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<br /> <br />PARKS AND RECREATION AND FORESTRY COMMISSION <br />6:30 P.M. | NOVEMBER 15, 2012 | MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL <br />MEETING MINUTES <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER at 6:34 PM <br />2. ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Kunz, Palm, Kroeger, Aukee, Peterson, Arel, Long <br /> Staff: Dazenski, DeBar | YMCA: Benson <br />3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion to approve by Kroeger, 2nd by Palm. Motion Passed 7-0 <br />4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />A. October 25, 2012 Meeting Minutes: Motion to approve by Arel, 2nd Kroeger, Motion <br />Passed 7-0. <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. STAFF REPORTS <br />A. YMCA: Started Winter Session including new programs, Fall programs served 477 which is <br />up from last year. Cookies with Santa: Dec 8 from 10-Noon, including snowman-building <br />contest. Rentals increasing for Event Center both full and partial. <br />B. Public Works: Irrigation system repairs and blow-outs. Grub infestation at two athletic fields <br />seems to be under control. Lambert Park is near complete. Need to do some hydroseeding <br />yet this fall. Playground and fencing complete; sod around building. Open House Sat. Nov <br />17th from 10-noon. Water tower painted, but construction vehicle damage to area ground to <br />be fixed in spring. Flooring installed and interior painting at Hillview Park building. Shelters <br />winterized, field nets removed, trees watered. Aerator at Silverview Pond removed. <br />7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br />A. Review Park Improvement Plan: Not available. Looking to address Silverview Park in 2013. <br />Items include: Move playground, fix trail around pond, irrigation improvements, BB and VB <br />courts location, tee boxes for disc golf, sidewalk from parking lot to County Road I, trail <br />connections from building to Silver Lake Road, explore other trail way options. Work on <br />park inventory/asset/master strategic plan with dates when amenities were acquired. <br />Update Facility use guide. <br />8. NEW BUSINESS <br />A. Recommend Applicants for 3-Year Commission Terms beginning Jan. 1, 2013. Three <br />applications received for two expiring terms, including two current commissioners. Motion <br />by Long, 2nd by Aukee to recommend two current commissioners to continue their <br />positions. Forestry experience by third applicant is desirable. Are we able to increase to 8 <br />members? We would need to recommend a new ordinance. Motion Passed 6-1. <br />B. Consider increasing number of Commissioners from 7 to 8. Would need to establish <br />quorum of 5. The Commission used to be 9 members, but decreased due to lack of <br />applicants. Could recommend to change the code to state from a minimum of 7 to a <br />maximum of 9. Quorum would be based on a majority of appointed commissioners. <br />Quorum of 4 with 7 commissioners, quorum of 5 with 8 or 9 commissioners. If no quorum, <br />we can still meet and have a work session, but cannot vote on decisions. Do we need a <br />minimum? What if the Commission drops to 6 interested members?