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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA NOVEMBER 5, 2020 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 5th day of November, 2020 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Chair Dave Miller called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and the following members of the Parks & Recreation Commission were present at roll call: PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION: Horwath, Darling, Miller, Ray, Schletty, Chu, and Abruzzese. ALSO PRESENT: Parks & Rec/Community Services Manager Bryce Shearen In accordance with the requirements of Minn. Stat. Section 13D.021, the City Administrator has determined that an in-person meeting is not practical or prudent because of a health pandemic or an emergency declared under Chapter 12 of the Minnesota Statutes. Because of the health pandemic and emergency declaration, it has been determined that attendance at the regular meeting location by elected officials and members of the public is not feasible. Therefore, some or all of the Parks & Recreation members may be participating by telephone or other electronic means. This meeting will be recorded in its entirety. Members of the public may monitor the meeting on the CTV North Suburbs website (live stream) or use the meeting link provided on the city website prior to the meeting. MINUTES Commissioner Ray made a motion to approve the October 1, 2020, Parks & Recreation Commission minutes as submitted. Commissioner Abruzzese seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. OLD BUSINESS: PIONEER PARK COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATE The Community Services Manager stated that the RCP students have branched out into three teams; a survey team, a focus group team, and a youth engagement team. He stated that the survey team has completed the survey and is putting the questions into the program which will be made available to the community in multiple languages. He stated that the focus group team is starting to conduct individual and group interviews. He stated that the youth engagement team has reached out to the local schools that will be doing an art project, showing what a park means to them. He stated that the youth engagement team can then review those art projects to identify common themes. He anticipated that 150 to 200 students will take part in the project. He stated that there is also a landing page that has been created for the survey and a broad marketing plan