HomeMy WebLinkAboutPark and Recreation Advisory Commission Minutes 10-13-1983Minutes of the Regular ?Meeting of the Park. and Recreation ,Advisory commission
E October 13 1983
page 20
Presents Comissiaanerr Chesebroughk Edwards, Threioen, Mullan, Dvorak and
Serqk staff Blank, Patterson and Pedersviii, Pilgrim Mane PTA
representative Len Theide
1, CALL TO ORDER
I Chair Threinen called to order the regular meeting of the Plymouth
4'FarC. and Recreation Ad,vfisory Conmi'ssi'on on Octcbet, 130 1983, at 7,35 p.m.,
24 APPROW IF MINUTES
Chair T6 `noo corrected the minutes of September, 1, page 16, item 3. b,
from 118Z Aebd"to "8O attending." following this correction, a motion
was aide by Commissioners Ehetebrough to approve the minutes as corrected.,
The motion carried.
3. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS
a.. Athletic Asiociation Representatives.;, None Were present at this meeting
b, dart Patterson and Rick 'Busch. Mary handed out comparisons between the
astwosunnier s program enrollment and a second chart showing year -to-
date totals for her programs, She also discussed a metmo she sent to Eric.
regarding this year's beach concessions and suggestions she has for next.
year's season. Rick also had hand-outs for the commissioners in his
absence; he was videotaping soccer gashes and unable to attend the meeting.
4. REPORT ON PAST COUNCIL ACTION
a, 1984 Budget. The budget was, approved at the October 3 Council meeting, with
t' ,e exception of our showootle', Director Bland; stated that the: Council
wants our Shade Tree program to promote the care and maintenance of healthy
trees, e,g. reforestation of our urban forest. Steve Cook, the. City's
forester will be doing a number of informational/educational "short
subjects11 fori the City's c.,.able tv channel on tree maintenance, gardening, etc,
DirectorBlank discussed briefly other aspects of the budget and answered
questions regarding various categories. While on the subject of the budget,
Commissioner Chesebrough 'mentioned that Bob Sorenson of the NHPAA had
approached him about attending our next PRAC meeting in order to discuss the
fees outlined fn the Mayor"s. Task. Force Report.
b, Parkers Labe Planned Develo nt, Council approved Phase I of this project
afthetr as meeting. Phase covers that area between Vicksburg and
Dunkirk Lanes.
c. Final Payment - Zachar Fence Project. The fencing of tha three ballfields
at Zachary Flayffeld ii noir comp e e and the bill has been paid,.
5. UNRNISHED BUSINESS
at LA I MR Grants: 1983_84. Director Blank stated that our 1984 LAWCON
gran sou be comp eteiy'processed within a month,. He also explained
our status regarding our 1984 application. He is confident that, although
ie are not ranked number one in all considered categories, we have a very
good chance to be funded'.
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b. P a ui nt - Plymouth Creek LaComP—to East Bench. All major pieces
of pl. eqv p!nert a r ip` e ed at Plymouth an LaCampte Parks. Beach
construction will begtri wewk of Octother 17.
c. Letter from Gary Welch re! Son's In ur at Lions Park, Director Blank
Feminaid the comm ss oners of this Incident that too place this past
summer at Mons Park during a youth baseball game sponsored by the Wayzata,
Plymouth Baseball Association. Mr. Welch is asking the City's insurance
to cover some of the costs associated,with his son's injury. Our City
attorney is 'looking into this matter now to determine if the City is liable
in this type of injury, ie,, a non -City sponsored event. PRAC needs to
consider establishing a policy whereby Athletic Associations would be
required to carry some form of liability insurance before they would be
allowed to use our facilities. This item will be discussed at PRAC's next
work session.
b` aEW Ma"AS'Lane PTA Request. len Theide; representing the: Pilgrim Lane PTA,
appeared before the Commission to show them a model of playground equipment
their organization designed and is proposing for installation at the
Pilgrim Lane neighborhood park, He briefly explained how this project
began and its current status, He estimates that the completed project, as
proposed, would cost approxirm telt' $50,000 with the parents providing the
labor to construct the equipment. Once the project is completed, the PTA
will donate it to the Pilgrim Lane Elementary School, and they would then
be responsible for its maintenance. Mr. Theide commented that the PTA would
be very grateful if the City could contribute some financial assistance toward
completing this project, Chair Threinen asked Director Blank to research two
areas of this project prior to the: November meeting and be -Fore FRAC makes
any recommendations. One is the safety factor of the proposed equipment,
and second is to cost out the project, Director Blank pointed out that our
involvement in this project may encourage other schools that act as neigh-
borhood park sites to ask our support for similar projects. It was suggested
that our financial contribution could be 50% of what we would normally
spend to build play equipment in a neighborhood park, rather than 50% of
what this organization has proposed. Play equipment already in place at
Pilgrim lane is about one-third of what is installed at Plymouth Creek Park,
PRAC will make their recommendation at the November meeting.
b. Review Winter Skating Rink Locations, The Commission reviewed a map of last
yea7s r n ocat onsand scusse -the sites for the winter of 1983--84. The
sites will remain the same With the exception of Gleanloch and Heritage Estates.
Gleanloch is being dropped at the request of the homeowners, and Heritage
Estates is being deleted due to lack of flat land..
A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER BERG AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CHESEBROUGH
TO APPyOYE THE RrNK LOCATIONS PROPOSED FOR 1983-84 AS OUTLINED IN DIRECTOR
BLANK'S MEMO OF OCTOBER 10, 1983, THE MOTION CARRIED WITH ALL AYES.
c. Review NRPA Conference and MRPA Conference. Director Ri ank discussed some
o, the seminars he at ended ur ng t s year's annual National Recreation and
Parks Association Congress held in Kansas City in early October. Of particular
interest to h.im was the Overland Community Center located in Overland, Kansas..
Cha,i`r Threttlen reminded the commissioners that she is still looking for a
member to chair the Community Center Citizen Committee.
PRAC Minutes of ortober 131, 1993
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Commissioner Chesebrough volunteered for this responsibility, Director Blank.
announced that the annual MRPA Conference will be held in Rochester in November,
t4oney is budgeted for FRAC members to attend, Members should inform Nancy
if they wish to go to all or part of the, conference,
d, Joint Meeting with City,Council, Tuesday, November Z9, has been. chosen as
t, a date for the:joint meeting between PRAC and the City Council It will
begin at 5.30 p.m. and will include a Light dinner. suggested agenda items
include: the community center, athletic associations carrying liability
insurance, fees to be charged to users of our facilities, and requests by
PTA's/citizen groups to fund playground equipment at school sites that serve
as neighborhood parks:
7, CCh'X'' MION PRESENTATION
The FRAC work session will be held on Thursday, December 8, and will be part of
the regular menthly meeting, to order to cover both a regular meeting agenda
and the wore sessiol,, the meeting will begin at 5130 p,m. In order for PRAC to
preparo for discussing user fees, Dtrectot+ Blank Will submit to them, 1xrior to
the meeting, costs associated with, the operation of the recreation programs,
field' maintenari e, etc,
B. STAFF COMMUNKATION
Director Blank shared with the commission some preliminary sketches of Phase I1
of the Lundgren eros, development, Chair Threinen asked each. commissioner to
think of someone who might be interested fn filling the vacancy on the Cormission
and she welcomed Steve Ches.ebrough as the new Vice Chair:
9, AWOORNMENT'
A motion Was ma.G'e by Commissi;oner Rerq and seconded by Commissioner Dvorak to
4d4ourn at 9.15 p,m,