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I ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 2 MINUTES OF MEETING OF MARCH 6, 2012 3 ROSEVILLE CITY HALL —6:30PM 4 5 PRESENT: Boehm, Diedrick, Doneen, Etten, D. Holt, M. Holt, Pederson, Ristow 6 ABSENT: Azer and Simbeck contacted staff with excused absence STAFF: Anfang, Brokke 9 1. INTRODUCTIONS/ROLL CALL/PUBLIC COMMENT 1YNone 12 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES—FEBRUARY 9,2012 MEETING 13 Commission Recommendation: 14 Minutes for the February 9, 2012 meeting were approved unanimously. 15 16 3. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TASK FORCE REPORT 17 Doneen updated commission on the current work of the Community Engagement Task Force. Draft 18 recommendations by subcommittees are being compiled. Preliminary findings have been shared 19 with the City Manager with a meeting in the near future to discuss materials with the City Manager 20 planned for the near future. It is anticipated that recommendations to the City Council will come 21 this spring through the Human Rights Commission. 22 23 Doneen commented on how the Parks and Recreation Master Plan has served as an excellent model 24 for supporting neighborhoods and fostering community involvement. 25 26 4. PARK & RECREATION RENEWAL PROGRAM DISCUSSION 27 Jason Etten introduced the agenda item and spoke briefly about the first three meetings and updated 28 the commission that there has been no new information on the current litigation status. 29 30 Brokke updated the Commission on the recent HANG community and neighborhood meeting. 31 Specifically, a community and neighborhood meeting was held February 15 at the Harriett 32 Alexander Nature Center to discuss plans for facility maintenance and boardwalk replacement. 33 More than 40 people were in attendance. The group was enthusiastic and anxious to get started with 34 the projects. Staff also shared the preliminary work of FORHANC and FORPARKS and their 35 intentions to contribute $30,000 each to internal improvements to the Center. Doneen recognized 36 the high level of interest by those in attendance. 37 38 Brokke reviewed a recent meeting with the Public Works, Environment and Transportation 39 Commission. This group was very interested in the Renewal Program and asked how they might be 40 able to get involved, especially in the Natural Resources and Trails portion. Randall Doneen also 41 attended the meeting to share information on the work to date of the Natural Resources and Trails 42 Work group. 43 • Brokke mentioned interest in holding a joint meeting between the parks and recreation 44 commission and the public works, environmental and transportation commission in the 45 future to discuss the renewal program. 46 • It was also suggested that there may be a"pilot"project for the Natural Resources 47 Workgroup to help maintain the connection from the implementation program and assist 48 with recently applied for grant projects.