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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING <br />PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION <br />LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />APRIL 7, 2022 <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, <br />Minnesota was convened on the 7th day of April, 2022 in the Council Chambers of the City <br />Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. <br /> <br />Acting Chair Horwath called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and the following members of the <br />Parks & Recreation Commission were present at roll call: <br /> <br />PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION: Hipp, Horwath, Schletty, Chu, and Abruzzese. <br /> <br />ABSENT: Miller and Mui <br /> <br />ALSO PRESENT: Parks & Rec/Community Services Director Bryce Shearen, Recreation <br />Coordinator Sierra Hietala, and Parks Maintenance Supervisor Derek Anderson. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES <br />Commissioner Hipp made a motion to approve the March 3, 2022, Parks & Recreation <br />Commission minutes as submitted. Commissioner Chu seconded the motion. The motion was <br />unanimously approved. <br /> <br /> <br />PARKS AND RECREATION MISSION STATEMENT <br />Commissioner Abruzzese read the parks and recreation mission statement. <br /> <br /> <br />OLD BUSINESS: RONDEAU PARK UPDATE <br />The Parks & Rec Director stated that staff continues to work on Rondeau Park. He stated that <br />the City Council has approved the site improvements with Sunram Construction and reviewed <br />the project scope. He stated that the majority of this project has been funded through the City’s <br />ARPA funds. He stated that the community build will take place on July 15th and 16th and noted <br />that the subcommittee will be meeting in late April and will provide an update to the <br />Commission at the May meeting. He noted that he has recently been made aware of the <br />nonprofit organization, Kids Around the World, which utilizes used play equipment. He <br />believed that this would be a fantastic use of the existing playground equipment. He noted that <br />the organization would remove the existing playground equipment within the next few weeks. <br />He stated that notice would be sent to residents in that area alerting them to the project and <br />inviting participation in the community build. <br /> <br />Commissioner Schletty asked and received confirmation that the communication to residents <br />would include notice that the existing playground equipment would be removed from the site.