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Council Liaison Strub commented he thought the project related to a multi- million dollar grant that New Brighton and St. Anthony received from the Rice Creek Watershed District. He heard they will redo the damn on the north end of Hansen Park. There will be a lot of flood mitigation. Sunny Square/Veterans: CM Liaison Strub Vets looks wonderful because there are newly planted trees, thanks to students as well as private citizens. Sunny Square was very soggy. There was an active softball game. The playground was being used. The sidewalk around the building, in the back, had some bricks broken off. A couple bricks were put in the fire pit. Parks Superintendent, Chris Wolla, stated that in February there was vandalism; a fire in the bathroom. A contractor is working on repairing the building. Sheet rock is up, ceiling is done, electrical and plumbing ready to be hooked up and now it appears we are just waiting for the the to be installed, and for the electrician and plumber to finish. Hopefully, complete in the next few weeks. Totem Pole: Jones A wood structure there needs to be taken out. The hoops need to be replaced with the chain ones. Parks Superintendent stated we replace the nylon ones every year because of the possibility of fingers being caught in the chains. Parks Superintendent Wolla shared that the City has a mowing contract with Village Green for some of our parks. Vermont: Cook Nothing to report. She will e-mail any info by the end of the week. D. Department Happenings / upcoming events Director Breuer highlighted a few of the Department Happenings items. • Hikers meet on Wednesdays and went to Long Lake Park. The hiking group has grown in numbers. • Goose nest searching has begun at Brightwood Hills, Poplar Lake Area, Long Lake, Veterans and the Community Center. 7 Eggs have been addled at Lakeside Homes near Poplar Lake. • Arbor Day was a success at Veterans Park with 46 St. John's 4t" graders to help plant. An additional 15 residents showed up to help. We also hold a tree sale in conjunction with Ramsey County. We had 5 trees and one shrub donated this year through the tree sale. There were photos in the Sun Focus. • This spring a Pike Lake resident stated they had a large fish kill that was washing up by their property. The DNR stated let nature take its course, but the residents stated the stench was already starting. The City provided a 10 yard dumpster and they had it about 8 yards full of dead fish. The City garbage company took care of the disposal stating it was recyclable material and it will be turned into