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• <br />Minutes <br />City of Falcon Heights, Park and Recreation Commission Meeting <br />August 9, 2004 <br />7:00 PM <br />Meeting Chair. Chuck Long <br />Minutes By: Ann Davy <br />Presenfi Patrick Dolan, Jim Evans, Chuck Long, Ann Davy <br />Excused Absence: Denise Deen, Laura Kuettel, Kimberly Kuhens <br />1. Meeting called to order 7:00 PM <br />2. Approval of minutes July 12, 2004 <br />• 3. Approval of agenda <br />4. Staff Report <br />1. Curtiss Field Update <br />Davy received a report from project manager Greg Robinson. Grasses were <br />planted on the slide-slopes of the pond down to the water line. The plan is to <br />complete seeding as the water level subsides. The water level is going down <br />at a very slow rate. American Engineering Testing was contacted to <br />determine why the pond is infiltrating at such a slower rate. Evans asked <br />whether or not the extra work related to the pond would increase the cost of <br />the project. Dolan thought that the cost would most likely be negotiable. AET <br />determined that the bottom of the pond has a layer of silt, sediment and salt <br />that is believed to either be naturally in the soil or have washed in from various <br />inlets, such as the Curtiss Field parking lot or Snelling service drive, as well as <br />erosion from fine soil particles from the sides of the pond since grading was <br />completed. Long though it was hard to believe the sediment came from the <br />construction and was most likely there prior to construction. The proposed <br />solution is to clean the pond bottom after vegetation has had a chance to take <br />hold on the side-slopes. If the pond isn't dry at that time, it will have to be <br />dewatered before the sediment is removed. After final preparation the pond <br />will be tested for it's permeability. <br />• All of the sidewalks are now in, as well as the azebo slab. The trees and <br />shrubs will be planted beginning on August 16~'. The turf grass and sod will <br />