Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 02/12/1992

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Park and R ~.~r.eaOon Commission attend the Anoka County Parks meetings. He offered to find out the dates adtl~, tirn~s of meetings and report back to the Commission. #17: Pro'ire ',~ 1992 for a study of the future needs for space for municipal facilities including park and rel:reat~0n buildings as well as the old town hall building: Mr. Boos stated the LCMR proposal dells with the old town hall and that would be better discussed in the next case. Joint trails which, would greatly benefit the Crees of Andover, Anoka and Ramsey were discussed,. Commissioper B, lorentius suggested a member of the Park and Recreation Commission~t~end ~eeting4;-as~a repre-semafive-of~theC-ity-ofRamsey.~ #18: Coniinue~to seek out and secure all grant and program monies from federal, regional and ~ate agencies a~Well as initiation of private foundation requests: Mr. Boos offered to keep the ~3~Commissio~ informed of the monies available. He stated that City Staff is aware of all that's {&vailable an~l,arettaking advantage of applying for these grants. Park dedica~lions and assessments for park development were discussed. ParksAJtiliti ~s C(~ordinator Boos advised the Co~mission that City Council had added three more goals on to l ~e',p~k and Recreation Commission s list. They are as follows: 1) Ado ~l;-a-~ark Program - "B" priority. 2) Esta fiiSh ~ score board at Central P ,ar,,,k,- "B" priority. 3) Pote trial ~thletic field at City Hall - B priority. He suggeste t: degeloping a concept plan for the 20 acres at City Hall and also mentioned planting trees along te 'peril'meter of City Hall. Commissio§er Pkall volunteered to handle #15: Review the service delivery of recreational programmi ~,r~g thr{mgh the community education system and initiate discussions with the Cities of Dayton, Chtrnpl~n, Anoka and Andover with the intent of providing for improved recreational service deliqery t~ youth within the community. Mr. Boos pffppos~d that each Commissioner review the goals list again and at the next meeting indicate whi~h~ go}ds they would like to take care of. Case #3: ~ Consider Adoption of Internal Commission Policy ¥ Parks/Utilities COordinator Boos stated that language had been previously discussed to include in the City Co~< to fielp solve Commission attendance problems. Chairperso.n~etlgnd stated that Commissioner Rustad had informed him that he must resign from the Commi~ion .~lue to job commitments. He suggested that this may be a good time for the present Co ~rr~.~ iss~oners to assess their involvement with the Commission. Discussion egsued whether the Code should state three consecutive meetings missed or if it should state three .~¢etihgs total missed for the year would result in being dismissed from a City Commissior~, and What would constitute an excused and unexcused absence. The possibility of having an al&rnat3~ Commissioner was also mentioned. Park & Recreation Commission/February 12, 1992 Page 3 of 5