HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes for July 14MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
6:30 p.m.
Grove Park, 1600 Coffman
City of Falcon Heights
Parks & Recreation Commission
1. Call to Order
Meeting called to order at 6:34pm.
Attendance X=present; AB=absent
X Candace Amberg WSB & Associates, Inc.
X Gordon Strom Chairperson
X Christina Erickson
X Michelle Tesser Staff
X Tim Pittman Staff
X Chuck Long Council Liaison
X Mary Hannon Jacobson Substitute Secretary
AB Dave Thomas
AB Liz Asmus
AB Michael Breen
X Cari Lee
X Emily Metcalf New Commissioner (potential)
2. Welcome New Commissioner
Emily Metcalf from the northwest quadrant of Falcon Heights is a potential new
commissioner (not official yet). Introductions were made around the table.
3. Recap on Movie in the Park Event
Gordon: Move in the park went well. 40‐50 kids and parents. Lots of bugs! Movie
started around 9:30pm. Gordon felt the screen was a bit small. Drawings went well. No
storm/rain.
4. Volunteers for Ice Cream Social, Thursday, July 24th 6-8pm
Michelle: We need volunteers for Park & Rec commission table. No one was able to
commit at this time but Michelle will send emails out again this week.
5. Discussion on Effects of Minimum Wage Increase 2014-2016
Michelle: has made lots of calculations to determine how it affects budget. May cause
2014 to be negative profit. Most likely a 6% increase in program fees for 2015. Minimum
wage is incremental but eventually $10/hour by 2016.
6. Public Works Report – Tim Pittman
No Update was given at this time.
7. New Business
a. Commonwealth Terrace (CTC)
Michelle’s contact there was terminated so she is hopeful/anxious we can
continue that relationship. She plans to meet w/that person’s supervisor to confirm
our relationship and that P&R services will continue.
If we don’t continue services for them, Michelle is afraid the # of participants in
our programs will decline. They might do their own programs instead even
though we have a lot to offer them.
CTC programing is only for CTC residents because the services are held at their
property and because of liability issues, though FH gets a stipend. The CTC is
their own coop.
8. Park Planning
Candace ran the discussion/brainstorming session.
She opened with some quick background: The Park Improvement Study was performed
to evaluate the parks and facilities Falcon Heights currently has, including its trails. The
Park Improvement Master Plan will take a fresh look at what amenities we keep,
change, add and remove. It will offer recommendations on what the parks should look
like and give Falcon Heights a document/plan in place to follow. The Master Plan will
help keep the parks complementary of each other, avoid duplication and keep a
consistent direction for future improvements.
The Discussion/brainstorming session then commenced with Candace asking a series of
questions to the commission regarding the various Falcon Heights parks/park system
and getting their feedback.
9. Set Future Meeting Dates for Park Planning
Candace will provide an update at the regularly scheduled August meeting, cleaning up
the brainstorming done at this meeting and offering concepts for each park (she plans
to have 2 concepts per park.) At the September meeting she hopes to be able to review
the conceptualized parks and get feedback from the commission. Her plan is to have a
preliminary Master Plan ready for the October meeting.
10. Approval of 6/9/2014 Meeting Minutes
The 6/9/2014 Meeting Minutes were approved.
11. Meeting Conclusion
Meeting adjourned at 8:17pm.
a. Summary of Decisions Made
NA
b. Summary of Action Items
i. Michelle plans to meet w/the Commonwealth Terrace supervisor to confirm our
relationship and that P&R services will continue. She will update the
commission with the meeting results and determine next steps if necessary.
ii. Candace will develop 2 concepts for each FH Park to review at the August
meeting.
c. Documents to Attach/PDF with these Meeting Minutes
NA
d. Next meeting date: Monday, August 11 2014
e. Submitted By: Mary Hannon Jacobson