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Minutes of Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting Village of Arden Hills • Tuesday , November 8 , 1983 - 7 : 30 p . m. Village Hall 7 : 30 p . m. - Jeanne Gilbert submitted her resignation from the Parks and Recreation Committee . Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7 : 40 p.m by Chairman Sand. Roll Cali Present - D. Sand, A. Anderson , G. Dreyling, J . Otto, T. Sather, M. Wild . Absent - M. Bergene , K. Boss , D. Klick , D. Kostishack, P. Lippert, T. Tuggle . Also Present - Councilman T. Mulcahy , Parks Director J . Buckley . Approval of Minutes The motion to approve the Minutes of 9/ 13/83 Parks and Recreation Committee Fleeting was made by Otto and seconded by Sather. Motion carried unanimously . Council Report Councilman Mulcahy reported Council approval of the Parks budget for 1984 , Park Director' s attendance at the Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association Fall Conference and reported that Council • reviewed the Charles Tooker Evaluation of Arden Hills Parks and Recreation Department. Councilman Mulcahy expanded on the Tooker evaluation by reminding the committee that the study was engaged to compare Arden Hills ' parks system to similar cities , and to provide a non-internal look at the general direction of the Arden Hills parks and recreation program and development . Mulcahy stated that Council generally felt the Tooker Evaluation to be a good document, providing a good basis for the Council ; noted that Council will be looking for a flow of responses from the Committee as a result of the Committee ' s discussions of the Tooker Evaluation . Tooker Report Committee Discussion and Comments : - The Evaluation is reassuring and confirmation of present policy ; shows we have good program and that our director has done a good job . - if we are going to follow direction from the Evaluation , we are going to have to expand program which will mean at least another part-time program developer. - We could make some kind of attempt to make footnotes re maintenance cost on Capital Plan . - Kind of questionnaire up-date : are educational level and age questions etc . necessary? - The Evaluation has rural rather than urban perspectives . • - The Evaluation did not take into account adjoining facilities and programs in our neighboring communities . - Sand asked the Committee to focus on three things : 1 ) Development of an administrative manual , 2 ) Updating of the 1973 euestionnaire , and 3 ) Establishment of a written policy on bequests .