Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 02/21/1985

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PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION CITY OF PAMSEY ANOKA CO{3NTY S~TE OF MINNESO~ A regular meeting of the Park and Recreation Commission was held on Thursday, February 21, 1985 at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd. NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Dennis Donovan Don Lokker Janice Johnson Ron Hetland Bill Rustad Marleen Looyen Members Absent: John Lichter First the Board reviewed January's meeting so some minutes could be reconstructed. ~q~p._.~: Clarification. of ..t~ne New_ Role of the~ Ramse~__Conununi_t~__._S~hool Coordi~to[ as Proposed bv the T~ask Force: It has been pointed out that the new role of the Ramsey Community School Coordinator as defined by the Task Force needs to be re-examined. City Staff expressed reservations at the beginning that there would be difficulty in coordinating minutes and agendas from two separate bodies. Deputy Clerk Sheila Beyer was particularly concerned about continuing to keep accurate Park Board minutes. City Staff had also talked to Chairman Donovan about the clumsiness of the arrangement in that one would produce agendas and the other produce minutes. Would it actually improve communication between the school and the city? As it turns out, after the first Park Board meeting, these fears are justified. Communication does not seem to have improved. City Staff has not yet received the minutes from the January Park Board meeting. Steve Ohnstad was the Acting Coordinator. He has now been replaced by Claudia Dodge. No record of the minutes can be located. This, however, is not the only concern, nor probably even the most serious reason to re-examine this recently created role. Chairman Donovan talked to the Community School Director, Jim Stewart, and the new Community School Coordinator, Claudia Dodge. As the role was discussed, it was felt that it would be very difficult to be an active participant of the Park Board and still take notes of the meeting. One can do one or the other but not both. As these concerns were discussed at the Park Board meeting, the Community School Coordinator's role was redefined. ~he Park Board felt that they wanted the Community School Coordinator to be an active participant rather than just a secretary. It was hoped that by clarifying and correcting this role immediately, our new coordinator, Claudia Dodge, could get off to an active positive role with the Park Board. February Z1, 1985 Page 1 of Z