HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes for June 10 City of Falcon Heights Parks & Recreation Commission MEETING MINUTES City Hall Monday, June 10th 6:30 p.m. ab Melissa Weber-Sanders, Chair ab Serena Jones-White ab Tom Keene ab Christina Erickson X Gordon Strom X Mary Hannon Jacobson X Staff Michelle Tesser X Staff Tim Pittman X Council Liaison Chuck Long 1. Call to order- 6:33pm 2. Approval of May 13 meeting mi nutes- Approved but no quorum 3. Welcome New Parks and Recreation Commissioner Liz Asmus and Dave Thomas 4. Deb Wiswell, 1543 Iowa Ave Deb Wiswell discussed Curtiss Fiel d concerns with the commission. The commission decided to: 1. Plan a Park Tour to go to each park and hear concerns from residents including Curtiss Field on August 12 th . 2. Order a sign with language si milar to the one at Community Park that asked those using the basketball court to be cour teous of neighbors durin g late hours. 5. Discussion on Park Play grounds Inspection Results Tesser had to discuss the agenda item from May 13 th because no quorum existed in May but unfortunately ther e was no quorum for June 10 th meeting so the issue will need to go in front of the commission in July’s meeting. Refer to May 13 th minutes for details 6. Request to Council for Designation of funds to Park Budget for Future Improvements
Tesser had to discuss the agenda item from May 13 th because no quorum existed in May but unfortunately ther e was no quorum for June 10 th meeting as well so the issue will need to go in front of the commission in July’s meeting. Refer to May 13 th minutes for details. Tesser updated the commission on the League’s ability to provide an audit of the playground. The league of MN Cities repres ents cities in a lot of areas including safety. The commissioners agreed to pursue this option. 7. Pickle Ball at Grove In the Spring Newsletter Tesser asked if peopl e were interested in Pickle Ball to call her. She has been taking down people’s names. So far there is 10interested people. To purchase equipment the co st would be upward of $750. Tesser asked if the commission thought that his amount was feasible with the lack of interest. Because of the lack of a quorum at t he Commission meeting, no decision could be voted on. Refer to May 13 th minutes for details. 8. Update on Spring/Summer Program Enrollment Tesser had to cancel 6 classes for low enrol lment. The total amount of June/July programs that are running are 26 classe s (not included: Babysitting Clinic). 9. Update on Summer Event Planning Movie in the Park is Friday, June 21. We went with a new vendor this year that offers an inflatable movie screen 12x12 and t hey offer better sound quality. The movie has been ordered from Swank.com. So far we have 6 current campsites reserved for a total amount of $35.00. We will continue to advertise to get the word out. If it does rain we wil l try and have the movie screened in the Community Park building. Other summer events coming up: Par ents Night Out, Friday July 19 th and ICS Thursday, July 25th 10. Public Works Report: Pittman discussed street sweeping project, sidewalk replacement, (2) seasonal hirers, sanitary sewer clean/televised. 11. New Business Tesser received the $500.00 check from th e Lions club toward the Community garden fence approximate cost of total fence $4,500.
Commission discussed revamping the Friends of the Park donation fund at the Ice Cream Social. Commissioners suggest ed having volunteer commissioners at a table. Commissioners also added that they would lik e to implement a process of online payment. Tesser will look into this possibility.