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Green Sheet # 3024656
Presented By
Referred to
RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Committee: Date
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1 WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 17370, Council File No. 86-,792, adopted
2 July 10, 1986, requires that all City programs for pesticide use
3 be reviewed and approved by the City Council prior to any
4 application upon City property; and
5 WHEREAS, The Division of Parks and Recreation's Conservatory and
6 Golf Courses require intensive pest control measures in order to
7 maintain the economic values of these facilities; and
8 WHEREAS, Other Park Areas require less intensive pest control
9 measures; and
10 WHEREAS, The Division of Parks and Recreation's chemical programs
11 use material recommended and approved under Federal and State of
12 Minnesota regulation and such material are applied under the
13 supervision of certified licenced personnel; and
14 WHEREAS, Warning signs will be posted at all sites where chemical
15 are applied as required by Ordinance No. 17370;
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NOW, TAEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Division of Parks and
Recreation may proceed with it's 2005 Pesticide Program, as
attached, of integrated pest management strategies using chemical
a control with biological and cultural controls to reduce pests
to an acceptable level and provide proper notification of where
pesticides will be used on Parks property.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Division of Parks and Recreation
is required, whenever possible, to post notice within the
�ffected area 24 hours prior to the use of chemical controls and
provide written notice to the City Clerk within seven (7) days
following application as to what chemicals were used and the
reasons for their use.
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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Presented By
Referred to Committee: Date
28 BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, That prior to the approval of the 2006
29 pesticide program, the Division of Parks and Recreation submit
30 for the Council's approval complete plans for the implementation
31 of a Integrated Pest Management Program.
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Action Requested:
Signature on attached resolution authorizing ffie Division of Pazks and Recrearion to undertake a Pest Conhol Progam on Ciry Park
properties and post notification of same.
Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Personal Service Contracts Must Mswer the Following Questions:
Planning Commission 1. Has this person/firm, ever worked under a contract for this tlepartment?
CIB Committee Yes No
Civil Service Commission 2, Has this person/firm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Does this personffrtm possess a skill not normally possessed by any
current city employee?
Yes No
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� Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
Approval and authorization to the Division of Pazks and Recreation to undertake 2005 Pest Control Program on City Park property and
to post notification of the same as requited - Ordinance No. 17370 Council File No. 86-792, adopted June 10, 1986.
AdvantageslfApprovetl:
The Division of Parks and Rec�earion will use the 2005 IPM to guide the use of Chemical, Biological and Mechanical pest conaol to
keep pests at an accep4ble level in Park properry.
Disadvantages If Approved:
None.
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City of Saint Paul Division of Parks and Recreafion
2005 Integrated Pest Management Program
Parks and Recreation Areas: The IPM Program for the Division of Parks and RecreaHon
consists of three types of control:
1. Biological Control: Whenever possible, the Division uses plants appropriate for the
environment in wluch it is planted. These plants are adapted to the local clunate and can
withstand many of the common diseases and pests of the azea. This may includes plants with a
genetic resistance to common diseases in the azea.
2. Cultural Control: This control is one of the most widely used and is adaptable to all parts of
the Division. The following methods are used with this type of control:
-Maintaining healthy plants with proper nutrient and moisture control -
-Using correct pruning and cutting practices
-Avoiding monocultures
-Using mulch to retain moisture and suppress weed growth
-Following recommended mowing cycles and turf height
3. Chemical Control: The division uses pesticides when the aesthetic injury to a plant is more
than can be tolerated in that particular location. The aesthetic injury threshold varies from one
location to another. For example, park areas can withstand greater aesthetic injury than a golf
course. The division uses pesticides that target specific problems, rather than a broad spectsum
pesticide. Whenever possible, we use the least toxic concentration that produces the desired
effect. This reduces the amount of chemical released into the environment and helps to prevent
accidental over exposures.
Within the city there are five separate areas that use pesticides as a means for controlling
unwanted pests and disease. These are: Golf courses, Parks Maintenance, Forestry, the
Conservatory and the Midway Stadium. Each location has problems and procedures unique to
their axea, but all use chemical control in the most environmentally responsible ways possible.
Golf Courses:
Golf courses use a variety of chemicals to control diseases such as Dollar Spot and Snow
Mold, to control pests such as cut worm and to add nutrients to their highly used turf areas such
as fairways and tee boxes. The golf courses review their chemical usage to ensure that the
chemicals they choose are the most effective and environmentally friendiy ones available and
phase out the ones that don't meet their standazds.
Fairways:
-Grass is cut to a height determined by the desired play of the ba11. For golfers to utilize
the fairway, the turf must be kept in proper playing condition.
- Fairway turf is fertilized, aerated and verticut to promote the development of dense,
healthy turf and to alleviate compaction.
