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Fr ' . MEMO TO: Mounds View Parks and Recreation Commission 1111 FROM: Staff DATE: October 23 , 1985 RE: October, 1985 Staff Report The following items are issues that do not require official Com- mission action but should hopefully provide a better update as to recent issues and activities that have occurred within our depar- tment. 1. Greenfield Park construction . We are still negotiating with the contractor at Greenfield Park regarding final construc- tion items and it appears that it will be Spring of 1986 before all of the issues are finally resolved. Projects that still need to be accomplished include dormant seeding of the site, some final grading , as well as additional fill placed on the east side of the first bridge . It appears at this time that there will be limited funds for additional projects due to some cost overruns as well as increased consulting fees. 2. Cable TV. Staff has enclosed a copy of a letter from Cable TV Representative Jerry Skelly and myself regarding a meeting 1111 on October 30 that has been set to discuss local access development for cable TV programming. We would encourage your involvement and participation in this meeting and should you have any questions about the local cable access, feel free to ask staff. 3. Community Education. Staff is currently serving as the sec- retary to the School District Community Education Advisory Council and was fortunate to attend the State Community Edu- cation Conference in Grand Rapids on October 16 - 18. Com- munity Education is currently addressing a number of communi- ty needs and appears to be major strides towards improving local programming efforts as well as access to school facili- ties for existing organizations. 4 . Community-wide Task Force . Staff has formally contacted each of the task force representatives and a meeting has been set for Thursday, November 7, 1985 at 6: 30 p.m. Staff further proposes to have a tour of the park facilities for those who are available on Saturday, November 2 at which time staff will be able to provide a better background as to the exist- ing status of our local neighborhood parks. 5. Halloween Party. We currently have 50 young people regis- tered for our Halloween Party with additional people having been placed on the waiting list. This is the second year we 1111 have offered this program, and the first that we have offered in conjunction with the Women of Today program and we feel this will be a positive and mutually beneficial program for both organizations.