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get the most out of the City Hall computer network and Twin City FREENET. Don is out of the country. Mary prepared accounts payable this week. She cleaned up a lot of loose ends so that when the audit is completely finished she can devote her time to pushing out 1994 & 1995 financial reports for the department heads. In case you didn't know yet; Don Brager is out of the country. CONGRATULATIONS AND OUR BEST WISHES TO TIM. WE WILL MISS YOU. Mary Tatarek ( PARKS, RECREATION AND FORESTRY PARKS: * I met with Zack Hansen, Fawzi and members of Ramsey County Master Gardeners at Ardan Park to discuss landscaping schemes for the compost facility of Ardan Park. This is a 1995 goal of the Parks and Recreation Commission, to plan a co-existing park design for both passive park use and composting services. The compost facility currently is unsightly and detracts from the beauty of the park. Therefore, Ramsey County has agreed to pursue landscaping designs which will screen the compost facility to enhance the park aesthetics. * Rick Wriskey, Steve Dazenski, Mary Johnson and I met with Gene Wagner, President of the Silver Lake Woods Homeowners Association regarding the screening of softballs from field number 2. I have received calls from Emmett Johnson again regarding homerun softballs extending past the outfield fence, rolling past the berm to their homes. Because their request for extended fencing or netting or instant landscaping has not come to fruition, there is inadequate resources for successful conclusion to this problem. One thing that we can do and have done is placement of snow fencing on top of the berm in hopes of snagging long hit balls that end up on the berm. However, the homeowners do no like the appearance of this temporary fencing. The Association continues to ask me why fencing cannot be installed and my reply continues to be "no funding". They continually ask me to keep fighting for this cause. I have informed them that it is beyond my authority, since it is a capital budget item that requires Council approval. I am afraid that we are at a stand still in the situation.