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6. PRELIMINARY 200813UDGET DISCUSSION Brokke presented Commission with the upcoming Budget process timeline; o April — staff begin to work on budget proposals o May — preliminary budgets are submitted o August — Council budget discussions o September — do not exceed levy is submitted to Council o December — budget adopted Commission Recommendation: Commission discussed the need to make parks and recreation maintenance an emphasis in the upcoming budget. 7. ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR Commission Recommendation: Motion by Willmus nominating Jeff Johnson to serve as Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission. Second by Gale Pederson. Motion passed unanimously. Commission Recommendation: Motion by Ristow nominating Bob Willmus as Vice Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission. Second by Jeff Johnson. Motion passed unanimously. 8. DIRECTORS REPORT Brokke informed Commissioners on the following items; o Skating Center Project — Preconstruction has begun. DNR Construction has been named the project contractor with Kevin Busch serving as project architect. o Langton Lake winter kill --- Langton Lake is a kids fishing lake stocked by the DNR. Lake conditions are such that it can potentially experience a full freeze resulting in winter kill. This is what happened this year. The DNR will restock in the spring. The unseasonable and early, warm spring weather resulted innumerous reports of significant smells from the dead fish. The DNR recommended just waiting out the process as the fish will soon sink and the smells will end. o Roseville Gymnastics Club hosted the state meet in late March with 412 gymnasts in attendance. o Gus Macker 3 -on -3 Basketball tourney is coming to the OVAL this summer. The event is being coordinated by the Roseville Visitors Association. Many volunteers are going to be needed for the event. o HANC Planning Committee is being formed. The first meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 26 at the Nature Center from 6:30-8:30pm. o Geothermal RFPs are due April 16th. Staff plan on discussion the process with the Council on April 16'h and hope to receive council direction on April 23rd. o Minnesota Recreation and Park Association is looking for input in your interests in attending a Commissioners Workshop. o Johnson requested direction from the Commission on whether to pursue a joint meeting with City Council members. Commissioners were in unanimous agreement that this was something they were interested in. o Welcome to Kathleen from Commissioners around the table. Meeting adjourned at 9:15 pm Respectfully Submitted, Jill Anfang, Assistant Director