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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/13/96 No Meeting CM OF • Phone: (612) 784-3055 EUV Fax: (612) 784-3462 "Quite Simply the Best" August 13, 1996 Dear Parks and Recreation Commissioners: I promised that we would do something special for the August meeting - so I have planned a Commissioner's family picnic at City Hall Park. Meet at City Hall picnic shelter at 6:30 p.m. with your spouses and children. Staff will have dinner prepared for you all. We'll play a little sandlot beachball volleyball and other activities. There will be activities for the kids too. The idea is to have an enjoyable evening - getting to know your families. There are no pressing issues that cannot wait until the September meeting. Therefore, no business will be planned for the evening. Benefits of the evening will be networking, sharing ideas, meeting each other's families, getting to know each other better and general fun. • Please call me at 784-0618 to RSVP the number of family members attending so that we can have a handle on the amount of food to prepare. Sincerely, Mary Saarion, Director Parks, Recreation & Forestry • PRINTED WITH 2401 Highway 10 • Mounds View, MN 55112-1499 tot 00 o recycled paper Equal Opportunity Employer ©FTY OF 11190D6 • Phone: (612) 784-3055 LS UV Fax: (612) 784-3462 "Quite Simply the Best" August 13, 1996 Dear Parks and Recreation Commissioners: I promised that we would do something special for the August meeting - so I have planned a Commissioner's family picnic at City Hall Park. Meet at City Hall picnic shelter at 6:30 p.m. with your spouses and children. Staff will have dinner prepared for you all. We'll play a little sandlot beachball volleyball and other activities. There will be activities for the kids too. The idea is to have an enjoyable evening - getting to know your families. There are no pressing issues that cannot wait until the September meeting. Therefore, no business will be planned for the evening. Benefits of the evening will be networking, sharing ideas, meeting each other's families, getting to know each other better and general fun. . • Please call me at 784-0618 to RSVP the number of family members attending so that we can have a handle on the amount of food to prepare. Sincerely, Mary Saarion, Director Parks, Recreation & Forestry • "PsovINK'. 2401 Highway 10 • Mounds View, MN 55112-1499 1 co Equal Opportunity Employer o ��oaoe ©27V OF Phone: (612) 784-3055 • Fax: (612) 784-3462 "Quite Simply the Best" August 13, 1996 Dear Parks and Recreation Commissioners: I promised that we would do something special for the August meeting - so I have planned a Commissioner's family picnic at City Hall Park. Meet at City Hall picnic shelter at 6:30 p.m. with your spouses and children. Staff will have dinner prepared for you all. We'll play a little sandlot beachball volleyball and other activities. There will be activities for the kids too. The idea is to have an enjoyable evening - getting to know your families. There are no pressing issues that cannot wait until the September meeting. Therefore, no business will be planned for the evening. Benefits of the evening will be networking, sharing ideas, meeting each other's families, getting to know each other better and general fun. • Please call me at 784-0618 to RSVP the number of family members attending so that we can have a handle on the amount of food to prepare. Sincerely, Mary Saarion, Director Parks, Recreation & Forestry • IPsoviNKI 2401 Highway 10 • Mounds View, MN 55112-1499 P� Orr recycled Dacer Equal Opportunity Employer • MOUNDS VIEW PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION STATE OF MINNESOTA RAMSEY COUNTY MINUTES Thursday, July 25, 1996 6:30 p.m., Conf. Rm. C, City Hall CALL TO ORDER: Chair Burmeister called the meeting to order. ROLL CALL: Commissioners present included Chair Burmeister and Commissioners Dentz, Stevenson, Silvis, Long and Starr. Council Liaison Trude was present as well as Director Saarion. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of June 27, 1996 meeting were approved unanimously. PROGRAM REPORTS: Director Saarion reported that summer trips went well with highlights being the Festival, Mounds View Community Theater production of"ANNIE", Sr. Picnic and a myriad of youth programs.The Teen Dance at Lakeside Park is a new program that went well for the first time. It was not the best weather, but there was fun by all who came. Staff looks forward to a bigger and better response next year. Approximately 50 participants showed up. Director Saarion reported that the incidence of diseased trees has increased this year, for what reason Forester Wriskey is unsure. Vandalism has occurred at Silver View Park picnic shelter, playground and portable restroom enclosure. All in all vandalism has been minimal this summer. Safety Camp is being held again. It is beginning to be repetitious and therefore staff will look into providing this program for specific ages. ARDEN PARK UPDATE: Staff has not heard from Ramsey County regarding improvements to thecompost facility located at Arden Park. Staff will continue to call and request timelines and dates for activity. WOODCREST PARK GARDENS: Fall will be the time that the garden areas at Woodcrest Park will be prepared for next Spring community gardening program. A wooden shed has been put in the • 1997 budget for Woodcrest Gardens to serve as a tool and equipment shed. Commissioner Silvis reported that he had heard that Knox was selling their ready made barns at inexpensive prices. YOUTH ATHLETIC • FENCING: Director Saarion reported that the City Council approved the use of Park Dedication Fees to pay for the installation of sideline safety fencing at Groveland and Hillview youth athletic fields. In addition, Councilmember Quick requested cost estimates for putting a 10' high fence at the two Silver View outfields, suggesting funding from the Recreation Activity Fund. Staff will include cost estimates for City Hall field as well. This will be presented at the September work session. PARKING ISSUES: Director Saarion presented an issue that has been brought up by the police department regarding parking at neighborhood parks especially Hillview and Groveland Parks. Police have said that current road signs are inadequate and are not consistant. Commissioners recalled the determination of parking which was an issue several years ago. It was a preference to have parking on the other side of the park property so that drivers could easily see children who were crossing the street. This worked out well for Groveland Park. However, at Hillview Park residents on Hillview Road offered a petition requesting that cars not park on their side of the road because it would kill the grass next to the street. No parking signs were put up appropriately. Now it sounds that no parking signs are missing. The demand for parking spaces continues. Commissioners suggested that staff relay the reasoning behind the initial deciding factors for parking at the parks. Because there is such a high demand for parking the Commission agreed that parking should be permitting for both sides of the road. OTHER BUSINESS: At the Commissioners request, Councilmember Trude reported on the Bel Rae and Pedestrian Bridge. Councilmember Trude informed Commissioners that a survey was being prepared for the community's ideas regarding the community center. That information will give a direction that the Council will proceed. The property for sale is that which is next to the Bel Rae property. The pedestrian bridge project is waiting on easements and engineering report from SEH regarding removing the pond. Once these factors have been dealt with, final design work can be completed. ADJOURNMENT: Commissioner Silvis made a motion seconded by Commissioner Long to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed unanimously. •