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• <br />Minutes <br />City of Falcon Heights, Park and Recreation Commission Meeting <br />October 13, 2008 <br />6:30PM <br />Meeting Chair: Annie Green <br />Minutes By: Lisa Abernathy <br />Present: Chuck Long, Paul Faust, Gary Kwong,Tim Pittman. <br />Absent: Michael Thomas, Melissa Weber-Sanders, Paula Mielke <br />1. Meeting called to order 6:30 PM <br />2. Approval of minutes July 21, 2008 Meeting. <br />Motion made by Kwong with the correction of the spelling errors. <br />3. Staff Report <br />Recreation Update- Abernathy reported that fall programs are in full swing. Fall <br />soccer, tae kwon do, adult yoga and parent/child craft classes are all going well. The <br />parent/child music classes will be canceled again due to low enrollment. Abernathy <br />hopes to offer it again next summer or fall depending on the instructor's <br />availability. Abernathy also reported that the fire department's open house/touch-a- <br />truck event held October 4th had a great turnout. It was estimated that over 100 <br />people came out to climb on the big trucks and participate in the days activities. <br />Abernathy recommended the Touch-A-Truck part be made a permanent event along <br />side the fire departments open house. The open gym program will be starting this <br />November. This year the program will only be held on Saturdays due to the <br />school's availability. Open gym will run November 1St to March 28th from <br />10:00am-12:OOpm. Abernathy has hired three attendants and will be conducting <br />training for them in the next few weeks. Lastly, Abernathy reported that the City <br />has applied for a Public Facility Grant through the United States Tennis <br />Association. This grant will help with the cost of reconstructing the tennis courts at <br />Community Park. If the grant is awarded it would help with 30% of the total project <br />cost. The City is still waiting to hear from USTA on the status of the application. If <br />awarded the contractor will begin work this fall and then conclude in the spring of <br />2009. <br />• <br />