2010-06-02 P & R Minutes Approved

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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes 06-02-10 th scheduled two teen bands for the July 13 performance. ‘Concealed Fate’ will warm up for ‘Brace for Impact’, who won last year’s Battle of the Bands. The Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park warming house area is a good venue for teen bands, especially since part of the audience comes from the skate park. Mr. Lee will supply his th PA system for these bands. Mr. Lee will do a solo performance at Hidden Spring Park on July 27. All other bands will be at Hidden Spring Park except for the Centennial Community Band which is 35 pieces and will need to use the Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park parking lot. Mr. Lee suggested to the committee that if the Music in the Parks Program is something they would like to continue they should think about purchasing a PA system as most good bands will not play for $300 if they have to bring and set up their own PA system as it is time consuming and labor intense. If the PA system were available the committee would be able to attract more good bands for lesser fee. Mr. Lee said the committee could purchase everything needed for approximately $3,200 and he will put together the information for the committee to review at the next committee meeting. Chairperson Branch asked about storage and set up. Mr. Lee said the equipment could be stored in a relatively small space, probably at Public Works and he would be able to train people to use it. Committee Member Haiden asked about renting equipment. Mr. Lee stated that renting at $250 each time the equipment would shortly pay for itself. The committee briefly discussed radios for the 8K Walk/Run with Mr. Lee as he was in charge of the parade the last few years and the radios he rented for the parade in 2009 were also used for the 8K. Chairperson Branch informed the committee that Mayor Capra had notified him that the Anoka County Radio Club will provide radios for both the parade and the 8K run and her and Council Member Paar will be meeting with Mr. Bob Cordell sometime in June to go over the details. Mr. Lee reported he tried this with the parade in a previous year and it did not work for a variety of reasons and he would not suggest using HAM Radio Operators. Chairperson Branch will discuss this with Mayor Capra. Different radio options were discussed; type, quantity and range. Mr. Lee said he would rather error on the side of caution and he ordered more radios than he may have needed, but felt 12 radios with a better range would be sufficient for the 8K. Committee Member Amundsen said the radios work much better with cooler temperatures and that is perhaps one of the reasons the radios worked so poorly for the 2009 8K as by the time the race was run it was in the afternoon and very hot. This year hopefully the race will be run in the morning when it is still cooler. IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES May 5, 2010 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes Motion was made by Chairperson Branch, seconded by Vice-Chairperson Grahek to approve the May 5, 2010 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes as is. Ayes – 5, Nays – 0, Abstain – 1 (Amundsen). Motion carried. V. COMMITTEE BUSINESS Advisory Position to Parks & Recreation Committee Committee Member Seeley requested a discussion of an ‘advisory position’ to the Parks & Recreation Committee be added to the agenda. Through recent visits to Chauncey Barett Gardens and speaking with the manager, Committee Member Seeley started thinking the committee is missing a segment of the population in Centerville by not having a voice from the senior community in what they would like to see offered for instance as Park Programs. The other consideration is this is a building for 55 and older and many of the residents are capable of being fully involved in the community and potentially able to volunteer their time and their expertise in areas the committee may be lacking. The committee agreed this is a resource that should be pursued, but 2 of 6