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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-03-01 Minutes PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, March 1, 1995 - 6:30 p.m. Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the Park and Recreation Committee of the City of Centerville held their regular meeting on Wednesday, March 1, 1995 at the City Hall. Acting Chairperson Thompson called meeting to order at 6:38 p.m. Present: Pelton, Larson, and Navin. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Approval of February 1, 1995, meeting minutes Larson, Pelton and Thompson made the following changes: - Add Councilmember before Buckbee in first paragraph. - Under Rink Attendant Update correct Jill's last name to Novak and add Ryan's last name Cerepak. - Under Trails Update, CSAH to read 14 & 52, and Anoka City Park to read: Anoka County Park. Motion by Pelton, second by Thompson to approve minutes with amendments. Motion carried, Navin abstained. Approval of January 4, 1995, meeting minutes Correction was made to remove Reisdorfer from absent list as he is no longer a committee member. Motion by Pelton, second by Larson to approve January's meeting minutes with the amendments. Motion carried, Thompson abstained. Approval of December 7, 1994 meeting minutes Motion by Pelton, second by Navin to approve December's meeting minutes. Motion carried unanimously. APPEARANCES: Gerald Rehbein, Golden Meadows Gerald Rehbein presented a proposal concerning the park trail in Acorn Creek and Golden Meadows. Lonnie Kornovich was also present. Rehbein explained that due to error a park access was not recorded with the county, therefore, no access to park in Acorn Creek. Rehbein proposed to purchase land from Moore to construct an easement to park. Rehbein and Kornovich further proposed to take the park dedication for Golden Meadows and credit it to more land for addition to Acorn Creek. This land addition will be purchased from Moore. Kornovich requested that P & R consider two options for his Golden Meadows development: 1. Cash payment to P &R for park land dedication fee. or 2. Purchase of Moore's property for addition to Acorn Creek PARK AND RECREATION MEETING MINUTES MARCH 1, 1995 PAGE 2 park. Kornovich stated that to put in the required acreage for a park in Golden Meadows would appear to make the development unprofitable. Motion by Larsen, second by Thompson, that all P &R committee members will view Acorn Creek proposal ASAP as well as the Golden Meadows Development. Motion passed unanimously. Thompson was selected by P &R to be a contact person on the proposal for communication purposes. Pat Mahr, Chain of Lakes Little League Baseball Pat Mahr recounted the Chain of Lakes Little League letter requesting the baseball diamonds. April 1 - August 15, 1995, Monday - Friday, 4:00 p.m. to dark, is the Chain of Lakes request. Also of one Saturday, June 3, 1995 for pictures and playing of one game. Motion by Pelton, second by Thompson to all Chain of Lakes Little League request as stated above. Motion passed unanimously. Citizen Paul Montain suggested that P &R send out letter of interest to ball field users in August to allow potential where better preparation. The committee agreed to make an attempt to send out surveys early. Thompson volunteered to be liaison for P &R and Chain of Lakes Little League. Thompson to take inventory of equipment that belongs to the City of Centerville. Motion by Navin, second by Pelton to allow Chain of Lakes Little League use of the concession stand in 1995. Motion passed unanimously. Thompson requested that Chain of Lakes Little League return the key for Central Park that they have possession of and he deposit check will be returned. OLD BUSINESS North Metro Recreation Update P &R made a note from February meeting minutes that P &R requested a rep from North metro be present at meeting, no one showed. P &R requests City Hall to follow up and request North Metro be present at April meeting. PARK AND RECREATION MEETING MINUTES MARCH 1, 1995 PAGE 3 Financial Report P &R expressed frustration over the information supplied for financial update. P &R expressed their disappointment over the lack of information. P &R registers the following complaint: There appears to be poor preparation for P &R meetings by city staff. Therefore, P &R requests that City Administrator, Roger Winberg be present to the April meeting to discuss proper procedure for communication and facilitating P &R activities. Comp Park Pedestrian System No minutes in packets from City Council for P &R to consider. Pelton informed P &R that the Council approved the Comp Park Pedestrian System Plan. Ped. System Plan, Lino Lakes Discussion Pelton requested that the P &R read the entire plan and be prepared to talk about it with Marty Aselson of Lino Lakes. P &R will discuss this at the April meeting. Baseball Fields Schedule, Concessions, and Acorn Creek Park Easement were discussed under appearances. Rink Final Report Rich and Mike will try to work with Public Works to get ice back in shape for kids to skate on spring vacation. However, the warming house will remain closed and no lights at night either. Pelton wanted to document her appreciation to Mike and Rich for their excellent work this year at the rink. Rich wanted to thank City Administrator and Council for their letter of appreciation. Recommendations for the new members P &R would like to know if there was an ad for replacements. Pelton reported that Bill Bisek has expressed interest in joining P &R committee. Since no written letter of interest was received, P &R committee will request City Hall to send a letter to Bill Bisek ascertaining his interest in serving with P &R committee. This action appears to be warranted based on Bisek's earlier intentions to join P &R. PARK AND RECREATION MEETING MINUTES MARCH 1, 1995 PAGE 4 NEW BUSINESS - P &R requests verification that funds were received from the '94 Night Golf Tourney. - Randy Haggerty, Recycling Coordinator, contacted Pelton about activities for Earth Day. Motion by Thompson, second by Larson to allow Haggerty to coordinate activities for Earth Day. Motion passed unanimously. - April Agenda: APPROVAL OF MINUTES APPEARANCES Roger Winberg Bill Bisek OLD BUSINESS 1. Acorn Creek Trail Easement 2. Golden Meadows Park Acquisition 3. Financial Report 4. Report on Rink - Rap -up 5. North Metro Rep Update 6. Recommendations for New Members 7. Discussion of Comp Plan - Larson requests that letters for users of ball fields be put on file. - Thompson discussed H2O cooler for Central Park be handicap accessible. Motion by Navin, second by Pelton that the future purchase of H2O fountain be accessible to handicap inside of the building. Motion passed unanimously. - P &R requests confirmation that letters were sent to former committee members Dixon, Reisdorfer, and Drilling thanking them. ADJOURN Motion by Larson, second by Thompson to adjourn. Motion passed unanimously. Meeting closed at 9:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Michael Navin