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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes October 19, 2010 Page 4 Committee Member Petersen indicated he felt the committee should tour all the parks once a year. The committee was in consensus with the suggestion. Ms. Olson indicated she would include this on the schedule. Mr. Kramlinger asked if there was anything in the plan for sweeping of trails after a rainstorm. Ms. Olson indicated that would be addressed under the Trail Maintenance Plan that she and the Public Works Director are working on. Ms. Olson asked for the committee's approval of the Park Maintenance Plan so she could be bring to Council in November. MOTION: Committee Member Peterson motioned to approve the Park Maintenance Plan as presented seconded by Committee Member Garretson. The motion carried unanioumsly. E. Other Unfinished Business None 4. NEW BUSINESS A. Committee Chair for 2011 Ms. Olson asked the committee members to contact her if interested in runnin g for Committee Chair for 2011. Ms. Olson indicated that Committee Member Hilgers would not be running for a new term due to work conflicts and that she and Chair Peck would be conducting interviews for new members. B. Facility User Fee Discussion Ms. Olson stated that Council had asked her to research whether the City should consider charging user fees for their facilities. She mentioned when the PTRC looked at this 4 years ago they determined it was not cost effective. Ms. Olson indicated another option would be to approach the associations to see if they would make a donation for improvements to the fields. Ms. Olson stated that the City can provide the fields but the question is are they expected to be maintained at such a level that the City should be charging. She also felt if they do decide to charge the cost should be different for a practice versus a game. Ms. Olson indicated at this time they only charge for adult softball and for pavilion rental and would provide the members with the adult softball field rental fee schedule. She would like the committee to make a recommendation on whether a fee should be charged for youth practices /games. Chair Peck did not think they should be charging extra fees for the facilities. Ms. Olson indicated she would research what other cities are doing and will provide an update at the next meeting.