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1. Land Dedication: The CC approved the increase recommended by P & R for residential development. P & R will make a recommendation to the CC regarding updating the commercial, industrial and multi- residential development at the November meeting. Zoff Pelton will work with staff to provide the necessary information in the packets to make a decision. Navin will not be able to attend, but will provide a recommendation for the meeting. 2. Ice Rink: Thompson noted that this Saturday at 9:00 am is the time scheduled to construct a players' shelter at the hockey rink. Navin, Larson and Thompson will be there with tools. The event has been advertised on the sign in front of City Hall. Dale will work with Rick to arrange for delivery of the materials through the locked gate and to secure them after delivery. Rink flooding was discussed. It seems that CC and PW are not clear as to the intent of the last P &R meeting. Missing from last month's minutes was P & R discussion about and recommendation to hire a person specifically to shovel, sweep, and flood the rink as the attendants may not do an adequate job and people under 16 yrs of age can not operate motorized equipment. One or two adults hired specifically for the job may provide better accountability and hopefully performance. P & R suggest two people are optimum for safety and efficiency. One issue for staff to get back to Rick and Mike on is: Do we need two people to maintain the ice on the rink according to insurance requirements? How much is budgeted for flooding and rink maintenance by P &R and PW in FY 95 and FY 96? For the November meeting we need to know if PW will maintain the ice or not. We want to avoid the conflict with snow plowing of roads and the needs of the rink. We feel it may be best to hire someone or two specifically for daily rink maintenance from dollars allocated for this in both budgets. November P &R will set their `96 budget so this is good timing. Improved rink maintenance will be included in the Laura LaMotte Park master plan to be developed as a result of the park expansion. Bisek suggested we investigate adding a pleasure or hockey rink at Tracie McBride Park as well as Laura LaMotte Park. Navin noted that Jill Novak, Ryan Cerepak, and Richard Peterson have requested being rehired for the rink attendant positions this year. Mike noted they were good employees and he is happy they want to come back. Staff needs to work with Mike regarding the hiring process and to get CC approval. 3. Christmas Tree Fund - raiser: Larson and Besik will organize the fund raiser this year. The first weekend will be November 25 and will run for two or three weekends. This will be coordinated with Russ Almandinger who is gracious in offering P &R this opportunity. 4. Laura LaMotte Park Grant Process: Buckbee updated P & R on the purchase process. She stated that the lawyer is working on the purchase agreement and negotiating the interest rate, etc. The land owner will retain the rental for the property obtained until the sale is finalized. P & R recommend that the City obtain a land survey from the seller prior to signing the purchase agreement. P & R requests that staff contact the attorney regarding this and ask him to expedite the agreement process. P & R requests the agreement be prepared, if not signed by the Nov. meeting. The Grant process: P & R needs a total dollar amount for the purchase of the property, including interest, fees, etc. We need a site appraisal done, the last one can be basically updated. The bottom line for the appraisal is to justify to DETED that the purchase price is in line with the land value and thus a grant is appropriate.