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PARKS AND RECREATION AND FORESTRY COMMISSION <br />6:30 P.M. | MARCH 24, 2011 | MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL <br />MEETING MINUTES <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER at 6: 31 PM <br />2. ROLL CALL: Kunz, Palm, Kroeger, Arel, Long, Aukee, Peterson | Staff: DeBar | YMCA: Spiczka <br />3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion to approve by Palm, 2nd by Long. Motion Passed 7-0 <br />4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />A. February 24, 2011 Meeting Minutes. Motion to approve by Aukee, 2nd by Long. Motion <br />Passed 6-0, one abstention due to absence. <br />5. PUBLIC INPUT <br />Citizens may speak to issues not on tonight’s agenda. Before speaking, please give your full <br />name and address. Please limit your comments to three minutes. No residents present. <br />6. YMCA REPORT: Spiczka: Zumba is full at 25 with a wait list of about 15. Yoga is full with 15 <br />participants. Registration is open for summer parks program. $25 registration fee waived <br />before 4/15. Spring Fling April 16th from 11-1:30. $5 per family. Senior bingo growing on <br />Thursdays. Summer fields are booked M-Th with openings for adult softball if there are enough <br />participants. Several public requests for a refrigerator at Random Park building. Music in the <br />Park, June 16, July 21, August 18th. First two dates booked with North Suburban Concert Band <br />and a band called Good Timin’. Staffing changes: Scott Keigle leaving, Sam Springer new to <br />front desk since early February. Lauren Elaine Brown new Club Mid supervisor. <br />7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br />A. Discuss/Recommend Proposed Interior Revisions to Random Park Building. Staff checked <br />with groups that have used Random Park Building and no one uses the break-out room or <br />sees a need for keeping it. Mounds View Lions Club is wiling to do the remodeling and <br />asking the City to pay for the roll away dumpster. We need a time frame for the project so <br />as not to inconvenience reservations. With enough notice, regular groups can be relocated <br />to meet at MVCC or another park building. Carpet tiles and ceiling tiles may need to be <br />modified the wall removal. Staff will meet with Lions Club representatives next week. <br />Direct Staff to get a cost and time estimate for April meeting. <br />B. Discuss Lambert Park Building Layout: Building closer to street and square to the street, <br />Main entrance facing north. Bathrooms on east side of the building, utilities on west side. <br />Flip the Groveland/Hillview layout. Extend front smaller dormer out 4-6 feet with column <br />supports on north side. Larger back dormer to extend to a 24’ canopy with picnic tables. <br />Shift baseball field to the southeast. <br />8. NEW BUSINESS <br />A. Recommend Coach of the Year Candidate. Presented with candidates. Motion by Kroeger <br />to recommend candidate A for the Mounds View Coach of the Year, 2nd by Long. <br />Motion Passed 7-0. Palm will call Jennifer Holmes to see if she wants to come and present <br />the plaque. Deseree Crane will contact the recipient and coordinate the plaque. Town Hall <br />meeting will be Monday, April 18th 6-8:30 PM at City Hall. <br />B. Discuss Proposed Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Strategic Plan. Add individual parks to <br />the plan. Add a column for future considerations. Change “Sports” to “Programs.” Update <br />during Park Focus each month. Need maps of all parks with dimensions. Kroeger will <br />continue to revise.