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Item No. 10 Staff Report No. III Meeting Date: April 6. 1998 Type of Business: WIC WIC:Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members From: Mary Saarion, Director of Parks, Recreation &.Forestry Item Title/Subject: Quarterly Report - Proposal for School District Date of Report: April 2, 1998 The Mounds View School District is looking into options and opportunities to contract school grounds maintenance services to other entities. The School District does not have the manpower, expertise nor equipment to upkeep school grounds and athletic fields. Carl Colmark, Director of Finance, Facilities and Operations has requested the cities of Arden Hills, Mounds View, New Brighton and Shoreview to provide the School District with a proposal to maintain athletic field areas for schools within their city boundaries. The City of Mounds View has two schools, Pinewood Elementary and Edgewood Middle School. The athletic field areas of these two schools is estimated at 16 acres. •mewood School fields have under-developed turf areas including one field that has been"let go", one larger softball/baseball field with a full infield and one small grass infield baseball field. These areas are used as multi-purpose areas for school track, soccer and other activities of the physical education department. For years the water runoff from the school building and surrounding paved areas washout out field soils and grasses. As a result, there is poor soils and little grass on much of the field areas. There is no irrigation which makes seeding and turf establishment difficult. Because Pinewood School athletic fields are not in high demand by community group athletic organizations, improvements to the field area is probably not a priority at this time. Maintenance proposed for Pinewood School grounds is proposed for regular maintenance. Edgewood Middle School on the other hand has irrigated fields which are used for Irondale High School competitive athletic leagues including baseball, fast-pitch softball, soccer and football. Because of the high level of competition, irrigation and community use and demand, these athletic fields have high priority for maintenance which requires a high quality maintenance program. The proposal offers a total turf management program to re-vitalize Edgewood Middle School athletic fields. The School District has indicated that this would be a program that they would be in favor of. This proposal is scheduled to be presented and reviewed by the School District in a few weeks. Staff invites questions or concerns from the Mayor and City Council before this proposal is provided to the School District.