Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 04/08/2021

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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chair Bennett; Commissioners Barten, Loss, and Leistico. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Guck and Sis. 5. COMMISSION BUSINESS 5.01: Nominate Chair and Vice -Chair of the Park and Recreation Commission Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood stated that each year the Commission appoints a Chair and Vice Chair for the year. Chair Bennett opened the floor for nominations. Motion by Commissioner Barten, seconded by Commissioner Loss to nominate Shane Bennett as Chair and Brandon Sis as Vice Chair of the Park and Recreation Commission. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chair Bennett; Commissioners Barten, Loss, and Leistico. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Guck and Sis. Chair Bennett thanked the Commission for the position and commented that he is sure Commissioner Sis will be appreciative of the continued appointment as Vice Chair as well. 5.02: Approve Chapter 3 of the Park System Plan — Recreation Programming and Partnerships Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood stated that the Commission has reviewed this draft document at multiple times throughout the creation to provide input that has been incorporated by staff. He stated that Chapter 3 focuses on recreation programming and partnerships. Recreation Specialist Proulx stated that the Commission last reviewed this content about one year ago and the draft has been updated with more up to date information related to programming. She stated that the intent is to create the foundation for recreation through programming and partnerships and further explained the purpose of the chapter noting that it was designed to evolve with the City. She stated that staff anticipates that Ramsey will continue to grow and therefore they kept that in mind when designing the chapter in order to continue to build on that momentum. She stated that the chapter is broken up into six sections and provided a brief overview of the content within each section. She provided additional details on the fee setting framework within section five as that has been developed since the last review. She also provided examples of where different programming opportunities would fall within the fee setting framework. She stated that staff developed a Ramsey RecPass program and provided examples of how that could work for both residents and non-residents. She noted that there are a few grammatical changes and images that will be added but otherwise the content of the draft is complete and welcomed input. Chair Bennett thanked staff for the presentation noting that he likes the balance of the visual aspects with the flow and believed that this draft is much improved from previous renditions. Park and Recreation Commission/March 11, 2021 Page 2 of 4