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• • Park Board Meeting - November 4, 2002 Minutes with Santa event reached its capacity of 200 individuals on September 30 - the earliest its ever filled. Due to this early fill date, the City added an additional 20 spots. As of September 29, 2002, only four of the newly added spots remained. Rick added the City is currently working on the winter brochure and is due in homes the last week of November. Pam asked where the Breakfast with Santa event will be held. Rick advised the event will be held at St. Joseph's Church. PARKS DEPARTMENT UPDATE: Rick reviewed a memo from Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor, which summarizes the maintenance highlights for October 2002. Rick noted maintenance activities have included mowing of all park areas, completed irrigation system blowouts, a chain saw safety training, and the ordering of plant material for spring 2003. Rick noted a number of young trees have been vandalized (snapped off) at several parks. Replacements have been ordered. Pat stated he frequently sees kids in parks swinging golf clubs at the trees. PROJECT UPDATES: Clearwater Creek Park - Rick advised in order to create better soils and to establish healthy turf, approximately 1500 cubic yards of peat was delivered to the park area. The peat was spread throughout the park and chisel plowed. As soon as the weather cooperates, a netavator will be used to till the peat and mix a couple inches of subsurface clay with the imported peat. The park area will then be surveyed and final graded. Depending upon the completion of the above work, the park area will either be dormant seeded yet this fall or seeded next spring. The trails and basketball court will be paved next spring. The remaining landscaping was recently completed. The gazebo roof panels, beams and rails have been painted and installed. Electrical service will be run to the gazebo next spring. Highland Meadows Park - Rick advised the development of Highland Meadows Park has seen tremendous progress the past few months. All onsite earthwork including stripping of the vegetative growth and grading work have been completed. One thousand cubic yards of topsoil was imported, spread, and graded throughout the entire park area. All asphalt work including the installation of trails and a half court basketball court, as well as concrete work including the play area curbing, picnic table pads, and park bench pads were also completed. 5