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-2- COUNCILMEMBER' S Councilmember Doty briefed the Parks and Recreation REPORT Commission on the current status of the airport 41, classification . He stated that the Metropolitan Council had adopted a resolution on November 22 , 1983 which stated that the plan for the Anoka County-Blaine Airport would be consistent with other minor airports in the metropolitan airport system, but they do not conform to the Metropolitan Airport guidelines or State Law. There were some concerns raised by the Council because there were recommended improvements which would reflect an in- termediate use of the airport in the future . Com- mission members asked a number of questions of Councilmember Doty regarding the airport status and he indicated that more information would be forth- coming . 1983 YEAREND Director Anderson reviewed the staff report regard- FORESTRY REPORT ing the 1983 composting program. It was stated AND LEAF COM- that the program was extremely successful and that POSTING PROGRAM there was a request to open the site in the spring REPORT for grass clippings and our oak population . The major problem with this concern is that the program has been so successful , we are running out of space at Ardan Park . Chairperson Burmeister recommended that a second gate be placed on the northern end of the existing site with just one road down the middle rather than the ring road concept. Staff concurred that this was an excellent idea and felt that it would probably resolve many of our space problems. Commissioner Bowman raised a number of concerns regarding the popularity of the program and the site serving residents outside the commun- ity of Mounds View. Staff agreed that there was participation from outside of Mounds View, but felt that it would be too difficult to check I . D. ' s or addresses at the gate and secondly, that composting was an appropriate function of the City' s Parks and Recreation Department. The yearend forestry report was discussed and the conclusion made that our existing joint powers agreement with the City of New Brighton has been positive . Commissioner Burmeister and the entire Commission commended City Forester Wriskey for an excellent and complete yearend update . GUIDELINES FOR Staff reviewed the preliminary guideline report and NEIGHBORHOOD PARK reviewed some potential options for expanding the PLANNING AND proposed guidelines. DEVELOPMENT FUND A motion was made by Chairperson Burmeister to lim- it the yearly spending of the Neighborhood Park Fund to 50% of the monies available in each of the three catagories. Motion was seconded by Commis- sioner Long and passed unanimously. 5 ayes 0 nays