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Home My WebLink About01-23-2020 PARKS AND RECREATION AND FORESTRY COMMISSION 6:30 P.M. | JAANUARY 23, 2020 | MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL MEETING AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Arel, Curry, Kroeger, *Palm, Rundle, Commissioners Appointed- Need Oath of Office – Sullivan, Zaiger Staff: Peterson | YMCA: Thomas *to be absent 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES November 21, 2019 5. SPECIAL BUSINESS A. Oath of Office for Appointed Commissioner Sullivan by Don Peterson B. Oath of office for Appointed Commissioner Zaiger by Don Peterson C. Vote on Commission Chair, Vice Chair 6. 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. 7. STAFF REPORTS A. YMCA B. Public Works 8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. City Hall Park Veterans Memorial B. Review of Parks and Recreation and Forestry Commission – Role and Duties C. Review of City Parks D. Review of Park Dedication Fund – Projects, Budget Balance 9. NEW BUSINESS 10. COMMISSIONER REPORTS 11. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS / OTHER BUSINES 12. ADJOURNMENT : Next Regular Commission Meeting: February 27, 2020 PARKS AND RECREATION AND FORESTRY COMMISSION 6:30 P.M. | NOVEMBER 15, 2018 | MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL MEETING MINUTES 1. CALL TO ORDER at 6:31 PM 2. ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Arel, *Aukee, Katovich, Kroeger, Kunz, Palm, *Rundle, Staff: Peterson | YMCA: Thomas *to be absent 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion to approve by Palm, 2nd by Kroeger. Motion Passed 5-0 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: No minutes available from October 25, 2018. Move to future meeting. 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 attached report. 2019-Expanding fitness and senior programs. Teen Youth in Government conference January 10-13. MVCC has the largest delegation in history for YIG. “Get Summer” programs offers 200 free summer memberships to metro youth in the summer. MVCC has some of these to offer. Summer sports expansion will add other communities to our summer sports programs. Daily admission continues to grow as well as events. Cookies with Santa Dec. 1. 10-12, including a Toys for Tots collection. Ice rinks are coming! Looking for staff to work the warming houses- $10.50/hour. 4-8 weekdays. 12-8 weekends and school-release days. Rental for a skating party available before the scheduled hours. B. Public Works / Forestry: See attached report. New furnace at Random Park Building. Furnace repairs at Hillview. New contractor for tree removal will sign tomorrow. Tree injection will still be Rainbow Tree. 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Forestry Discussion – Certified arborists now on staff! He will work with other staff on our ISA tree goals this winter. Modeling good tree management by the City will hopefully influence good tree management by residents. B. Trails and Sidewalks Master Plan – Review: Some projects were completed with street projects, but others could still be possible with future projects. 8. NEW BUSINES A. Review Applications for Commission Seats 3 Seats up, 3 applications received. Farewell to Steve Katovich. Motion by Palm to recommend to the City Council to approve the three applicants to the Commission, 2nd by Kunz. Motion Passed 5-0. B. Review Draft Meeting Calendar for 2019: Motion by Palm to approve 2019 calendar as proposed. 2nd by Kunz. Motion Passed 5-0. C. Expansion of Parking Lot at Silver View Park: No room to expand parking lot. D. Festival in the Park 2019 – To be held at Silver View Park. Parking will be difficult. E. Discuss Cancelation of December 20, 2018 Park and Recreation and Forestry Commission Meeting. Motion by Palm to cancel December 20, 2019 meeting due to lack of agenda items. 2nd by Arel. Motion Passed 5-0. 9. COMMISSIONER REPORTS-What happened to including a youth on the Commission? Staff will look into this. Thank you, Steve, for your service to the Commission and your forestry expertise. 10. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS / OTHER BUSINESS-Veterans’ Memorial, Music and Movies in the Park 11. ADJOURNMENT: Motion to adjourn at 7:58 PM by Katovich, 2nd by Kunz. Motion passed 5-0 Next Regular Commission Meeting January 24, 2019 6:30pm 7A Community Center Update 1. Program Updates a. Youth/Teen Programs i. Youth in Government 1. 150 youth participating in Model Assembly on January 9-12. 2. Model United Nations – March 26-28 b. Sports i. Basketball 1. Currently 3 basketball teams for session 1. ii. Volleyball 1. 2 volleyball teams iii. Summer Sports Registration Open c. Senior Programs i. Doubled senior participants in 2019. ii. January – increased by 50% over December iii. Pickle Ball d. Membership i. 735 Daily Admission Jan. YTD 7A 2. Rentals – Gym/Event Center/Meeting Spaces a. 60,000 people through event center & meeting room in 2019 3. Park Rentals 4. Fields, Rinks and other a. Ice Rinks b. Field Rentals open February 1st 1 | Page Item No. 7B M E M O R A N D U M To: Parks & Recreation & Forestry Commissioners From: Don Peterson – Public Works Director Date: January 23, 2020 RE: Public Works Staff Report _______________________________________________________________________________ The following is a synopsis of recent activities and events of the Public Works Department. Maintenance Staff worked on the following items since November: • Finish some leaf mulching • Snow removal • Mount Cameras at Splash Pad • Flooding Rinks • Repairs to Community Center tables • Install new picnic tables at Splash Pad Forestry Staff worked on the following items this last month: • Start Ash Tree Removal • Trimming several boulevard trees • Pruning Park Trees • Chainsaw Training with new Park Employee The following projects are planned this year. Current updates are in black text, and updates from the previous two month period are in grey. Ardan Park • Working with Stantec Engineering on some drainage issues in the Park. Application to perform some storm water pond maintenance was submitted to RCWD. City Hall Campus: Irrigation & Landscaping Improvements: • New Picnic Shelters are being built, will be ready for next season rental. • Worked with plumber and vendor to winterize the splash pad. • Installation of the New Picnic Tables started Groveland Park: Tennis/Basketball Court Rehabilitation (Design): • Final Inspection of Punch list items on 10/25/2018 for Tennis/Basket Ball Court Greenfield Park: RCWD ARJD#1 Project: Rice Creek Watershed District is planning the re-profiling and repair of Anoka-Ramsey Judicial Ditch No. 1 which runs through Greenfield Park. Also included is Branch No. 5 which is located behind the baseball outfield and crosses below the parking lot entrance. Staff will be meeting with RCWSD to inquire the status of this work. • Scheduled meeting with RCWD for Monday July 30th for rain gardens and ARJD#1. • RCWD has sent letters out cleaning of Judicial Ditch No. 1 to start Public Works Staff Report 2/2 • Work is close to being completed • Notified by the DNR that corrections to be made to the tennis court gate entrance – ADA accessible. Fencing contractor scheduled for next month Leveled the trail running in the back portion of the Park, added class 5 as needed. Hillview Park: • Hockey rink fence completed, Public Works staff completed installing the boards. Grading and fill need to be completed. Depending on the weather the base may be a 2018 project. • Ag-lime base to be completed in 2018. Lambert Park • Inventory of Hockey Rink boards to re-place started. • Commission will need to discuss at the February 2020 Meeting size of the Hockey Rink. Random Park: Silver View Park Relocate Disc Golf Course: • Ramsey County continues to work in re-profiling the draining ditch along County Road I and Silver View Road, located in Silver View Park. Woodcrest Park • Working with Stantec Engineering and Ramsey County on some drainage issues in the Park. Application to perform some storm water pond maintenance was submitted top RCWD