Park System Happenings0 DATE: April 11, 1985
TO: Hopkins Park Board
FROM: Richard Wilson, Recreation and Parks Director
SUBJECT: Park System Happenings
Below is a brief report of the happenings throughout the Hopkins park system during
the past month, and activites of the park maintenance department.
BURNES:
The hockey rink has been taken down and removed, and the build-
ing has been converted from warminghouse to summer use. Picnic
tables are on site: The entire park has been vacuumed and
fertilized. The horseshoe pits and ballfield base paths have
been repaired. The seven days a week attendant begins May 4.
CENTRAL:
Spring clean up has occurred throughout the park. Ballfields
have all been worked over and are in good shape for this time of
the year. The evening and weekend attendant on duty season will
begin April 27.
COTTAGEVILLE:
Recent clean up has included repair of .turf area where apparently
neighbors' vehicles have been driven on the soft ground and cre-
ated ruts. Large rocks have been placed the west property
line to discourage driving /parking on the grass.
FAMILY GARDENS:
About 80 plots have been reserved. Planting is anticipated for
about mid May.
INTERLACHEN:
This park does not dry after the.winter -snowy weather as rapidly
as some of the more exposed parks. As of this date, there is
still some ice on the inside of the hockey rink, along the
boards. Consequently, very little clean up has been conducted
here.
MAINTENANCE:
General maintenance this past month includes clean up, paint up
of trash cans for the parks, bike trail cleaning throughout the
City, by tractor and hand broom sweeping, play equipment repair,
turf vacuuming, trees trimmed, tennis courts cleaned and nets up
for play by March 22, Burnes hockey boards and posts removed
from the park, etc.. With warm weather arriving and many citizens
waiting for their favorite use of their selected parks, it now
is a.matter of establishing priorities to determine what mainte-
nance will be done first and what must wait until time allows.
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PICNIC
Group reservations for the summer are underway. Some organizers
RESERVATIONS:
reserve early and some wait until a time closer to their desired
date. Weekends in July and August are most popular.
SHADY OAK:
The park seems to have survived the winter quite well. The lake
water is the highest it has been for several years. This should
be a pleasant surprise to the swimmers this season.