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PARKS AND RECREATION AND FORESTRY COMMISSION 7:00 P.M. | SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 | MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL MEETING MINUTES 1. CALL TO ORDER at 7:05 PM 2. ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Arel, Aukee, Katovich, Kunz, Kroeger, Palm, Long Staff: Dazenski, DeBar | YMCA: Danielson *to be absent 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion to approve by Palm, 2nd by Arel. Motion Passed 6-0 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. August 22, 2013 Meeting Minutes: Motion to approve minutes by Kunz, 2nd by Katovich. Motion Passed 6-0 5. PUBLIC INPUT Citizens may speak to issues not on tonight’s agenda. Before speaking, please give your full name and address. Please limit your comments to three minutes. NO residents present 6. STAFF REPORTS A. YMCA: See attached report. There have been a couple requests to rent a park with a skating rink on different dates in the winter. If we close Groveland, then it would involve renting either Lambert or Hillview, but then close it to outside residents, and inform residents that the building will be unavailable due to a private party and redirect residents to the other park. Do we regulate building rental hours to the beginning or ending of the building rental shift so as not to leave the park attendant with split hours? Do we limit the number of times we allow the rental each season? Last year it cost approximately $700 for utilities and $1800 to flood the rink at Groveland. Staffing the warming house costs about $2000. Direct Staff to gather data on how often the building was used at Groveland so we determine if we should close the building and winterize it this year. We will decide whether or not to flood Groveland at the October meeting as well. We will continue existing running operations at Lambert and Hillview this season. Motion by Kunz, 2nd by Palm to have Lambert and Hillview hours staffed the same as previous years. We will decide Groveland status at the October meeting. Hillview and Lambert days of operation will be weeknights, weekends, and Winter Break. (Weekends include days MV School District is closed to students (i.e. MLK Day and Presidents’ Day). Motion Passed 5-0. Recommend weeknights 4-9 PM, weekend hours 12-8PM. Winter Break and MV School District days off 12-8PM. We will allow either Hillview or Lambert to be rented out from 10-2 or 6-10pm. The buildings will not be rented at the same time on the same date and will be exclusive to the building only, not the rink. Signs will be posted at the site informing residents of the closure prior to the reservation and will direct residents to enjoy the other park. MOTION PASSED 6-0. B. Public Works: Field prep for fall soccer and prep for winter, BBC Disbursement included items for MVCC, rubber flooring at Groveland Park (partial amount), furniture replacement at Random Park, picnic amenities at various parks. Trees have been identified with oak wilt and dutch elm. Hillview roof will be competed before winter.