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Hugo, Minnesota Parks and Recreation Open Space Commission Meeting
April 13, 2005
7:00 p.m.
Council Chambers — City Hall
Meeting Chair: Pete Pedersen
Minutes By: Chris Petree
Present: Parks Commission: Pete Pedersen, Jennifer May, Roger Clarke, Tom Weidt and
Steven Lacher.
Planning Commission: Kelly Bailly.
Staff: Chris Petree, Public Works Director.
Absent: Kitty Cheesebrow
I. Approve Minutes From March 9, 2005 Meeting
Weidt made a motion, Clarke seconded to approve the minutes of March 9, 2005.
All Aye. Motion Carried.
II. Parks Commission Vacancies & Appointments
Public Works Director Chris Petree reviewed the Parks Commission interviews that took place
on Monday, April 11, 2005. Petree informed the Parks Commission that the City Council
would appoint two new members at the April 18, 2005 City Council meeting and those new
members would then be present at the May Parks Commission meeting.
III. Review & Approve Landscaping Plan for Frog Hollow Park
Public Works Director Chris Petree presented the Parks Commission a landscaping and final
park plan from Landscape architect Laurie McRostie. Petree reviewed the plan with the Parks
Commission.
May made a motion, Lacher seconded to accept the landscaping and final park plan for Frog
Hollow Park.
All Aye. Motion Carried.
IV. Park Signage Update
Public Works Director Chris Petree provided the Parks Commission with an update of the
status on the new park signs. The signs are currently being fabricated by Bill Weigel Signs
and will be ready for installation this summer. The park sign installation project is current
being considered by a Boy Scout for an Eagle Scout project.
V. Park Fund Committee Update
Public Works Director Chris Petree and Parks Commissioners Steven Lacher & Roger Clarke
provided the Parks Commission an update on the Park Fund Committee that met last on
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Friday, April 8, 2005. The committee continues to work on prioritizing park projects and
researching funding sources.
VI. Grant Writing Committee Update
Public Works Director Chris Petree provided an update to the Parks Commission on the status
of the DNR Outdoor Recreation Grant for the park in Diamond Point East. The grant was
submitted by the March 31, 2005 deadline and the City should receive a response by July
2005.
VII. Schedule Parks Commission Tour
Public Works Director Chris Petree and Parks Commission Chair Kitty Cheesebrow have
discussed possible dates for the Summer Parks Commission Tour and recommend July 13,
2005. This is the date for the regularly scheduled meeting in July and will be noticed in the
City's newspaper of the change.
Lacher made a motion, Weidt seconded to schedule the summer Parks Commission Tour for
July 13, 2005 at 5 p.m.
All Aye. Motion Carried.
VIII. Summer Block Parties
Public Works Director Chris Petree and Parks Commissioner Jennifer May discussed possible
block party opportunities with the Parks Commission for this summer. Parks Commissioner
Jennifer May also asked that the City post information about block parties on the web site and
the cable access channel.
IX. Updates
A. Planning Commission — Planning Commissioner Kelly Bailly informed the Parks Commission that
the City Council had approved the rural and open space ordinance and that an updated park map
would be helpful for the Planning Commission.
B. City Council — None.
C. Pete Pedersen — Discussed opportunities for additional parkland acquisition.
D. Chris Petree — Updated the Parks Commission on the Eagle Scout project for the landscaping of
Beaver Ponds Park.
X. Other
LOCATION — CITY HALL