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MINUTES PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING • January 13, 1992, 7 p.m. Members Present: Carol Weisberg, Steve Schugel, Jyneen Thatcher, Carol Huso, Morris Nicholson, Lloyd Jacobson, Linda McLoon, Carol Kriegler, Parks Director, Sue Gehrz, Council Liaison Members Absent: Dave Wickhem 1. Changes in Commission Members Two new members of the commission were introduced. Our new liaison to the city council is Sue Gehrz, and our new commission member is Morris Nicholson. 2. Corrections to the Minutes, Dec. 9, 1991. Carol K pointed out that the grade of the hardcourt at Curtiss Field should be "within acceptable standards", without a strict % given. Carol K indicated that the city is holding some money from the final payment to cover potential contractor error in both the grade of the hardcourt and the grade of the hockey rink area in the park. The site contractor has not made the final walk through on the project. Again the potential liability of Barton/Aschmann was brought up, since they drew up the plans for the site. 2. Executive Summary The commission members were asked to direct their comments about the Deloitte Touche study of cooperation opportunities between Roseville and Falcon Heights to Carol Huso, a member of the citizen's committee for this study, or to another member of the • committee. Some discussion followed about assumptions that were in the report, for example, that we would benefit from Roseville increased staff for park maintenance when it is clear that Roseville parks have not been as well maintained as the parks in Falcon Heights over the past few years, etc. 3. Ice Rinks Carol K went over the problems with the ice at Curtiss Field, in particular the smaller hockey rink, due to too much slope at the south end, with the grade too steep to flood effectively (so the rink is 10-15 ft shorter) and the shorter pleasure rink (so as not to disturb the new sod at the north end of the rink). The grade of the hockey rink area will be checked when the snow is gone, so stay tuned..... Carol K reported that the ice was just opened for skating this week. This is 3-4 weeks after other parks in the area, and there were a lot of complaints. Carol K said that because the rink flooders were 2-3 days late in December, the warm weather that followed made it impossible to effectively flood the rinks. Carol K felt that good flooding opportunities were missed, due to lack of someone to direct the flooding daily. Carol K and Sue Hoyt agreed that the solution is to have a seasonal, part-time city employee whose job is to: coordinate, schedule, flood and manage the ice rinks and the rink attendants. This job requires good organizational skills and a knowledge of how to floor ice rinks. Vince did the job up to now. A person was hired to be the "ice maintenance/ice rink director" under the supervision of Carol K and Vince. 4. Winter Event The winter special event will be held on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2-5 pm, with a theme of "Frosty the Snowman meets Godzilla, the Groundhog". There will be community ice skating with piped in music, a treasure hunt, maybe a snow sculpture contest, snow hockey or volleyball, food, etc. Carol K will take care of publicity. The Carol's will work on the details.