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tr h Y _'' q t = ,: Next page, Mr. Stigney stated process 89, second sentence says that would have been (change depleted to) completed. Motion/Second: Stigney/Coughlin. To approve the minutes of February 22, 1999, with the said corrections. Ayes - 4. Nays-O. 4. SPECIAL BUSINESS REPORTS Mr. Marty stated Rick Wriskey, City Forester, came to speak about some of the things he does in the City and some of the plans he has for our Community Center, and also the realignment of Edgewood. He wanted to see about moving some of the shavings from the trees that have been planted out here and relocating them. We can't save them all,but we can try to save some of them. They are going to be doing planting and landscaping. They do it in the spring and fall. They are going to be planting on the north side of the Community Center in late April. This is not on the landscape plan, but it is something that he is going to be probably trying to work in. To have the City Forester do the planning and landscaping, this is a cost savings of 80-90% off what a landscaping company would charge. In the Park and Recreation area, we are trying to see about looking to installing two outdoor half court basketball courts at the Community Center. We checked into this and right now we got a bid of about$4500 each to install. That's with the pavement,backboard and paving. It seemed this was a fair and reasonable price. They are also looking in to getting safety bases for adult softball. First base is orange. Apparently four or five years ago there was somebody who was injured pretty badly and it is going to be just on the outside of a base, so they don't have to worry about a collision, or sliding in. At the April 17, and 18, Sports Federation is having a volleyball tournament over in our Community Center. For people who wanted to find out how the Mounds View Matters is delivered. We had a number of residents said they have not received them. This summer,they have a proposed day camp set up for mid-June and mid-August, for kids that are ages five to nine. They are going to be doing swimming, field trips, and sports activities. This spring they have an outreach for spring,Upward Bound. This is for kids grades four to six,who are recommended by their teachers and they may need a little more guidance. Because of this, it is funded, so it is at no cost to the City. It is a way to help out some kids. Right now,they are having an open gym on weekends and they are having 30 to 40 kids show up each time, so that seems to be already pretty well intended. Since we are probably going to be doing away with Woodcrest with the proposed wetland site, we are going to look into about possibly moving that playground from there to (Brandon)Park, instead of just scrapping it, because (Brandon) Park is the only other park we have on the south side of Highway 10,and the equipment we have there now is primarily for very