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MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, March 23 , 1995
6: 30 p.m. , City Hall
CALL TO
ORDER: Chair Burmeister called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL: Commissioners present included Burmeister, Dentz ,
Long, and Silvis. City Council Liaison Gary Quick
was also present as well as Director Saarion.
Visitors included Zack Hanson and Fawsy Awad,
representatives of the Department of Solid Waste,
Ramsey County.
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES : Commissioner Silvis made a motion, seconded by
Commissioner Dentz to approve the minutes of the
February 16, 1995. Motion was approved
unanimously.
• ARDAN PARK
IMPROVEMENTS: Zack Hanson and Fawsy Awad were invited to the
meeting to discuss ways that Ramsey County can
improve the aesthetics of compost facility.
Several options were suggested including a
landscape design for plantings to screen the
compost area, compost display areas for
educational purposes, landscaped entrance to the
park, vines on the fences, replacement of the
fence and other options. Zack Hanson said that he
would initiate a plan for the beautification of
the compost area of Ardan Park in order to be good
neighbors. In addition, the Commission asked
Zack' s opinion as to the benefit of purchasing the
two lots that abut the park. Zack indicated that
the extra land would benefit the compost facility
and park because it would allow additional space
and more border area from neighboring residences.
If the properties were to become available, Ramsey
County would look into the possible purchase.
MVAA REQUEST
FOR BLDG. : MVAA Representative Ernie Lepore was present to
discuss the request of MVAA for space to construct
a building to house MVAA equipment and uniforms.
• The City Attorney' s draft property lease agreement
was reviewed. The Commission had previously
discussed items which they wanted included in the
lease agreement. All concerns were included in
• the draft. Commissioner Silvis made a motion to
recommend to the City Council the approval for
MVAA to build a storage building on City Hall Park
land near the water tower. Motion was seconded by
Commissioner Long. Motion passed unanimously.
Staff will put the issue on the agenda for the
next Council work session.
BIKELANES: The Commission discussed Hillview Road as a
possible first recommendation for an on-street
bikelane. The parks and school are on the north
side which would seem like the most logical side
for bike lanes. However, parking would be
necessary on the south side. However, no parking
is currently enforced on the south side at the
request of residents. This puts a fly in the
ointment. The bikelane issue will be a difficult
one and the Commission decided to table the issues
for now.
ADJOURNMENT: Commissioner Silvis made a motion to adjourn the
meeting, seconded by Commissioner Dentz . Motion
passed unanimously.
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