Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 01/08/2015

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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Vice Chair Bennett, Commissioners Mobry, Barr, Fyten, and Trappen. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Chubb. 5. COMMISSION BUSINESS 5.01: Nominate Chair and Vice -Chair of the Park and Recreation Commission Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood reviewed each year, City Council makes appointments to their various subcommittees, with commissions and boards also expected to appoint a Chair and Vice -Chair for their respective entity. The purpose of this case is to establish the Commission's Chair and Vice -Chair for 2015. The process Staff proposes is nominations for first the Chair, and then after approval by the majority of voting Commissioners, the Vice -Chair is also administered in the same manner. He pointed out that, in that there is no official protocol for this process, the Commission may perform the nominations and /or voting by paper "ballots" forwarded to the Ex Officio as part of this case, if desired. While there is a vacancy on the Commission, it is unlikely that a newly appointed Commissioner, (anticipated to occur later this winter or early spring) would be nominated and supported to serve as Vice -Chair without some experience serving on the Park and Recreation Commission — therefore it seems appropriate to move forward at this time with Commission selection of both Chair and Vice - Chair. The Terms of the Boards and Commission are from April 1S through March 31S of the respective year(s). So for the nominations being discussed in this case, the positions should be considered to be valid until the April regular Commission meeting at which time the Commission may address the positions for April 2015 — March 2016 by consensus or vote. Motion by Commissioner Barr, seconded by Commissioner Fyten, to appoint Shane Bennett Chair, of the Park and Recreation Commission through March 31, 2015. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Vice Chair Bennett, Commissioners Barr, Fyten, Mobry, and Trappen. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Chubb Motion by Commissioner Mobry, seconded by Commissioner Fyten to appoint Bridgett Barr as Vice Chair of the Park and Recreation Commission through March 31, 2015. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Vice Chair Bennett, Commissioners Mobry, Fyten, Barr, and Trappen. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Chubb 5.2 Begin Process of Public Engagement for the Proposed Municipal Plaza Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood reviewed the purpose of this agenda item is to invite public engagement for the proposed Municipal Plaza, and also discuss concepts and configurations. The park has been envisioned to be on the north side of Sunwood Drive with its position being in many ways, the center, of the Center of Ramsey or The COR. Park and Recreation Commission /January 8, 2015 Page 2 of 6