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. . . CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: July 11, 2000 TO: Joe Lyneh; City Administrator Thomas J. Moore; Parks & Reereation Director - C', 1, M . FROM: SUBJECT: Parks and Recreation Seeond Quarter Report Parks . Playground Street Signs installed at the following Parks; Perry, Hazelnut, Arden Oaks, Ingerson and Royal Hills. . Completion of Phase I of the Arden Manor Park improvement project. . New Basketball court area at Freeway Park. . Controlled bum of the Prairie Grass area at Crepeau Nature Preserve . Outfield fence installed at Perry Park, Field #2. . New field signage installed at Perry Park, Fields, #1, #2, #3, #4. . Safety bases for baseball and softball installed at Perry Park, Hazelnut Park and Cummings Park. . Swing Set safety box installed at Arden Manor Park and Sampson Park. . Swing Set safety pads installed at Cummings Park and Perry Park. . Indoor water fountain installed at Perry Park. . Friends of the Parks tree plantings at Sampson Park and Hazelnut Park. . The Parks and Recreation Committee completed Park Tour II, with visits to the following Parks; Arden Manor, Valentine Hills, Arden Oaks and Sampson. . Hired three Summer Part-time workers. . Completed an Evaluation and Performance Reviews on the following Parks and Recreation employees; Fred Bell (24 years with the City), Dave Winkel (22 years with the City), Scott Freyberger (2 years with the City) and Michelle Olson (one year with the City). . Adopt-a-Flower Garden program was held on May 20,2000. . A Day in the Park was held on June 10, 2000. . Adopt-a-Park program was established with 12 volunteers. Reereation . Offered a total of 50 classes for the Spring Session of which 5 were cancelled. This is a 90% success rate. Last year's success rate was 70%. . 802 people participated in the Spring Session programs. . 42 Adult Softball teams are participating this year. This marks the first time in five years that the numbers of teams participating has not declined.