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