Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 04/08/2004

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Civil Engineer Il Linton indicated a potential grant application for trails had been discussed. Principal City Engineer Olson resp~mded staff was going to pursue the grant; however, he was not confident it ecu ld be included it~ th~: current legislative session. One of the recommendations from the consultani was not ~o pur:;u¢ more than one grant opportunity at a time, as a priority would be selected for the City in thai: case. Mayor Tom Garnet noted the tobac~:o, l?ee parks issue was on the current agenda and asked if the Commission had ai-~y questions. Mayor Gamec stated Youth First w~ts working with this issue. It looked like the City of Ramsey was moving ahead of the City of At ~dovcr and the City of Anoka and the City of Ramsey wanted to put this in tbrcc,, at the same ,irate as the surrounding cities, which would make it easier to accomplish. Commissioncr ()ldo; asked if this wtuld take the form of an ordinance or a policy. Mayor Ga,nec responded it would become a policy, as an ordinance would be hard to enforce because of so,n(~ of thc activities wi hit} the parks. Signs would be posted; however, the goal was not to "badger" people. Seminars would be conducted with the school district. Mayor Gamec holed the City of Cc crt Rapids had just passed an ordinance regarding this issue. Copies of thc ordinance were provi~ ed, Mayor Garnet disc,,tsscd current act' vities within the City of Ramsey. Commissioner Shryock indicated them were strong winds the previous evening that caused a large amount of du:d and blowing d, rt in the Town Center area. Mayor Garnet responded part of it was dust and part of it was a fire in the Sherburne National Forest, as th.c DNR was "bunting of." He added the problem was brought to the attention of the DNR. Principal City Enahmer Olson stat,:d :~. 25-mile-per-hour limit was placed on grading at Town Center. Thing;-, could not bc cove ecl; however, work would not be done during times of high winds. Mayor Garnet stated h.e wished to v.'eicome new members. Parks and Utiiitics Supervisor R,verblood gave the following update on the Alpine Park Discovery Garden: The 2003 Capital Improvement Pro eran appropriated $80,000 for this project, which he believed was a Park Trust F~md designation. ?he project was currently in the design/development phase. Park and I~ ecreation Commission/April 8, 2004 Page 20 of 21