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• MINUTES PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING following the Public Meeting on the Idaho/Snelling Park JANUARY 22, 1991, 7:30 p.m. Members Present: Jeff Johnson, Steven Schugel, Linda McLoon, Jyneen Thatcher, Lloyd Jacobson, Deborah Weiland, Mike Farrell, Dave Wickhem, Carol Kriegler, Parks Director, Sam Jacobs, Council Liason, Sue Hoyt, City Planner Members Absent: Carol Huso 1. Land Use Plan Sue Hoyt went over the Land Use Plan for the city of Falcon Heights. She particularly wanted us to examine the bike and pedestrian trails described in the Comprehensive Park Plan. She handed out a sheet that indicated where all the trails were and questioned the trails marked in yellow. She asked if we wanted to keep them in the plan, as they did not connect to anything. She also indicated that, should all things go as planned, both Cleveland Ave. and Larpenteur Ave. will have marked bike trails when they are redone in the next 1-2 years. Most of the park related plans in the city plan came directly from the Comprehensive Park Plan and • there were no corrections made. Carol K indicated that the Ramsey County Friends of the Parks are pursuing the use of the fairgrounds for recreational purposes when the fair is not there. Carol will keep us informed. 2. Community Park Building Update Carol informed us that the heating in the park building was imbalanced. They brought it to the attention of the contractor, since it meant there was a blockage somewhere with a bent or crushed heating duct. The next thing Carol knew was that they were jackhammering the floor up without having first received the authority. Since we use the building as a warming house now, Carol was concerned that they were going to make the building unusable. They assured her that the mess would be minimal, the hole small and that they would be very neat so we could continue using the building. Carol said that the hole is really huge and the building a dusty mess. Much of the duct work was crushed; probably someone drove a bulldozer over it. We all wanted to know where the architect was when this was going on. There are still a number of other problems, such as sodding and grading at the building. The ice rink is particularly bad, with quite a bad slope across it. There are still disturbed areas that didn't get seeded. The contractor wants his final payment and said he would put 52,300 in escrow • to insure that everything would be done. Carol had an independent contractor look at the grounds and they estimated the cost to be more like 510,000, particularly as the sod problems could get worse in the spring.