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1 WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 17370, Council File No. 86-792, adopted July 10,
2 1986, requires that all City programs for pesticide use be reviewed and
3 approved by the City Council prior to any application upon City
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7 WHEREAS, The Division of Parks and Recreation's Conservatory and Golf
8 Courses require intensive pest control measures in order to maintain
9 the economic values of these facilities; and
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12 WHEREAS, Other Park Areas require less intensive pest control measures;
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16 WHEREAS, The Division of Parks and Recreation's chemical programs use
17 material recommended and approved under Federal and State of Minnesota
18 regulation and such material are applied under the supervision of
19 certified licensed personnel; and
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21 WHEREAS, Warning signs will be posted at all sites where chemical are
22 applied as required by Ordinance No. 17370;
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24 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Division of Parks and
25 Recreation may proceed with it's 2006 Pesticide Program, as attached, of
26 integrated pest management strategies using chemical control with
27 biological and cultural controls to reduce pests to an acceptable level
28 and provide proper notification of where pesticides will be used on
29 Parks property.
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32 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Division of Parks and Recreation is
33 required, whenever possible, to post notice within the effected area 24
34 hours prior to the use of chemical controls and provide written notice
35 to the City Clerk within seven (7) days following application as to
36 what chemicals were used and the reasons for their use.
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44 BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, That prior to the
45 pesticide program, the Division of Parks
46 Council's approval complete plans for the
47 Integrated Pest Management Program.
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Action Requested:
Signatures on attached Council Resolution authorizing the Division of Pazks and Recreation to undertake an integrated Pest
ManagemenUPesricide Program on City Pazk property and post notification of the same.
Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Personal Service Contrects Must Mswer the Following Questions:
Planning Commission 1. Has this person/firm ever worked under a contract for this department?
CB Committee Yes No
Civil Service Commission 2. Has this person/firm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Does this personffirm possess a skill not normally possessed by any
curzent city employee?
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet
Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
Approval and authorization to the Division of Parks and Recreation to undertake 2006 integrated Pest Management Program on City
Pazk property and to post notificarion of the same as requited - Ordinance No. 17370 Council File No. 86-792, adopted June 10, 1986
AdvantageslfApproved:
The Division of Pazks and Recreation will use the 2006 Integrated Pest Management to guide the use of Chemical, Biological and
Mechanical pest control to keep pests at an acceptable level in Park property.
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Disadvantastes If Approved: �
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Disadvantages If Not Approved=
Lower revenues - Increased Operafion Costs - Loss of Aestheti�value.
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City of Saint Paul Division of Parks and Recreation
2006 Integrated Pest Management Program
Parks and Recreation Areas: The IPM Program for the Division of Parks and Recreation
consists of three types of control:
1. Biological Control: Whenever possible, the Division uses plants appropriate for the
environment in which it is planted. These plants are adapted to the local climate and can
withstaud 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 aze used with this type of control:
• Maintaining healthy plants with proper nutrient and moisture control
• Using correct pruuiug 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 pesricides when the aesthetic injury to a plant is more
than can be tolerated in that particular location. The aesthetic injury threshold varies from one
loca6on to another. For example, pazk azeas can withstand greater aesthetic injury than a golf
course. The division uses pesticides that target specific problems, rather than a broad spectrum
pesricide. 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 azeas 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 locarion has problems and procedures unique to
their area, 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 Dollaz Spot and Snow
Mold, to control pests such as cut worm and to add nutrients to their highly used turf areas such
as fauways and tee boxes. 'The golf courses review their chemical usage to ensure that the
chemicals they choose aze the most effective and environxnentally friendly ones available and
phase out the ones that don't meet their standards.
Fairways:
• Grass is cut to a height determined by the desired play of the ball. 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 huf is irrigated. Frequency is determined by need.
• Broadleaf and grassy weeds are controlled by cutting and/ar herbicide
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• Fungal invasions are controlled by cutting, adjusting irrigation, adjusting fertilizarion,
and/or by a fungicide.
Tees:
• 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 riaf�ic.
