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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-04-2021 Park Board Minutes CITY OF LINO LAKES PARK BOARD MINUTES 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: Park Board Chair Pat Huelman called the Lino Lakes Park Board meeting to order at 6:30 pm. on August 4, 2021. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. SETTING OF AGENDA Agenda was approved as is. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Richard Jensen made a MOTION to approve the August 2, 2021 meeting minutes. Motion was supported by John Nordlund. Motion carried 6 - 0. 5. OPEN MIKE There was no one present for Open Mike. 6. PARK NAMING PROCESS Rick DeGardner, Director of Public Services, reminded the Park Board of the naming process. He stated that name suggestions were submitted online by the public. The next step is for the Park Board to review the names, pick a couple that they believe would make decent park names, and put them back on a survey for a final vote from the public (Public will be able to vote on the names until August 26). The survey data will then be presented at the September 1 Park Board meeting where the Park Board will decide their recommendation for each park name to be presented at the September 13 City Council meeting. DATE: August 4, 2021 TIME STARTED: 6:30 P.M. TIME ENDED: 7:19 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Patrick Huelman (Chair), Abby Haworth, William Kusterman, John Nordland, and James Zilka MEMBERS ABSENT: Clark Gooder STAFF PRESENT: Rick DeGardner (Director of Public Services) The Park Board discussed the 19 different name suggestions that were submitted for Centerville/Birch Park and the 8 different name suggestions for City Hall park. They had shown some interest in park names such as “Firefighters Memorial Park”, “Hero Park”, ‘First Responder Park” however it was mentioned that naming the park with a name like those may imply or push for a memorial statue in the park area which there are currently no plans for. The area will just have the hard surface courts as of right now and will most likely just continue to be a park in the future. After lengthy discussion the Park Board decided to move forward with the following names for the survey: Centerville Road & Birch Street Park (1750 Birch Street) • Tower Park • Blue Heron Park • Water Tower Park City Hall Park (1189 Main Street) • Old City Hall Park • Main Street Park 7. PARKS UPDATES A. Tennis & Pickle Ball Courts Update Rick DeGardner, Director of Public Services, informed the Park Board that erosion control measures are in place and general earthwork and storm water ponds development have started at the Birch/Centerville tennis and pickle ball courts location. He stated that the aggregate sub-base of the courts has been placed with sampling/testing being conducted with sub-cutting of the parking and trail areas and storm sewer installation scheduled for next week. He detailed that the project had encountered some significant delays to manufacture lead times involving the fence fabric. The revised completion date for the project is September 30, 2021. B. Lino Park Renovations Rick DeGardner, Director of Public Services, informed the Park Board that the large playground structure, swings, independent play events, concrete edging, bike rack pad, and engineered wood fiber and bottle filling station have all been installed at Lino Park. He identified that the Parks Department is still waiting on delivery of the 2-5 play structure and that the ornamental fencing material is projected to arrive mid- August. He detailed that additional concrete work is scheduled for the week of September 1st with benches and tables expected to be delivered mid-October. C. Clearwater Creek Playground Replacement Rick DeGardner, Director of Public Services informed the Park Board that the plan is still to remove and replace the Clearwater Creek playground area this Fall. DeGardner added that the City had made arrangements with a local contractor to remove and salvage the existing park equipment, stating the business will pay the City $500 for the removal. 8. NEW BUSINESS Pat Huelmann, Park Board Chair, asked Rick DeGardner, Director of Public Services, if the Park Board should start discussing “park priorities”. DeGardner stated that the City Council and City Staff are currently in budget discussions. He continued that he would have more information to relay to the Park Board at the September meeting regarding funds available and at that time the “park priorities” discussion should start. Richard Jensen, Park Board Member, asked for an update on Woods Edge Park. DeGardner stated that it is open to the public, as it has been, but are waiting for a sign (supply chain issues). DeGardner mentioned that it would be time for the Park Board to start consider a more consistent looking sign structure throughout the park system. The Park Board asked DeGardner if they will be doing any onsite visits this fall (in the past the Park Board has always done a site tour in the past during the fall). After a brief discussion the Park Board had decided to wait until October to do any site tours. 9. OLD BUSINESS There was no old business. 10. NEXT SCHEDULED PARK BOARD MEETING Wednesday, September 1, 2021 11. ADJOURNMENT William Kusterman made a MOTION to adjourn to adjourn the meeting at 7:19 p.m. Motion was supported by Richard Jensen. Motion carried 6 - 0. Respectfully submitted, Kellie Schmidt, Lino Lakes Administrative Assistant