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<br /> <br />PARKS AND RECREATION AND FORESTRY COMMISSION <br />6:30 P.M. | JULY 31, 2025, | MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL <br />MEETING MINUTES <br /> <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER at 6:30 PM <br />2. ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Arel, Bankston, Bosneag II, Lundberg*, Palm, Mills, Wake Wiesner <br /> Staff: Peterson | Szurek *| Thomas * <br /> *To be absent <br />3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion to approve by Palm, 2nd by Bankston. Motion Passed 4-0. <br />4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES from June 26th, 2025, meeting: Motion to approve by Bosneag II, <br />2nd by Bankston. Motion Passed 4-0 <br />5. PUBLIC INPUT <br />Citizens may speak about issues not on tonight’s agenda. Before speaking, please give your full <br />name and address. Please limit your comments to three minutes. No residents present. <br />6. STAFF REPORTS <br />A. Parks and Recreation – Peterson: See attached report. <br />B. Public Works – Peterson: See attached report. <br />7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br />A. Zipline update, Pulling Zipline August 19th – Peterson <br />B. Blue Cross Blue Shield Fitness Court update, must be installed by no later than mid- <br />September 2025- Peterson (Wake Wiesner HERE 6:46 PM). Due to the deadlines, we <br />were unable to choose a local MV artist. Hopefully we can choose someone local in the <br />future with more notice. BCBS has to approve the artists. <br />C. Tribute Park - Starting construction ~first week of August 2025- Peterson: Dedication is <br />September 13th at 1:00 PM in conjunction with the Fall Community Resource Fair. <br />8. NEW BUSINESS <br />A. Bilingual Story Trail at the Penny Carnival August 15th - Peterson. <br />B. GOAL Parks - subcommittee – talking applications now- Committee will focus on how to fund <br />the Park Master Plan- Peterson: Applications will be in the MV Matters. Can we put QR Codes <br />in the parks to advertise applicants? Motion by Palm, 2nd by Bosneag II to nominate Laura <br />Wake Wiesner as the PRF Commission representative to the GOAL Parks <br />Subcommittee. Motion Passed 5-0. <br />C. Festival in the Park – 2025 Update <br />1. Dinosaur Naming for Hodges Park - Bosneag II is willing to construct a social media post <br />that would include a QR code for the community to submit names and then he will choose <br />the top three names to provide shoebox voting at the Festival. Arel will cut up paper for <br />voting. Votes will hopefully be counted between 6:00-7:30 PM so the winning names can be <br />announced at the end of the raffle winners. We will have 3 copies of the Park Master Plan