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1 ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION <br />2 MEETING MINUTES FOR <br />3 MARCH 2, 2021 6:30 p.m. <br />4 <br />5 PRESENT:Arneson, Baggenstoss,Brown,Carlson, Dahlstrom,Heikkila, Hoag,Kim, <br />6Lenhart, O’Brien,Stoner <br />7 ABSENT: <br />8 STAFF: Anderson, Brokke, Christensen, Johnson <br />9 <br />10 1) INTRODUCTIONS <br />11 Chair Hoag introduced the virtual Zoom format for the meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. <br />12 State Law allows for an exception to in-person public meetings during pandemics to ensure the <br />13safety of commissioners, staff and the public. The public was still encouraged to participate in the <br />14meeting using the Zoom platform. <br />15 <br />162) ROLL CALL/PUBLIC COMMENT <br />17 Roll Call Commissioners: Arneson,Baggenstoss, Brown, Carlson, Dahlstrom, Kim, O’Brien, <br />18Hoag, and Stoner. <br />19 <br />20Chair Hoag called for public comment by members of the audience. <br />21 <br />22 J. Doerfler,Speaking on behalf of Roseville Fastpitch Association; Commented that the field <br />23 assignments and availability for Roseville Fastpitch over the last four years have been decreasing. <br />24 This decrease has caused the Association to go to surrounding communities to ask for fields in order <br />25 to support their 18 teams. Renting fields from surrounding communities was not a cost that the <br />26 Association had anticipated. Ms. Doerfler acknowledged the many opportunities that the Association <br />27 and city have to work together in order to solve the problem, including potentially looking at grant <br />28 opportunities. <br />29 <br />30Commissioner Arneson offered full disclosure to the Commission that his daughter plays for <br />31Roseville Fastpitch. He added that as a “non-Commission member” but rather as a tax-payer it is <br />32hard to see so many adult teamsusing the fieldsandknowing that not many of the players are <br />33 Roseville residents. He suggested that this be looked into as residents are paying taxes to support <br />34 Parks and Recreation but are not having a strong voice that allows residents the ability to play on the <br />35 fields that their taxes paid to support. He also added that he is not aware of Roseville Youth Baseball <br />36 having the same issues. In conclusion, he noted that he is passionate about supporting women and <br />37youth sports and he supports looking into this. <br />38 <br />39Staff responded thatthere may have beena communication misunderstanding between the <br />40Association and staff. Staff also noted that they encourage all Associations to search for andutilize <br />1 <br /> <br />