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MINUTES CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1997 6:30 - 7:30 P.M. ARMY RESERVE CENTER CALL TO ORDER Chair Kreidler called the meeting to order at 6:33 p.m. ROLL CALL Present were Chair Lynette Kreidler, Megan Ricke, Don Messerly, Dorothy McClung, Anita Larson, Jim Johnson, Mary Robinson, Don Messerly, Lou Speggen, Tracy Petersen; Program Supervisor, Cindy Walsh; Parks and Recreation Director and Council Liaison; Susan Keim. APPROVE MINUTES Dorothy McClung made a motion to approve the September 30, 1997, Minutes which was • seconded by Anita Larson and passed unanimously. TONY SCHMIDT PARK TASK FORCE Jim Johnson and Gregg Larson, Arden Hills Planning Commission updated the Commission on the first meeting of the Tony Schmidt Task Force. The Task Force has an aggressive schedule with some park tours/meetings on Saturday mornings in November and December. The group intends to have a Master Plan Development by January 5, 1998. On January 5, 1998, there will be a meeting hosted by Ramsey County and the Task Force to allow the public to review the plan. At the first meeting, Sanders, Wacker, Bergly, the consultant firm, presented a landscape of what is currently at the park and where the park boundaries extended to. Tony Schmidt Park currently covers 200 acres. The Task Force is brainstorming for the Master Plan and on November 10, 1997, the Task Force will be going through a S.W.O.T. exercise (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats). Gregg Larson, City Commission representative on the Tony Schmidt Park Task Force, mentioned that the northern half of the park currently has no identity. Mr. Larson feels that the • mission of the Task Force is to come up with a general master plan for the County. The County would like to begin construction this summer.