Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 10/10/2013

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the City applying for grant funds to supplement the Park Dedication and Trail Fee "gap" in funding for the Trott Brook Trail west of the Brookfield Addition. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Vice Chair Bennett, Commissioners Fyten, Chubb and Mobry. No: None. Absent: Chairperson Olsen, Commissioners Barr and Minke. 5.04: Update on Status of Elmcrest Park's Community Building and Playground Planning Process Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood reviewed the purpose of this case is to update residents and the Commission on the Elmcrest Park community building project and also discuss the process for planning for the spring 2014 playground and landscape project, also at Elmcrest. The City Council approved the preliminary plan and bid process. Funding has been identified within the 2013 Parks Capital Improvement Plan. The 2014 CIP is being revised for consideration with this same playground and landscape installation project for spring or early summer 2014 installation. Riverblood requested the Commission consider there be a call for proposals to a combination of playground vendors and landscape architects to plan and propose with a fixed pricepoint for a playground in the park. This could be not to exceed $75,000 - $100,000. The request for proposal would come before the Commission as soon as the November Park meeting. The consensus was for the request for proposal to be reviewed at the November Park meeting. A Work Session prior to the regular meeting may be helpful to delve into the details. 6. COMMISSION /STAFF INPUT Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood indicated the Mississippi River Trail may begin construction within the Regional Park in November. Staff is determining which trails need overlay and one overlay was completed today. He reported a number of Fall Sports wrapped up for the season and there were 5000 people in Elmcrest Park for the October soccer jamboree. 7. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Commissioner Chubb, seconded by Commissioner Fyten, to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Vice Chair Bennett, Commissioners Chubb, Fyten and Mobry. No: None. Absent: Chairperson Olsen, Commissioners Barr and Minke. The Park and Recreation Commission meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m. Park and Recreation Commission October 10, 2013 Page 5 of 6