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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.