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2020 Annual Report • Public Works Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br /> <br />2020 WATER POSTER CONTEST WINNER <br />The Saint Anthony Parks Commission <br />held a water conservation poster contest <br />to help educate students about water <br />conservation in the home. Posters were <br />created by 3rd and 4th grade students at <br />Wilshire Park Elementary and St. <br />Charles Borromeo. Thank you to all of <br />the students that entered and to the <br />volunteers that helped organize the <br />contest and judge the posters. <br /> <br />2020 HENNEPIN COUNTY HEALTHY TREE CANOPY GRANT <br /> <br />In 2020 the city applied for and was awarded the Hennepin County Healthy Tree Canopy <br />Grant. The City has partnered with Tree Trust, a local non-profit, to complete a tree inventory of <br />the trees located within the public right of way beginning in the winter of 2021. Tree Trust will <br />have staff and youth program participants from their Community Forestry and YouthBuild <br />programs identifying boulevard tree species and entering them into a database. The data <br />collected during this program will be used to begin our management plan to lessen the impact <br />of the Emerald Ash Borer and qualifies the city for future grant opportunities. <br />2020 PARKS IMPROVEMENTS <br />In 2020 significant improvements were made to the Central Park <br />athletic fields as drain tile was installed to improve surface <br />drainage on fields 2 and 3. The underground drainage piping <br />system will collect surface water and convey it to the bioswale on <br />the north end of the park. Additionally, the skate park was <br />resurfaced, providing safer conditions for patrons. <br />