Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 05/23/1984

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Minutes from Park Board meeting of March 13 Page Two Fritz Anderson from Community Schools told the Park Board there are 125 teams registered in the adult softball league, 27 teams on Monday, 23 teams on Tuesday, 31 teams on Wednesday, 35 teams on Thursday and 9 teams on Friday. The fields which will be used are 6 teams at Ward I, 6 teams at Ward II, 4 teams at Sunny Acres I, 4 teams at Sunny Acres II, 4 teams at Sunny Acres III, 4 teams at Sunny Acres 4 and 6 teams at Castle I, for a total of 34 teams. Mr. Anderson outlined the soccer schedule as well. He has (1) under 10 team, (2) under 12 teams, (2) under 14 teams and (2) under 16 teams for boys. Girls teams include (1) under 12 and (1) under 19. There are two adult teams. Mr. Gardner asked Mr. Anderson why Anoka does not use 65' bases instead of 60' Mr. Anderson said in most cases there isn't enough room for 65' and he doesn't think he will get any complaints from the players. Mr. Anderson said they are not using the 65' bases in Coon Rapids either. It was mentioned that being Sunny Acres is under construction there would not be enough soccer fields. Mr. Brandenburg said they are hoping to start working on the soccer fields by May 15 and hopefully they will be ready by June 1. There was some discussion on what fields will be used for soccer. Mr. Anderson said we will be using the fields at Lincoln and we will also be able to use five fields at Ramsey this year. Ramsey plans to have more fields ready next year. It's possible that Andover may have some fields available for this year also. Mr. Brandenburg said that at the Quad Cities meeting Mr. Merle Prochniak from the City of Ando- ver's Park and Recreation Board said that in the past no one has asked for the use of their fields and that Mr. Anderson should check with them for availability of their fields. Mr. Anderson said he would follow up on this and find out if they will be able to maintain these fields. The next item of discussion was an excerpt from the Anoka City Council meet- ing of April 16, 1984 where Mayor Tom Gamec of the City of Ramsey spoke on the open forum regarding non-resident fees. Mr. Gamec questioned whether these fees are necessary to play on fields in Anoka. Mr. Anderson stated that the people who work in Anoka but don't live here and the Ramsey residents are the only people from whom we collect non-resident fees. Mr. Anderson explained that when Ramsey has fields which the City of Anoka can use that the non-resident fees could be dropped. Mr. Anderson stated the non-resident fees have been in existence for at least five years and Mr. Springer said he thought the $5.00 fee was utinimal. Mr. Zahn suggested the Park Board invite Mr. Gamec to the next meeting and any questions he has could be answered at that time. After discussing this further, Mr. Zahn said that Mr. Anderson, Mr. Brandenburg and himself would be happy to sit down with Mr. Gamec and discuss non-resident fees. A copy of the minutes will be sent to Mr. Gamec for his information. Discussion followed on the Position Statement which was drafted by the Anoka Recreation Advisory Council Sub-Committee. (See attached) Mr. Brandenburg said that Andover is having a problem with funding and, therefore, cannot develop their facilities. Mr. Brandenburg said he has met with the Department of Energy and iEconomic Development and pointed out to the Quad Cities Board that they are now recommending active recreation centers in rural areas for funding. Mr. Brandenburg .referred to a letter which was sent to the Park Board regarding this issue and it was suggested that we send a copy of this letter to l~r. Gamec. It was mentioned 5that the surrounding communities are going to have problems until they get their 'own park systems off and running. Discussion then followed on the Position State- · ment which was drafted by the Quad Cities Recreation Advisory Committee to be pre- sented to their respective governmental agencies. There are three major recommen- dations which are as follows: 1) That each community develop their own active recreational facilities, 2) Establish a two year time frame whereby each community .has the opportunity to develop their recreational centers and 3) If, after two .years, communities have not completed the development of these active recreation 'centers and have made no firm commitment as to their completion dates, the ~ommitt~