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Parks Commission Meeting Minutes September 9, 2002 Page 6 1 Mr. Zurbey stated there was a concern with the Maplewood extension. Chair Jindra stated 2 Commissioner Hallada volunteered to work on this with Mr. Koechlein to see what could be 3 removed and added to the area. Mr. Zurbey asked if Hallada would come back with a 4 recommendation. Commissioner Hallada stated she would work with the neighbors to see what 5 they would want planted there. 7 Mr. Zurbey stated the City of New Brighton has tree sales in the spring and he asked Mr. 8 Anderson how big the trees usually are. Mr. Anderson stated they are typically 8 to 10 feet and 9 2 feet in diameter bare root and around $25 a tree. Mr. Zurbey stated that they could try to buy 10 some of these. 11 12 Commissioner Wagner stated he was worried about the grading by the house. It looked like it 13 was going to be low. Mr. Koechlein showed a map and stated there was a catch basin in the 14 area. 15 Chair Jindra stated there was an upcoming issue of the quarterly newsletter and she needed some 16 information to include in this. She requested the Commission to come up with some ideas she 17 could include such as donating money for park benches. Commissioner Ganley suggested 18 incorporating the school district in to claim part of the park for renovation. 19 20 V. REPORTS. 2 22 A. Community Services. 23 Ms. Diane Skrivseth that there would be ice-skating at the Emerald Park rink only so this 24 would need to be in the newsletter. She asked whose responsibility would the shelter be. 25 She stated the Community Services does the school property and the fields so it will need 26 to be determined who is responsible for this. Chair Jindra stated Sand Castle Park would 27 have skating available for skating also. Mr. Zurbey stated they would need to stay with 28 the commitment that soccer and baseball will share the fields. 29 30 B. School Board. 31 Rick Dunn stated he was aware of school related issues with the draining in the park and 32 trail and the safety of the ball park with the benches being too close to the field and the 33 fences. 34 35 Chair Jindra stated there was an issue with vehicles using the path to the fields. She 36 wanted to know if there was a way they could not allow this. Mr. Dunn stated that it was 37 not practical to think vehicles would not use the path and when it is rebuilt to make sure 38 it can support vehicles. Vice Chair Koehntop stated the path should be labeled. 39 40 C. Snorts Boosters. 41 Mr. Zurbey suggested that the slab being put in for the dugout should be thickened and 42 that would mean they would not need cross -footings for a dug out. He stated they should 4_ look at it now instead of later. Mr. Koechlein stated he did not know if he meant 44 thickened edges. Mr. Zurbey asked if there would be a significant price difference for a 45 thickened slab. Mr. Zurbey asked if this would be recommended as something that