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Parks and Environmental Commission Regular Meeting Minutes June 10, 2019 Page 4 roof was installed at the Central Park pavilion and recarpeted. In 2019 the entire pavilion will 1 be stained. 2 3 Chair Jordahl Redlin stated she and Commissioner Bellinger attended City Council Meetings 4 in March and April regarding the Ordinance change process. In April she spoke to the Council 5 about Arbor Day plans. On April 13, she attended an Environmental Conference. She made 6 some contacts with other Cities. On May 13, a work session was held and on May 20 she 7 attended the annual city tour. Flooding in Central Park was discussed. 8 9 VIII. OTHER BUSINESS. 10 11 A. Recognition of Aye Keita for participation in Students in Leadership for the 2018-12 2019 school year. 13 14 Mr. Hartman recognized Aye Keita for serving on the Parks Commission for the last year. The 15 Commission appreciates her participation and presented her with a certificate and coffee mug. 16 17 Ms. Keita thanked the Commission for allowing her this opportunity and she plans to attend 18 college in the fall. 19 20 IX. COMMUNITY FORUM. 21 22 A. Central Park Dog Park Request. 23 24 Ms. Barbara Johnson requested to use the Central Park hockey rink as a dog park. She was 25 bite by a dog in Central Park a few years. Currently there are a lot of off leash dogs in Central 26 Park. She has had instances of dogs attacking her as they are not on leashes in Central Park. 27 She noted there is a Village People group on Facebook. She created a poll and the majority of 28 responders were in favor of making the hockey rink at Central Park an off-leash dog park. She 29 showed photographs of various dog parks in other cities. She noted part of the Comprehensive 30 Plan shows a dog park. 31 32 Commissioner Rengstorf asked what the negative comments were regarding the dog park and 33 Ms. Johnson stated concerns about dog poop, too small, and wanted to use it as a soccer field. 34 35 Commissioner Bellinger stated she is in full favor of a dog park in St. Anthony. 36 37 Ms. Palmer thinks that portion of the park is school property and Mr. Hartman stated it is City 38 property. Ms. Palmer is not against the idea but had not thought about it before. She does not 39 know if that will solve unleashed dogs in Central Park. 40 41 Ms. Johnson asked if she should call the police. 42 43 Chair Jordahl Redlin stated in 2014 a dog park was discussed. The City of Minneapolis was 44 going away from dog parks. She asked how close the dog parks were to homes and Ms. 45 Johnson stated not very close. The surface was discussed of a dog park and suggested were 46