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PARKS AND RECREATION AND FORESTRY COMMISSION 7:00 P.M. | MAY 23 , 2019 | MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL MEETING MINUTES 1. CALL TO ORDER at 7:07 PM 2. ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Arel, Aukee, Curry, Kroeger, Kunz, Palm, Rundle Staff: Peterson | YMCA: Thomas 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion to approve by Palm, 2nd by Kroeger. Motion passed 5-0 APPROVAL OF MINUTES April 28, 2019- Motion by Kroeger to approve, 2nd by Palm. Motion passed 5-0 4. 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. 5. SPECIAL BUSINESS A. Presentation from Ramsey County Parks & Recreation Department – Benjamin Karp,& Mark McCabe: See attached report. Motion by Palm to endorse with enthusiasm the Rice Creek North Regional Trail Master Plan as proposed by Ben Karp, 2nd by Rundle. Motion passed 5-0. 6. STAFF REPORTS A. YMCA: See attached report. Free memberships for high school students for the summer at MVCC. Includes free lunch for members. Festival in the Park Aug 17. 5K Run at 8:30 am at Silverview Park. Questions are coming in to reserve the Groveland tennis courts. Direct Staff to gather more information and ask neighboring communities before PRF moves forward on this. Do we have transportation options to support our senior residents to come to MVCC? This is something that can be considered as the senior program moves forward, but there are some programs where MVCC brings programming to residents in some senior housing complexes. Music and Movies in the Park. Not this summer. B. Public Works: See attached report. Splash pad and playground at City Hall park hoping to open by July 1. 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Review Park Tours: Woodcrest: Used mostly by families with younger children who like the isolation of the park to feel away from the city. At this time we will not make any playground improvements, and continue to monitor the condition of the equipment. Repair the border around the playground. Manage some trees at the edge. Manage the mosquitos. Manage the trail from the playground to Silver Lake Road. Keep it as safe as possible for as long as possible. Random: Replace tables in the building. Consider refurbishing the playground to give it an updated look (painting, small surface replacement, etc). Possibly move merry-go-round and climbing wall from City Hall to Random and add a bump-out space on the north end toward the road to make room for that and an updated swing set. Fill with wood chips and take out the sand. Do we wait until the park update in about 2022 or look at it sooner? Greenfield: Playground and tennis/BB courts look great! Consider moving bleachers to the west. This would require removing a maple tree. Possibly take out grass on first and third base lines and replace with aglime. Pete S. has been taking pictures of baseball fields to provide us with a visual and trending ball fields. Can we grade the outfield and fill it to make it a smoother space. How can we improve drainage around home plate and the pitching mound? Direct Staff to get some elevations and cost estimates.