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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-21-2013 Minutes PARKS AND RECREATION AND FORESTRY COMMISSION 6:30 P.M. | NOVEMBER 21, 2013 | MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL MEETING MINUTES 1. CALL TO ORDER at 6:35 PM 2. ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Arel, Aukee, Katovich, Kunz, Kroeger, Palm, Long Staff: Dazenski, DeBar | YMCA: Danielson 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion to approve by Kunz, 2nd by Arel: Motion Passed 6-0 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. October 24, 2013 Meeting: Motion to approve by Kroeger, 2nd by Long. Motion Passed 6-0 5. PUBLIC INPUT Citizens may speak to issues not on tonight’s agenda. Before speaking, please give your full name and address. Please limit your comments to three minutes. No residents present. 6. STAFF REPORTS A. YMCA: See YMCA/MVCC update. Starting Dodgeball, Silly Song Land, One-time parent/child craft nights, Improv theater. Pickelball Tues/Thurs mornings 9-10 am. Silver Sneakers and Silver & Fit programs running. Depends upon the insurance. Gymnastics event had 20% increase with 341 events. 341 events at the Event Center. Fall Family Fun Festival had 260+ people attend. Cookies with Santa Saturday, Dec 8 from 11-1. Open gym participants increasing along with volleyball. Field rentals are about the same, building rentals are up. Hiring for ice rink staff. Swimming lessons at Edgewood Middle School will be changing to Emma B Howe YMCA via voucher from MVCC, and will be offered in different formats at various times. Abbey Hope lessons will still be offered at Edgewood for water safety with swimming. MVCC will keep track of residents taking the voucher. B. Public Works: Prepping shelters and facilities for winter. Leaves falling gradually requires more hours for clean up. Eagle Scout did the east gable at Silverview Park. Staff will do the west side in the spring. Younger scouts pulled wild grapes and buck thorn from around the pond. Aerated fields and seeded with time-release seed. Many blow-downs in parks, so cutting up wood and disposing of it. We would like to recognize the Eagle Scout and troop leader at the City Council meeting. Staff will coordinate and let us know when to attend. Staff will lower temps at Groveland to shut down the shelter for the winter without using antifreeze. 1. Discussed change in Park Building and Field rentals. Leave as a set amount for a 4-hour time frame, but the different classes would get percentage discounts. Consider aligning the park buildings with the Event Center rentals in multi-purpose rooms. Free 2- hour rental for all Class I stays the same. Motion by Aukee, 2nd by Kunz to adjust the park building rental fees to a set amount with percentage discounts dependent upon the classification of the reserving party. Motion Passed 6-0. 2. Consider changing the fees. Leave as is for this year with the current percentage change and re-evaluate next fall. 3. After 26.5 years, Steve Dazenski will be retiring on December 4, 2013. 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Review Trail and Sidewalk Plan: Table for December meeting. B. Discuss Disc Golf Course Modifications at Silver View Park: Mike Snelson from Fairway Flyers gave recommendations to adjusting the course. The rough draft follows remnants of an original course that still has some pipes and overgrown fairways. Proposed course would accommodate 9 holes in the woods on the west side of the parking lot. Option to add a water containment pond, by holes 7 and 8. Course design would assist with preserving high-value trees and removing low-value trees. Many low-value trees will need to be managed and thinned out anyway. Targets should be replaced with more durable and deeper baskets. Can add rebar and cement for theft deterrent. Could use a wrap as a buffer for trees. Can we combine the tree locations with the proposed rough course in a new layout? Need to consider erosion issues and run-off paths. The proposed rough draft does not have many erosion issues. 9-hole disc golf estimate: $8100 for materials. $1000 for design. City Staff can do the labor. Have a forester mark high-value trees before the designer comes in. Mike will put a cost estimate together and give to City Staff and timeline recommendations. Staff will retrieve course information from Greenfield. Consider having a sub-committee to put data together with recommendations. 8. NEW BUSINESS A. Recommend Applicants for 3-Year Commission Terms beginning Jan. 1, 2014: 1. Cindy Palm has submitted her application for renewal. Motion by Aukee, 2nd by Long to approve the applicant and recommend to the City Council. Motion passed 6-0. 2. Motion by Kroeger, 2nd by Long to appoint Dale Aukee as Chairperson, Gerald Arel as Vice Chairperson, and Cindy Palm as Secretary for the 2014 Commission. Motion Passed 5-0 with one abstain. B. Discuss/Approve 2014 Meeting Schedule: Meet on the fourth Thursday of each month with the exception of Nov and Dec when we would meet on the third Thursday, and the December meeting as optional. Motion by Palm, 2nd by Long to accept the 2014 meeting schedule as proposed. Motion Passed 5-0 with one abstain. 9. COMMISSIONER REPORTS: Reminder that you cannot blow leaves into the streets! 10. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS / OTHER BUSINESS A. Next Regular Commission Meeting: Jan. 23, 2014 1. Recommend Expenditures for Upcoming Bethlehem Baptist Church Disbursement 2. 3. 11. ADJOURNMENT: Motion by Long to adjourn at 8:24 PM, 2nd by Kunz. Motion Passed 6-0.