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<br />50 Community member Hess Jr. commented on how the GC has 3000 unique users annually and <br />51 wondered if other sports programs offered by Parks & Recreation fully cover maintenance cost like <br />52 the GC is expected to do as an enterprise fund. <br />53 <br />54 Brokke assured commissioners that staff have been monitoring operations over the years and has a <br />55 good understanding of revenues and expenses. Staff responded to Hess’ inquiry in that adult sports <br />56 cover their direct costs and in many cases generate additional revenue that is used by the Parks & <br />57 Recreation budget to supplement maintenance costs. <br />58 <br />Commission Recommendation: <br />59 <br />60 Commissioners agreed that this topic needs to be reviewed and discussed by a smaller group, a task <br />61 force of sorts, who can delve into understanding the operations and needs, report back to the <br />62 Commission and make recommendations to the Commission for consideration. <br /> <br /> <br />63 Jerry Stoner, Dave Holt & Phil Gelbach agreed to serve on the Commission Task Force and <br />64 set a preliminary meeting with staff for Monday, June 8. <br />65 <br /> PREPARE FOR JOINT CITY COUNCIL/COMMISSION MEETING <br />66 6. <br />67 Commissioners discussed potential agenda items for the upcoming joint meeting with the council. <br />68 In recent years commissioners have shared the responsibility of presenting/speaking with the <br />69 Council. Commissioners agreed on the following; <br /> <br /> <br />70 Stoner to talk about Commission community outreach effort from the past year <br /> <br /> <br />71 Newby will address deer management efforts <br /> <br /> <br />72 Doneen will speak about SW Roseville development, Tamarack Park status and Natural <br />73 Resource Management efforts & sustainability <br /> <br /> <br />74 Becker-Finn will provide an overview of park building operations <br /> <br /> <br />75 Holt will update the Council on Golf Course findings <br />76 Commissioners will meet at 6pm on June 15 for final coordination before the Council meeting. <br />77 <br /> PARK AND RECREATION RENEWAL PROGRAM STATUS <br />78 7. <br />79 Brokke reviewed the current status of the renewal program. <br /> <br /> <br />80 Pleased to report that items continue to move into the completed column of the project <br />81 tracking report. <br /> <br /> <br />82 A community build playground project took place at Oasis Park on May 30. About 30 <br />83 people took part in the volunteer program and helped to assemble a good number of <br />84 playground pieces. <br /> <br /> <br />85 The next community build playground project is scheduled for June 27 at Bruce Russell <br />86 Park. <br /> <br /> <br />87 Work on the west fields at Evergreen Park continues to move along. Work on the east fields <br />88 will begin this fall. <br /> <br /> <br />89 The bridges in Villa Park and the boardwalk at the Nature Center are completed and being <br />90 enjoyed by many. <br /> <br /> <br />91 The tennis courts that were rebuilt last fall have been completed with final color coat and <br />92 lines. The courts at Evergreen Park have a second set of lines to allow for Pickleball play. <br /> <br /> <br />93 The Natural Resource Management program has involved a great number of volunteers in <br />94 recent months. In April over 300 seedlings were planted in Villa Park by volunteers, in May, <br />95 volunteers worked at Willow Pond. The next natural resource volunteer Saturday is June 20. <br /> <br /> <br />96 Work has begun at the Disc Golf Course at Acorn Park. The course will be closed the last <br />97 2 weeks in June through July 4. <br />98 <br /> <br /> <br />