11-01-07 Parks Commission Minutes

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MINUTES Parks & Recreation Commission November 1, 2007 people or more to be feasible and would be played at the Little Canada Elcmenfary main g5an. The Director will determine the status of Chc program from his email responses. The Director distributed the Winter Youth Activities Program flyoc. He stated they arc offcriug a Babysitter Safety Class that was not offered the past year. The American Red Cross co- sponsors this program and they provide the instructor. Stciucrt inquired why the fast-pitch softball ~~~as litccl as a ~rin~cr ac(i~~ify. The Director explained that the City of Little Canada is hosting one of the registration sites for the Roseville Area Past-pitch Association in January for the summer leagues. OTHER Painting - BUSINESS The Director reported that the playground equipment at Pioneer Park has been repainted. Spooner Park will be painted next year. Fahey inquired about the process in hiring a painter. The Director stated he had received two bids and the playground equipment manufacturer made a recommendation to use Advance Coating Systems, who we hired. )=Ie thought they did an excellentjob. Bocce Ball Court - The Director reported on the work that was completed at the bocce ball court. They put a new concrete pad on the north end of the cow•t and under the benches where erosion had occurred. 'Tennis Courts - The tennis courts were refurbished at Spooner and Pioneer Parks. They have put the nets back up and the lights have been reactivated. New lighting has been included in the 2008 budget for next summer installation for Spooner Park. Morelan was asked if the courts are being used and he replied that both tennis courts are used quite regularly. There is a lot of activity at Pioneer Park because of the combination of having both tennis and basketball courts. Thunder Bay Park trees - The Director stated that the City has identified twenty-five evergreen trees, 12 to 15 feet high, that they plan to move to other city locations in lieu of cutting down because of interference with the power lines. Fifteen of the evergreen trees will be planted by the hockey rink on Demont Avenue and ten will be transplanted in Pioneer Park. The Director commented that the survival rate is good in transplanting evergreens at this time of the year. Replacement plants have already been purchased and are now at the Public Works garage waiting to be planted. They have not been planted yet because the ground has been too wet to remove the existing evergreens. Basketball registration - The Director stated that the city is still taking some late registrations. Don Bowman and Katie Socha, Program Supervisors, are in the process of formulating leagues. They start practicing in mid-November and will start playing the games the first part of December, 2007. Page 3 of 4