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1 | Page Item No. 6B M E M O R A N D U M To: Parks & Recreation & Forestry Commissioners From: Don Peterson – Public Works Director Date: August 22, 2019 RE: Public Works Staff Report _______________________________________________________________________________ The following is a synopsis of recent activities and events of the Public Works Department. Maintenance Staff worked on the following items this last month: • Staining Park signs • Weeding Park Signs • Trail Trimming at Silver View Park • Add new Wood Fiber Chips to Silver View and Hillview play grounds • City Hall Park, Playground/ Splash Pad, site cleanup, irrigation repairs, sodding, seeding, training on operations, testing of water daily. • Festival in the Park preparation, Tree pruning, trail trimming, wood chip island, weed spraying and removal in entire park, line painting for car show, pick up supplies, lights, tables, chairs, sweeping of lots. • Mowing • Ball Filed prep as needed • Forestry Staff worked on the following items this last month: • Cut 2 large hazards from Silverview Park, had a third cut by contractor. Other pruning throughout Silverview, including around parking lot for Festival in the Park. More standing dead trees close to trail to be removed this winter. • Watering trees continues. • City-wide tree disease survey is underway. It should be wrapped up by 8/26/19. I’ll be marking more ash trees this year than last year. • It’s been a wet year. This has contributed to more oak issues that can be confused with oak wilt. The situation is not as bad as it looks; most of these trees should look fine in the spring. • Wood chipping and tree maintenance when time allows The following projects are planned this year. Current updates are in black text, and updates from the previous two month period are in grey. Silver View Park Relocate Disc Golf Course: • Ramsey County started tree removal along County Road I and Silver View Road in order to re-profile the draining ditch on the North and West side of the park. Public Works Staff has received numerous calls with concerns and complaints on the tree removal. • Ramsey County continues to work in re-profiling the draining ditch along County Road I and Silver View Road, located in Silver View Park.