HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRCMin_90Aug20PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING
AUGUST 20, 1990
MINUTES
Members Present: Connie Lasser, Linda McLoon, Carol Huso, Lloyd Jacobson,
Jyneen Thatcher, Carol Kriegler, Park Director, Sam
Jacobs, Council Liaison
Members Absent: Steve Schugal., Jeff Johnson, Deborah Weiland, Jean
Suppes
PARK BUILDING UPDATE
Our meeting was held in the new park building. Everyone agreed that
the building was wonderful. Carol indicated that the city was having
trouble getting the finishing done on the building. A number of windows
had to be sent back due to imperfections, and we were still waiting on
those. .Carol is going to get quotes for painting of the inside, outside
trim and a second coat of stain on the outside. The security system
is complete except for the phone. The fire suppression system is complete.
The sod is very uneven and Carol is working to rectify this problem.
FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Carol said that the Lions Club was going to give $1,000 to the park,
the North Suburban Youth Association was giving a total of $2,490. This
includes a sandbox, 2 spring toys, 2 digger toys and one sandtable, as
was chosen at a previous meeting. It was recommended that we all write
the appropriate thank you's to these organizations. One requirement
of the NSYA is that we write an official thank you and send it to the
Roseville FOCUS. We should also write to Bob Matson directly.
BUILDING USE POLICIES
We need to make a recommendation to the City Council as to who can use
the new building. (Free of charge, use list the city has already developed
including groups such as the boy scouts, etc.) We need to set fee rates.
Roseville uses $50/shift, a shift being 8-3 and then 4-10. Someone would
need to check the building over after each use. We thought a $100 deposit
against damages should be required. We all agreed to think it over and
make a formal recommendation when the full commission was present. We
also need to check with Terry Iverson about the occupancy number. The
building is stil'_ not ready for use.
OPEN HOUSE
We thought it would be .nice to have a Halloween open house, tentatively
scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 25 from 6-8. We could then use the special
cake donated by the Falconeers for the Ice Cream Social. They didn't
a].1 get used due to the rain and lower attendance.
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LIONS TREE SALE
We agreed that the Lions do slot for the city and that they could continue
to sell trees in December. We decided not to seed the hockey rink until
spring so that this effort would not be wasted by having new sod trampled
on and then skated on.
COFFMAN SURVEY
Carol distributed the survey from the Coffman residents. One of the
things highly requested for the Grove park is a horseshoe pit. We all
agreed that it was an inexpensive item and should be pursued immediately.
DEVELOPMENT - OUTDOOR RECREATION GRANT APPLICATION
Carol and Sue Gehrz went to the MN Dept. of Trade and Economic Development
to pursue a grant application. Originally there were 6 projects in the
application. They recommended that the grant be rewritten to include
all the improvements at Idaho and Snelling for a (tentative) $92,000
total. Carol is going to recheck prices (no surprises!). Their priorities
for granting money are based on numbers of facilities included, the overall
• design element and the public participation process. These monies are
a 1:1 match. They felt that this combination of projects at Idaho and
Snelling had the greatest chance of being funded. We felt, therefore,
that we should wait to make improvements at Idaho/Sne_lling park until
after the November grant notification deadline. In this way we had a
better chance of getting the whole package funded.
OTHER BUSINESS
Carol passed out Fark and Rec budgets and requested that we look them
over before the next meeting.
Connie mentioned that the Red Ribbon Campaign for a Drug Free America
was going great guns and we should look at our calendars for October
to help out.
Connie also mentioned that we are still not receiving the agendas for
the City Council meetings.
As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 P.M.
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