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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7.a. Director's Report4ROSEMOUNTEXECUTIVE SUMMARY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting: September 23, 2013 Park Improvement Fund Balance as of August 31, 2013: $463,582.64 Inflows to the Park Improvement Fund last month were as follows: Dedication fees — $10,200 Grants /Other - $0 Interest - $1,519.28 Donations - $0 Expenditures - $59,793.19 (tennis courts and final payments for UMore Fields) Goats Help to Slow Down Buckthorn - One - hundred - thirty goats rented from a ranch in Red Wing are eating their way through a thicket of buckthorn on prized natural land along the Mississippi River owned by Flint Hills Resources. The goats will roam 8 to 12 acres of the company's property along the Mississippi River known as the Pine Bend Bluffs Natural Area. They will do double duty: As they eat, their hoofs will work native seeds into the ground. The goats are expected to whittle down the buckthorn from 6 feet to 6 inches, making it much easier for humans to finish off the buckthorn next year with herbicide spray. Results have already been demonstrated. The same herd of goats from Goat Peak Ranch in Red Wing was let loose on Department of Natural Resources land in Hastings before coming to the Pine Bend area. This winter staff will be looking into this option for Carroll's Woods. Capital Improvemnts Plan (CIP) - Staff will provide a verabl update on the CIP budget at the meeting on Monday. AGENDA SECTION: AGENDA ITEM: Director's Report New Business PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks & Recreation Director AGENDA NO. 7 a. ATTACHMENTS: None APPROVED BY: RECOMMENDED ACTION: None, discussion only. Park Improvement Fund Balance as of August 31, 2013: $463,582.64 Inflows to the Park Improvement Fund last month were as follows: Dedication fees — $10,200 Grants /Other - $0 Interest - $1,519.28 Donations - $0 Expenditures - $59,793.19 (tennis courts and final payments for UMore Fields) Goats Help to Slow Down Buckthorn - One - hundred - thirty goats rented from a ranch in Red Wing are eating their way through a thicket of buckthorn on prized natural land along the Mississippi River owned by Flint Hills Resources. The goats will roam 8 to 12 acres of the company's property along the Mississippi River known as the Pine Bend Bluffs Natural Area. They will do double duty: As they eat, their hoofs will work native seeds into the ground. The goats are expected to whittle down the buckthorn from 6 feet to 6 inches, making it much easier for humans to finish off the buckthorn next year with herbicide spray. Results have already been demonstrated. The same herd of goats from Goat Peak Ranch in Red Wing was let loose on Department of Natural Resources land in Hastings before coming to the Pine Bend area. This winter staff will be looking into this option for Carroll's Woods. Capital Improvemnts Plan (CIP) - Staff will provide a verabl update on the CIP budget at the meeting on Monday.