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- Ramsey's first natural resource -based 11-acre park on a lake - funded and constructed in the first year of the <br />Great Recession. <br />- A wildly popular self -serve canoe and kayak system (FREE!) on Sunfish Lake. <br />- Free public bicycle use for county residents at City Hall. <br />- A `net -lawn' irrigated athletic field that serves The COR residents, a charter school, and the youth athletic <br />program, and doubles as overflow parking. <br />- A quarter mile long boardwalk connecting the central portion of the city to the rest of the 40 + mile trail system. <br />- Several playground renovations, including interpretive signage. <br />- The addition of drinking fountains with pet attachments and `misters' for parks with municipal water service. <br />- An irrigated volunteer -run community garden - that reduces the city's maintenance cost for the city owned land. <br />- A $400,000 architecturally grand pavilion at Ramsey's 45- acre premier park, paid for by the Lion's. <br />- Significant additions to the Trott Brook Greenway through a $500,000 appropriation from the LCCMR for <br />conservation and trail easements. <br />- Continued progress on the Mississippi Trail including receiving a Federal grant to extend the trail from Anoka, <br />west to the Regional Park in Ramsey. <br />- A new boat landing and fishing pier on the Mississippi River in this same Regional Park. <br />Chair Shryock's contributions and accomplishments of course are many more than listed here, and continue. <br />Melody is deserving of the Board and Commission Award for her unwavering leadership, and as an example of <br />courageous public service. Even during the period when she was battling cancer (successfully), she remained <br />engaged and committed to influencing public policy and the appropriate allocation of funding for park and <br />recreational improvements. <br />Melody represents the embodiment of citizen public service - whether in the examples above, or for her <br />contributions to larger community planning, the Comp Plan, Ramsey's Environmental Expo and other endeavors, <br />opportunities and processes. During the local political campaign season she can be seen riding her bicycle on the <br />trails and in neighborhoods, as a modern-day Town Crier - cheerfully delivering the message that parks and <br />recreation are an essential service, and a critical part of Minnesota's high quality of life. Melody Shryock not only <br />superbly `talks the talk', she literally `walks -the -walk'! <br />