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10. NEW BUSINESS A. Adding a lacrosse field to Silverview Park and taking down soccer goals, Memo- Thomas: MVI Lacrosse want to rent Silverview Park soccer field and have it painted as a lacrosse field from April 1 st through July 30th. Permanent goals would need to be removed, but if we need to rent the field for soccer, we have some moveable goals to put in. MVI provided their own goals last year, but we could consider purchasing goals in the future for other rentals. Need to consider missed balls hit into the drive in and the south parking lot spaces. The Commission is okay with the use, but directed Staff to inquire about the distance between the field and the parking lot, and if there were any ball/car issues last year, and get a price for a fence beyond the goal before the parking lot. Motion by Palm, 2nd by Bankston to move forward with the repurposing of the field for lacrosse depending on any concerns from the distance to the parking lot and ball/car impact. Resident at 7980 Fairchild Ave concerned about the comment on this repurposing deterring pickup tournaments. Palm clarified that in the past organizations have had games and tournaments without reserving the fields and paying for renting for upkeep. Resident has concern about the BIPOC community that may play on the field as family and friend groups being deterred from playing at the fields. Wake Wiesner clarified family and friend pickup games are not the concern, we want the parks to be used; but specific team games and tournaments that are not reserved. Motion Passed 6-0. B. Story board trail sample & verbal report -Szurek: Ramsey County Library has about 20 different stores to put up. Direct Staff to ask if there are story boards in different languages and try to get some if possible. Could have a story book walk for a couple hours on a given day, or at the pop-up park events. Maybe just around the trail at different parks throughout the summer. Also from the Community Center to the Splash Pad, from the library to Silverview Park during the Festival in the Park. Do we need to plan out a calendar of stories, dates, times, and locations? C. Review 2025 Park Commission Meeting Calendar: March date is Spring Break, Many of us usually miss the July meeting, and the October date is the Fall Festival. Motion by Arel, 2nd by Wake Wiesner to move the July meeting to July 31st (fifth Thursday), and October meeting to October 30th (fifth Thursday), leaving the rest of the meetings scheduled as is. Motion Passed 6-0. 11. COMMISSIONER REPORTS: New commissioners thanked the existing members for their past work. Tribute Park Update: The City Council moved forward with the plan at the January 13th meeting. The SBM Fire Department donated $50K to the park. Fundraising and brick sales are open. Bricks are $250 and the are brochures and ordering online. 12. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS / OTHER BUSINESS 13. Next Regular Commission Meeting: February 27, 2025 joint meeting with City Council 14. ADJOURNMENT: Motion to adjourn by Palm at 8:15 PM