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Skate Park The skate park lighting controls and nearby irrigation controls were vandalized three times over the past few weeks. Therefore, the lights will continue to be off for the foreseeable future. Parks maintenance is working on moving all the electrical control boxes (skate park and irrigation) to one secure location. Hillside Park Mountain Bike Trail Improvements MORC was able to obtain funding for rehab and maintenance work on the trails in the SE quadrant of the park. The contractor is Trailsource LLC which is the same company that built the trails in the west side of the park in 2018. MORC only requested $1,000 from the city to cover mobilization costs. The work will take a few days and should be completed by the time this report is received. Camp Cozy Natural Resource Management Plan (NRMP) The public meeting for the Camp Cozy NRMP is scheduled Wednesday, November 8 at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall, right before the Parks Commission meeting. The Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) are funding and completing the plan with a Sherburne County SHIP grant. They will also facilitate the public meeting. The goal is to help the city improve the ecology of the natural spaces without adding a burden to staff. FMR will continue to stay committed as a management partner once the plan is complete (just like WHHCA). Minnesota Recreation and Park Association (MRPA) Annual Conference Three staff attended the MRPA annual conference last week at the Plymouth Community Center. The theme of this year’s conference was Trailblazing Beyond the Beaten Path focusing on the trailblazing experiences parks and recreation provide in our communities. A few of the key staff takeaways from the four-day conference include the following: • Trailblazing = Creative thinking • Using social pinpoints for feedback and tracking of our parks and playgrounds • Create a large impact with a small footprint nature center • Park programming improvements, equity in access, sustainability, and efficiency. • An emphasis to update our current parks and recreation system wide plan (2015) with a focused approach to the needs and priorities of our community. • Automating recreation tasks with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bradford Development Lennar/Foster property Bradford Park Final Plat for Phase One is moving forward. This area does not include any park infrastructure or amenities as outlined in the Preliminary Plat. It is proceeding through the planning commission and future phases will warrant future action by the commission. I recommend the commission appoint 2 commissioners to work with staff on a subcommittee to solicit feedback and review of Plat details prior to consideration by the Commission. This is a similar process to our Athletic Facilities Master Plan review. Eagle Scout Project – York/Zumbro Trail Tristan (Eagle Scout) has cleared out the brush and the trail is clearly defined. More than thirty loads of brush were hauled away as part of the effort. The next steps include stump grinding, boundary signage and a snow fence installation to clearly define the residential boundary in one of the open clearings. Tristan will be gone over MEA and plans to plant grass seed and mulch at the end of the month. This has been a great collaborative effort and staff are excited to see Tristan’s efforts come through to fruition over these next few weeks.