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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING, APRIL 19, 1983 -3- '5, PARKS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT - Continued: Parks Survey - The Council reviewed the proposed survey that will Be Tsent to all City residents. Ed Nielsen said the intent of the survey is to determine how many residents know where the City parks are, what is offered at each and what facilities they use. May need to develop a pamphlet to better inform and'familiarize residents with the park system. --Eder - survey may be too open, too general. Park Bond Issue identified certain uses for each park that should considered before anticipating alternate suggestions. --Fraser - recommended using an alternate distribution method for the survey other than the City Newsletter. Suggested that survey list activities presently provided in each park and survey which ones are used. Question 4_- suggested wording ask what other activities would be desirable in each park; and delete ItemssV. &_'G. (City owned Swimming Pool and Public Swimming on Lake Elmo). Question 5. - no purpose in making inquiries about the Regional Park - this is not City territory. Question 6. Does not feel this is a question residents can answer. --Ed Nielsen - concurred with several of the suggestions. The Commission will review the suggestions and redraft the survey. 6. MAINTENANCE FOREMAN - DAVE WISDORF: A. Weed Sprayer - Because the cost to contract weed spraying($600) on park trails, Widdorf recommended that the City purchase its own weed sprayer for $450. It could be pulled behind the Cub tractor and could be also used at Lions Park to fertilize. M/S/'P Morgan/'Mazzara to approve the purchase of a Weed Sprayer based on the inspection of the equipment by the Maintenance Foreman. Carried 5-0. B. Civil DefenseRadio Connection to Fire Department - For the purpose of communication between the Maintenance Foreman, who is also Civil Defense Director, and the Fire Department during a Civil Defense or natural disaster emergency, Wisdorf and the Fire Chief, Bruce Kuettner, proposed modifying the Fire Department radios to carry the Maintenance Department radio frequency. Cost for this modification is $2,624.17 with funds appropriated from the Equipment Reserves of both departments. Wisdorf further explained how the equipment would be modified. --Bill Eder - Firefighter - noted that the Fire Department would like an open channel (presently, they share a channel with the Washington County Sheriff Department)in order to increase communication between firefighters at'. -a Fire scene. Could communicate with more people if it were just a Lake Elmo Channel. --Morgan - concerned about the cost. Suggested purchasing one radio for the Eire Department that would provide communication between the Maintenance Department and Fire Department. --Whittaker - could modify the Fire Department Base. This would permit the Fire Department to have communication - with the Maintenance Department and would cost about $200.