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Minutes <br />City of Falcon Heights <br />Parks and Recreation Commission <br />June 10, 1996, 7:00 p.m. <br />Present: Lois Millett, Greg Schaefer, Carol Weisberg, Nancy Wickhem, Carol <br />Kriegler (Parks Director), Chris Ammann (summer recreation program coordinator). <br />Absent: Steve Schugel, Laura Kuettel (Council Liaison) <br />1. Welcome to new Commission member Lois Millet. <br />2. Minutes of the 4/8/96 meeting were approved. <br />3. Thanks to ail who helped with the clean up of the parks on April 20 and with the <br />UNITREE planting project on May 4. <br />4. Summer recreation program update. 300-400 kids typically participate. This <br />year the summer staff is doing more advance planning and trying to offer activities that <br />have a wider appeal. Enrollment is good for all classes except Crafts for Kids, <br />Cooking, and All Sorts of Sports. Chris Ammann has put together a calendar with <br />daily program plans for Time-In. She brought in samples of some of the very creative <br />activities she has planned. Program begins the week of June 17. <br />5. Bike safety program will be held at Curtis Field on June 27. This event will be <br />advertised through the summer recreation program. The Lion's Club will donate 20 <br />bike helmets. We would like to give the helmets to kids who don't have them. We <br />decided to have kids answer three bike safety questions, one of which will be, "Do you <br />have a bicycle helmet?" The helmets will be given to kids who don't have one. The <br />remaining helmets, if any, will be taken to City Hall. Kids in the summer program will <br />be given a note saying, "If you don't have a bike helmet, call City Hall." <br />6. Ice cream social is scheduled for Thursday, July 25. The Stomp N' Dixie band <br />will play, the Fire Department will bring a fire truck and ambulance, and there will be <br />games and crafts for children. Refreshments will be sold. <br />7. Teen club. The Commission would like to find out what other cities are doing <br />about providing a place for teens to get together in a safe environment. We would like <br />to explore this topic to see if we can come up with a way to help meet this need. <br />8. Dogs continue to be a big problem in the parks. Carol Kriegler will investigate <br />clever signage for the parks. <br />Submitted by Carol Weisberg <br />