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Parks and Recreation and Forestry Commission Meeting Agenda September 25, 2008 6:30 P.M. 1. Call to Order. 2. Approval of minutes from the August. 28, 2008 meeting. 3. Public Input - Citizens are encouraged to speak to the Parks and Recreation and Forestry Commissioners on issues of concern. 4. YMCA Update: Kirk Erickson Fall Community event tentative for Oct. 4th. More info to come! 5. Unfinished Business: a. Hillview Ball field- Grading has been started and should be completed in the next two weeks. * Grading and seeding have been completed, aglime has been redone. The grass is coming in nice. Pete 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 trail surface and trimming around the plantings. (seedlings and established trees) *Preliminary grading has been done. We will be applying the 3/8 minus now that the pathway has been leveled. We removed some of the less desirable base to accommodate this step. Pete 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 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. This being the case I would recommend that we revisit this topic at next months meeting. * Staff would like to carry this over till our next meeting. d. There was the suggestion of starting an “ADOPT-A-PARK” program. Information has been submitted for the website, cable TV, and MV Matters. 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? Need to fence, chip, and gate areas? Commissioners were encouraged to see Fridley dog park and tour suggested areas in MV before the meeting. Continue to discuss. Encourage residents to attend discussion. Can we put notice on City lighted board before next month’s meeting inviting interested residents to attend? * There will be aerial maps viewed at the meeting that will include the proposed areas for the dog park. Pete will use a laser to point out these areas. 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 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. 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 than .5 acres and the average was 6 to 8 acres.