• Tee turf is fertilized, aerated and verticut to promote dense healthy twf and to alleviate
compaction.
• Broadleaf and grassy weeds aze controlled by cutting and/or herbicide
• Fungal invasions aze controlled by cutting, adjusting irrigation or nutrients and/or
fungicide
• Tees aze aerated twice a year
• Tee turf is arigated on a need basis
Greens:
• Greens are the most highly maintained areas on a golf course. Greens aze cut to an
extremely short height on a nearly daily basis to ensure that golfers aze able to use the
area as deternuned by the game.
• Green turf is fertilized, aerated, and verticut to promote dense, healthy turf and to
alleviate compaction.
• Broadleaf and gassy weeds are controlled by cutting and/or herbicide
• Fungal invasions are controlled by cutting, adjusting irrigation or nutrients and/or
fungicide
• Greens aze mechanically aerated twice a year and water aerated three times a yeaz.
• Green turf is irrigated on a need basis
Roughs:
• Trees and shrubs are 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 standazd height
• Broadleaf and grassy weeds are controlled by cutting and/or herbicide
• Irrigation in the rough is done in heavy play azeas 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 vegetarion is controlled
when plant populations exceed the desirable level for a game of golf or endanger 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 RoughlNaturai Areas:
• No active disease management is done in these azeas. Trees and shrubs are trinuned only
to correct hazardous 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 parks 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
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thoroughly exploring the non-chemical options.
• Park turf azeas are mowed on a cycle using a combinarion of rotary mowers from lazge
capacity to small trim mowers. Turf is cut to a height which is acceptable to park pairons.
For most parks, trris cycle is once every two weeks. In some high profile parks (such as
downtown) and/or athleric fields, the cycle is once per week.
• Minunal spraying is done to control weeds for purely aesthetic reasons.
• With a few exceptions, there is no spraying for dandelions in the general park system,
wluch includes pazkways, recreation centers, neighborhood parks and regional park turf
areas. The exceprions include some high profile parks such as downtown and Harriet
Island.
Parks frequently incorporates mulch rings azound the base of trees to prevent mower and
weed whip damage when and wherever possible. Occasionally, Glyphosate is used around
trees or objects when mulching is ineffective.
Herbicide, commonly Glyphosate or Triclopyr, is sometimes used to treat stumps of cut
trees or brush, especially in the case of eradicating invasive species such as buckthom.
Trapping or licensed externunators aze the main method of controlling rodents in pazk
buildings
Forestry:
. Forestry uses a limited 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-sprouring if stump removal is not an
option.
Como Park Zoo and Conservatory:
The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory:
The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory is an intensively cultivated environment under glass. The
public glasshouse pest control is different from the producrion greenhouses (behind-the-scenes).
The public areas aze not treated with traditional pesticides for public safety reasons.
Horticultural oils and soaps, proper culture and fertilization, and regular releases of beneficial
insects are the methods urilized in the glasshouses open to the public. In the non-public
production greenhouses, IPM is also utilized and both traditional and non traditional pesticides
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 appropriate culture aze important IPM factors that minimize the need
for pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. The grounds are categorized into maintenance levels.
Weed control in high maintenance azeas is more intensive and may incorporate herbicides.
Occasionally an insecticide or fungicide may be used in lugh maintenance areas or for the
preservation of significant specimens. The Japanese Garden is an intensively managed, high
maintenance garden. A tree service is hired to apply fungicides to control dothistroma needle
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blight on the Austrian pines which aze extremely important trees in thaY gatden and to apply
prevenrive treahnent against Dutch Elm disease on a particularly valued American elm on the
Como Zoo grounds. Herbicides are used infrequently to control weeds in medium and low
maintenance areas. Herbicides are also used as part of the campaign to eradicate buckthom
throughout the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Campus.
Midway Stadium:
• Turf is mowed to maintain the playing field and control weed popularions
• Turf is fertilized and irrigated to promote healthy, dense growth
• Little or no herbicide applicafion is done outside the playing field
• Fungicide application is done on an as needed basis
• Trapping is the preferred method of rodent control rather than chemical
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