Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 05/10/2012

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COMMISSION BUSINESS Case #5.1: Presentation from 'Bark for Life' — a April 2012 Fund Raiser in The Draw Kimberly Gust, organizer of the Bark for Life fundraiser was present to give a review of where they were at with the fundraiser event. Ms. Gust stated they have seven teams signed up and 36 dogs registered. They have already raised $2,215.00 so far. Some of their sponsors are Caribou, Pet Smart, Dog Spot and Bob FM. They will have a photographer on site to do family photos. The Minnesota School of Business Vet Tech students will also be on sight. They have teamed up with the Anoka County Sheriff's office to provide a canine show. There will be a silent auction along with a food vendor at the event. Ms. Gust provided some logistics of Walter Sanitation providing pink garbage cans, and they will have a vendor both set up providing information on their pink cart programs. They have partnered with Biff's to provide outdoor portables. They have also teamed up the Elk River VFW and the Legion that will do a cover guard. The Commission was provided a draft program. Chairperson Shryock stated they have a great start for their first event, and asked if people can walk that don't have dogs. Ms. Gust responded they will have dogs available for adoption and walking Case #5.2: Review Draft Park Zoning District Language Senior Planner Tim Gladhill reviewed the staff report and stated this is a result of their 2030 comprehensive plan. This is the cities general land use plan that looks 20 years into the future and the decision of the comp plan was to separate parks from other public and quasi -public uses. The second piece in there Mr. Gladhill explained talks about signs and how we want to make a distinction between our normal sign ordinance which would be much more restrictive but allow some common signs you would see in parks. Mr. Gladhill stated in the case there is a list of permitted accessory uses which is consistent with our park system as we see them today and the purpose is to give the Park Commission a chance to comment on this before it goes to the City Council for more discussion. Chairperson Shryock feels this is a very good idea, clarifying this for people will help prevent some of the confusion and make our planning here in the City as we have discussions with residents in the future. Commissioner Minke asked the definition of a park for the zoning ordinance, is that just going to be just municipal parks or county parks. Would it be any land that is not in public ownership. Senior Planner Gladhill responded it would include public parks and private parks and would also include some of the county parks too. Park and Recreation Commission/April 12, 2012 Page 2 of 5