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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-03-20 PRC PacketAGENDA CITY OF MAPLEWOOD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING Wednesday, March 20, 2013 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. February 20, 2013 5. Visitor Presentations a. 6. Unfinished Business a. 7. New Business a. Nature Center (Ann Hutchinson) b. Open Space Update (Ginny Gaynor) c. Commissioner Service Areas 8. Staff Presentations a. Parks Systems Plan Update 9. Commissioner Comments 10. Adjourn — (9:00 p.m.) MINUTES MAPLEWOOD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 7:OOp.m., Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Council Chambers, City Hall A meeting of the Parks and Recreation Commission was held in the City Hall Council Chambers and called to order by Chair Roman at 7:03p.m. Commissioners Commissioner Roy Adams Present Commissioner Craig Brannon Present Commissioner Don Christianson Absent Commissioner Ron Cockriel Present Commissioner RJ Erhardt Present Commissioner Terri Mallet Present Chair Bruce Roman Present Commissioner Kim Schmidt Present Commissioner Therese Sonnek Present Commissioner Mike Wilde Present Staff Parks 3. APPROVAL OF TH Comm Seconded by The motion passed. Present Present be added as Commissioner Service Areas. Ayes — All 4. SWEARING IN OF NEW COMMISSIONERS Parks Manager, Jim Taylor, read Mr. Ron Cockriel and Mrs. Terri Mallet the formal Oath of Office to make them official members of the Parks and Recreation Commission. S. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes K a. December 19, 2012 Commissioner Adams moved to approve the December 19, 2012 minutes. Seconded by Commissioner Erhardt Ayes - All The motion passed. b. January 16, 2013 Commissioner Sonnek requested that Agenda recommended that the minutes be tabled du( recommended the minutes be tabled." Chair Roman moved to approve the January 1 Seconded by Commissioner Erhardt The motion passed. 6. Visitor Presentations a. 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Election of Chair and Vice Chair 2013 Commissioner Wilde moved to discuss the ele each position entails. Seconded by Commissioner Adams The motion passed. Abstain - Commissioner Brannon, Cockriel, Mallet and Wilde uary 16, 2013 "Staff of quorum." Be changed to "Staff all — Commissioner Adams, Cockriel, Mallet and Schmidt Ayes - All Commissioner Sonnek moved by proclamation to approve Commissioner Cockriel as the 2013 Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission. Seconded by Commissioner Brannon Ayes - All Commissioner Roman moved to nominate Commissioner Schmidt as the 2013 Vice Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commissioner. Seconded by Chair Cockriel Commissioner Schmidt accepted the position of 2013 Vice Chair. Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes 3 Ayes - All b. Appointment of Parks and Recreation Commissioners to Parks System Plan Jim Taylor, Parks Manager, discussed the expectations of the Commissioners appointed to the Parks System Task Force. Commissioner Roman moved to approve Chair Cockriel and Commissioner Adams as the representatives from the Parks and Recreation Commission to represent our goals and representative Seconded by Commissioner Sonnek 8. NEW BUSINESS a. Arkwright- Sunrise Area Street Improvements, City Preliminary Design Concept Steve Love, Assistant City Engineer, press Improvements and discussed the project 9. STAFF PRESENTATIONS a. Parks System Plan Il Project Updates and questions of the commission. Jim Taylor, Parks Manager, updated the commission on the Parks System Plan and briefly discussed the plan with the commission. b. Commissioner Se lor, Parks Manager, will be plotting the neighborhood parks on a map and also the Parks and Recreation Commissioners addresses on there as well. This will help ine which commissioners are assigned to which neighborhood parks for their service 10. COMMISSIONER CON Commissioner Roman Seconded by Commissioner Schmidt Ayes - All 11. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Brannon moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Commissioner Sonnek Ayes — All The meeting was adjourned at 8:40PM. Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes 4 Next meeting is March 20, 2013. Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes AGENDA REPORT TO: Parks and Recreation Commission FROM: Jim Taylor, Parks Manager SUBJECT: Commissioner Service Areas DATE: March 13, 2013 INTRODUCTION The Parks and Recreation Commission have made one of their 2013 goals to create Commissioner Service Areas. DISCUSSION Staff has done some research into the current make -up of the Commission and where everybody resides. The Commission currently represents 7 of the 13 neighborhoods in the City. To accomplish this goal Commissioners will need to represent parks that fall outside of their neighborhood. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends discussing the service area approach and how the Commission feels this can be accomplished. Attachments: Park Commissioners Distribution Map 11 �J x t� f f F I Y �'