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Minutes City of Falcon Heights, Park and Recreation Commission Meeting November 10, 2003, City Hall Conference room 7:00 p.m. Present: Donna Daykin, Denise Deen, Patrick Dolan, Jim Evans, Laura Kuettel, Chuck Long, Bill Maertz 1. Call to Order In Chairman Chuck Long's absence, Denise Deen, acting chair, called the meeting to order. 2. Approval of Agenda By unanimous consent, Commission members approved the agenda. 3. Approval of Minutes Daykin moved and Evans seconded the approval of the minutes of Sept. 8, 2003. (Chairman Chuck Long arrived at this point to chair the rest of the meeting) 4. Election of Recording Secretary At Council Liaison Kuettel's suggestion, the Commission decided to rotate the position of recording secretary among commission members. Daykin offered to be the recording secretary for the • November meeting. 5. Director's Report a. Curtiss Field -Commission members each received a copy of a project plan and a landscape plan for the Curtiss Field improvements. On the project plan, Director Maertz explained that the speckled areas represent areas of construction of new concrete. A ramp, rather than the stairs of an earlier plan, will lead from West Idaho to the park. The existing chain link fence will be replaced with a nicer black chain link fence. The total cost of the project is $340,000. The city is asking MNDOT to cover one-third of the cost, or approximately $118,000. The city will wait until January 2004 to begin the project, which will enable Curtiss Field to have an ice rink this winter. It is expected that with the improvements, the pond will be dry 90% of the time. Next, Maertz explained the landscape plan. To improve drainage, the bottom of the pond will have a marsh seed mix, the middle will have a wetter site seed mix, and the top will have a 50% marsh and a 50% wetter seed mix. Specific trees and flowers have not been determined for all of the park. Kuettel commented on the loss of newly planted trees in other parts of the city and would like to see that prevented with this project. Maertz replied that when the project goes out for bid, the city will ask for a two to three year guarantee on all plants and will supervise their installation. It is expected that bids for the project will be reasonable since the market is soft now. b. Trolley Path -the city has held three meetings with the University Grove neighbors of the trolley path to explain and discuss the proposed path. Out of the 18 homeowners adjacent to the path, 14 are in support of the proposed improvements, 2 are noncommittal, 1 is firmly against, and 1 has not responded. The DNR is a strong supporter of the project and Sue Weinberg, representing the • University of Minnesota, said the University now supports the project as well. Neighbors of the