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PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Parks and Recreation Commission Regular Meeting: August 24, 2015
AGENDA ITEM: Director's Report AGENDA SECTION:
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 July 31, 2015: $210,167.37
Inflows to the Park Improvement Fund last month were as follows:
Dedication fees—$ 113,080.37
Grants/Othex - $0
Interest- $5.42
Donations - $0
Expendituxes - $ 4,799.34 (Architect fees for Pxestwick Park and electric dooY locks at Central
Park)
Erickson Park Tennis Courts -A Ribbon Cutting ceYemony was held at the new Erickson PaYk tennis courts
on Monday night,August 10. The courts were completed earlier this summeY. The courts axe popular with local
tenrus enthusiasts. Since they are in a low lying aYea in Erickson Park the courts are protected from the wind,
and the lights make play possible in the evening when temperatures cool of£ While the courts are open and
ready for use, there is still some work to be done replacing several concrete sidewalk panels.
Movie in the Park-The Parks and Recreation Department recently hosted the final Movie in the PaYk
foY the summeY,with a Frozen-themed party. Fans of all ages who love the movie Frozen parricipated in a
sing-along and story time with Elsa, followed by a showing of the movie. We served free sno-cones, and
photo ops with Elsa were available following her performance. Approxirnately 225 people enjoyed the
movie.
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Recycling at Leprechaun Days - For several years the Leprechaun Days Committee has made recycling
paxt of the annual summer celebration. This year xecyclables and organic materials (papex products and
food scrapes) were collected at the Run foY the Gold, the Leprechaun Days Paxade, and at the Midsummer
Faire. According to weight readings we took during the event and from information supplied by our
gaxbage hauler, DSI,it looks like we collected approxunately 500 pounds of organic materials, 2060
pounds of cans, botdes, and cardboard, and appro�mately 1650 pounds of trash. This means that
appxoximately 61% of materials that would have otherwise ended up as trash were xecycled in some way.
The amount of organics collected this year was down dramarically fYom the last few years because there
was no one selling corn on the cob this year.