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Parks and Environmental Commission Regular Meeting Minutes December 7, 2020 Page 5 4.1 Advocate for Nice Ride stations in St. Anthony. 5.2 Take up recommendation for Electric car charging station at Central Park. 6.3 Install a walking path in Trillium Park. 4 5 Commissioner Guest stated it was a good presentation and he is concerned about safe walking 6 and bicycling in St. Anthony. 7 8 Chair Bellinger stated the challenge is how to actually make these things happen. The 9 Commission supports the recommendations presented. Commissioner Guest asked how the 10 Commission has done that in the past. Chair Bellinger stated a plan and goal needs to be 11 established and discuss how to make it happen. Commissioner Guest suggested a 12 recommendation to the City Council be made and present at the January planning meeting to 13 be included in the plan and the budget. Commissioner Reed stated the Commission only has 14 advisory recommendations. She suggested Councilmember Walker support the Commission. 15 Commissioner Reed asked Councilmember Walker how to get these recommendations before 16 the City Council and how much money is available in the budget for park issues. 17 Councilmember Walker stated he would support what was presented this evening. 18 Commissioner Guest suggested passing a motion to recommend the City Council review the 19 suggestions. Commissioner Niemi suggested the Commission come up with prioritization of 20 the requests. Mr. Yunker stated the budget for 2021 is done but it’s a continuous process. He 21 suggested bringing priorities to the Council at the planning session. Chair Bellinger will be 22 invited. Commissioner Reed asked if there is a line item in the budget for parks. Mr. Yunker 23 stated there is a maintenance budget and larger expenditures would be in the capital 24 improvement plan. 25 26 Ms. Doolan stated the Citizens for Sustainability can assist on collaborating on some of the 27 requests. They can gather information and research grant opportunities. Mr. Mark _______ 28 appeared with Ms. Doolan and asked that discussions continue with the counties. The 29 residents want to see better connections with other neighboring cities. 30 31 Commissioner Guest suggested there be more frequent meetings to map out the plan and what 32 they want to do. Chair Bellinger agreed that more work sessions are needed in 2021. She will 33 meet with Mr. Yunker to plan additional meetings. Commissioner Guest suggested a meeting 34 date be set. Mr. Yunker suggested he discuss with Chair Bellinger first. 35 D.36 Re-surfacing of Tennis Courts 37 38 Mr. Jeremy Gumke, Public Works Superintendent reviewed the surface condition of the six 39 tennis courts located south of City Hall has been steadily deteriorating over the last ten years. 40 The courts were built in 1998 and have been repaired on four different occasions since 2012. 41 Surface cracks have been filled and painted, low areas leveled off, and lines repainted in the 42 repair areas for a total cost of nearly $20,000. 43 44 The 2021 Capital Improvement Plan has scheduled the replacement of the tennis courts 45 located next to City Hall as a 2022 project. Given the current conditions of the court and a 46 favorable priced construction environment City Staff has explored moving up the project date