- Fairway turf is irrigated. Frequency is determined by need.
- Broadleaf and grassy weeds are controlled by cutting and/or herbicide
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Tees:
- Fungal invasions aze controlled by cutting, adjusting imgation, adjusting fertilization,
and/or by a fungicide.
-Tee azeas require a short mow height which results in greater stress on the tee turf. The
tee turf is also stressed by gouging and foot traffic.
- Tee turf is fertilized, aerated and verticut to promote dense fiealthy turf and to alleviate
compaction.
- Broadleaf and grassy weeds aze controlled by cutting and/or herbicide
- Fungal invasions are controlled by cutting, adjusting irrigation or nutrients and/or
fungicide
- Tees are aerated twice a yeaz
- Tee rixrf is urigated on a need basis
Greens:
- Greens aze the most highly maintained areas on a golf course. Greens are cut to an
e�remely short height on a nearly daily basis to ensure that golfers aze able to use the
area as detennined by the game.
- Green turf is fertilized, aerated, and verticut to promote dense, healthy turf and to
alIeviate compaction.
- Broadleaf and grassy weeds are controlled by cutting and/or herbicide
- Fungal invasions are controlled by cutting, adjusting nrigation or nutrients and/or
fungicide
- Greens aze mechanically aerated twice a yeaz and water aerated three tnnes a year.
- Green turf is imgated on a need basis
Roughs:
- Trees and shrubs aze trimmed to maintain height and view lines within the golf course
- Trees and shrubs are fertilized on a need basis
- Grass is cut to a standard height
- Broadleaf and grassy weeds aze controlled by cutting and/or herbicide
- Irrigation in the rough is done in heavy play areas or in an area of new turf only on an as
needed basis.
Pond Areas/Water Hazard:
- Active disease management is not done in natural ponds. Native vegetation is controlled
when plant popularions exceed the desirable level for a game of golf or endaz�ger the
quality of the water environment.
-Algae is controlled to prevent irrigation pipes from clogging, either using natural
controls, such as barley straw or herbicide.
Deep Rough/Natural Areas:
-No acYive disease management is done in these areas. Trees and shrubs are triuuued only
to conect hazazdous situations
- Non- native and/or invasive trees and shrubs are removed as time allows.
Parks Maintenance:
Due to the extensive and diverse areas within the pazks and recreation areas it is hard to classify
the use of pesticides to certain activities. Chemicals are used on an"as-needed" basis only after
throughly exploring the non-chemical oprions.
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- Pazk turf areas aze mowed on a cycle using a large rotary mower to a height which is
acceptable to park patrons.
- Little spraying is done to control weeds for purely aesthetic reasons
- With a few exceptions, there is no spraying for dandelions anywhere in the pazks
system, this includes pazkways, recreation centers and pazk turf azeas. The exceptions
inciude high profile pazks in downtown and Harriet Island.
- Parks increasing uses mulch rings around the base of trees to prevent mower and weed
whip damage when and wherever possible.
- Trapping or licensed exterminators are the main method of controlling rodents in park
buildings
Forestry:
- Forestry uses a lunited amount of chemical to control epidemic diseases or insect
infestations. There is no spraying for aesthetic purposes.
- Chemical may be used to treat stumps and prevent re-sprouting if stump removal is not
an option.
Conservatory and Zoo:
The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory is an intensively cultivated environment under glass.
The public glasshouse pest control is different from the production greenhouses
(behind-the-scenes). The public azeas are not treated with tradirional pesticides far public safety
reasons. Horticulhual oils and soaps, proper culture and fertilization, and regular releases of
beneficial insects are the methods utilized in the greenhouses open to the public. In the
non-public production greenhouses, IPM is also utilized and traditional pesricides are
incorporated in the mix. Cleanliness, sanitation and proper culture are important components of
IPM in the production greenhouses.
Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Grounds including the Como Ordway Memorial
Japanese Garden Proper plant selection and culture are important IPM factors that minimize the
need for pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. The grounds are categorized into maintenance
levels. Weed control in high maintenance areas is mare intensive and may incorporate
herbicides. The Japanese Gazden is an intensive high maintenance garden. A tree service is
hired to apply fungicides to control dothistroma needle blight on the Austrian pines which are
extremely important trees in that garden. Herbicides are used infrequently to control weeds in
medium and low maintenance areas. Herbicides aze also used as part of the campaign to
eradicate buckthorn throughout the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Campus.
Midway Stadium:
-Turf is mowed to maintain the playing field and control weed populations
- Turf is fertilized and irrigated to promote healthy, dense growth
- Little or no herbicide application is done outside the piaying field
- Fungicide appflcation is done on an as needed basis
- Trapping is the preferred method of rodent control rather than chemical
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