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ARDEN HILLS PARKS, TRAILS & RECREATION COMMITTEE 2 <br /> Thursday, December 21, 2000 with representatives of the Community Education <br /> Departments for the communities in District 621 to discuss the facilities' updates. Mr. <br /> Moore noted he would ask for a rate reduction in the fee to Arden Hills for facilities <br /> updates due to the fact some of the things may be duplicated in the City's Parks <br /> Comprehensive Plan. <br /> PARK AND RECREATION UPDATE <br /> The skating rinks and warming houses are up and running. There has been a change to <br /> snowplowing procedures. Parks Department employees join public works employees <br /> plowing until all streets are done. Then public works joins parks and assists with trail <br /> and sidewalk clearing. This should help to get trails and sidewalks clear sooner than in <br /> the past. <br /> COUNCIL LIAISON RECOMMENDATION & APPOINTMENT OF <br /> COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR 2001 <br /> Mr. Moore reported the Council needs to reappoint members of all the committees in the <br /> City. Mr. Moore then asked the Committee to let him know if they wished to be <br /> reappointed to the Committee. <br /> Mr. Moore reported the Council has a policy of rotating council members through the <br /> various committees as liaison indicating Mr. Grant may not be the Park and Recreation <br /> Committee Council Liaison. <br /> MOTION: Committee Member Crassweller moved and Committee Member <br /> Johnson seconded the motion to direct Mr. Moore to report to the <br /> Mayor the Parks and Recreation Committee would like to retain <br /> Mr. Grant as its Council liaison for 2001. The motion carried <br /> unanimously. <br /> Committee Members Jim Johnson, Don Messerly, Don Tix, Rich Straumann, Jim <br /> Crassweller, and Steve Zilmer asked to be reappointed to the Parks and Recreation <br /> Committee for 2001. Lewis Speggen and Patrick Krenn have not yet notified Mr. Moore <br /> as to whether they wish to be reappointed to the Committee. <br /> BUDGET PROCESS UPDATES <br /> Mr. Moore told the Committee he had included budget information in their packets as <br /> received from the City accountant. <br /> Chairperson Johnson inquired as to why the actual totals for playground equipment and <br /> skating rinks were zeroed out on the information from accounting. Mr. Moore explained <br /> due to a change in accounting there is currently not a separate line item for those items. <br /> This makes it difficult to budget for these items and Mr. Moore has requested accounting <br /> provide a separate line item for them. <br />