Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Packet 5-24-2007

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Disc Golf — Commissioners sent out an email pertaining to the Professional Disc Golf Association. Also, Super America is selling disc golf discs. Apparently they have a lot of interest and sales. This might be a great place to add (at least in the future) a map for the Silverview and Oakwood course layout. Place a map of the current course on the City's web site. b.) Park Watch Program — Commissioners Aukee and Kunz have drafted an article for the next Mound View Matters. This will be published in the next edition - the July / August Edition. c.) Meeting with City Council — On April 2, 2007 the annual meeting between the Commission and the City Council was conducted. Commissioner Kunz, Kroeger, Aukee attended this meeting. The list of topics that were discussed include: *Oakwood Park plan *Improving ball fields *Attendance on YMCA Advisory Committee with regard to time *How does the Commission fit in with operation of the MVCC? *Does the City Council think we should attend more city council meetings? In mass? *Representative on BBC Committee? Environmental Commission - A question arose on whether the Commission should be involved in environmental issues. There was an Environmental Commission at on point but was disbanded due to the lack of activities. The Commission questioned what activities they would be involved in. Staff will check with Council what item they would be addressing — what would the Commission be making recommendations on? Representative on BBC Committee - The City Council has assigned the Parks and Recreation Commission to take the lead on this item. Cindy and Jolm to be on this Committee. d.) Hillview Playground Equipment - The 2007 budget has $38,000 allocated for the replacement of the playground equipment at Hillview Park. The Commissioners were encouraged to visit the park to determine replacement needs. The Commission has requested to review the original proposed Oakwood playground at this meeting. Staff presented the plans that were originally put together for Oakwood Park. Some of the Commission members thought this design might be a good fit for Hillview Park. There was an original discount saving offered of 5%. Ordering Oakwood and Hillview Plat sets will save on shipping costs. Commissioner Palm discussed "Spiderman" play set located at Forest Lake. It included a lot of netting and climbing. Commissioner Palm had taken picture of this set. Motion by Palm, 2°d by Long, to recommend to proceed with the Hillview Playground Equipment Replacement Project. Motion Passed 6-0 Colors selected were: Blue plastic (slides), Green Platforms, Yellow Bars e.) Parks Promotional Video — A suggestion has been made to re -execute the parks video in the summer when there is activity (softball, baseball, etc) going on. Wait to see if the City hires a cable operator.