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ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 1 MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 5, 2013 2 ROSEVILLE CITY HALL ~ 6:30PM 3 4 PRESENT: 5Azer, Diedrick, Doneen, D. Holt, M. Holt, Simbeck, Wall ABSENT: 6Boehm and Ristow notified staff ahead of time about being unable to attend STAFF: 7 Anfang, Brokke 8 INTRODUCTIONS/ROLL CALL/PUBLIC COMMENT 91. 10None 11 APPROVAL OF MINUTES – JANUARY 10, 2013 MEETING 122. Commission Recommendation: 13 14Minutes for the January 10, 2013 meeting were approved unanimously, Wall abstained due to 15missing the January meeting. 16 COMMISSION GOALS 2013-2015 173. 18Diedrick and Simbeck updated Commissioners on the background and process for the proposed 2013- 192015 Parks & Recreation Commission goals 20Seven goals were identified from earlier commission discussions with staff assistance and 21taking into consideration the city council work plan 22Following a commission discussion on the overall goal process, each individual goal was 23reviewed with updates being made where appropriate. Revised Parks & Recreation 24Commission Goals 2013-2015 will be presented at the March meeting 25Commissioners discussed how they might support deferred maintenance needs once the 26renewal program is completed. Commissioners talked about the need for long-term budget 27considerations. This is an important topic, it is easily lost in the greater budget and we do not 28want to go backwards with deferred maintenance on the renewal program investments 29 MEETING CALENDAR FOR 2013 304. 31Commissioners agreed to consider a July meeting as needed to address renewal program 32updates 33Commissioners set Saturday, September 7 as the alternate date for that month’s meeting 34Commissioners set Thursday, November 7 as the alternate date for that month’s meeting 35 PARKS and RECREATION RENEWAL PROGRAM 365. 37Doneen updated the Commission on activities involving the Natural Resources and Trails 38Subcommittee 39To date, the subcommittee has focused mainly on trails. Natural Resources has not o 40been totally put aside as staff have kept the group informed on current projects in 41Reservoir Woods and at Langton Lake. There is a need for a Natural Resource project 42plan 43The subcommittee has been working to meld the parks and recreation master plan and o 44the pathways and trails master plan 45The B2 pathway has been identified as the #1 priority. It is important to the 46community as a whole because of its service to schools and its connections to 47parks 48Committee is working on funding priorities. They are considering needs as 49well as connections to the park system 50Other Possible pathways and trails projects being considered are: o 51Connectors along Victoria and Hamline Avenue – there is a community need 52but little park connection