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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes 07-07-04 Res!ional Park Survey Committee Member Seeley presented the committee with copies of a Regional Park Survey which she felt was an interest to residents and committee members. Easde Scout Proiects Committee Member Ziegler and Council Member Capra have been working with Eagle Scouts interested in completing projects possibly with or for the Parks & Recreation Committee. Chairperson Peterson had a concern regarding liability insurance for Eagle Scouts working with the city and will pursue this with the City Administrator. Council Member Lee said the scouts have the ability to do a considerable project. Committee Member Ziegler said the scouts typically provide the organization and the labor, but not the funds. The nature of the project needs to be substantial. Committee Member Ziegler mentioned a gazebo on the Centerville Lake property, but this may be too large of a project for the Eagle Scouts. Other ideas were organizing the skate park, building picnic tables, painting murals in the warming house at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park, brushing or trimming trees, repairing the monument signs at each of the parks or a fire pit at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park. The bonfires at LaMotte Park have been in the parking lot and once that is paved that will no longer be an option. Chairperson Peterson suggested looking at other parks; such as Como Park to see how they have incorporated fire pits. The Eagle Scouts typically need to plan and organize the project through the fall and winter and complete the project in the spring. Vice-Chairperson LeBlanc suggested applying for a DNR Grant for a fishing pier and perhaps the Eagle Scouts could work on this project. With the timeline for applying for grants, the committee needs to start talking about grant issues in the fall for the next year's grants. Committee Member Ziegler will take these ideas back to the Eagle Scouts. Budeet Plannine The Parks & Recreation Committee was given the most current budget information from the Finance Director. The committee felt it needs to decide what projects are priorities and which will need to be removed from the budget. If everything currently included on the Parks & Recreation Budget were to be approved, the budget would have quite a large deficit. The next scheduled meeting will better determine the liabilities and assets. This is also dependant on the Clearwater Trail Grant. The committee questioned when the trail would have to be completed if the city were to receive the grant. Committee Member Seeley stated the city would have one full year, plus whatever months remain in the current year; after the city is notified, with the project being completed by December 31 st of the following year SUBCOMMITTEES Grants Committee Member Seeley stated she had contacted the DNR and they did not have an answer regarding the Clearwater Trail Grant at this time. The committee should have an answer by the end of July. 30f6