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-2- <br />r 1:10 - 2:00 p.m, ur.. Leon Snyder, Professor Emeritus, <br />from the university of Minnesota and <br />founder of the, university of <br />Minnesota Arboritum will be the guest <br />speaker. at Ardan Park to kick off the <br />City's leaf composting program. Dr. <br />Snyder is world renowned for his <br />expertise on North American plants <br />and plant diseases and is an <br />exceptionally high quality speaker. <br />Following Dr. Snyder's presentation, <br />there will be brief comments by the <br />Ramsey County Public Health <br />Department regarding the composting <br />program and how our particular site <br />will be operating in the Citv of <br />Mounds View. <br />2:00 - 2:30 p.m. There will then be a brief raffle to <br />distribute shovels and rakes that <br />have been donated by local businesses <br />as part of the leaf composting day <br />and distribution of free pumpkins to <br />all the young people involved in the <br />day's activities. Throughout the <br />day, the Park Commission will be <br />offering free orange helium balloons <br />to children that attend both Silver <br />View Park and Ardan Park. <br />The brief programs would then end by 2:30 p.m, with closing <br />comments by the Mayor, Councilmembers or Park Board Members. <br />...inr of <br />The leaf composting site will remain open fur tha r� ai.. -- the day for residents to drop their leaves off. Staff feels that <br />this would be a very simp)N; vet effective, way to initiate both <br />the leaf composting and Silver View Park programs as well as gain <br />additional exposure before the residents, of the accomplishments <br />that both the Park Commission and Park Board have made during the <br />past two years. <br />RECOMMENDATION: To authorize $250.00 of the City's contingency <br />account to construct a Silver View Park sign on the north side of <br />Silver View Park adjacent to the parking lot. <br />BKA/sll <br />