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PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES 10/11/93 Members present: Lloyd Jacobson; Morris Nicholson; Jyneen Thatcher; Carol Weisberg; Carol Krieglr, Parks Director; and Sue Gehrz, Council Liason. Guest present: Nancy Wickham Minutes from meeting of 9/20/93 were approved. D-1: University Grove Park Improvements. Carol Kriegler reported on the progress in the improvements to Grove Park. The sidewalks are in, both along the street and into the park, and also the slab for the warming shelter. The expanded basketball court should be installed this week. Most of the items ordered for the park have come in. These items, the benches, baseball backstop, and basketball standards will go in after the court bituminous work is completed and after the turf is repaired. This will minimize the chance of damage from construction equipment. The bid has been received from the electrical contractor. The push-button timer, security light and activity light are all possible, with good coverage but low spill. Residents of 1666 Coffman will still be able to see the light, but it shouldn't shine their direction. There will not be heat in the shelter, due to the high yearly maintenance effort that would be needed, but this can be reconsidered in the future. The hockey. boards have been delivered to the park, but not yet installed. Plantings will be done in the spring. A Grove resident has offered to help with tree selection, and Carol K. will keep her name for consultation in the spring. D-2: Community Prairie Planting Update. Carol K. reported on the progress of the prairie project. Spraying was done on 10/1/93, although conditions were not ideal (higher than desired winds, and lower temperatures). The current sub-contractor does not appear excited about this project. Carol has met with Ramsey County several times lately, because of the poor progress. They have now agreed to do only the area of disturbed soil around the wetland, and that will be done this fall. The area of existing vegetation will be contracted with a different firm, for completion in the spring. As compensation for this change in contract, the count will finish additional linear feet of trail within the park, in addition to re-doing the trail around the wetland, which is too close to the water edge and has some undesirable intersections. F"or erosion control over the winter, the county agrees that it should be seeded and mulched soon. The pond does not appear to be infiltrating as it was expected. Studies will be done by the city engineer on the ponds functioning. With these changes in the program, the community service seedling planting was rescheduled for Sat. Oct. 30. Because of the uncertain timetable, we may not be able to give much notice to community volunteers, other than the Boy Scouts. However, the planting in the spring of the rest of the prairie will afford a second chance. D-3: City bicycle/ pedistrian plan. The Commission was asked to review