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PARKS AND RECREATION AND FORESTRY COMMISSION 6:30 P.M. | NOVEMBER 21, 2013 | MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL MEETING MINUTES 1. CALL TO ORDER at 6:35 PM 2. ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Arel, Aukee, Katovich, Kunz, Kroeger, Palm, Long Staff: Dazenski, DeBar | YMCA: Danielson 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion to approve by Kunz, 2nd by Arel: Motion Passed 6-0 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. October 24, 2013 Meeting: Motion to approve by Kroeger, 2nd by Long. 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 YMCA/MVCC update. Starting Dodgeball, Silly Song Land, One-time parent/child craft nights, Improv theater. Pickelball Tues/Thurs mornings 9-10 am. Silver Sneakers and Silver & Fit programs running. Depends upon the insurance. Gymnastics event had 20% increase with 341 events. 341 events at the Event Center. Fall Family Fun Festival had 260+ people attend. Cookies with Santa Saturday, Dec 8 from 11-1. Open gym participants increasing along with volleyball. Field rentals are about the same, building rentals are up. Hiring for ice rink staff. Swimming lessons at Edgewood Middle School will be changing to Emma B Howe YMCA via voucher from MVCC, and will be offered in different formats at various times. Abbey Hope lessons will still be offered at Edgewood for water safety with swimming. MVCC will keep track of residents taking the voucher. B. Public Works: Prepping shelters and facilities for winter. Leaves falling gradually requires more hours for clean up. Eagle Scout did the east gable at Silverview Park. Staff will do the west side in the spring. Younger scouts pulled wild grapes and buck thorn from around the pond. Aerated fields and seeded with time-release seed. Many blow-downs in parks, so cutting up wood and disposing of it. We would like to recognize the Eagle Scout and troop leader at the City Council meeting. Staff will coordinate and let us know when to attend. Staff will lower temps at Groveland to shut down the shelter for the winter without using antifreeze. 1. Discussed change in Park Building and Field rentals. Leave as a set amount for a 4-hour time frame, but the different classes would get percentage discounts. Consider aligning the park buildings with the Event Center rentals in multi-purpose rooms. Free 2- hour rental for all Class I stays the same. Motion by Aukee, 2nd by Kunz to adjust the park building rental fees to a set amount with percentage discounts dependent upon the classification of the reserving party. Motion Passed 6-0. 2. Consider changing the fees. Leave as is for this year with the current percentage change and re-evaluate next fall. 3. After 26.5 years, Steve Dazenski will be retiring on December 4, 2013.