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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-06-20 PRC PacketAGENDA CITY OF MAPLEWOOD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:00pm Meeting Council Chambers - Maplewood City Hall 1830 County Road B East 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Approval of Minutes a. May 16, 2012 5. Visitor Presentations a. Recreation Coordinator (Neil Breneman) 6. Unfinished Business 7. New Business a. Parks Commission Vacancy 8. Staff Presentations a. Gladstone Savannah b. Fish Creek Event c. Tennis Court Resurfacing d. Beaver Creek Preserve 9. Commissioner Comments 10. Adjourn — (9:00 p.m.) CITY OF MAPLEWOOD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION Meeting Minutes Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:20pm COUNCIL CHAMBERS — MAPLEWOOD CITY HALL 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Roman indicated that there was a quorum and called the meeting to order at 7:20PM. 2. ROLL CALL Commissioners Commissioner Craig Brannon, absent Commissioner Don Christianson, present Commissioner Peter Fischer, present Chair Bruce Roman, present Commissioner Therese Sonnek, present Commissioner Roy Adams, absent Commissioner RJ Erhardt, present Commissioner Kim Schmidt. absent Sta Parks 3. St. Paul Community Center be added to the The motion passed. Ayes: All 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. April 18, 2012 Chair Roman requested that "Commissioner Fischer moved to remove it 6C -Fish Creek from the agenda. Seconded by Commissioner Roman" be corrected to "Chair Roman moved to remove item 6C -Fish Creek from the agenda. Seconded by Commissioner Fischer. Ayes: All." 1 Commissioner Christianson moved to approve the minutes as amended. Seconded by Commissioner Fischer. Ayes: All The motion passed. S. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS a. MCC Banquet and Events (Christine Penn) Christine Penn, MCC Banquet and Events Manager, presented information regarding banquet room rentals, birthday parties, lock -ins, theatre programs and special events. The Commission discussed the MCC Ba 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Fish Creek (Chair Roman) Ginny Gaynor, Natural Resources Coordir Creek project. Chair Roman spoke about the Fish Creek; regarding Fish Creek is available. He also events. with Christine Penn. tor, updated the The Com b. Gladstone Savannah Timeline nd where the 1 )rmation about n on the Fish Fish Creek Jim Taylor, Parks Manager, opened up a discussion for the Commissioners and gave the Commission the opportunity, to speak and ask questions regarding Gladstone Savannah. PAC Code Revision Jim Taylor, Parks, Manager,., gave an update on the PAC Code Revision. mission discussed the PAC Code Revision. 7. NEW BUSINESS a. North St. Paul Community Center Commissioner Sonnek updated the Commission about the closing of the North St. Paul Community Center. 8. STAFF PRESENTATIONS a. Arbor Day at Lion's Park Ginny Gaynor, Natural Resources Coordinator, updated the Commission on Arbor Day at Lion's Park. The Commission discussed Arbor Day at Lion's Park. 2 9. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS Commissioner Erhardt asked who the contact person is for possible fundraising ideas for Fish Creek. Commissioner Erhardt stated that she liked Commissioner Sonnek's suggestion about having rock bands at the Maplewood Community Center as a place for adolescence to go and listen to these bands as well. Commissioner Sonnek commented on having a Park Steward in the neighborhood. This way there is a contact person in the neighborhood for park issues and can report them back to the city when there is an issue. Chair Roman asked about the participation at the Spring Clean -up and how much garbage was collected. Jim Taylor, Parks manager, commented that North St. Paul had one truckload of garbage and that Maplewood had three truckloads of garbage. They had around two hundred participants and hosted lunch for about one hundred people at Casey Lake Park. Chair Roman wanted to thank everyone who participated in the Spring Clean -Up event. He also wanted to thank the Darticioants at the Arbor Dav Event at Lion's Park. 10. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Fischer m Seconded by Commissio The meeting, was adjouri Next meeting is June 20, Ayes: All 3 AGENDA REPORT TO: Parks and Recreation Commission FROM: Jim Taylor, Parks Manager SUBJECT: Parks Commission Vacancy DATE: June 12, 2012 IIL 111 :IQ 111L911IQL1 City staff has posted for the vacant Park Commissioner seat twice. Both times the City received one applicant and the candidate withdrew both times. DISCUSSION The vacant Parks Commission seat will be posted again soon. We will continue to accept applications as they come in and appoint accordingly. Staff is asking all Commissioners if they know of any potential candidates to encourage them to apply. RECOMMENDATION No action is required.