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MEMO TO: Parks and Recreation mmis io r <br />FROM: Bruce K. Anderson, Di r_ <br />DATE: March 26, 1980 <br />RE: Monthly Update, March, 1980 <br />The purpose of this report is to keep the Parks and Recreation <br />Commission informed on current issues within the Parks, <br />Recreation and Forestry Department that don't need official <br />Commission action. <br />Mounds View Appreciation Dinner - The Mounds View Appreciation <br />Dinner is slated for Saturday, March 29, 1980, beginning with <br />cocktails at 5:30 PM at the Bel Rae Ballroom. The cost for <br />tickets is $8.00/person and they can be purchased up until <br />Friday, March 28, 1980, at Mounds View City Hall. <br />Student Intern - Jeff Stottlemyer has successfully completed his <br />internship with the City of Mounds View with plans to graduate <br />in May of this year. Staff is now working out the final details <br />for bringing in a new intern for this coming summer from the <br />University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse. Colleen Wilson will be <br />graduating this summer with a B.A. degree in Parks and Recreation <br />Administration. Colleen's emphasis is in municipal recreation <br />and she is interested in developing additional programming skills. <br />Her main responsibility will be with Mary and coordinating the <br />summer recreation programs. <br />Festival in the Park - The date for the 1980 Festival in the <br />Park has been changed to Sunday, July 20, 1980, as the Ramsev <br />County showmobile was not available on July 13. Mary has been <br />working very closely with the Festivities Commission and I <br />have enclosed a list of programs we have proposed to run. <br />Frisbee Golf - We purchased ($225.00) a new frisbee golf hole <br />that will be used at each of our summer playground sites, as <br />well as at the Festival in the Park. staff will be giving a <br />brief demonstration on Thursday. <br />After School Program a Success - The after school program that <br />we presented n conceptual form last month is now successfully <br />drawing to a close. All eight sessions were run as scheduled <br />with over 175 children currently enrolled. <br />Wood Pile Sur��ve - City Forester Jack Shields has been out actively <br />c eck ng woodpiles since March 1, 1980. Jack is mainly concerned <br />with diseased elm and oak as it must be de -barked from March I - <br />July 1 of each year. Staff is convinced that our rigorous <br />enforcement program has been the major factor in the reduction of <br />our elm and oak trees in the City. <br />BKA/sa <br />