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Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. <br />Mayor Coughlin requested that City Administrator notify Mr. Clark as soon as possible. <br />G. Presentation'of the appointments of Dawn Little, Theresa Lexcen, and Rich <br />Sonterre to the Parks and Recreation Commission. <br />Mayor Coughlin presented the Council Members with the names of the following residents for <br />their consideration for appointment to the Parks and Recreation Commission. He stated that as <br />previously noted, Pamela Starr and Scott Dentz have both resigned from the commission <br />recently, and two of the three recommended appointments were to fill those unexpired terms. He <br />stated that the final seat on the commission is a newly created position to round out the seats to <br />nine members, adding that upon closer inspection of the appointment records, there were eight <br />members appointed to a seven member commission. The expansion to nine members was to <br />keep the present membership, yet have the membership be an odd number so as to prevent any <br />possible tie votes. <br />Mayor Coughlin stated that the recommended appointments are as follows: <br />Dawn Little - Term to expire December 31, 2000 (unexpired term of Pamela Starr) <br />Theresa Lexcen — Term to expire December 31, 2000 (unexpired term of Scott Denz) <br />Rich Sonterre — Term to expire December 31, 2001 (new position) <br />Mayor Coughlin requested that, for continued record keeping, the Council reconfirm the seated <br />members of the commission along with their respective terms as follows: <br />Terms expiring December 31, 1999: <br />Mary Benz <br />Gary Stevenson <br />Frank Silvis <br />Dave Long <br />Sherry Gunn <br />Terms expiring December 31, 2000: <br />Stan McDonald <br />Council Member Marty stated, as reflected in the prior Council Meeting minutes, that the City of <br />Minnetonka had revised their previous policy of appointment to commissions by the Mayor, and <br />voted on by the Council, to require all people applying to different commissions to apply to the <br />Council directly. He stated that they would then be interviewed at a Work Session, and voted <br />15 cAadmin\minutes\7-12-99.cc <br />