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ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 1 MEETING MINUTES FOR 2 OCTOBER 6, 2015 3 ROSEVILLE CITY HALL - 6:30pm 4 5 PRESENT: 6 Becker-Finn, Diedrick, Gelbach, Heikkila, Holt, Newby, Stoner ABSENT: 7 Bogenholm, Doneen, O’Brien, notified staff ahead of time of absence STAFF: 8 Anfang, Brokke 9 INTRODUCTIONS 10 1. 11 ROLL CALL/PUBLIC COMMENT 12 2. 13 No Public Comment 14 APPROVAL OF MINUTES – September 1, 2015 MEETING 15 3. st 16 September 1 minutes approved unanimously. 17 PARK DEDICATION USE of FUNDS 18 4. 19 Brokke provided a brief background on the use of Park Dedication funds. 20 21 Stoner followed with a summary of an earlier meeting with the Finance Commission and reviewed 22 the draft Funding Policy suggested by Mayor Roe.  23 Gelbach suggested amending the policy to include a specified minimum balance for the fund 24 dedicated to property acquisition.  25 Stoner suggested fully funding the acquisition fund to the specified minimum balance from 26 the current Park Dedication fund.  27 Gelbach suggested setting the minimum balance for the acquisition fund at $1M.  28 Newby brought to the attention of the Commission the specific language in the Policy that 29 addresses the potential to transfer funds between the acquisition fund and the improvements 30 fund. 31 Commission-wide discussion followed on the potential uses of funds. o  32 Commissioners recommended that lines 26 through 28 from the draft policy be eliminated.  33 Commissioners recommended that lines 30 & 31 be reworded to read; 34 The City Council may transfer funds between the sub-funds of the Park Dedication o 35 Fund as appropriate for projected capital spending and acquisition needs after a 36 minimum balance of $1,000,000 is met for acquisitions.  37 Stoner confirmed that the Commission was in favor of the 1/3 – 2/3 split with 1/3 of future 38 Park Dedication funds going to the acquisition fund and 2/3 going to the improvements fund 39 once the acquisition fund reaches its specified minimum balance. 40 PARK DEDICATION: ANNUAL RATE REVIEW 41 5. 42 Brokke summarized the materials in the Commission packet.  43 Holt commented on the current residential rate and suggested that in the future to possibly 44 consider using the Fair Market Value (FMV) % or increasing the per unit rate based on 45 current residential values.  46 Stoner suggested hearing from Community Development Director Bilotta on forecasts for 47 future development. Commission Recommendation: 48 49 Commissioner Diedrick moved to recommend that the 2016 Residential & Commercial Park 50 Dedication rates remain the same as in 2015. Second by Gelbach. Motion passed unanimously.