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Home My WebLink About04/04/2005 Park Board OtherLino 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 1, 2005 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Rick De Gardner, Public Services Director SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Items Even though the April Park Board meeting has been canceled, there is some information I want to pass along to the Park Board members: Birch Street Trail Project - The City Council approved the plans and specifications, and authorized the advertising for bids at the March 28th City Council meeting. I anticipate that the City Council will award the contract at the May 9th City Council meeting. Construction should commence sometime this summer. Rice Lake Estates Park Update - We have finally come to an acceptable resolution with the City of Circle Pines. They have committed to installing new playground equipment at Baldwin Park this summer. In addition, a full court basketball court will be considered during the master planning process that is currently underway. Attached is a copy of the letter that has been sent to all Rice Lake Estates residents. Parks Update - Attached is the monthly Parks Update for March. Recreation Update - Attached is the monthly Recreation Update for March. Have a good April!!!! 4/1/2005 J: \Ricks Folder \Park Board \Park Board Letter 4- 05.doc Lino Lakes Public Services Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino - lakes.mn.us April 1, 2005 To: Rice Lakes Estates Resident Fr: Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director RE: Park Update want to give residents in the Rice Lake Estates development an update regarding the park situation. The City of Circle Pines is in the process of developing a master plan for Baldwin Park. An initial meeting of the City of Circle Pines Task Force was held earlier this month to begin the master planning process. Ms. Cathy Broberg, a Rice Lake Estates resident, is a member of the task force. Circle Pines staff has scheduled several public meetings to gather input, review concept plans, and formulate a final master plan for Baldwin Park. The City of Circle Pines Park Board is scheduled to review the final master plan on June 7th. To expedite the installation of the playground equipment, the City of Circle Pines has agreed to begin the process of soliciting bids, etc., so the public can review and comment on the proposals prior to adoption of the final master plan. Residents are invited to review the proposals on Thursday, May 19th• 6:30pm at Circle Pines City Hall (200 Civic Heights Circle). It is the intent of Circle Pines staff to place an order for the playground equipment by May 23rd Assuming 5 -7 weeks for delivery and installation, we hope the new playground structure will be available for use by early July. In addition, we have also expressed our desire to Circle Pines staff that a full size basketball court be incorporated in the master plan for Baldwin Park. Circle Pines staff has indicated that they expect that the area behind the well house will be graded within the next few weeks. The plan is to restore the area with native grasses. hope you have an enjoyable spring!! 4/1/2005 J: \Ricks Folder \Parks Division \Neighborhood Parks \Rice Lake Estates Park letter to residents.doc Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department O F 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino- lakes.mn.us • March 25, 2005 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor SUBJECT: March 2005 Maintenance Update Park maintenance activity during the month of March has included: ❖ Ordered field maintenance supplies (chalk, turface, paint). ❖ Ordered turf maintenance supplies (fertilizer, seed, herbicide). ❖ Assisted Public Works with snow plowing as needed. ❖ Cleaned bases and base boxes, painted bases. ❖ Inventoried party wagon contents for restocking. ❖ Attended shade tree short course. ❖ Interviewed and hired summer seasonal employees. ❖ Assembled four park benches. ❖ Mounted memorial plaque to Birchwood Acres Park bench. ❖ Prepped wood duck and bluebird houses for spring. ❖ Measured soccer areas to determine field sizes and locations for 05 season. ❖ Tunnel maintenance at Rice Lake Elementary School. ❖ Cleaned and organized park buildings. ❖ Converted all three point hitch equipment to quick attach style. ❖ Equipment changeover — convert groundsmaster from snow blower to lawn mower. ❖ Completed pruning along city trails. ❖ Tree trimming of all city parks as needed. • Disease and hazard tree removal from city parks. (Sunrise 5 trees, Country Lakes 5 trees, Woods of Baldwin Lake 4 trees, and Fawn Lane Trail 4 trees). • Resided time clock trailer at City Hall Maintenance Shop. Those are the major highlights for March. See you in April! sw /parkbrd/Mike /March 2005 Park Update.doc ae Kwon Do Program Lino Lakes parks and Recreation Department program 1- iiQhlights- March park Ucard Update YOUTH Youth Instructional: Our youth instructional programs have finished for the winter season. Spring season classes are just starting (i.e. Fastpitch) or will be starting in early or mid April. We currently have 20 participants in the Fastpitch Pitching program. Field Trips: Two of our three spring break field trips were held - Amazing Friday on March 25 and Adventurous Thursday on March 31. Both had very high numbers, which was quite a surprise for us since we have had trouble lately getting our trips to go due to lack of registrations. Forty -eight kids registered forAmazing Friday and 43 registered for Adventurous Thursday. ADULT 5- Player Basketball: The season just completed. We sent two teams to the State Class D Men's Basketball Tournament - Gym Rats and Corporate Raiders. The Gym Rats placed fifth out of 48 teams in the Class D Tournament. Season stats: Skadtl - Regular Season Champions, Gym Rats - Play -off Champions. Community Outings: Registration is starting to pick up again for our adult outings. We think the weather is a big factor with registration for these trips. Many older adults do not like to go out in the winter, but now that the weather is nicer we are seeing an increase in numbers again. -Rec Indoor Soccer: This league starts March 16. We have 9 teams participating in the league this year. Fitness: Our fitness attendance numbers are slowly increasing, proving that our increased marketing efforts have been effective. We hope that the numbers will continue to increase and that our once strong following will return. Increased marketing to this group will continue over the next couple of seasons. Open Volleyball and Open Basketball: These programs recently ended. We averaged 25 -30 participants a night for each program. Softball: Leagues are filling for the Spring /Summer season. Monday night Men's is full, Wednesday night Men's has three spots available, Thursday night Men's has five spots available and Sunday Co -Rec has six spots available. The season is set to begin on Sunday, April 24. RECREATION REVIEW & EMIUI4Y MENT Recreation Review: Work is just beginning on the summer edition of the Recreation Review. It is scheduled to be in homes the last week of May. The majority of our summer programs were, however, advertised in our spring edition. This edition will include our popular Fall Soccer and Fall Football programs. Employment: Interviews are currently taking place for our summer positions. We received, and continue to receive, a great number of applications. At this time over 40 interviews have been scheduled. We hope to have all applicants interviewed and hiring decisions Sde by mid April. Questions? Please call Liz Benoit or Brian Hronski at 651- 982 -2440. 1Tap and Eia et Program,