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Item: 6 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />ver <br />TO: Parks and Recreation Commission <br />FROM: Michael Hecker, Parks and Recreation Director <br />DATE: April b, 2012 <br />SUBJECT: Director's Report <br />This report is a highlight of our Department's activities to inform the Commission on items related <br />to strategic planning, staff development, park operations and collaborations during the past month. <br />Bailey Point <br />We are waiting for a response from the Minnesota Land Trust to our last set of comments on the <br />third draft of the conservation easement at Bailey Point. Eric Toth has had a survey of his existing <br />easement area completed and his attorney is working on the language improvements. We have a few <br />items to iron out and are hopeful to close on the propeny in May. <br />Pinewood Golf Course <br />We had an early record opening day this year on March 15. The previous record was in 2007 with a <br />date of March 26. We have made $17,186 so far this year at Pinewood golf course. In the same <br />year-to-date period in 2011, we had no revenue. This is the best season start on record at Pinewood. <br />Hillside Park <br />GRE has agreed to make a monetarydonation of $8,350 to the Cityfor improvements to Hillside <br />Park. This is basically the equivalent to the cost of a plan to install prairie grasses and maintenance <br />for three years to the transmission line easement. GRE has also agreed to deliver new boulders and <br />spray herbicide to remove bucl¢hom. The staff relationship with GRE has been very positive. I <br />want to thank Dave Anderson and Park Steward Rich Chndahl for discussing the proposed <br />management plan to the park and concluding that the original plan of new trees we had been <br />discussing will be difficult to sustain. We will continue to work with the volunteers and hope to have <br />a conclusion on this in the coming weeks. <br />Community Garden <br />Planning is currently underway for the Elk River Community Garden. The garden will be located in <br />an area between the YMCA and Gary Street as it has in the past. The Department is working with <br />Kathy Held who has worked with other community garden projects in designing information and <br />registration material. Kathy will also be managing the dayto day management of the garden. An <br />infomrational meeting for interested participants will be held in the next several weeks. <br />rerEe¢e er <br />friATURE <br />