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Parks and Recreation and Forestry Commission Meeting Minutes May 24, 2007 7:30 P.M. 1. Call to Order 7:32 PM. Roll Call: Aukee, Palm, Kroeger, Kunz, Long, Arel, Peterson Staff Present: Weldon, Dazenski, Lee Annual Park Tour was conducted prior to this meeting with visits to Oakwood, Hillview, Groveland, Woodcrest and Random. 2. Approval of minutes from the April 26, 2007 meeting. Motion to approve by Long, 2nd by Aukee. Passed 7-0 3. Public Input - Citizens are encouraged to speak to the Park and Recreation and Forestry Commissioners on issues of concern. No citizens present 4. YMCA Update: Bike helmet fitting went well, numbers were down a bit from last year. Sold over 50 helmets, about 20 brought helmets for fitting. Summer Playground program will be running at Lambert, Hillview and Groveland. Butterflies program is stronger numbers. Openings are still available. Summer sports leagues getting underway: Soccer, T-ball, youth softball. Preschool program is taking off. Senior Day in the park June 26th at Silverview Park 10:30-1:00. Lunch will be served as well as entertainment. 5. Unfinished Business: Hillview Playground Equipment - The 2007 budget has $38,000 allocated for the replacement of the playground equipment at Hillview Park. This is to include $38,000 the play set, border curbing and fiberfill. In working through the detailed costs of this project, it was determined that the proposed playground along with the border curbing and fiberfill would exceed the budget by a 6 to 8 thousand dollars. To stay within the $38,000 budget the play set could be trimmed by removing a few items, or the budget could be increase to account for the increased cost, or the fiber fill could be purchased utilizing the Park Improvement Funds budgets for 2007 ($35,000 available). Colors selected were: Blue plastic (slides), Green Platforms, Yellow Bars Motion by Long to trim back the Rainier Pride equipment, as recommended by staff, in order to stay within budget, keeping colors as selected. 2nd by Aukee. Motion Passed 7-0 Park Improvement Plan – the Park Improvement Plan is the document utilized by the Commission to plan and budget for park improvements. This document has three main components/ categories: Category A – These are simple maintenance items that City crews can perform during the calendar year Category B – These are items to be budget for in the next year or two ($35,000 budgeted in 2007) Category C – These are items with large capital expenditures anticipated over the next five or more years. These items will also be included in the City’s Capital Improvement Program. Draft City Budgets for 2008 are due at the end of June. Park Tour suggestions include: 1) rerouting trail at Oakwood to be parallel with Hillview Rd. 2) fencing at Oakwood—in PIP 3 improve ballfields at Hillview and Groveland—regrading is necessary. More extensive work needed at Hilview than at Groveland. Staff will bring overview layouts of Hillview and Groveland ball fields to consider flipping infields, so fans are closer to park buildings. Also cost estimates for repairing existing location and flipping fields to June meeting, as well as irrigation cost estimates. List Hillview as a B item for 2008. 4) Staff will be putting in a bituminous trail to Hillview building this summer—in PIP 5) Hillview rink resurfacing: Already in PIP