Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Packet - October 25, 2007

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Parks and Recreation and Forestry Commission Meeting Agenda October 25, 2007 6:30 P.M. 1 Roll Call 2. Approval of minutes from the September 27, 2007 meeting. 3. Public Input - Citizens are encouraged to speak to the Park and Recreation and Forestry Commissioners on issues of concern. 4. YMCA Update 5. Parks Promotional Video — Vanessa Van Alstine, the City's cable coordinator, will be present to discuss and finalize the plans for the Parks Promotional Video. 6. Unfinished Business: a.) Disc Golf Course — Mike Snelson from Fairway Flyerz has redesigned the course layout / plan to address the issues raised at the September 27th Neighborhood Meeting for the Disc Golf Course. Mike Snelson has developed two new course designs for consideration by the Commission. The first is a 12- hole design. The second is a 15-hole design, which is created by simply adding three additional holes to the 12 hole course design. Mr. Snelson will present these new designs. The City has received general comments regarding proposed culvert crossings associated with the disc golf course. Based on these comments, Staff will also be exploring the feasibility of utilizing small foot bridges at the creek crossings. b.) Developing a Volunteer Coach of the Year award and naming it after Patrick "Homer" Holmes — (Tabled from September 27th meeting) The YMCA was to check on other Coach of the Year Awards and criteria. Staff has submitted criteria for Mounds View Citizen of the year. The Commission made a motion to direct staff to assemble a plaque recognizing Patrick. Holmes and his dedication to the Mounds View community by coaching youth through our Park and Recreation/ YMCA programs. Staff would like the Commission to review and discuss the wording on the plaque and to determine when it should be presented. Staff is looking for direction as to when it should be presented: either as soon as it is available, or at the next Town Hall meeting along with other Citizen awards - scheduled for April 2008. 7. New Business: a.) Woodcrest Park - Staff has received a request from citizens to take action to establish the park as it was originally conveyed to the neighborhood then the wetland were created - "with open waters to attract wildlife". A request has been made to muck out the wetlands to make them deeper and less conducive to cattail growth. It was also requested that the trees that hoarder the wetland be thinned up to allow for better viewing of the park. As directed, staff looked into cleaning up the underbrush / trees at the wetland border. The DNR and Rice Creek Watershed District were contacted. The Commissions were encouraged to walk the park to better understand the issues.