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Parks Commission Meeting Minutes February 9, 2004 Page 4 1 Commissioner Hallada referenced the cutout windows and asked if they could be painted black to make 2 them less visible. Public Works Director Hartman stated that they were painted for the interim adding 3 that there is a special product that would be applied in the spring. 4 5 VI. REPORTS. 7 A. Community Services. 8 9 None. 10 11 B. School Board. 12 13 School Board Representative Denise Dunn was not present. 14 15 C. Sports Boosters. 16 17 Mr. Zurbey stated that the Boosters wanted to pass it along that they have gotten a lot of positive 18 comments back on the parks. He stated that they are all very positive about the condition of the rinks 19 and parks. He stated that Representatives from the school, Kathy Knapp, Gary Qualm, Roy Erdahl and 20 the Softball and Baseball Commissioners would be meeting February 11`h to develop a schedule for the field usage. He indicated that the thought would be to rotate usage of the fields between the softball and 2t soccer teams. He invited Public Works Director Hartman to the meeting stating that it would be at 6:30 23 p.m. on February 11, 2004, at City Hall/Community Center. He noted that they had heard from 24 someone at the school that the north/south soccer field might not be available for scheduling. He 25 explained that it was his understanding that the fields would not be available because they have to do 26 additional seeding and fields might not be ready in time for the season. He expressed concerns stating 27 that they would need the field for the additional soccer teams this season. 28 29 He stated that they are working through the process of developing the teams for the new season noting 30 that they do not know the number of teams yet for each age group. He asked Public Works Director 31 Hartman if the fields, from a grass standpoint, would be playable in May. Public Works Director 32 Hartman stated that they anticipate that the fields would be ready to go weather permitting. 33 34 D. Ted Severson, Soccer Commissioner — Snorts Boosters 35 36 Ted Severson stated that he has been a member of the Sports Boosters for a number of years and is 37 currently performing as the Soccer Commissioner. He explained that he is personally responsible for 38 scheduling over 200 games for children in St. Anthony every year and it's always good to get things 39 moving ahead in planning for the Spring Season. He stated that they run approximately 700 children 40 through the soccer program each year. He noted that he has three assistants that help him manage the 41 teams throughout the season. He explained that he attended the Parks Commission meeting this evening 42 with the hopes of discussing and developing a plan or process for better communication and improved coordination of the scheduling process for the fields. He explained that the present process requires him 4 to forward the schedule to Community Services to schedule the fields. He stated that he has to work 45 with Community Services to get a schedule noting that he has a difficult time communicating with all of