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MINUTES <br />Parks & Recreation Commission <br />July 8, 2008 <br />OF OFH RINK It appears St. John's Church is willing to work with us in allowing us to relocate the freestyle <br />ice skating rink to the south of the hockey rink. They will be having another meeting with St. <br />John's staff in the near future. <br />LIGHTING Morelan stated there is not much to report yet as the contracts have been awarded, but no <br />PROJECTS work has been completed yet. <br />OTHER Morelan reported that a group of neighborhood residents around the Gervais Mill Pond have <br />formed an organization called the Friends of Gervais Creek & Ponds and have established a <br />website at fogcap.org. They have made a request to put up signage in the park for their <br />organization. They cleaned up the park on a very chilly Earth Day on Apri122, 2008. They are <br />also working with the Ramsey County Watershed District. <br />Morelan announced that the Canadian Days buttons are now on sale at the city desk counter for <br />$2.00 each. <br />ICE CREAM Steinert reported it will be held at Spooner Park lower shelter on Thursday, July 31, 2008. <br />SOCIAL He had not received a confirmation from the Roseville Parks & Recreation contact person, <br />Roxanne, about the puppet show yet, but should very soon. Steinert reported that the fire trucks <br />are set but has not heard back from the K-9 unit yet. Morelan has not heard from A&W on the <br />root beer either, but will finalize very soon. The clowns also have not been finalized. Once <br />confirmation is received on these, the flier will be printed and available for the commissioners <br />to distribute, along with being put on the website and cable channel. <br />Steinert confirmed with Fleischhacker that he will assist with finalizing and coordinating the <br />actual event since he will be absent. Chair Davis stated she will be unable to attend also. <br />OTHER Sanders commented on the DNR grants, stating the cycle begins in February of each year. <br />Davis asked if we could apply for all grants with one application. Sanders stated that we would <br />probably choose one this fall and submit an application for that grant. Davis asked Sanders if a <br />city map with street names could be made that would include the proposed trails by priority <br />number. Sanders agreed that at times the location of these trails gets confusing and stated he <br />could make that requested map and have it put on the website also. <br />Maida asked Sanders about the Parks & Recreation Comprehensive Plan. Sanders stated he is <br />working with the city on this project and is planning to schedule a meeting this fall to go <br />forward with the review of the draft. He is projecting that the Parks & Recreation Commission <br />would probably approve the draft in September and then give it to the city council to approve. <br />Maida expressed a concern with the trails priority list. He asked if there was a way to track how <br />much traffic there is on each projected trail. He thought, maybe through the census, that <br />someone could distinguish where the largest populations of children are within the city. Sanders <br />replied that there is probably no way to detect the amount of haffic unless you did a hand count. <br />Other discussion included whether it was feasible to do a community survey, newspaper article, <br />website poll, or a booth at Canadian Days to survey the residents' ranking of the trail <br />importance. Some commissioners emphasized that once the trail was completed there would be <br />an increased amount of traffic, so there is not much importance to the traffic count before the <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />