HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998.09.29 Parks Minutes Minutes of Parks Commission Meeting September 29, 1998
1. All present except for Sydney Harrison.
2. Preparations for Lions Park playground equipment will be scheduled by Pete
Pederson - he will let us know how we can help. Some purchases need to be made
now, the Lions Club may be willing to buy some of the preparation materials.
Playground equipment installment dates - October 24 and November 14.
Perhaps some organization could serve refreshments to the workers. Schedule to
follow. A sign has been ordered for the park. No one should be allowed to play at the
park until all equipment has been installed. Celebration ceremony could be during
Good Neighbor Days - June 10, 11, 12 in 1999. Tom Drewry will help schedule the
Lions building and coordinate with Michelle Lindeau at City Hall.
3. We are still waiting for the information we asked of the city engineer concerning a
cost range in dollars per proposed housing unit for constructing an adjacent ten foot
(10') wide bike trail with City Park funds along proposed developments. A unit price
range per foot of bituminous trail was also requested.
4. Beaver Ponds needed to have a grading plan and follow through for its park layout,
this was done. Robyn will send us a copy of this site plan. It was decided that we
should have OSM on a contract basis so that a person can attend our meetings, be on
the mailing list of all new proposed developments, and help with park design,
materials, etc. This person should be in communication with all aspects of the city
planning and engineering to help keep us informed and "on top of things".
5. Dave Gunther, WBL Rec. Dept. will be contacted to invite him to our December
meeting to help us gather information as to different sport needs in Hugo and to let him
know that Withrow School is a possible soccer field for Hugo soccer teams.
6. Robyn LaCasse will contact the Snowmobile Club and remind them that they need
to have a plan and a map by October 30, 1998 and then mark trails to be able to
snowmobile this winter according to Hugo's ordinance. Robyn will send us all a copy
of the ordinance. We will hold a meeting regarding this on November 5, 1998 at 6:30
p.m. at the Firstar Bank Community Room. If these conditions are not met, then they
will be out of compliance with the Hugo ordinance and in violation of the law if they
snowmobile on unmarked trails.
We will learn more about trails at our October 27th meeting when we have Washington
Co. and the DNR at our meeting to gather information for our commission. This will
help us with our work on bike, horse, snowmobile and ped. trails.
7. We are requesting a printout of our budget register as of Sept 30, 1998.