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Public Works/Park Maintenance Facility The construction for the project was approved by City Council. Rodney will continue to represent the Department during upcoming construction meetings. Construction of this new maintenance facility will begin on April 2. The Ciry completed a sale of $7 million worth of 20-yeaz AA+ bonds to fund this project. Investors bought the bonds at an interest cost of 2.19 percent, producing a lifetime savings of $1.1 million. Staff Leadership Development We aze continuing with the training/teambuilding for staff as an opportunity to grow and raise their level of leadership and organizational effectiveness. The weekly one hour sessions will continue through April. The main source of training materials comes from the "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" program by John Maxwell. Parks and Recreation Computer System Software City Council will review at the Mazch 12 work session the purchase of new computer softwaze for the Department. The system recommended, Rec Trac from Vermont Systems, offers several computer tools including point of sale with touch screens, membership management, facility booking management, league scheduling and class registrations. Department Policies and Ordinances One of the policy issues presented to me during my interview for this position was recreation facility usage. I have reviewed the background and current policy (last updated January 2003) and started to discuss this with staff and youth sports organizations. This is a process, if done effectively, will take some time to complete. I have also reviewed our current pazk ordinances and have found them inadequate or missing. This has been brought up with recent issues in the pazks. Some of the recent issues include the feeding of wildlife in the pazks, alcohol consumption, and the use of remote control airplanes. Completing a comprehensive review of our ordinances is also a process and will take some time to complete effectively with staff and the Pazk and Recreation Commission. Ridges of Rice Lake Homeowners Association Steve Benoit and I met with the Ridges of Rice Lake Homeowners Association Boazd Members on Febmary 28 to discuss trails and a future pazk. The Members include the new President Tim Lewis. We will continue dialogue with this group including the possibly of obtaining grants for trail connectors to the Great Northern Trail. Bta_nding. Core Values and Mission As a follow up to the Pazks and Recreation Commission February 8 work session regarding branding, core values and mission, all of our depamnent staff met again Mazch 8 to review this strategic planning process. We will continue to engage staff in this process until we have a framework within which Department actions and strategies can be formulated. Playgtotmd Design Workshop Pazks and Recreation Commission Members and staff will attend a playground design workshop and factory tour on March 21 at Landscape Structures Inc. in Delano, MN. This will assist in the design process fox a future destination playground at Orono Pazk.