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MEMO TO: Parks and Recreation Committee Members FROM: Kim Stephan SUBJECT: 1601 LaMotte Drive Park Improvements DATE: March 30, 2007 Per request from the committee following the March 28, 2007 work session, Gopher One has been called to locate and mark utility lines in both 1601 LaMotte Drive and Tracie McBride Memorial Park and will be done by April 2, 2007. They will have to be ordered again before the work actually commences as you have 2 weeks to start the work after the lines are marked. It might be advisable to go to Tracie McBride Memorial Park as soon as it is marked and perhaps take pictures since it is an active park and those flags will be too tempting for children to leave alone for long. St. Paul Water Utility will be relocating the fence at 1601 LaMotte Drive sometime the week of April 2, 2007. The lilacs bushes have been pruned as Mr. Larson suggested it would be to our benefit to preserve what we could instead of letting the personnel moving the fence possibly damage them. It was a time consuming job to prune the lilacs as they were tangled through the fence. It is going to be very difficult to move the fence. Mr. Palzer asked when, where and how the lilacs were going to be moved. I mentioned the Eagle Scout Project, but I have not heard from the interested Eagle Scout recently and if we want these to take, the sooner it is done the better. Public Works can move them with the bobcat and Mr. Palzer said they will rent a tree spade attachment to do it. They cannot start until probably the week of April 23rd though as the next 2-3 weeks will be occupied with Lino Lakes sweeping streets. Prior to that the committee will need to decide where the lilacs are going to be moved to exactly. Public Works Staffwill do the work, but they need a specific plan to follow. The wood from the pruning is being stacked on the property to bum at a later date, probably when the trees come down in the park. Public Works will request a burning permit from the Fire Department. Mr. Larson has contacted a DNR Forester located in Carlos Avery and is waiting for a call back. Then the trees will be marked and contractor bids can be solicited for the removal. Mr. Palzer also mentioned that there are many pine trees in Eagle Park that need to be either thinned or moved. This was tried a few years ago, but the trees were moved in the summer and were not watered regularly and did not survive. It might be different moving them in April and since we have the tree spade rented he would like the committee to think about places the trees could be moved to, possibly for screening or for park entrances. Also during the week of about April 23rd the City has a contractor replacing sod at St. Genevieve's for a very reasonable installation price and it would be economical to sod any area of the park if the area could be potentially ready for sod. Mr. Palzer would like the committee to put together a schedule of what work needs to be done when so they can coordinate what work Public Works will be able to do. This includes Tracie McBride Memorial Park also.