Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 07/21/1977

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City of Ramsey Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes of Meeting July 21, 1977 The meetin~ was called to order at ?:45 by Chairman Darrell Jensen. Present were Paul Bogner, John Zabava, Kathy Schneider, A1 Cooper, and Darrell Jensen. Kathy Schneider made a motion to read the minutes of the meeting of June 16, 1977. The minutes were approved, 4-0. A1 Cooper abstained. Prospective Parks Commission members, Duane Erlien and Richard Dame were notified by telephone 7/20/77 of the 7/21 meeting. Duah~ Erlien would be out of town and Richard Dame did not show. No excuse was given. The Titterud Property was again reviewed. The Commission discussed Phil Nereson's Memorandum of 7/12/77 regarding the proposed acquisi- tion. In answer to his two questions, it was unanimously agreed upon that: It is consistent with the Park Plan as adopted. Future uses were discussed. Kathy Schneider moved to advise the City Council that the Titterud Property has a number of potential uses, including that of a horse arena. Specific uses were not proposed at this time since all of the members have not seen the property. Specific proposals will be submitted to the City Council by October 1977. Paul Bogner volunteered to sketch a drawing (unprofessional) including dimensions and pro- posed activities sites and according to scale. The pro- perty has an upper block 549' by 351.9' and lower wider block of ~78.9' by 288'. The blocks are abutting. The motion was seconded by A1 Cooper and agreed upon, 5-0. John Zabava proposed that the City would not suffer a manpower or financial burden if the Titterud property were acquired. He further suM~ested that the horse arena would continue to be used for the same purpose, however, scheduling of events would have to be programmed by the City to avoid conflicts of dates by interested parties. Other persons interested in P&R Commission membership are Don and Jan Adams and Mrs. Doris Irving. Also a Mr. Holland has a letter asking membership on file. It was proposed by Darrell Jensen that all the interested people by invited in a letter to attend the next meeting 8/18/77. At this time, after meeting with the applicants, the P&R members will make their recommendations to the Council. LuVerne Smith called the City about a bike path at 167th Avenue between County Road % and ~inn. 47. Ms. Smith's proposal is al- ready included in the Park Plan and will be built as funds become available.