Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Packet - October 25, 2007

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Commission reports/updates. The Lions have donated $50,000 towards this project. The Spring Lake Park Parks and Recreation Commission indicated that they would be in favor of putting $20,000 towards this project. Does the Mounds View Parks and Recreation Commission want to consider providing $20,000 in matching funds? Before acting on this request, the Commission has requested information pertaining to the availability and projections of the Park Dedication Fund. The Park, Recreation, and Forestry Commission requests that future meetings with the Lakeside Lions Park Improvement Committee be coordinated with a Commission representative, Kroeger. Motion by Long, 2"d by Arel to recommend to the City Council to dedicate $20,000 to the playground structure at Lakeside Lions' Park. Motion Passed 5-1. 8. New Business: a.) Bethlehem Baptist Church letter thanking them for donations — to be signed by Parks and Recreation Commissioners. Bethlehem Baptist Church has recently donated $6,632.50 to the City of Mounds View Parks and Recreation Department. These funds will be deposited into to the Park Dedication Fund. The City Council has indicated a desire to return to having a committee / informal group meeting with representatives of Bethlehem Baptist Church to discuss possible funds / expenditures for future donations. Palm and Kroeger are Commission contacts along with Dazenski to participate in future meetings. b.) Pathway around Silver View Pond — Bicycle and pedestrian conflicts. Resident requested what can be done? City Staff will conduct some clearing for increased visibility. c.) 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 boarder the wetland be thinned up to allow for better viewing of the park. Direct staff to look into cleaning up underbrush and issues with regard to bordering wetland and Commission will look at Woodcrest Park on our park tour. Commissioners are encouraged to walk the park to better understand the issues. d.) Skate Board Park — The Parks and Recreation Commission received a request during the public input of the August 23, 2007 meeting to look into the possibility of a Skate park in Mounds View. Background information from when a skate park was reviewed by the Parks Commission has been included in this meeting packet. Staff will also provide operational information pertaining to Skate Parks in other Communities. Based on past information and current feedback from area communities that have a skate park with regards to vandalism, littering, foul language, wood vs. concrete maintenance, etc. as well as lack of proper location, the Commission is deciding not to pursue this at this time. e.) Parks Promotional Video — The City has hired a full time cable coordinator, Vanessa Van Alstine. A suggestion has been made to re -execute the parks video in the summer when there is activity (softball, baseball, etc) going on. The Commission may want to consider discussing the details of this video at this meeting. Suggestion for the video are: 1) Showcase each park giving it's name, location, and ammenities 2) Ms. Van Alstine could take video footage of YMCA park activities this fall at city parks (adult and youth). She should contact Dan Weldon for field use schedule of various events. Also disc golf at Silverview. This footage could be spliced into the Commissioner "tour" as we showcase each park with dialogue at a later date. 3) Order of video with Commissioners showcasing the following parks in this order. Ms. Van Alstine will contact each Commissioner to coordinate a time to meet at each park. Do not worry about which "ball" we're throwing just be sure not to mention a Commissioner name when leading on to next park —only park's name.