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MEETING MINUTES
Monday, September 11, 2017
6:30 p.m.
City Hall, 2077 W. Larpenteur Ave.
City of Falcon Heights
Parks & Recreation Commission
1. Call to Order
Meeting called to order at 6:30pm.
Attendance X=present; AB=absent
x Gordon Strom
x Tim Sandvik Staff
AB Tim Pittman Staff
x Randy Gustafson Council Liaison
AB Mary Hannon Jacobson Co-Secretary
x Ron Eischen Co-Secretary
x Shawn Hubert Chairperson
x Ben Reichelt
x Walt Dunlap
x Olivia Demerath
2. Approval of April 10, 2017 meeting minutes
The meeting minutes were reviewed and approved.
3. Introduced new member
We welcomed, Olivia Demerath Roseville High School student, interested in
government.
Welcome Olivia.
4. Updates on Summer 2017 – Tim Sandvik
Parks Programming
o Yearly $22k transfer from general fund to parks commission
programming.
o Yearly goal is to remain revenue neutral.
Rentals – Facility/Field
o Increased usage over the last 2 years.
o Building rental feedback, more positive this year, only 1 deposit
was kept. There was much less cleanup and maintenance required
then in 2016.
Events
o Spring Together – canceled due to weather
o Ice Cream Social –a success
Ice cream options were limited however there were no
charges for ice cream or the games.
o Annual 5K is this coming weekend.
o No Winterfest this year due to date conflict with the Super Bowl.
Infrastructure updates
o 24 Over 45 tons of grael AgLime were put on the path in the
Community Park.
o New sidewalk at Curtis Field
Favorable feedback
Status of planting trees in Curtis Park, awaiting potential
other changes to Curtis.
Upcoming Opportunities
o Possibly smaller activities (Rec on the Go), activities across parks.
To Increase park usage
To Increase promote inclusion
5. Task Force Recommendations – Parks and Recreation
Commission Opportunities
Recommendations were vague.
CEC will be meeting to set priorities.
Inclusion of kids with disabilities on park equipment.
Multi-use of park.
Partnership with school district (Falcon Heights Elementary).
Address the sources of exclusion.
Gear programming toward minority underserved population.
Possible a survey to gage gauge interest.
6. Grant Submission – Interpretive Signage
Interpretative signage going into Curtis field
Working on panel design before the December meeting.
Tim is looking for input on the panel layout.
7. Grand Submission – Piano in the Park
Would be located at Community Park
Planning to have an artist at the December mtg to collect ideas for the
piano design.
8. Additional Updates , Meeting Schedule
Upcoming Commission term renewals:
Ben and Shawn in October ‘s 1st term expires in December and Gordon in ‘s
second term expires in December.
Need Shawn and Ben feedback for Commission renewal.
9. Other Business
Increased expenditures due to increased police costs.
10. Adjourn
7:59 motion made and seconded.