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Parks and Recreation and Forestry Commission Meeting Minutes <br /> October 23, 2008 <br /> 6:00 PM <br />1. Call to Order at <br /> Roll Call: <br /> Staff Present: <br /> <br />2. Approval of minutes from the September 25, 2008 meeting: <br /> <br />3. Public Input - Citizens are encouraged to speak to the Parks and Recreation and Forestry Commissioners on issues of concern. <br /> <br />YMCA Update: <br /> <br /> Discuss rental fields at Oct. meeting after MVCC has “fair share” discussion with SAB and IBL. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />5. Unfinished Business: <br />√a. Hillview Ball field- Grading has been started and should be completed in the next two weeks. <br />* Grading and seeding have been completed, aglime has been redone. The grass is coming in nice. <br /> <br />b. Oakwood/Greenfield Trailway: Staff recommends that we continue with our maintenance type repairs and wait and see what the RCWD accomplishes. We will be doing minor repairs to the <br /> trail surface and trimming around the plantings. (seedlings and established trees) <br /> *Preliminary grading has been done. We will be applying the 3/8 minus now that the pathway has been <br /> leveled. We removed some of the less desirable base to accommodate this step. <br /> <br />c. Silver View Park: The proposals for the aerators has been received, they came in higher than expected, we will want to talk about this. One of the pumps that we attained from the <br /> Bridges Golf Course may have to be replaced. The cost for trenching and supplying the power is right at the limit of what was budgeted. <br />*Staff would like to carry this over to October meeting. <br /> <br />d. There was the suggestion of starting an “ADOPT-A-PARK” program. Information has been submitted for the website, cable TV, and MV Matters. <br /> <br />√e. Off-leash dog park. Where could we put one in Mounds View? Oakwood, north of Hillview? Arden, behind compost? Oakwood north on Quincy along freeway? Commission reviewed aerial <br /> maps that included the proposed areas for the dog park. The 40’ X 100’ size that was mentioned in the last meeting would cost approximately: $5,000 for the fence, $1,200 to $1,500 for <br /> gates (one for equipment access and one smaller one for user access), $800 for a picnic table and bench. This does not include cost of chipping and trash cans as there are so many variables. <br /> A 40’ X 100’ dog park figures out to be less than 1/8 of an acre. For an average sized dog with normal stamina this would be very small. The smallest that we found was a little less <br /> than .5 acres and the average was 6 to 8 acres. Some of them were as large as 60 + acres. <br />At this time we do not have enough interest from the community to support pursuing this. We would like this to be a question proposed at the 2009 Town Hall meeting if they have a survey <br /> board as they did in 2008. Remove from agenda. <br /> <br />6. New Business: