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Park and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes <br />April 22, 2004 <br />Meeting Called to order: <br />1. Roll Call: <br />Present: Kroeger, Kunz, Long, Silvis, Edmond, Steeves, McIntyre, <br />Dazenski, Lee <br />Absent: Kunza, (there is currently one vacant Commissioner position) <br />2. Approval of March 18, 2004Meeting Minutes: <br />Acknowledgement that Staff will be proposing to the City Council to have the <br />same professional service provide the minutes for Park and Recreation Meetings <br />as is currently being done for Planning Commission Meetings and City Council <br />Meetings. This will be done as part of the 2005 Budget proposal. Until then, due <br />to Staff time restraints, "executive minutes" which simply summarize each topic <br />with a couple sentences and documents all motions will be used. <br />Minutes were approved with minor clarifications <br />3. Commission noted that the City Forester, Rick Wriskey, would be present at the <br />May 27, 2004 meeting. <br />4. Residents near the Greenfield Park have requested to address the Park and <br />Recreation Commission. <br />• Cindy Palm requested that the playground equipment be entirely replaced. <br />Ms. Palm went on to site consumer product safety and League of <br />Minnesota Cities requirements. <br />• Greenfield is the oldest play equipment in the City. <br />• The first step is to have a design put together. <br />• The Parks Supervisor, Steve Dazenski will create plans for replacement <br />and provide them at the next Parks and Recreation Meeting on May 27, <br />2004. <br />• The Finance Director will be questioned as to if donations to the parks is <br />tax deductible. <br />5. Unfinished Business: <br />a) Facility Guide Update — no new news to report <br />b) Park Usage Survey / Data Collection —As of this date, no one has <br />volunteered to assist the city in collecting information and filling out the <br />Park Usage Observation Sheet. This request was included in the March / <br />April addition of the Mounds View Matters. The observation sheet along <br />with a guidance information printed on the back are available at City Hall <br />and on the City's WEB site. The Parks Department be hiring seasonal <br />