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50Community member Hess Jr. commented on how the GC has 3000 unique users annually and 51wondered if other sports programs offered by Parks & Recreation fully cover maintenance cost like 52the GC is expected to do as an enterprise fund. 53 54Brokke assured commissioners that staff have been monitoring operations over the years and has a 55good understanding of revenues and expenses. Staff responded to Hess’ inquiry in that adult sports 56cover their direct costs and in many cases generate additional revenue that is used by the Parks & 57Recreation budget to supplement maintenance costs. 58 Commission Recommendation: 59 60Commissioners agreed that this topic needs to be reviewed and discussed by asmaller group, atask 61force of sorts, whocan delve into understanding theoperations and needs, report back to the 62Commission and make recommendations to the Commission for consideration. 63Jerry Stoner, Dave Holt & Phil Gelbach agreed to serve on the Commission Task Force and 64set a preliminary meeting with staff for Monday, June 8. 65 PREPARE FOR JOINT CITY COUNCIL/COMMISSION MEETING 666. 67Commissioners discussed potential agenda items for the upcoming joint meeting with the council. 68In recent years commissioners have shared the responsibility of presenting/speaking with the 69Council. Commissioners agreed on the following; 70Stoner to talk about Commission community outreach effort from the past year 71Newby will address deer management efforts 72Doneen will speak about SW Roseville development, Tamarack Park status and Natural 73Resource Management efforts & sustainability 74Becker-Finn will provide an overview of park building operations 75Holt will update the Council on Golf Course findings 76Commissioners will meet at 6pm on June 15 for final coordination before the Council meeting. 77 PARK AND RECREATION RENEWAL PROGRAM STATUS 787. 79Brokkereviewed the current status of the renewal program. 80Pleased to report that items continue to move into the completed column of the project 81tracking report. 82A community build playground project took place at Oasis Park on May 30. About 30 83people took part in the volunteer program and helped to assemble a good number of 84playground pieces. 85The next community buildplayground project is scheduled for June 27 at Bruce Russell 86Park. 87Work on the west fields at Evergreen Park continues to move along. Work on the east fields 88will begin this fall. 89The bridges in Villa Park and the boardwalk at the Nature Center are completed and being 90enjoyed by many. 91The tennis courts that were rebuilt last fall have been completed with final color coat and 92lines. The courts at Evergreen Park have a second set of lines to allow for Pickleball play. 93The Natural Resource Management program has involved a great number of volunteers in 94recent months. In April over 300 seedlings were planted in Villa Park by volunteers, in May, 95volunteers worked at Willow Pond. The next natural resource volunteer Saturday is June 20. 96Work has begun at the Disc Golf Course at Acorn Park. The course will be closed the last 972 weeks in June through July 4. 98 99