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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING <br />PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION <br />LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />December 5, 2019 <br /> <br /> Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the Parks & <br />Recreation Commission of the City of Little Canada, Minnesota, was held on <br />the 5th of December in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 <br />Little Canada Road East in said city. <br /> <br /> Chair Dave Miller called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. and the following <br />members of the commission were present: <br /> <br /> <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Ms. Anna Abruzzese <br /> Ms. Rose Chu <br /> Ms. Sharen Darling <br />Mr. Ron Horwath <br />Mr. Dave Miller <br />Mr. Tom Ray <br />Mr. Peter Schletty <br /> <br /> MEMBERS ABSENT: (none) <br /> <br /> <br />ALSO PRESENT: Mr. Bryce Shearen, Parks and Recreation <br />and Community Services Manager <br /> <br /> <br />Ray made a motion to approve the minutes from the November meeting. <br />Darling seconded the motion. The motion passed 7 – 0. <br /> <br /> <br />The Community Services Manager stated one of the four strategic points <br />outlined in the City’s Strategic Plan was enhancing identity and <br />empowering community. He explained that as the City begins to <br />implement this idea and also begin to look at the Pioneer Park Planning <br />Process, one idea is to build a community building. The Community <br />Services Manager noted a building between 3,500 and 4,500 square feet <br />would be an ideal size for a gathering space and would hold approximately <br />125-150 people. He explained this could serve as a flexible gathering <br />space, for rentals as well as programming events like Cookies with Santa. <br />The Community Services Manager presented options for potential <br />locations of a community building in Pioneer Park. He indicated there was <br />also space for the building to be located in the Northeast corner of Pioneer <br />MINUTES <br />PIONEER PARK <br />PLANNING <br />PROCESS