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8. New Business: <br />a.) Bethlehem Baptist Church letter thanking them for donations — to be signed by Parks and Recreation <br />Commissioners. Bethlehem Baptist Church has recently donated $6,632.50 to the City of Mounds View <br />Parks and Recreation Department. These funds will be deposited into to the Park Dedication Fund. The <br />City Council has indicated a desire to return to having a committee / informal group meeting with <br />representatives of Bethlehem Baptist Church to discuss possible funds / expenditures for future <br />donations. <br />b.) Pathway around Silver View Pond — Bicycle and pedestrian conflicts. Resident requested what can be <br />done? City Staff will provide some suggestions <br />c.) Woodcrest Park - Staff has received a request from citizens to take action to establish the park as it was <br />originally conveyed to the neighborhood then the wetland were created - "with open waters to attract <br />wildlife". A request has been made to muck out the wetlands to make them deeper and less conducive <br />to cattail growth. It was also requested that the trees that boarder the wetland be thinned up to allow for <br />better viewing of the park. <br />d.) Skate Board Park — The Parks and Recreation Commission received a request during the public input of <br />the August 23, 2007 meeting to look into the possibility of a Skate park in Mounds View. Background <br />information from when a skate park was reviewed by the Parks Commission has been included in this <br />meeting packet. Staff will also provide operational information pertaining to Skate Parks in other <br />Communities. <br />e.) Parks Promotional Video — The City has hired a full time cable coordinator, Vanessa Van Alstine. A <br />suggestion has been made to re -execute the parks video in the summer when there is activity (softball, <br />baseball, etc) going on. The Commission may want to consider discussing the details of this video at <br />this meeting. Suggestion for the video are: <br />1) Showcase each park giving it's name and location <br />2) Include Lions Lakeside Park (fishing pier —hopefully some residents will be using it) <br />and Arden Park (in the Fall when residents are dumping leaves) <br />3) Ms. Van Alstine could take video footage of YMCA park activities this fall at city parks (adult <br />and youth). She should contact Dan Weldon for field use schedule of various events. Also disc <br />golf at Silverview. This footage could be spliced into the Commissioner "tour" as we showcase <br />each park with dialogue at a later date. <br />4) Which park should we save for the winter to showcase the warming house and ice rink? <br />5) We could do a shoot during a weekday at Greenfield Park and invite a local daycare or two for <br />kids playing on the playground. Anyone available to do the intro? <br />6) Other ideas77777 <br />f.) Other New Business? <br />9. Commissioner/Staff Reports: <br />a) Oakwood Park — Soccer Field / Irrigation Project Update —The tuff on this site has come in quite well. <br />The City will be accepting the seeding part of the contract this fall. The irrigation system has been <br />tested and has operated, however is not currently connected to a power source and will therefore not be <br />accepted until sometime next year. <br />