5. Park & Trail Report CITY OF MEMORADUM
CHANHASSEN TO: Todd Hoffman, Park & Recreation Director
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147 FROM: Dale Gregory, Park Superintendent
Chanhassen, MN 55317
DATE: September 11, 2012
Administration
Phone: 952.2271100 SUBJ: Park & Trail Report
Fax: 952.2271110
Building Inspections
Phone: 952.2271180 Another busy summer has come to an end and most of our seasonal employees
Fax: 952.2271190 have gone back to high school or college. We still have five senior seasonal
workers keeping the parks and trails mowed and assisting with other duties until
Engineering they leave in October.
Phone: 952.2271160
Fax: 952.2271170 Trails
Finance The second mowing of the trails was completed in August and we are finishing up
Phone: 952.2271140 on patching holes in the trails.
Fax: 952.2271110
Disc Golf
Park & Recreation The park maintenance crew assisted with the removal of trees and brush on the
Phone: 952.2271120 fairways and also added wood chips where needed.
Fax: 952.2271110
Recreation Center Tennis Courts
2310 Coulter Boulevard Four double tennis courts were refurbished this year. Courts at North Lotus and
Phone: 952.2271400 Meadow Green had a complete black top overlay and resurfacing. Courts at
Fax: 952.2271404 South Lotus Lake Park and Lake Susan Park had the cracks milled, patched and
resurfaced.
Planning &
Natural Resources
Phone: 952.2271130 Riley Ridge Park
Fax: 952.2271110 The construction of this park started August 4, 2012 and my heavy equipment
operator has spent most of his time moving dirt. Currently, the trail, basketball
Public Works court and playground area have been rough cut in. We have amended the soil
7901 Park Place where the shelter will stand by hauling in clay to make a solid base. The next step
Phone: 952.2271300 will be to have crushed rock hauled in for the base for the trail and basketball
Fax: 952.2271310 court. I am also in the process of getting price quotes for blacktopping the trail
Senior Center and basketball court.
Phone: 952.2271125
Fax: 952.2271110 Skate Park
This project is moving along well. The black top was installed August 21, 2012
Web Site and left to cure for three weeks. Installation of the new ramps started September
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us 10, 2012.
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