a large number of perennial and shrub beds throughout the city. Median beds at Lake Drive (between Town Center Parkway and Apollo Drive), County Road 14 (between Otter Lake Road and Elm Crest) and the Legacy site have added over 50 new beds that we are required to maintain. Each spring we clean the beds and apply a pre- emergent chemical to reduce weed seed germination. Throughout the summer we spot treat with Glyphosate to kill the weeds not controlled by the pre- emergent. Many of these beds are irrigated so repairs are necessary from time to time. One thing that we will have to do in the future is to top dress the beds with fresh mulch. • Spring irrigation system start ups and repairs. • Spring field layouts, painting and daily game preparation. • Marshan Park building landscaping. With the new windows and siding installed in the fall of 2009 we thought we needed to upgrade the planting around the building. Many old shrubs were either removed or moved to a new location. Beds were re- edged, new shrubs installed and fresh mulch applied. • • Spring fertilizer applied to all irrigated turf. • Mowing, trimming and garbage collection as needed. • Fire Station landscaping — Work involved tree and stump removal, removal of old rock mulch, bed preparation including installation of concrete edger border, installation of new