Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 03/18/1976

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City of Ramsey Parks & Recreation Commission Minutes of Meeting March 18, 1976 Present : Fred Ritchie, Robert Cushman, Herbert Scatterelli~ Jerry Manthey, Kathy Schneider, Leonard Vereeken, John Zobova~ Ken Peterson. Meeting was called to order at 7:35 P.M. by Mr. Ritchie. The minutes of February 19, 1976 were approved as~read. Nen Peterson was asked to contact Mr. Walker and obtain records of expenditures paid out of Park & Recreation funds as agreed at the January 21, 1976 meeting. These figures should be for the months of January & February 1976. Copies will be mailed to each member. The figures for March 1976 should be available by the April meeting. Tim Paquette handed out an additional map to each member. Tim was asked~ to check on the accuracy of the map of Ramsey Terrace.. Each member was given a list of all park land in Ramsey with the acreage listed. This list included State & County parks also. Tim Paquette stated that ~ince our last meeting some of the things he had worked on included rn~ps , obtaining information regarding the diamonds at the school and future improvements. After discussion on softball facilities the commission decided not to improve any fields with lime at this time. It was discovered that one diamond at the school had already been improved and that the distance between present backstops made playing both fields at the same time impractical. It was pointSd out that without' fill~ the other backstops could not be moved to a more practical location. However, filling would be a recommendation whsn the School initiates a comprehensive plan so additional playing fields would be aYailabl~ and could be improved. The Commission would li~e the City Council to consider purchasing additional land adjacent to the site for the new municipal building to be used for future recreational facilities. The possibility of im- proving or installing a field at another location was discussed. It was noted that any park land within a reasonable distance of the school was unsuitable. Capital Improvements: Ideas given by the Commission and Tim Paquette included cleaning up the shoreland on the West side of the Peltzer skatin?~ area, a small bridge acre-ss~ the water with a path for walking around the area. Steps for Brookview were mentioned. At one time railroad ties had been acquired for this project. The Commission suggested Mr. Walker contact past Park Board members regarding the location of these ties. Autumn Heights was discussed as a good location for a future running trail. It was mentioned that at one time the developers of this plat had been willing to help with some development of this area such as a roughed in softball field. The Commission would li~e Mr. Walker to contact the developers to see if.they would still be wi].].In/,; to be].p.