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ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES OF MEETING OF AUGUST 3, 2010 ROSEVILLE CITY HALL—8:OOPM PRESENT: Azer, Doneen, Etten, Jacobson, Ristow, Stark, Willmus ABSENT: D.Holt, M. Holt, Pederson (all notified staff prior to meeting) STAFF: Brokke, Anfang 1. INTRODUCTIONS/ROLL CALL/PUBLIC COMMENT Public Comment deferred until after the approval of minutes and comments by Commission Chair and Parks and Recreation Director 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES—MAY 49 2010 MEETING Commission Recommendation: Minutes amended with the following; R. Doneen commented that his comments at the May 4th meeting did not reference an"agreement" but rather an update to the Commission that the school district had met with the neighbors and baseball association representatives and informed them that 3 fields were to be built at Fairview, 2 fields to accommodate the Fast pitch Softball Program and one field to be used by Baseball. Amended Minutes for the May 4, 2010 meeting were approved unanimously. 3. COMMISSION COMMENT /PUBLIC COMMENT Brokke briefed commissioners on the tragic death of a 12 year old boy in Bruce Russell Park on Sunday, August 1 st. Commissioners and Parks and Recreation staff extended their sincere condolences to the family. Gary Grefenberg addressed the Commission on two community items; • As a member of the Roseville Human Rights Commission, Grefenberg informed the Parks and Recreation Commission that the Human Rights Commission has been charged with looking at involvement of Roseville citizens in the local government process. The Human Rights Commission is looking for a volunteer from the Parks and Recreation Commission to take part in a task force that will study the topic over the next eight months. Commission Chair Stark directed Commissioners to consider the task and mentioned that a representative would be named following the next Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting. • Grefenberg shared a draft of the upcoming edition of the SouthWest Area Roseville Monitor(SWARM). This newsletter recognizes the extensive community involvement that has taken place over the past eleven months for the Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update. Grefenberg commented that some Southwest residents do not trust government and his experiences with the parks and recreation planning process has resulted in a willingness on this part to assist in sharing information from the Citizen Advisory Team with the Southwest Roseville neighbors. Grefenberg voiced his concern with the recent bond proposal and feels the completed Master Plan needs to be better reflected in the referendum budget. He is also concerned that the August 20th deadline seems to undercut the role of the CAT in the Master Planning process and the vision and planning process are worthless unless reflected in the implementation budget. Lastly, Grefenberg commented that citizen involvement has been wasted unless the budget is reflected in the Master Plan and resulting implementation. It would be disappointing if on this most critical step of the planning process the City opts to go it alone with a rushed referendum.