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Adm is/tato r s Report' May 24, 2018 City Meetings Monday, May 28,2018 fmorial City Offices will be Closed in Observance of "Diaiy Council Update Mayor/Council Candidate Filing. Filings for Mayor and Council opened this past Tuesday. We have received two filings thus far. John LeTourneau filed for the office of Mayor and Nadine Heinrich filed for the seat of Councilmember, Ward 1. Filings continue to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 5. Public Tree Survey. This summer, the City of Ramsey is attempting to complete a Public Tree Survey entirely through the assistance of volunteers. In partnership with the University of Minnesota's Department of Forest Resources, community volunteers will be trained as tree survey scientists, learning key tree identification skills as well as measuring and condition rating techniques. There will be two (2)training sessions that need to be attended in order to assist with this project. Friday,June 1 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm and Saturday,June 2 from 9:00am to 11:30am. Both trainings will be at the Ramsey Municipal Center. The first session is a `classroom' style training and the second session will be outdoors, applying your newly learned skills. For more information and to sign up (and rsvp),please visithttp://mntreesource.umn.edu/what-ramsey-tree- survey,or contact City Planner Chris Anderson at 763-433-9817 or canderson@cityoframsey.com. Attached to the Weekly Update is an Invitation to Join the Tree Survey Citizen Scientists Team. More Trail, More Connections! An informational letter was sent to residential addresses in the Alpaca Estates subdivision, on the west side of Mississippi West Regional Park. The new trail within the park is under construction now and will be substantially complete around the first week in July. The letter explains that there will be empty trucks leaving the park onto 142nd Avenue, as the trail is constructed from east to west, within the park. Attached to the Weekly Update in an Information Letter Regarding Trail Construction in the Mississippi West Regional Park. Electronic Poll Books are Coming. The City will take possession of electronic poll books sometime in June to begin use for the August Primary election. Three members of City staff attended a training on the poll books and will assist in training the election judges on same. Staff was impressed with the ease of use and the entire process and looks forward to even more efficiency in the polling place with the new technology. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Jo at 763-433-9840 or jthieling@cityoframsey.com. Attached to the Weekly Update is a news release from Anoka County Elections Department re the Electronic Poll Books.