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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 8 June 28, 2011 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor SUBJECT: February 2011 — June 2011 A quick recap of the maintenance activities: February 2011 • Snow Removal — Streets, parking lots, cul -de -sacs and city trails. • Rink Maintenance — Daily sweeping, blowing, shoveling and flooding of four hockey and three pleasure rinks • Equipment Maintenance March 2011 • Park Tree Pruning — Canopy raising and structural pruning of young and established shade trees. • Birch Park Fire (Insurance Claim) — We were involved with some of the initial cleanup. A contractor was hired for the repairs and restoration. Building has been fully restored and is currently hosting summer playground program. April 2011 • Sunrise Park Shelter — As you know, the roof of Sunrise Shelter #2 was damaged in a storm last summer Sunrise Shelter #1 was already suffering from old age (30+ years) and a leaky roof. As a result it was decided to remove both shelters and replace with one larger modern shelter. Work performed included: o Removed roof panels — Shelter #1. o Removed damaged Box elder tree next to Shelter #1. o Removed existing concrete slabs and shelter frames from #1 and #2. o Restored and seeded area around Shelter #2. • Blow Trails — Used new Buffalo Blower to blow debris (sand, sticks, leaves) off city trails. • Stump ground and restore 20+ stumps located at various parks. • Ash tree removal and replacement with the impending threat of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) looming on the horizon staff has been working on a preparedness plan for EAB. Part of the plan calls for removal of younger, smaller diameter trees as well as older, larger diameter trees with defects.