9.2. SR 05-04-2009Item. # 9~~.
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MEMORANDUM
T~; Mayor and icy ~ur~cil
FRAM: Bill Ma~r~~, Parrs and Re~r~a~~~n Director
DATA: May ~4, ~0~8
UB~~~T: Parks and R~crea~io~n'Volun~eer ~p~vr~uni~ies
attached, please find a ~.st of Paxl~s aid Rec~ea.d.o~ volur~tee~s, rn addition to the volu~.teexs
an these lists, the e~iof enter aid activity ~ente~ had ovex ~3~ differe~,t valu~tee~s
con~:lbutit~g vex 3~~10 hauxs of se~~vice ~ 2aa8,
~'he Pax1~s and RecxeaYion ~orni.ssion has c~p~essed a~. ~nte~est ~~. pfovidi~g even rno~e
opportunities fax volunteers to contfibute to the co~nmunit~ and staff mill be a~:~g to
develop rrroxe oppQrtun~~.e in ~a09.
'.e follo~i~.g axe currc~.t volunteer app~~tunid.es available Parks and Recxeatio~;
+ Soccer poaches
~ Cross-cou~ts.-~ race officials
• ~r-bad. coaches
~ Mighty 11~ite hockey coaches
• Hillside auntait~ bilk race assista~,ts
~ ~.ssist with coanlunit~ e~re~.ts such as ~'amil~ rr~ght Night, holden arY~a ~ghu~.t,
Youth ~~po etc,
* adapt a Park Valunteers
• ~-~illside fountain ~3i1~e Pa,rl~ - trail mainteaaance
• oadland Txa~.s -~tra~l ~nalntenance
• 11~astex atdeners -garden ix~aintenance
2008-2009 Woodlands Trail Crew
Ari ~fisevlt Jes~le ~ullls
Curtis Cane ion I~allgren
Darlene Nichols I~e~Janda
Darwin ~lmquis~ and i'arnil~ ~,ou lnauinard
have Anderson Mark Rathbun
David Kallemeyn Markwigrnore
dean Herrl~ald~ Mi~~ i=lynn
~ileenS~ombaugh Mikerayand ~an~ily
~1k~lve~Ski ~'e~~ Mike Niziolek
~~k River C~oss,~`oun~ry ~~~r~d~g 1'ear~ Pad Sapp
John Kallerr~eyn Randy Klotz
~avi~ Rakers Rob ~u11is
~ar~ 1~{etrlck Rollie Ring-~arvi
nary Keifenheim Ron Burley
Cary Peterson Wayne Becklin
~efi: pelltier
In the past year the Woodland's Trail Crew has volunteered in excess of X000 hours
in Woodland Trails Park
annual Projects include;
ski trail grooming
1Il~alking trail grooming
litter pick-up
gopher tripping
Prairie seed collecting
Prairie burning
Tres planting
Buckthorn removal
elm removal
Trail edge brush and branch nipping
Trail construction
flaw dav~n branch pick-up
daily#put trail maps far kiosk
intersection trail reap installation {~~ mapa~ twice per year}
Trait rack removal
Prairie seed planting
Pralrleweed pulling
~'rall s~~~in~
~roslon control
ignp~st installation
Sign intallatia~
Major Work projects - 20 years and 20,Og0~- hours
Far the past 20 years, velanteers have cantrl~uted sinifii~antly to de~relapmer~t and maintena~~e a~
1Naadiand Trails Park, The ~oilo~ring is n list of same of the praje~rs, These pr~~e~ts total ever ~~,DOQ
hours of volunteer time;
Asphalt trail edge dirt installation
Asphalttraii edge seeding
ski trail layout
ski trail construction ~ km
Vlfinter ~valking trail construction ~km
biathlon range construction
Trail map development
Trail intersection signage
Trail difficulty signage
Trail directional signage
prairie planting
grooming equipment construction
Park Boundary signage
Trail seeding
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Ski flub, these trails have became a hat~spat far
fantastic skiing in the Narth ~letro~ Tralls are
largely wadded aver rolling terrain, but same
sections have goad climbs and descents. Trails
consist of several interconnected loops and are
.aptly named-be sure to check out the "Top~af-
theywarid"and "gravity Box" as well as "vllash
Pond Flats" to the NB of the blathiorl range.
There is not a warming shack, but at least one
part-o-potty at the main parking lotr
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Canditior~s; Miracle an Icei Far skating, at least,
Carey ar~d I had a wonderful morning on the ilk ~irrer trails, The groaner had tilled tC~e ice
nicely, and made a second pass daring our ski "here are fats of sections of actual snow in
the waadsl Pienky of coverage; I dar~'t know haw they da it,
~l~atherine I-fimes~
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It's just the best place to ski.
~Exic ~,indquist~
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anditians; Perfactl
Trails were fast packed & perfeck for skate) Nat packed o much sa you slide around, ~y
the sounds of it the best trails around as far as conditions. Nat one icy spat, Fats off to the
groomers, l~nu carp det'~niteiy tell they know what they are doing# As I was flr~lshing up they
were on there way nut, ~ef~nitely worth the tripi
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~onditiar~s; Doesn't get any better than this)
~1~ inch powder vn tap of freshly groomed trail, Perfects Thanlts to the groomers.
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