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Arden Hills Parks,Trails and Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes 2 May 21,2002 • Parks received 25 donated trees which have been planted. The entire City Council participated in the program by donating trees. Recreation Program Supervisor Michelle Olson has begun summer programs and still needs staff for sports programs. COUNCIL UPDATE At the May 20 Worksession Council discussed TCAAP and the steps necessary to induce the Army to release the land. The City of Arden Hills Personnel Policy has been updated and rewritten. The policy had not been revised since 1979. The Council discussed the budget general fund CIP for 2003. This is the first time since 1999 that departments have been included in the decision of items that need to be purchased. PARKS COMP PLAN REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF CIP Steve Weismann from Ingraham and Associates stated the Park Comp Plan is complete. The completed plan is on the consent agenda for the May 28, 2002, Regular City Council meeting. • MOTION: Committee Member Crassweller moved and Committee Member Henry seconded the motion to approve the Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan as finalized and present it to the City Council for approval. The motion carried unanimously. Tom Moore stated $500,000 currently is in the Park Fund budget. This must be spent before asking for money out of the general fund. Committee Member Henry suggested the Committee would agree to spend the $500,000 if the Council can provide a guarantee that additional funds will be provided next year. The Committee feels that if the money is spent on projects like the warming houses on the CIP there will be no funds left for parks and trails unless the Council plans to promise funds. Committee Member Crassweller stated the spend down and the promised park funds should be simultaneous. After the Park Comp Plan is approved the Council also needs to approve the funding for the projects. In the past, there has never been a Park Comp Plan. Chair Straumann stated we should take to the Council the priority projects that the residents have asked for to begin discussion for funding. He suggested the possibility of replacing buildings that could provide multiple uses such as a warming house that could also be used for playgrounds in • the summer.