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RECREATION UPDATE 0 1. Staff reported that we are busy preparing for the Easter Egg Hunt. Staff has made some headway with regard to volunteers. Retired General Mills employees will be helping to fill the 2000 plastic eggs. We will have 15-20 students from St. Odilia to help out at the hunt. 2. Registration for Spring Classes is going strong. A lot of the classes are filling up quickly. The Firearm Safety Course is full and we did implement the resident sign-up grace period, which did succeed in filling the class halfway before the DNR posted it. It is now officially full! 3. Skyhawks classes are going very well. The numbers are strong for all of the sports classes. Spring has been busy! As soon as the warm weather comes on, people really get excited about becoming active outdoors. 4. The Summer Recreation Guide should be in the mail in 2-3 weeks. The Fall Recreation Guide is scheduled to be the "New Look." Staff met with Highpoint Creative, our designer, to set up our ideas and organize the look we want. We will be bringing some options and samples to the committee and to council for their feedback. We are exploring having photos for the cover and having a photo contest for the cover within the community to get them involved and excited about the new look. We will bring in some changes such as 3 issues a year instead of 4, a sibling rate, coaches discount and the general reorganization of the format. Staff will keep the committee informed. 0 A Thank -You note, addressed to Staff from Roseville Parks and Recreation, commending Ms. Olson, was read to the committee. PARK UPDATE ' 1. The Park Maintenance Staff is being sent to various training, seminars/workshops including MRPA Hazardous Tree Workshop; Playground Structure Safety Management Seminar; Bethel Tree Certification Seminar and Toro Small Engine Certification. 2. We have had vandalism problems at Freeway Park (fires, graffiti, pornographic materials, beer bottles, toilet paper, etc.) Staff has been meeting with neighbors and Ramsey County officials. Ramsey County Sheriff Deputy Joe Pagent went out and distributed brochures to the neighbors. It paid off, because some 13-14 year olds were caught on Saturday around 1:00 a.m. at the park. They live in the area. Then on Sunday, they hit us again by tipping over picnic tables and also moved the concrete bumpers. We have a neighborhood meeting schedule on April 5th at Ramsey County. The City wants to get the neighborhood involved and organized. A couple of the neighbors have volunteered for the Adopt -A -Park program. 3. We have dragged the baseball fields and the soccer fields are ready to go. Committee Member Messerly and Staff walked through Crepeau Park and we feel it has a 10 of potential. Playground signs, similar to street signs, have been ordered and staff will get 16 those up. These signs should improve the visibility and awareness of our Parks.