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I ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 2 MEETING MINUTES FOR 3 APRIL 7, 2015 4 ROSEVILLE CITY HALL — 6:30pm 5 6 PRESENT: Becker -Finn, Diedrick, Heikkila, Holt, Doneen, Gelbach, Newby, O'Brien, Stoner 7 ABSENT: Bogenholm, notified staff about being unable to attend 8 STAFF: Anfang, Brokke, McDonagh 9 10 11 1. INTRODUCTIONS 12 13 2. ROLL CALL/PUBLIC COMMENT 14 Public Comment was postponed until park classification discussion. 15 Lisa McCormick and Council Member Willmus in attendance for tonight's meeting. 16 17 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — MARCH 3, 2015 MEETING 18 March 3, 2015 minutes passed unanimously with the rewording of lines 48 & 49. Corrected verbiage 19 reads ... Doneen added a reminder that a key objective when managing wildlife is to ensure that deer 20 populations do not get too large so that they impact native vegetation. 21 22 4. INTRODUCTION and OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEW COMMISSIONERS 23 New Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Jamie Becker -Finn, Luke Heikkila and Nancy O'Brien 24 were sworn -in to their positions. 25 26 5. ACCEPT PARK CLASSIFICATION PETITION and DISCUSSION 27 Community member Lisa McCormick joined the commissioners to summarize the 28 "Citizen/Neighborhood Petition to Reclassify Langton Lake Park" submitted to the commission for 29 their consideration. In summary, McCormick asked the commission to consider classifying Langton 30 Lake Park as a Conservation Park similar to Owasso Hills Park. McCormick explained the request 31 for reclassification is in an effort to clarify and recognize how the park is used. By classifying 32 Langton Lake Park as a Conservation Park the City would create an image for the park and how it is 33 used and demonstrate the passion for the natural aspects of the park. Looking to protect & preserve 34 what is there and expand the park if possible. 35 • Commissioner Holt inquired into clarification, wondering if current activities are driving the 36 request to reclassify Langton Lake Park. 37 o McCormick responded that she has not been moved by any recent actions at the park 38 or near the park has driven this request. 39 • McCormick pointed out that she feels the Langton Lake Park aligns better with Reservoir 40 Woods, a conservatory park than Central Park, an urban park. 41 • Brokke provided a brief overview of the Park Classification system. The classification 42 system is consistent with national standards. 43 • Newby inquired into whether the classification of a park impacts maintenance tasks or 44 maintenance funding. 45 o Brokke responded that the name does not impact how we operate or manage a park. 46 • McCormick suggested that perhaps Langton Lake could be divided into 2 classifications, 47 recognizing the active aspects as well as the natural areas. 48 • Brokke spoke to the fact that the Nature Center Grounds is recognized as a Conservancy Park 49 while the remaining Central Park Area is classified as an Urban Park. This makes sense 50 because of the size of Central Park and the divider of Dale Street for the Nature Center.