06-25-1985 PTRC Agenda - Minutes

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Minutes of Park and Recreation Committee Meeting, April 23 Page 2 • Lindens, Flowering Crab, and Scotch Pine are the types of trees being planted. Excessive rain this week is making it difficult for Parks crews to get the areas prepared, and may delay delivery of Colorado Spruce. There will be Park staff persons at each park where trees are being planted. Buckley will prepare name tags for Park Committee members, and will remind those members not present at this meeting of their assignments. Summer Program Good response has been received for golf lessons; response for tennis lessons has been very light. Adult softball is stronger than ever; there are six Arden Hills leagues plus CDC league (74 teams); fields are filled to capacity continuously. Summer staffing plans are complete; memo is being sent to Council this week for approval of staffing. Last summer's three Park Maintenance employees are returning. Committee strongly concurred with Buckley's recommendation that they be given salary increases based on their experience and past excel- lent performance. The supervisor and two employees for playground programs are returning, and two new individuals recommended. Because need has been clearly shown for sanitation facilities, Buckley plans to have satellites available this year at Hazelnut, Cummings and Floral parks. • Buckley noted that tennis courts at Bethel will be available for public use after 4:30 p.m. each day; exercise trail will be available to public at all times•. (This availability will be listed in Summer Program. ) Miscellaneous Business - Park Tour. Because of Memorial Day holiday, the Council will be meeting on May 28, regular May meeting date of Parks Committee. Committee recom- mended meeting be rescheduled for May 23; that it begin at 6:00 p.m. with tour of the Village parks. Members are asked to meet at the Village Hall at 6:00 p.m. to car-pool on the Parks tour. - Trail Maintenance. Dreyling noted that road down to path in Cummings Park (from Lexington) is quite steep and difficult to negotiate, asked if there were plans to improve this. Buckley asked Committee input re establishing a policy for maintenace of bike-path systems adjoining streets; should property owners be encouraged to mow the portion between street and pathway, or should it become a part of Park Maintenance regular schedule? Otto noted that some of the blacktop on the Lexington Avenue path is settling and cracking (from Control Data area north to STH 96). Buckley noted that, on County Road E pathway, property owners have been regularly mowing boulevard portion, except for portion between gas station and MSI Claims building (noted that Ospina-Anderson Clinic is planned for this location this summer). • Lexington Avenue pathway should still be under warranty; Committee suggested Ramsey County be notified of defects so they can alert the contractor.