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I CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 PARKS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES 4 5 June 12, 2006 6 7:00 p.m. 7 Conference Room 8 9 10 I. CALL TO ORDER. 11 Chair Koehntop called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and welcomed everyone in attendance. 12 13 I1. ROLL CALL. 14 Present: Chair Doug Koehntop, Vice Chair Erich Young, Commissioners 15 Daniel Ganley, and Colleen Hallada. 16 17 Absent: Commissioner Michael Sholl 18 19 Also Present: Public Works Director Jay Hartman 20 21 I11. APPROVAL MARCH 13, 2006 PARKS COMMISSION MINUTES. 22 23 Motion by Commissioner Young, second by Commissioner Ganley, to approve the March 13, 2006 ?4 Parks Commission meeting minutes. 26 Motion carried unanimouslv. 27 IV. OVERALL PARK SYSTEM DISCUSSION/COMMENTS 28 29 A. Emerald Park 30 31 Chair Koehntop stated Emerald Park is still under discussions. They are looking at a few landscape 32 architecture options and issues. Close Landscaping will be asked to give a short presentation at the next 33 meeting. 34 35 B. Fly Balls at the Baseball and Softball Fields 36 37 Chair Koehntop brought up the presentation given by Mr. Troy Urdahl, High School Athletic Director, at 38 the March 13, 2006 meeting concerning fly balls in the baseball and softball fields. Mr. Urdahl is 39 working on ideas for protecting spectators and players. He is in discussion with Public Works Director 40 Hartman. 41 42 Director Hartman stated he has met with Mr. Urdahl. He pointed out the two issues at Central Park: 43 player protection areas and spectator protection. Mr. Urdahl has put together a plan to address these 44 issues and is looking at a number of funding and grant sources. Director Hartman believes the design 45 Mr. Urdahl has put forth for both the dugout/player protection and the overall spectator area along the walkway will solve these issues. Director Hartman anticipates at least a portion of the improvements should be finished by the end of the season. 48