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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA <br />Tivin Cities Campus <br />St. Anthony Village High School <br />Troy Urdahl <br />3303 33rd Ave. NE <br />St. Anthony, MN 55418 <br />Troy, <br />Atdetic Facilities <br />Intercollegiate Athletics <br />TCF Bank Stadium <br />Operations Office, Suite G120A <br />420 -23rd Avenue S.E. <br />Minneapolis, MN 55455 <br />Office: 612-624-5072 <br />Fax: 612-624-5677 <br />October 13, 2010 <br />As the University of Minnesota's Turf Manager, I have had the opportunity to spend a career working on <br />athletic fields. I have acted as an advisor for many projects across the Upper Midwest, including the <br />planning process in St. Anthony when the City of St. Anthony and School District renovated Central Park. <br />Knowing this history and in my time assisting park projects in Central Park since the park reopened, I <br />believe you can greatly improve your turf quality and benefit your park system by incorporating a <br />drainage system into Central Park. <br />Due to cost, early plans eliminated drain tile from the Central Park redesign ten years ago. Despite the <br />importance of proper drainage being included in sand -based fields, this was not able to happen. In my <br />opinion, the dramatic benefits of proper drainage could still be seen in Central Park with the addition of <br />a drainage program. With proper drainage and drain tile on your sand fields in Central Park, you will see <br />the fields recover from rain events quicker, resulting in better conditions for your next events. Healthier <br />turf, less maintenance and materials, less events cancelled, creating greater use and access to fields. <br />Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions on this topic. <br />Mike McDonald CSFM <br />&/,, /�CO'JA GSF/,� <br />U of Minnesota Turf Manager <br />TCF Bank Stadium <br />420 23rd Ave. S.E. <br />Mpls., Mn. 55455 <br />612-625-5154 (office) <br />612-625-6097 (field) <br />612-624-5677 (fax) <br />mcdon015@umn.edu <br />73 <br />