Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 02/19/1976

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City of Ramsey Parks & Recreation Commission M:inutes of Meeting Februqry 19~ 1976 Bob Cushman~ John Zobova~ Leonard Vereeken~ Kathy Bob Benson~ Herbert Scatterelli~ Jerry Mantheyo I'4ecl.~ng wag; called to or:de~z.at ?~l+5 PoMe The agenda was correctodo AIl :i~2cma con. cernJng l',~r,~ Walker were taken first° Street: Mro Walker stated that 'hh~s street was scheduled :imo~'ove~ent this year and that he had been unable to find or a~,~mcies that did any studies of this area previously, theft we would have to have our eyre feasibility study donee After discussion~ the Commission agpoed that ~';hou].d not be ta~pe:ued with at this time~ The main reason corot involved~ Other reasons included were that the left ar~ the ovmers inten~led and that if we were to should be high and dry lando An the land is already p?:.vately ther~.~ ,,vo~ld be no ru~h to proceed ~.~ow any furthero, In tho :~.f a grant were made ava:[lable~ the Comrniss:i. on cottld f~tatolnen'l~: Mr~ Ualker stated that the books were not ~p i'[owevor~ he did ~;upp!y a figure of ~1~ ~+3~6! for sala:,J, os ,]a~,u~ry,, Th:ks :[':L[o~re did inc].ude Mr~ Paquette~ Vie wi~.], be :~e.~ fei' h:i. ~ f'ro'f~o:;c([ Ord:iauce: Mro Walker explained why he drafted ver,':u,q an o~'d:L~nce,, '],lac. h member was [~tiven a copy o~ Resolution ]~o~ 6 to r,~:~..d over,, l',fr~ Walker will be avaJ~].ab].e next month to answer any qtto~ ,:'~on. rof~ardJ_n~ thin. When que~tioned regarding wha~ number mo~be~':; were needed at each meeting tO constitute a legal meetin~:~ I.~',,., W~,lh~· t;tated '~hat the Commission would dhcide this by~ exzut:-pJlo~ ac!op'h:i, ng Roberts~ tlu].es of Order~ It was' also mentioue~ .th,ut ';:ho i4nyof Cex proposed a meeting with the Commission af2er ~ho ]~o~;o]t~t.l]on was adop'ted~ As th:La was the 'last item concern:O,g 74~'~ W~:~ko:~'~ the meeting returned to the original order~ ~l~t~c.~ minu'te;; of January 2].~ ]-976 were approved as read~ I'.%~:'y Ib~r;::e'ht war~ -0~:'esent to list some of the recreational th;tt ~.l~r', :i.n [;he community exprenaed a desire to see ~._n Ylamney~ 'l[t](:]ttc]od at~loni'~ tho:::e wor'o a running trail wi~'t;h periodic rest track 8: f:i.e]d ohs;tacle course u~ing such items as railroad t-~.~.~;~ ecto ~ a b:[ko trail~ and a muZti----, purpose cotlrt fo? 'henn:[s~ w~] tr~yb~'~] v,,ith 'basketball hoops a!:tacheds d tho. t he had spent las'~ month maintaining t,h~. ~ hr'obey r"~-~l~ un:il %ho warn vzeather set in and working on the maps ~ .pr' the l',:.~'~:'d :in Ramaey,, Ne handed out copies of these map~:~ He ~.- ~ ~,~ent'~o~ad thr~t he had r;poken 2o someone at the school rega:eding ~ auy ['u]'l;her :i. mprovemen,s o~ ~he ball facilis._.es~ and that '- r~.o~; l~;,n~]ed by 'Lhem~ As rt resul%~ ~he 6or, m~,iss2on requested Tim (:l~ech ~.,i'.h o-[;hor areas as to how much limo base would be needed oi~e_ ba;:cba'L'l d:i. amond zn.r~.eld and ~b~a~n some estimates of cos~ _to,.~ ~.