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4111 MEMO TO: Mounds . e ,Parks and Recreation Commission <br /> FROM: Staff \. <br /> DATE: Septe er '24 , 1985 <br /> RE: September 1985 Staff Report <br /> The following items are issues that do not require Commission <br /> action but will hopefully provide a better update as to recent <br /> issues and activities that have occurred within our department. <br /> 1 . Groveland Park Picnic . The Groveland Park Picnic was held on <br /> September 7 , 1985 with over 200 local neighbors attending <br /> this annual affair . The picnic included a volleyball tourna- <br /> ment, neighborhood games, bingo , kids carnival , as well as <br /> youth and adult races. This is one of the annual fundraisers <br /> for the Groveland Park Foundation and they raised over $900 <br /> for park development at this year ' s picnic . The park main- <br /> tenance crew worked long hours to complete the Groveland Park <br /> tot lot for the picnic and had about 75 percent of the unit <br /> complete prior to Saturday' s picnic . This was actually a <br /> major accomplishment, as the major pieces didn' t arrive until <br /> Friday, September 6. <br /> 1110 2. Community Education . Staff has been elected to serve as the <br /> secretary of the Mounds View School District Community Educa- <br /> tion Advisory Council . The Community Education Advisory <br /> Council is actively involved in reviewing current Community <br /> Education programs, as well as determining how we can best <br /> involve the 77 percent of the School District that currently <br /> does not have school age children in education/recreation <br /> oriented programs. One of the major undertakings our commit- <br /> tee is reviewing is to determine whether a School District- <br /> wide policy should be adopted insisting that youth volunteer <br /> coaches receive some type of training prior to using any <br /> School District or municipal facilities. <br /> 3. Mowing bid. Bids for the purchase of a 72 inch mowing unit <br /> and turf sweeper were opened on Thursday, September 19, 1985 <br /> with bids received from both John Deere and Toro. The bids <br /> will be reviewed and a formal recommendation made to the City <br /> Council at the next council agenda session on October 7, <br /> 1985. The bids were extremely favorable and we look forward <br /> to the new equipment coming on board. <br /> 4 . Community Theater Production. We had an extremely positive <br /> run with "Oklahoma" during the month of August, as we played <br /> to over 2, 400 people . It appears from preliminary figures, <br /> that we may have not only broken even, but made a profit of <br /> $3,000 - $4 , 000 . <br /> 111 <br />