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• Chuck and I attended a League Legislative up-date meeting this week. In addition to the review of new laws, we determined Mounds View would be receiving approximately $14,085 in Performance Aid in 1997 (the City's HACA will be reduced by $1 per capita to help fund Performance Aid distributions). The future of this bill is still very unclear. Dawn • An advertisement for the Cable TV Technician/Producer was placed in Sunday, April 14th publication of the Star Tribune. Position announcements were also distributed to several local communities, technical colleges and the North Suburban Cable Commission. The application deadline for the Cable TV Technician/Producer position was Friday, April 26, 1996. Out of the nine applications received, five candidates met the minimum qualifications. Interviews are scheduled for Wednesday, May 15, 1996 and will be conducted by Chuck Whiting, Mary Saarion, Dale Irving, Jerry Skelly, Sr. and myself. • I have completed first quarter recycling tonnage reports for 1996. As the reports indicate, recycling tonnage has increased significantly compared to first quarter of 1995. Glass and newspaper are the most significant materials to increase for curbside recycling. Lynnette PARKS, RECREATION AND FORESTRY PARKS: • The Parks and Recreation Commission visited Woodcrest Park last Thursday to discuss alternatives for the park. The Commission would like to try community gardens at this park, near the east side. Woodcrest Park is very conducive to nature/passive recreational activity because of the natural setting of the park. Rice Creek Watershed has indicated that the park at one time was probably a wetland similar to its abutting property. The water table is very high, material very boggy and peaty and the movement of the soils prevent quality use of the grassland for athletic fields. Therefore, the Commission is proposing that the City prepare gardening plots. While it is late in the season for advertising garden plots, City staff will use this season to establish the plots with tilling, compost and provision of garden watering with anticipation that next Winter information will be provided for garden plot reservations. ♦ Mary was married this past weekend. He is taking a few days off this week, and all next week. Mary has been working so many additional days and hours during this Spring athletic season - holding several coaches training for Irondale Baseball League, Umpires meetings, managers meetings, etc. We hope that he comes back refreshed after his Caribbean Cruise honeymoon.