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PARKS AND RECREATION AND FORESTRY COMMISSION <br /> 6:30 P.M. I JULY 25 ,2024 I MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL <br /> MEETING MINUTES MOUNDS VIEW <br /> 1. CALL TO ORDER at 6:30 PM <br /> 2. ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Anderson, Arel, Lillemo, *Lundberg, *Palm, Mills, *Wake Wiesner <br /> Staff: Peterson I *Thomas I Szurek *to be absent <br /> 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion to approve by Mills, 2nd by Lillemo. Motion passed 4-0 <br /> 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: June 27, 2024: Motion to approve by Lillemo, 2nd by Arel. <br /> Motion passed 4-0. <br /> 5. PUBLIC INPUT <br /> Citizens may speak to issues not on tonight's agenda. Before speaking, please give your full <br /> name and address. Please limit your comments to three minutes. No residents present. <br /> 6. STAFF REPORTS <br /> A. Parks and Recreation — Don. Painting began at Hodges Park. Fall Program Brochure will <br /> come out next week and Fall Youth Leagues registration will open. Explore More Summer <br /> Camp has 5 more weeks and has 107% of last year's enrollment. Seniors are looking <br /> forward to two fall trips. Pop up parks visits- hope to receive community engagement on <br /> park feedback. <br /> Community Events: Walk in the Park (8/3), Festival in the Park Penny Carnival (8/16), <br /> Community Resource Fair(9/14), Community Bonfire (9/19), Puzzle Competition (10/12), <br /> Fall festival (10/24), Turkey Bingo (11/9) <br /> Park Revenue: YTD total very similar from last year. See packet for details. <br /> B. Public Works— Pete: July has been very busy. Soccer fields and ball fields maintenance <br /> and prep. General maintenance: mowers, weeding, mowing, trash clean up,. Ordered <br /> playground tamarack fiber fill for the playgrounds. Most of the playgrounds need some, <br /> some need more than others. <br /> City arborist has been extremely busy with daily resident messages on ash and oak trees. If <br /> there is an ash tree in residents' yards- residents can take it down and have the wood and <br /> store the wood. Ramsey county will take resident brush (but not city). <br /> City Hall Campus: Splash Pad has been running but a lot of components have been <br /> running down and breaking. Props to the maintenance crew for working hard to make sure <br /> it has continued to be in working condition. <br /> Greenfield park: have needed to replace two locks (one broken, one missing) <br /> Oakwood park: the field is being heavily used, if it starts to deteriorate we may have to <br /> change plans for fall soccer. There are signs designating field use by permit only. Per Arel- <br /> parking looks to be an issue- no parking signs on mailbox side might alleviate issue. <br /> Silver View Park: Hawk attacked maintenance worker that was removing buckthorn near <br /> the disc golf course. Resident also had hawk attack. Raptor center recommended carrying <br /> an umbrella or wearing a helmet near the area. The hawk is apparently trying to protect a <br /> nest. Resident put up a hawk warning sign. <br /> Off-leash dog areas: No news is good news. They are being used but no complaint. <br /> 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br />