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Parlcs & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes 04-07-04 Motion was made by Committee Member Seeley, seconded by Chairperson Peterson to approve the March 3, 2004 Parks & Recreation with the above correction. Ayes - 4, Nays - 0, Abstain - 2 (Peil, Anderson) Absent -1 (LeBlanc) Motion carried. VI. COMMITTEE BUSINESS Summer Pro2rams YMCA Summer Program The committee requested City Council donate $300 from the Parks & Recreation budget to the YMCA Summer Program being held at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park. This donation is to subsidize the amount each resident would be required to pay for children enrolled in the program. Ms. Stephan reported this was approved by council at the March 10, 2004 City Council meeting and a check will be issued to the YMCA. The consensus of the committee was to keep the recommendation at $300 for both sessions opposed to $300 per session. There was previously some confusion regarding this item. Ms. Stephan provided the committee with a rough draft of the YMCA flyer for the summer program and the amount listed to the residents is $15 per 3 week session. With the Parks & Recreation Committee subsidizing the program, the amount to residents was reduced from the previously suggested $22 per session. Bands in the Parks Chairperson Peterson contacted the City of Lino Lakes Parks & Recreation Department regarding what he thought was a transportable band shelter that could possibly be used in a Centerville park for a concert. What the City of Lino Lakes actually has is a trailer which contains equipment such as chairs and tables and is rented out for block party events. The committee then discussed other options for possibly hosting concerts such as having a band set up in the hockey rink. Chairperson Peterson questioned how we would determine if there is an interest and what type of issues would it involve, how would the committee advertise for bands interested in performing and how would insurance and security be handled. Chairperson Peterson said he would contact other cities to determine how they went about having an event such as concerts in the park. It also needs to be determined what would be required by City Council and the Centennial Lakes Police Department. Skate Park Activities Committee Member Anderson suggested having a skate board exhibition or perhaps a competition by age group. Committee Member Peil stated there are skate board professionals who often tour. Chairperson Peterson stated there are going to be problems with setting up the skate park this spring due to construction on LaMotte Drive and Heritage Street. It has been requested that the skate pad at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park be done first when construction begins so the skate park can be set up as soon as possible. It will be time consuming and labor intensive to set up all the skate park equipment on the concrete in the hockey rink and then later move it to the asphalt pad. The committee feels the equipment needs to be set up as soon as possible, even if it has to be moved later as last season it was set up late and only part of the equipment was available for 20f8