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Long -Term Financial Plan <br />Page Twenty <br />options for working parents. Other such programs will <br />be pursued as needed. The basic program of activities <br />will continue. A dilema of the recreation division <br />currently is the ability to serve our residents as well <br />as non-residents who want to participate. Conflicts <br />have risen in scheduling and facility useage. <br />Therefore, is it a goal of the recreation division to <br />recommend a policy for resident versus non-resident <br />service resulting in fairness and equity for Mounds View <br />residents. <br />The goal of the Forestry Department is to continue <br />disease control and the reforestation of green areas and <br />beautification of parks. In past years many small trees <br />were planted. Currently and in the future, fewer but <br />larger trees will be planted. This division has <br />limitations due to the contracting of a Forester's <br />position for two days per week. <br />It is recommended that two designed parks maintenance <br />employees, supervised by the Public Works Foremand and <br />directed by the Parks, Recreation and Forestry <br />Department Director, be given primary park maintenance <br />tasks except when other City emergencies require the <br />services of the parks crew. It is also recommended that <br />four temporary, full-time park maintenance workers be <br />hired during the winter months of December - February. <br />Likewise, it is suggested that additional staff be used <br />for parks projects when necessary. <br />