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Item No. 6B <br /> MEMORANDUM MOUNDS �EW <br /> PUBLIC WORK S <br /> To: Parks & Recreation & Forestry Commissioners <br /> From: Pete Szurek— Public Works Superintendent <br /> Date: February 21,2024 <br /> RE: Public Works Staff Report <br /> The following is a synopsis of recent activities and events of the Public Works Department. <br /> Staff worked on the following items since February 1, 2024; <br /> Parks Maintenance <br /> • Ice rink flooding each morning M-F pending weather and holidays. Stopped flooding first <br /> week of February 2024 <br /> • Trash and litter pick up along Mounds View Dr. trails <br /> • Parts ordering for Splash Pad <br /> • Splash chemical room: shelving install, tank hook ups, fan installation, air exchange <br /> installation, water pipe plumbing & installation, eye wash installation. <br /> • Hauling park pruning debris <br /> • Three controlled buckthorn and dead fall burns at Silverview Park <br /> • Around 63,000 square feet of buckthorn and deadfall cleared at Silverview <br /> • Spring turf management meetings and chemical ordering <br /> • Spring supply ordering <br /> • Education and training <br /> Forestry <br /> Staff worked on the following items this last month: <br /> • Resident phone consults and site visits, daily <br /> • Contractor meets and calls <br /> • Buckthorn removal at Silverview Park West of the soccer field. <br /> • Some boulevard pruning <br /> • Controlled burn piles monitoring <br /> • Down to 5 properties not removing marked 2023 diseased trees <br /> • Education training <br /> 11Page <br />