Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 03/20/1985

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PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA A regular meeting of the Park and Recreation Commission was held on Thursday March 20, 1985 at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd., N.W. Ramsey, Minnesota Members Present: Members Absent: Mr. Dennis Donovan, Chairman Mr. John Lichter Ms. Marleen Looven Mr. Ron Hetland Mr. Bill Rustad Ms. Janice Johnson .Mr~---Don -Lokke¥ "~-'- ~-~ Also Present: Ms. Claudia Dodge - Ramsey Community School Coordinator, Mr. Merle Mevissen, Street Superintendent. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Donovan called the regular meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. CITIZEN INPUT Dale McCusik came before the commission to request permission to hold a softball tournament sometime in late spring. There would be 18-24 teams invited. 3.2 beer would be served. They would expect to have revenue of $5-6,000 that would be donated to Riverbend Park. The tournament would be held at Riverbend fields but if the fields are not done the tournament would be moved to Central Park. The commission had no objections to the proposal APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commission consensus was to approve the agenda as submitted. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion by Commissioner Hetland, seconded by Commissioner Looven to approve both sets of minutes dated January 17, 1985. PARK BOARD BUSINESS Case #1: Request for ideas on work to be done in Central Park for Fraternal Park Day. Mr. A1 Steinbrecher has indicated that Lutheran Brotherhood will donate up to $400 for materials, etc. for Central Park for Fraternal Park Day, June 15, 1985. There will be ten people from Lutheran Brotherhood available to do the work. It was decided that Lutheran Brotherhood would be asked to do the cleaning under and trimming trees and that the commissioners would come to the next meeting with additional ideas.