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• • • Park Board Meeting - February 5, 2007 Minutes process the city will be establishing a Comprehensive Plan Advisory Panel. The panel is proposed to consist of the Planning and Zoning Board, three members from each of the other advisory boards (Park Board, Environmental Board, and EDAC) as well as community residents. Rick advised the Park Board that they have been requested to appoint three members to the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Panel. The tentative meeting dates for this group is the third Wednesday of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. It is anticipated for there to be six - ten meetings for the advisory panel. The first advisory panel meeting is proposed for March 21, 2007. He went on to say that it is anticipated that there will be a process kickoff meeting the evening of Wednesday, March 7. This will be a joint meeting of the council, all advisory boards, the advisory panel, and other jurisdictional agencies (i.e. school district, county, etc.). Kathryn Gallup and Pat Huelman volunteered to be on the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Panel. Staff will contact Pam and Paul to see if one of them would also available to be on the panel. 2006 Parks and Recreation Department Accomplishments: Rick reviewed the memo that was included in the member's packets. He said that two of the biggest accomplishments for the Parks Department were the completion of the Birch Street Trail and the open air shelters in Behm's and Highland Meadows Parks. He said Recreation staff was kept busy processing 3,641 program registrations. PARKS DEPARTMENT UPDATE: Rick reviewed a memo from Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor, which summarized the maintenance highlights for January 2007. Rick said staff was doing the best they can on the maintenance of skating rinks this winter. He also touched on the tree work that has been done in Shenandoah Park. Members wanted to know about the usage of skating rinks and what was done with rink attendants if the rinks were not open. Rick replied that he would be providing the Board with attendance numbers etc. at the March meeting. He also said that there wasn't staff at the shelters if the rinks weren't in skateable condition or if the weather was too cold. Rick asked members to review the rest of the memo and to contact him if they had any further questions on the update. RECREATION DEPARTMENT UPDATE: Rick referred to the Recreation Program Highlights Flyer from January 2007. He talked about how popular the Secret Holiday Gift Shop had been. He told members that the department plans on 3