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Parks and Environmental Commission Regular Meeting Minutes December 4, 2023 Page 6 1 2 Chair Bordeau suggested the Commission be present at the Goal Setting Sessions in January. 3 She asked if a representative from Commission could attend Goal Setting and carry forward 4 suggestions. 5 6 Mr. Paul White, 3201 32nd Avenue NE, stated Carley Stendahl is looking for an opportunity to 7 work on creating a dog park in St. Anthony as part of her senior project as a Girl Scout. Chair 8 Bordeau stated she is pro dog park and would like to see one in the future. 9 B.10 2024 Work Plan Discussion. 11 12 City Manager Yunker reviewed the 2024 Work Plan Draft for the St. Anthony Village Parks 13 and Environmental Commission. Dog Parks should be added. Commissioner Guest suggested 14 Silver Point Park access be added. Mr. Yunker stated Silver Point Park parking lot and access 15 was included in the bid. Commissioner Guest suggested cutting the fence so people can enter 16 on that side also. Commissioner Holliday requested adding the potential for lights that would 17 increase usable time. Chair Bordeau suggested adding Silver Point Park development to the 18 Work Plan. Mr. Yunker suggested keeping it more general. Commissioner Holliday suggested 19 adding – supporting continued programming at Silver Point Park. 20 21 Commissioner Fee presented the information she gathered on wellhouse court. She provided a 22 PowerPoint presentation including Good Things, Things to Address, Ideas to 23 Consider/Prioritize and Reasons to Limit Significant Investment from the notes on the Walk 24 Through in May 2023. She highlighted on a map the tennis courts in the area. There are 4 25 pickle ball courts in the area that are outside. She posted a QR Survey at the Court and 26 provided the 88 survey respondents. She estimates there was only a 30-50% response rate. 27 She took pictures of people on the court and did graphs on court usage. She suggested 28 improvements to the tennis court. These improvements could carry us over until a long term 29 plan is developed. She would like this added to the work plan for the Commission. 30 31 Commissioner Holliday likes WSB’s suggestion of having a loop that includes 39th, Silver 32 Lane, Silver Lake and Stinson. The redevelopment of the site would be desired. Mr. Yunker 33 noted the suggestion was from Urban Land Institute. He would like to see that added to the 34 Work Plan. 35 36 Commissioner Doolan suggested the pickle ball person that came before provided updated 37 information on the demand for pickle ball. 38 39 Chair Bordeau suggested Wellhouse Court be added to the Work Plan. 40 41 Commissioner Doolan requested adding the Energy Action Plan, Bike/Ped plan, and the 42 Water Conservation Poster contest. Mr. Yunker noted the poster contest is already included. 43 She suggested Collaborating with Local Organizations on Waste Reductions. 44 45 Chair Bordeau asked if there were any items to be removed from the Work Plan for 2024. 46 There were none mentioned.