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I ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 2 MINUTES OF MEETING OF DECEMBER 6,2011 3 ROSEVILLE CITY HALL—6:30PM 4 5 PRESENT: Azer, Boehm, Diedrick, Etten, D. Holt, M. Holt, Ristow, Simbeck 6 ABSENT: Doneen, Pederson called ahead with excused absences STAFF: Anfang, Brokke 9 1. INTRODUCTIONS/ROLL CALL/PUBLIC COMMENT 1YNo Public comment 12 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES—November 1,2011 MEETING 13 Commission Recommendation: 14 Minutes for the November 1, 2011 meeting were approved unanimously. 15 16 3. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TASK FORCE REPORT 17 Greg Simbeck gave an update of recent activities from the Community Engagement Task Force. The 18 task force is hoping to gather more input from the community, if possible, before they present their 19 findings to the Council in February. The major tasks for the committee are to look at how the City 20 interacts with its residents and to explore how the neighborhoods look back into the City and its 21 operations. Throughout the process the task force has heard how much the community loves their 22 parks and looks to include the connections to parks whenever appropriate. 23 24 4. PARK DEDICATION - WALMART 25 Preliminary information on park dedication for the 17.8 acres at Cleveland and County Road C were 26 presented to the Commission by Brokke. A proposal to develop the property into a Walmart 27 Shopping Center has begun to be reviewed by City staff. The role of the commission is to make 28 recommendation to the Council whether to accept land, cash or a combination of to satisfy the park 29 dedication requirement. A recent potential proposal from the Walmart Representatives was to 30 provide land dedication in another area of Langton Lake. There is a possibility of a combination of 31 land and cash as well as the traditional all land dedication or all cash payment. The park dedication 32 fees could contribute to possible Master Plan projects. Commissioner Ristow suggested the 33 commission consider recommending the cash in lieu of land based on past needs and recent financial 34 discussions. 35 36 5. MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION DISCUSSION 37 The recent lawsuit did not move forward through the appeal system and the first round of bonds are 38 expected to be awarded on Monday, December 12. The current bonding process has adjusted the 39 renewal program timeline into a 4-year plan. Staff looks to take the 4-year plan to the Council on 40 January 23 to outline the work plan and to discuss using the best value procurement method. 41 42 Commissioners discussed their interest in continuing efforts for a local sales tax to finance future 43 additions to the park system as outlined by the updated Master Plan. Brold..-,e mentioned that the 44 Council and City Manager have continued to discuss the local sales tax option and have shown an 45 interest in making it an upcoming initiative of theirs. There is a question whether pursuing the local 46 sales tax option would be an initiative of Roseville's alone or piggy-backed with a League of 47 Minnesota Cities initiative. Brokke explained that recent legislative action has changed the process 48 for Cities pursuing the local sales tax option. Communities must now take the question to the voters 49 through a referendum before requesting legislative action. Potentially, the referendum question could 50 be part of the November 2012 election. 51