Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 11/08/2012

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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Shryock, Commissioners Bennett, Olsen, and Fyten. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Barr, Chubb and Minke. Approve Park and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes dated October 11, 2012 Motion by Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Olsen, to approve the following Park and Recreation Commission Regular Meeting Minutes: 2) Park and Recreation Commission Regular Meeting Minutes dated October 11, 2012. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Shryock, Commissioners Bennett, Olsen, and Fyten. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Barr, Chubb and Minke. 5. COMMISSION BUSINESS 5.01: Presentation by Girl Scout Troop #11375 Chairperson Shryock invited the Girl Scouts to come forward and introduce themselves. Michelle Schmid of 17150 Potassium Street NW of Ramsey introduced her daughter, Hannah Schmidt and Rachel Emmons of Anoka who are Girl Scouts. She explained that she is the Centennial Day of Service Coordinator for the Girl Scout Northern Stars service unit for Anoka and Ramsey. She explained that Girl Scouting is celebrating their 100 -year anniversary this year. She reviewed that in honor of this, they had a number of special events such as selling cookies at the State Fair, a day of Scouting at the Mall of America and their Centennial Day of Service Project on October 13. She explained that for their Centennial Day of Service Project they did activities in Anoka and Ramsey as their members are from both. She explained that they had three projects, which were a cleanup project to improve water quality, storm drain marking and flyer handouts to educate about the impact of dumping in sewers and door flyers which provided education about water quality. She commented on October 13 they had 186 volunteers at Aitkin Park, which is by the Rum River. They cleaned up leaves and sticks. They had a goal of cleaning 900 bags of leaves and debris. Ms. Schmid explained that 186 volunteers accomplished 801 bags in three hours. She explained that this included girls from kindergarten age to 16 years of age along with family and friends. Hannah Schmid explained that she is in Troop 11375 and has been a Scout for eight years. She reported that she likes Scouting because it promotes leadership. She explained that she learns a variety of things including about storm drains. She stated that for the 100 -year anniversary she was in charge of the drain markings project. She reviewed that they provided information about the danger of dumping fertilizers and chemicals into drains. She added that they marked 45 storm drains and hung up 475 door hangers around The Draw. Ms. Schmid thanked staff for assisting in their planning. She stated that their goal was to hand out 306 flyers, which they exceeded. She thanked the City of Ramsey for their support. Park and Recreation Commission/November 8, 2012 Page 2 of 4