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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes October 19, 2021 Page 6 Staff Liaison Vaughan confirmed that Cummings and Royal Hills have yellow lines painted on the tennis courts. There could be two games going at one time per court. Chair Van Valkenburg said the City has two nets now, if they got two more they could have four games going at once at Cummings Park. He thought the nets could be stored at Cummings and brought out on a designated night. At Hazelnut they lower the tennis net slightly to work for pickleball. Discussion ensued regarding how pickleball courts are marked on a tennis court. Chair Van Valkenburg said he would like to see music in the park and food trucks. Staff Liaison Vaughan said they did have yoga in Cummings Park last summer, but it was a smaller group than what comes to City Hall. Committee Member Poelzer said many years ago there was an event in a park where there was food and things to do under a tent, including a magician. She suggested possibly trying something like that, that would be free to residents. Staff Liaison Vaughan said planning for the Spring/Summer Recreation Guide takes place in late January and February. They like to have it out in early March. Council Liaison Grant said the items the committee wants to look at should get put together to present to staff for possible inclusion in the recreation guide, and that could get put into their work plan. For example, the work plan could consist of reviewing the parks in summer, late summer/fall they could research and review what programs the city has and what could get put together for staff for consideration. Funding, location, parking may be issues. Chair Van Valkenburg suggested they review the possibilities in November. Chair Van Valkenburg noted that two new benches were placed at Crepeau Park, some were fixed and reset, and buckthorn removed so the park is looking good. Bethel also fixed up some of their trails. 5. REPORTS Council Liaison Grant reported that New Perspectives Senior Living broke ground. They will be building a trail that will extend as part of the system to Crepeau Park. They will be moving forward with funding requests for the high school trail and getting letters of recommendation. A request was granted for $500,000 for water main under Lexington Avenue when it gets reconstructed which could leave money left over in the Capital Fund. The City also received approximately $575,000 this year and next year that can be spent on a number of things, it will probably be spent on infrastructure like sewer lining. Chair Van Valkenburg said Committee Member Dietz’s employer contributed another $1,000 to the Arden Hills Foundation, and he’s been using some of that money at Floral Park.