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• CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES October 26, 2004 Mayor Gehrz called the special Council meeting to order. PRESENT: Mayor Sue Gehrz, Council members Laura Kuettel, Robert Lamb, Peter Lindstrom Also present: City Administrator Heather Worthington, Deputy Clerk Mary Shea Kodluboy, Public Works Director Greg Hoag, Recreation Director Ann Davy, Finance Director Roland Olson, Public Works Maintenance Workers Dave Tretsven and Colin Callahan Absent: Council member Richard Talbot Mayor Gehrz welcomed the students and teachers from Falcon Heights Elementary School and thanked the Roseville Rotary Club for paying for their bus transportation. She told the audience you are never too young to help make your communities better places to live, visit and go to school. Agenda packet materials were distributed and Mayor Gehrz said the students would be learning about issues affecting recreation, public safety and local government. POLICY AGENDA: • Falcon Heights Elementary School Site Planning and Joint-Use Agreement Administrator Worthington said that in the early 1990's, the city and the school district partnered a joint-use agreement for the Falcon Heights Elementary School playground and playing fields. This agreement formalized the city's permission to utilize the school grounds and playground for recreational use on behalf of our residents, and also created a financial partnership among the two entities for installation of new playground equipment. That agreement sunset in 1999; however, the two entities have voluntarily honored the agreement since then with regard to maintenance of that playground equipment and the use of the playing fields. Early in 2004, the school's PTSA group approached the city and asked if we would consider helping them fund new playground equipment to replace an old wooden playground structure. In the 2005 budget, the City Council allocated $15,000 for replacement of this structure, which represents approximately 1/3 of the total cost of the playground equipment. The new agreement, which has been drafted by the city attorney, would formalize this cost participation, and add new provisions for the installation of a seasonal hockey rink on the school grounds, as well as the continuing seasonal installation of a pleasure rink for skating. The agreement is being reviewed by the ISD 623 School District, Roseville Area Schools. The plan was reviewed by the neighborhood, and there was consensus amongst those residents that a hockey rink was a favorable addition to the neighborhood. Staff is currently working on issues related to the placement of the rink, possible lighting in the future, and ratification of this agreement with the school district. The demographics for the area around the school indicate there are 423 children under five years of age and within the City there are 1,693 youth under the age of 19.