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Parks Commission Meeting Minutes February 14, 2000 Page 2 1 Motion by Gebhardt, second by Wagner, to elect Doug Koehntop to the position of Vice Chair of 2 the Parks Commission. 3 Motion carried unanimously. 4 V. SILVER POINT PARK. 5 Jindra stated that she wished to add this item to the agenda. She mentioned that at the Commis - 6 lion's meeting in December 1999, the opening for Silver Point Park was planned for the end of 7 April 2000. However, the engineer in charge of the project had requested that the Commission 8 delay the opening for a month or more to allow grass on the fields to develop. 9 Furthermore, Jindra stated that the majority of the items for the Park have been completed. A 10 few of the items left to be completed, however, are lighting, additional security lighting, ice 11 rinks, picnic, and some type of shelter/warming house. Jindra requested that the Commissioners 12 and Representatives visit the Park before the next meeting to visualize the type of 13 shelter/warming house that would be appropriate for the park, as well as a location for the shelter 14 and the proposed ice rinks. 15 Koehntop requested a summary regarding the issue of a hockey rink for the Park. Jindra clarified 16 that he was referring to a flyer that had been distributed by residents about installing more hockey rinks. Jindra wished to stress that the issue is currently being considered by the Parks 18 Commission and that the Commission was making every effort to comply with the residents' 19 concerns and requests. 20 In short, Jindra stated that the main factor with installation of hockey rinks was the space con - 21 straints within the parks, together with the cost issue. She stated that Jay Hartman, Public Works 22 Director, has researched portable systems composed of lightweight plastic, but the cost was ap- 23 proximately $30,000. The Commission, she stated, needed to discuss the potential locations of a 24 figure skating and hockey rink, as well as a picnic shelter/warming house. 25 In this respect, Jindra noted that there were guests in the audience that wished to speak to the 26 Commission regarding soccer and hockey. 27 Ted Severson, 2504 33rd Avenue NE, approached the Commission and stated that he is the 28 President of the Soccer Club. His purpose in addressing the Commission was to summarize the 29 soccer program in St. Anthony, and to update the Commission on the need for additional fields. 30 He clarified that the St. Anthony soccer program coordinates with MYSA (Minnesota Youth 31 Soccer Association) and that the organizations are in the process of obtaining financial support 32 for new fields. However, he would like to address the shortage of soccer fields on City property. l 1 By way of background, Mr. Severson stated that soccer is the fastest growing youth sport in `34 Minnesota, and the demands on the existing fields are expected to more than double by Year 35 2010. In quoting statistics supplied by MYSA and various sporting goods manufacturers,