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I I I I I I I MEMORANDUM DATE: April 16, 1997 TO: Mayor and Council CC: Park and Recreation Commission City Administrator Ryan Schroeder Administrative Services Manager Linda Waite Smith City Engineer Steve Jankowski FROM: Parks/Utilities Supervisor Mark Boos Community Service Awards As you may be aware, the City frequently uses volunteers for park development and maintenance. Most of the park development projects involve Community Service volunteers from Anoka Senior High School or Boy Scouts seeking their Eagle Scout rank. Other individuals and groups such as churches, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts also participate in any given year. (Sentence to Serve individuals are also utilized - although usually their projects are less noteworthy, that is picking up trash, cleaning gutters, painting, etc.) Projects that are aignificant have been recognized by City Council presentation of a Community Service Award. The purpose of this memo is to provide background on each of these seven proposed awards for the April 22, 1997 City Council meeting. The order of the following does not indicate their significance or value. In terms of Council's presentation, it has been custom to read the narrative portion of the award itself. Recipients typically accept the award from the Mayor without making a statement Brian Simmon~ - Brian's project involved preparing a 491 square foot planting site at Solstice Park, tilling, weeding, and the planting of more than 70 different native perennial plants and grasses. He also constructed a low split rail fence around the planting. The most significant element of the project was the 23 explanatory placards. Brian not only constructed the plaques, he assembled the photos, text and found a printing company to combine the two, resulting in the 23 placards (highlighting 43 species). Brian also provided weeding for these 170+ plants. As a result of the project, Brian earned his Eagle Scout rank. Brownie Troop #316 - Colleen Rybak, along with Troop #316's leader, Chris Williams, organized the troop's girls to construct nine birdhouses along the Fox Knoll Trail. The girls did all the work except that which required power tools.