07-13-05 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA JULY 13, 2005 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a joint workshop meeting of the City Council and the Park & Recreation Commission of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 13`h day of July, 2005 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor Bill Blesener called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Mr. Bill Blesener Council Member Mr. Jim LaValle Council Member Mr. Rick Montour Council Member Ms. Barbara Allan Council Member Mr. John Keis PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION: Chair Ms. Ginger Sackett-Glaser Member Ms. Molly Boss Member Mr. Jim Broten Member Mr. Tony Mans Member Mr. Kevin Steinert ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Mr. Joel R. Hanson Park Consultant Mr. Bill Sanders Parks & Rec Director Mr. Jim Morelan City Clerk Ms. Kathy Glanzer UPDATE The Park Consultant noted that the Parks Master Plan was first adopted PARKS as a part of the City's Comprehensive Plan in 1980 and then updated in MASTER 1990 when the Comp Plan was updated. Given the fact that the PLAN - Metropolitan Council will be mandating updates of Comprehensive SCOPE OF Plans in the near future, as well as the Council's 2005 Goal for updating WORK Parks Master Plan, the Park Consultant submitted to those present a proposed Scope of Work for accomplishing this goal. The Parks Consultant reviewed in detail the various tasks laid out in the work scope as well as the corresponding timelines. In reviewing these tasks, the Council and Commission discussed in detail the need for a community survey to determine community perception of park needs and current service as outlined in Task 4. It was the consensus of the Council