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Parks Commission Meeting 12-12-01 Page 2 of 3 Council can remove a member is they do not attend regularly. This may not be adequate for the future and John Rask will draft some by-laws for operational rules and present them to the Commission. IV. Open Position A. Nancy Chelmo has resigned from the Commission and everyone thanked her for her effort. B. Nancy's position would have expired in March and the City Council will determine what to do about the open term until March and discuss this issue at the next meeting. They will probably recommend advertising for the position in the next issue of the Hugonian. V. Open Gym A. The school gym at Hugo Elementary School has become a success. At least 28 kids were in the gym a couple of weekends ago VI. Park Budget A. The park budget was reviewed and some inaccuracies were discovered. B. The budget print out will be reviewed and a revised accounting sheet will be presented to the Commission. VII. Land Search A. The Park Commission is still looking for parkland to purchase. B. The City will advertise in the White Bear Lake Paper and the Hugo Newsletter, letting the community know that the City is interested in purchasing large parcels for parkland. Any interested parties should contact City staff if they would be interested in selling parkland to the City at a reasonable price. VIII. Beaver Ponds A. The orange plastic fence around the soccer field is falling down. The wood snow fence has stayed in place. B. The Commission asked that new posts be installed and that the fence be reinforced. After speaking with Chris Petree it became apparent that more fence posts would cost about $100 to purchase and more labor costs to install. There is no guarantee that the fence would stay in place so it was decided that the orange fence would be taken down and that no additional money would be spent. This soccer field will need to be reseeded no matter what next spring and it did not seem prudent to spend more park fund dollars on protecting an area that will need to be repaired in any case. IX. Comprehensive Plan Review A. The Commission reviewed material that John Rask presented describing park types. B. The Commission is exploring the idea of adding more park types to the existing categories. The mini park is one under discussion. Mini parks would not be a substitute for neighborhood parks but they may serve a special need. The City is still not interested in supporting a lot of mini parks in the system C. Park service areas were also explored. John presented a map that showed '/2 mile service areas within the MUSA. These service areas overlapped the Neighborhood Park Districts that have been identified in the Comprehensive Plan. Comments on each district were made. 1. NP -1 This neighborhood already contains Lions Park and with the new service areas at least one additional neighborhood park will be required. These park locations were explored in the Everton Avenue Study and are reflected in the development proposals that are being presented to the City. 2. NP -2 This neighborhood needs a park in a central location. It may be possible to use part of the Preserve for a neighborhood park. 3. NP -3 This neighborhood is mostly developed and it may be possible to serve the neighborhood in the future with a park that could include Oak Shore Park. 4. NP -4 This neighborhood needs a park. The Bernin property may start to serve this need. Development to the west of Bernin's may also provide opportunity for a neighborhood park in this district. 5. NP -5 There is no park in this district and at least half of the district is outside the MUSA. The need for a neighborhood park and a location will be dependent on future development. 6. NP -6 No neighborhood park is needed in this district. 7. NP -7 This neighborhood needs additional parkland and it is proposed that Beaver Ponds will be expanded at the time development occurs south of the park. http://www.ci.hugo.mn.us/Parks_Recreation/minutes/12122001.htm 9/19/2007