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Item No. 6B <br /> MEMORANDUM MOUNDS VIEW <br /> PUBLIC WORKS <br /> To: Parks & Recreation & Forestry Commissioners <br /> From: Pete Szurek— Public Works Superintendent <br /> Date: July 24,2024 <br /> RE: Public Works Staff Report <br /> The following is a synopsis of recent activities and events of the Public Works Department. <br /> (2 fulltime Park Workers, Arborist and 4 seasonal workers)worked on the following items since July 1, <br /> 2024; <br /> Parks Maintenance <br /> • Weekly cutting and painting of soccer, lacrosse and ball field lines <br /> • Daily Ballfield game preparations <br /> • Splash Pad daily maintenance <br /> • Several irrigation system repairs and assessments <br /> • Mower maintenance <br /> • Finished first round of nonselective weed spraying at most parks <br /> • Completed broadleaf spraying at all parks excluding no spray areas for pollinators <br /> • Annual fire extinguisher inspections and certification at all park buildings <br /> • Right to Know training for all seasonal workers <br /> • Mowing, whipping and trash clean up at all parks <br /> • Ordering playground tamarack fiber fill for most playgrounds <br /> Forestry <br /> Staff worked on the following items this last month: <br /> • Resident phone consults and site visits, daily (Responded to dozens and dozens of calls and <br /> emails) <br /> • Contractor meets and calls <br /> • Buck thorn removal <br /> • Hazard removals <br /> • Some park tree pruning <br /> • Rough cutting buckthorn <br /> • Mulching park trees, park signs and beds <br /> • Watering trees and the circle garden at Silverview <br /> • Lois culvert stump removals <br /> • Rough cutting <br /> • Hedge trimming at community center and city hall <br /> 1I ? gig _ <br />