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` MINUTES PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING February 10, 1.992, 7 p.m. Members Present: Carol Weisberg, Jyneen Thatcher, Carol Huso, Morris Nicholson, Lloyd Jacobson, Linda McLoon, Carol Kriegler, Parks Director, Sue Gehrz, Council Liaison Members Absent: Dave Wickhem, Steve Schugel 1. City of Roseville Teen Center Sue Gehrz gave a presentation on the Teen Center that opened in Roseville on January 11. It was an outgrowth of the Commission Against Drugs. It is open several afternoons every week, with buses running from RAMS and RAHS to the center on Monday and Tuesday. There are special activities on Saturdays. There is one staff person assigned to the Teen Center. The teens themselves plan the activities and decided the type of things they wanted in the center. There are two rooms, one with a stereo and the other with games, etc. Sue passed around a wish list of items for the center. Morris suggested that they try to get some publicity for the ongoing good works that are being done by the teens there (buddies for elementary kids, etc). We thought it might be nice to hold our next meeting there. It is at 2800 Arona. 2. Request for Funds for the Brimhall Elementary School Playground Carol W gave a presentation for a request for funds to assist in the fundraising efforts for the Brimhall playground. They are trying to raise 575,000 all through the work of parent volunteers. They are 50% towards their goal at the present time. In the spirit of cooperation between cities, and considering the large percentage of Falcon Heights children who attend or will attend Brimhall, this request was made. A great deal of discussion followed. Sue Gehrz made the following points 1) that in tight fiscal times a little bit of money from a number of sources is the only way to fund certain types of bigger projects and 2) the increase in the reputation of Brimhall would reflect back on the house values in Falcon Heights. Jyneen made the points 1) that this school is outside the boundaries of Falcon Heights. She uses the city parks, but as anon-parent would never make use of a school playground and 2) would the donation be made in the spirit of increased cooperation between the two cities? Linda made a motion to support the concept of making a financial contribution to the Brimhall Elem. School Playground. Morris seconded. Vote: Yes, 5; No, 0; Abstain, 1. This will be passed on to the city council for their decision. We will continue this discussion at our next meeting in light of the city council's decision. Carol K will try to put it on the February 26 agenda. The commission was able to identify 52,500 saved in putting new hockey boards at the Grove park that might be used for this purpose. Because of the Cleveland Ave. project and the redo of the running path at that time, there might be funds from this area that could be used for the playground also. We might be able to use funds from the Parks Capitol Improvement Fund or the city's Contingency Fund. Further discussion was tabled. 3. Community Park Play Equipment Carol K reminded us that we have 530,700 for replacement of the old Big Toy play equipment at the Community Park. We unanimously agreed to request permission from the city council to put out an RFP to the various playground structure vendors. Hopefully this will be on the agenda their last meeting in February. The RFP would include removal of the old equipment, the play equipment itself and its installation. Linda, Carol W, Carol H and Carol K will get together this Thursday to go over specific play elements that we would like included in the play structure. We will also specify that we want it to be handicapped accessible with transfer points and ground level play activities, (panels etc) rather than lots of decking. We would like to make sure bikes and roller blades can't get up into the structure. We would like to ensure installation at the earliest possible date this spring.