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Hoag reported to the Commission that this will be his last meeting as he will be <br />leaving Falcon Heights for a job as the Public Works Director for the City of <br />• Arden Hills. Hoag said it was a hard decision to make but feels that this is the <br />time to move in his career and Arden Hills is an excellent job not to pass on. <br />Long on behalf of the Commission thanked Hoag for all is dedication and hard <br />work the past couple years and that he will be missed. <br />5. Dead of Winter Event <br />Abernathy asked the Commission on their thoughts on which date the City's <br />winter event should be changed to. Ozasky asked whether or not the dates of <br />the St. Paul Winter Carnival had been found and if the two dates we had <br />would conflict with their event. Abernathy reported that the St. Paul Carnival <br />ends February 4th so out of the two dates only one would be at the same time. <br />Green recommended we go with holding the event January 28th due because <br />there would not be football and yet close to the date it has been held in the <br />past. The Commission a~reed with Green so the 2007 Dead of Winter will be <br />held Sunday, January 28 h. Abernathy also asked if anyone had any renaming <br />ideas. Long recommended we turn to the public in the renaming of the event, <br />conduct a contest of sort and offer a prize if their name is chosen. Abernathy <br />thought maybe we should do a quick poll on if people even want it changed. A <br />quick poll could be set up on our website much like the Environment <br />Commission's garden poll. At the next Park Commission meeting the results <br />would give us an idea on whether or not we should rename the Dead of Winter <br />• event. Hoag recommended that we come up with a improved hunt for the <br />falcon as he sees that as an event he sees many people getting into and <br />enjoying. Hoag noted that he sees the Falcon Hunt something many people <br />get excited about and recommended we look at expanding the hunt to other <br />Falcon Heights parks. <br />6. Curtiss Field Playground <br />Hoag updated the Commission on his findings of the updating of Curtiss Field <br />playground. He reported that to replace the two wooden components and the <br />spring riders it would cost a total of about $5,000. And to replace the whole <br />structure it would be about $40,000. All Commission members recommended <br />simply replacing the wooden parts as well as replacing the spring riders. <br />Green recommended replacing one of the riders with a digging apparatus. <br />Hoag agreed and will be replacing one spring rider with a digger and then <br />replacing one of the old spring riders. Hoag also reported that he has found a <br />company who does repainting of playgrounds. It will add about $5,600 to the <br />updating cost and Hoag has gotten good recommendations of this particular <br />company. An example of a job they have done is the water park components <br />at Ramsey County's Battle Creek water park. That was repainted last year <br />sometime and they have reported no problems with the paint. The <br />Commission then all agreed that the playground painting and replacements <br />• should be written up and proposed to City Council. Long questioned on <br />whether or not to propose one action at a time or do a complete proposal <br />even if part of the project would not be done till after 2007. Harris <br />recommended the Commission submitting a complete proposal to show the <br />