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<br />Parks & Recreation Committee <br /> Meeting Minutes 07-07-10 <br /> <br />PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE <br />MEETING MINUTES <br />Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 6:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the Parks & Recreation Committee of the City of Centerville held the <br />regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 7022 Centerville Road, Chauncey Barett Gardens <br /> <br />Present: <br /> Chairperson Patrick Branch <br />Vice Chairperson Jon Grahek <br />Committee Member Suzanne Seeley <br /> Committee Member Brian Peterson <br /> Committee Member Mark Haiden <br />Committee Member Kevin Amundsen <br />Committee Member Kevin Selander <br /> <br /> <br />Council: <br />City Council Liaison Mayor Capra <br /> <br />Staff: <br /> Staff Liaison Kim Stephan <br /> <br />Mr. Bob Cordell, Mr. Nathan Capra, Mr. Mark Statz and Mr. Warren Solheid were also in attendance. <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />I. CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Roll Call <br /> <br /> Chairperson Branch called the July 7, 2010 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting to order at 6:30 <br /> p.m. <br /> <br />II. SET AGENDA <br /> <br /> <br />Committee Member Amundsen requested adding an update on the Trail Project as #7 under Updates. <br /> <br />Motion was made by Committee Member Grahek, seconded by Committee Member Haiden, to <br />set the agenda with above addition. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />III. APPEARANCES <br /> <br />Mr. Phillip Capra, Boy Scout Troop 232, Many Waters District made an appearance to discuss a <br />possible Eagle Scout Project with the committee. The project would involve a diversification of tree <br />plantings to take place in the fall of 2010 or the spring of 2011. This was a preliminary discussion <br />intended to determine the Parks & Recreation Committees interest before Mr. Capra moves forward <br />seeking approval from the Boy Scout Council. Mr. Capra has done some research for possible <br />funding sites such as availability of grants from the Re~Leaf Program, which will be awarding grants <br />potentially in August 2010. It was explained by Mr. Capra that diversification of the tree varieties in <br />our parks is important not just because it is aesthetically more appealing, but one species alone may be <br />prone to disease, such as Emerald Ash Borer, Oak Wilt or Dutch Elm. Diversification would help <br />1 of 6 <br /> <br />