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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-03-08 Park Board MinutesDraft Minutes❑ Approved Minutes® Approved Date: 4/12/2016 Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Park Board Edina City Hall, Council Chambers March 8, 2016 I. Call To Order Chair Gieseke called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. Il l��•71C�(I Answering roll call were Chair Gieseke, Members Strother, McAwley, Miller, McCormick, Dahlien, Greene, Nelson and Student Members Lohani and Crist. Staff present: Staff. Park Board Staff Liaison Ann Kattreh, Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Susan Faus, Administrative Support Specialist Janet Canton Absent: Member Good Member Meyer arrived at 7:08 p.m. III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion made by Greene to approve the meeting agenda. Motion seconded by Strother. Motion carried. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion made by Strother to approve the Feb. 9, 2016 minutes. Motion seconded by Nelson. Motion carried. V. Community Comment None VI. Reports/Recommendations A. Election of Officers Motion made by Gieseke to nominate Member McCormick as Chair of the Park Board. Motion seconded by Greene. Motion carried. Motion made by McCormick to nominate Member Good as Vice Chair of the Park Board. Motion seconded by Gieseke. Motion carried. B. Tree and Memorial Bench Donation Program Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Faus explained and went through the details of the Tree and Memorial Bench Donation Program. Park Board members asked questions and there was a discussion. Draft Minutes❑ Approved Minutes® Approved Date: 4/12/2016 Motion made by Nelson to approve the Tree and Memorial Bench Donation Program. Motion seconded by Greene. Motion carried. C. Creek Valley School Park Donation Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Faus informed the Park Board that the city was approached approximately six months ago by a resident who wants to make a donation to Creek Valley School Park to honor his late wife; she was an avid tennis player at the park. Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Faus indicated she has been working very closely with this donor whose donation is to add a permanent sun shelter and memorial bench near the tennis courts. She then went through the proposed plans. Members asked questions and there was a discussion. It was noted this item is set to be on the April 5 City Council agenda. VII. Correspondence and Petitions None VIII.Chair and Member Comments Chair McCormick: introduced the new Park Board members Matt Dahlien, Eileen McAwely, Randy Meyer and Michael Miller. Each new member gave a brief introduction of themselves. Student Member Lohani: gave an update on his meeting with Member Good regarding Initiative 5 on the Work Plan "Analysis of current programs and Cost Recovery Expectations (CRE) for city recreational programs". IX. Staff Comments • Summer registrations started Monday, March 7; unfortunately, the new software significantly slowed down for the first few hours (the most crucial time). Staff continued to take registrations over the phone and in person. Golf programs closed their registration for the day and resumed taking registrations on Tuesday, March at 8 a.m. with no incident. • The golf course opened today, March 8; the earliest date they have ever opened the regulation course. • The golf dome will remain open until April 14. On April 15 they will have a soft opening for the new driving range. They will only be hitting off the mats and will not be hitting off the grass until August. There will be a grand opening the first week of August for the driving range and new Par 3 Course (now known as the Academy 9). • Staff is working on finalizing the master plan of the renovation of the regulation course with Richard Mandell, golf course architect. • Staff is trying to do more programming at Braemar Golf Course: March 12 they are offering dinner and a movie; March 23 they are offering a Wine and Canvas class; and March 26 is Breakfast with the Easter Bunny. • On March 15 the City Council is being asked to approve the $150,000 donation for the construction of the Pickleball courts at Rosland Park. If all goes well they will open by July 4 Draft Minutes❑ Approved Minutes® Approved Date: 4/12/2016 • At the Feb. 17 City Council work session the council selected to move forward with Option B for the Grandview site. There will be an open house for the Grandview site on Feb. 10, 7 p.m. at the Public Works facility. • On March 15 the City Council will be asked to make a liquor ordinance change. The change would give the opportunity for beer and wine sales at Braemar Arena, Braemar Golf Dome, Van Valkenburg, future activities at Fred Richards Park and the lawn games area at Centennial Lakes. In addition, the council will be asked to remove the 3.2 non -intoxicating contingency that is currently in their ordinance. • The April 12 Park Board meeting will be held at Braemar Golf Course; there will also be a work session with the Arts and Cultural Commission. • A proposal will be brought to the Park Board at the April 12 meeting regarding the potential for cross country ski trails and snow tubing at Braemar Park. X. Adjournment Motion made by McCormick to adjourn the March 8, 2016 meeting at 8:03 p.m. Motion seconded by Gieseke. Motion carried.