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Item No. 613 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Parks & Recreation & Forestry Commissioners <br />From: Pete Szurek — Public Works Superintendent <br />Date: August 28th, 2025 <br />RE: Public Works Staff Report <br />The following is a synopsis of recent activities and events of the Public Works Department <br />(3 fulltime Park Workers 3 seasonal workers) worked on the following items since <br />August 1st, 2025. <br />Parks Maintenance <br />• Trash litter pickup Mondays and Fridays at all park locations <br />• Ballfield game preparation and leveling <br />• Field marking painting for: 3 soccer fields,1 Lacross field and 7 baseball fields. <br />• Mowing all the parks, litter pick up before mowing <br />• Irrigation system repairs <br />• 2025 Festival in the Park: hauling 60 tables from Blaine, hauling 20 barricades from Blaine, getting <br />the stage from Blaine, setting up the stage, painting and marking car show and craft show, setting up <br />the generator and electrical, preparing the Council float, picking up and setting up 6 large tents, <br />creating signage for the festival, installing the signage for the festival, picking up tables and chairs <br />from Central Rental..... <br />• Packing up and returning everything Monday and Tuesday following the festival <br />• Cleaning the grounds and street sweeping following the festival Monday and Tuesday <br />City Hall Park 2025 Construction Schedule <br />- BCBS Finess Court — Installation of fitness equipment week of 9-1 2025 <br />-Tribute Park concrete completed electrical wire running starting 8-26-2025 <br />Forestry <br />Staff worked on the following items last month: <br />• Several resident phone consults and site visits <br />• Contractor meets and calls <br />• Bush trimming, sucker pruning, wood chipping <br />• Started 2025 full city diseased tree survey, marking public and private trees- mailing letters <br />• Some tree removals <br />Stump Grinding on Silverview Trail <br />Hazard Branch removals in several locations <br />Trail trimming <br />• Finalized trees sale numbers and species for 2026 <br />Mulching trees <br />Spraying nonselective herbicide <br />11Page <br />