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Home My WebLink About7.b. Director's Report �"iROSE1Vl�LINT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PARKS AND RECREATION�OMMISSION Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting: September 25, 2017 AGENDA ITEM: Director's Report AGENDA SECTION: New Business PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks & Recreation Director AGENDA NO. 7 b. ATTACHMENTS: None APPROVED BY: dls RECOMMENDED ACTION: None, discussion only. Park Improvement Fund Balance as of August 31, 2017: $577,787.21 Inflows to the Park Impro�-ement Fund last month�vere as follo�vs: Dedication fees —$1,426.79 Grants/Other - �0 Interest- $108.88 Donations - $0 Fxpenditures - $203,700.78 (Greystone I'ark construction costs and grass seed for Ailesbury Park) AWARD WINNING GARDENER- �� note to our Parks Supervisor Tom Schuster from one of our Parks & Recreation Garden Plot participants: Tom, I�vanted to drop you a quick note again this yeaY on the � � success of our garden. We've been harvesting plenty of � vegetables this summer and we even shared a few with the Police Department ea�lier today. Like last yeaY, my son Chase entered some of our vegetables in the Count�� Fair. He worked hard in the garden this year and barely '� complained�vhen�ve went to Biscayne PaYk to do some � � ` woYk in the gaxden. His entries that he woYked so hard to �� ''�`�" .�� ^ " �., �►:. care foY,won him six Yibbons. One of�vhich�vas a Grand � ��, � Champion ribbon for how well his Jalapenos scored. We'd like to say thank you for the community garden program. '� ,�;�' It's nice to be able to teach another geneYation to gardcn and "� have the opportunity to hang out�vith people of similar interests and learn from them toa ��` The attached picture is Chase and his Grand Champion � � Jalapenos. �� 1'hank You,Joe Sapletal GREYSTONE PARK-The playground equipment was delivered the week of August 28 and has been installed. The turf grass and native grasses around the outside of the park have been seeded but a litde more fine grading will be done before the rest of the park is seeded. Construction of the picnic table shelter�vill be starting soon and the planting of some larger trees will be accomplished later this fall. _ � , I� J . ��' � E � _ �� . � ��.;:� �F � � �� , rys,j �°�� ` �� .. r�"� .. �� # ��.�r :�, �,� �r y�' `=� ,. �s �� &_ �� r �� •�� ,� � �' :� .. ,�: � . _ - ; , ,,. � �,� . - ,�. �- ,� - .. .y.. . . . . �� - Y �... . _ _ �- � � s ° � ��;��j� . � "�� ri�i` CLARET PARK LITTLE FREE LIBRARY—Last fall the library was built by a neighborhood woodworker and was installed by city staf£ Recendy a paver pad was installed around the base of the library. Thc pad prevents weeds from growing around the post, makes the site more attractive, and completes the project. The neighbors and those ineolved in funding and building the library�vere very appreciatiee. . .. __�� , ; � � �. °�y ,. �° ,, ,�„ � ,� wpm, �� ' $;:: :� ;; ..._': LITTLE WILD PROGRAM -Thc Rosemount Area Hockey Association hosted the Minnesota Wild "Litde Wild" Hockey ProgYam at the 1Zosemount Ice Arena on Tuesday nights in Septembex from 6:15- 7:15 p.m. The program is for children�vho havc not paxticipated in organized youth hockey programs before. LOON PRESENTATION - l��Tclonie Shipmaq the Traveling Naturalist, came to the Steeple CenteY on Wednesday, September Gth to give hex pYesentation "Loony Tunes" about the Common Loon. tlttendees learned about their unique lifestyles,how to translate their distinctive calls, and much moYe. Everyone left `vith a lot more kno�vledge about I�Zinnesota's state bitd and was delighted by I�lelonie's stories, photos, and enthusiasm LEPRECHAUN DAYS TRASH COLLECTION—We received an E-mail from DSI with the results of our Leprechaun Days recycling efforts. During Leprechaun Days �ve separated recyclables and organic/compostable materials from the trash at the Fire Department Waffle Breakfast, the Run for the Gold, the Leprechaun Da<<s Parade, and at the i�1id-Summer Faire. During the 1�Tid-Summer Faire, I�laster Recycler volunteers checked waste stations and sorted the organics and recyclables from the trash. The morning after the event ended, another group of volunteers sorted through all of the trash carts and organic bins and further separated the materials. Once everything�vas separated and�veighed, Leprechaun Days had generated 187G pounds of trash, 1(80 pounds of recyclables, 1000 pounds of organics, and 15 pounds of plastic film. This resulted in diverting 59% of the waste generated at Leprechaun Days from the landfill.