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Minutes
er, City Of Edina, Minnesota
Park Board
0 Edina City Hall, Council Chambers
November 7, 2016
I. Call To Order
Chair McCormick called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
II. Roll Call
Answering roll call were Chair McCormick, Members Gieseke, Strother, Good, Nelson, McAwley,
Miller and Student Members Gustafson and Hulbert. Absent: Members Dahlien, Mohs and Meyer.
Staff present: Staff Liaison Ann Kattreh, Administrative Support Specialist Janet Canton, Recreation
Supervisor Amanda Clarke, Recreation Supervisor Donna Tilsner, Braemar Golf Course Maintenance
Superintendent Tom Swenson, Centennial Lakes General Manager Tom Shirley, Edinborough Park
and Edina Aquatic Center General Manager Patty McGrath and Braemar Arena and Field General
Manager Chad Eischens
1111. Approval Of Meeting Agenda
Motion made by Good to approve the meeting agenda. Motion seconded by Nelson. Motion
carried.
IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes
Motion made by Nelson to approve the Oct. 10, 2016 minutes. Motion seconded by Strother.
Motion carried.
V. Community Comment
None
VI. Reports/Recommendations
A. Proposed 2017 Parks & Recreation Fees
Staff Liaison Kattreh introduced the following staff:
Patty McGrath, General Manager for Edinborough Park/Edina Aquatic Center
Amanda Clarke — Recreation Supervisor
Tom Swenson — Maintenance Superintendent for Braemar Golf Course
Tom Shirley — General Manager for Centennial Lakes
Chad Eischens — General Manager for Braemar Arena and Field
Donna Tilsner — Recreation Supervisor for the Edina Senior Center
Staff Liaison Kattreh went over the proposed 2017 Parks & Recreation fees.
Park Board members asked questions of staff and had discussions.
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Motion by Good to approve the recommended Parks & Recreation program fees for 2017.
Motion seconded by Nelson.
Motion carried.
B. Aquatic Center Improvements Update
General Manager of Edinborough Park/Edina Aquatic Center Patty McGrath gave a power point
presentation and update on the Edina Aquatic Center facility improvements. She pointed out there will
be both amenity improvements and facility improvements. She explained the project, cost and financing
and went through the tentative timeline.
Park Board members asked questions and had discussions.
C. Ready -Set -Connect Program
Recreation Supervisor Amanda Clarke reported on the Edina Community Foundation's Ready -Set -
Connect Program that the city is joining starting Jan. 1, 2017. She explained how the current grant-in-
aid program works and how the new Ready -Set -Connect Program works. The idea is to make the
registration process as easy as possible which will allow a person/family to only need to apply once in
order to be eligible for scholarships with affiliated groups. Each of the affiliated groups can set their own
standards for what they would like to offer.
Park Board members asked questions and had discussions.
D. Start Doing, Stop Doing, Keep Doing Discussion
Chair McCormick gave a recap of the work they did at their October meeting regarding what they
would like to continue doing, start doing and stop doing and asked if anyone wanted to add anything to
the list.
Chair McCormick reported at their December meeting they will discuss this more in depth and
determine what they would like to see prioritized and what they would like to take action on.
Park Board members had a discussion.
E. Work Plan Updates
Member McAwley reported on the Oct. 6, 2016 meeting she attended for the Arden Park Natural
Resource Plan. She noted the next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 10. They received a lot of good
feedback from the community.
Member Strother reported the Arden Park Natural Resource Plan will be brought to the Park
Board once they have an idea of the concept and move to the planning stages.
Staff Liaison Kattreh reported they have started to plan the master planning process for Fred
Richards Park. Recently some members of the Park Board as well as several city staff from
different departments walked the park. The intention was to bring this variety of resources to the
table and give them the opportunity to bring up any concerns or known issues with the site to the
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consultants. Currently they are gathering all of the information so they can formally begin the
planning process.
Park Board members asked questions and had discussions.
Member Miller reported there was a meeting with the vendor, Sign Crafters, on Oct. 20, 2016.
He reported the two most important things that are happening right now are a survey and
inventory and the second part is the design; what do we want the signs to look like? He
encouraged the Park Board to start thinking about it and start looking at signs all over. He noted
any ideas or pictures should be sent to Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Faus who will be
the consolidator of the ideas.
The Park Board asked questions and had discussions.
VII. Correspondence and Petitions
Chair McCormick acknowledged the Park Board's receipt of various correspondences.
VIII.Chair and Member Comments
Chair McCormick informed the Park Board they are looking at holding the December Park Board
meeting at a different venue; she would like to recognize the Park Board for all of their work this
year.
Member Nelson recognized and thanked Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Faus for doing such a
great job with the inclusive playground at Rosland Park. Everyone is very excited about it.
Member Good reported he has been over to the Pickleball courts quite a bit and from what he has
heard they get a lot of activity; it has been a great addition. He thinks residents will be asking for
more of them.
IX. Staff Comments
Staff Liaison Kattreh made the following comments:
• She thanked Members Nelson and McAwley for their work on Rosland Park
• Oct. 28 was the Not So Scary Halloween Party at Edinborough Park; it was well attended
with 187 paid admissions and over 550 people in attendance
• They are in the process of hiring a maintenance operations coordinator at Edinborough Park
• Braemar Golf Course currently has the Northwood's Boutique which will be there from Oct.
28 through Nov. 12
• The Golf Dome opened on Nov. I
• There will be a new Junior Golf program at the Golf Dome starting in November
• Golf Course architect Richard Mandell will be in town on Nov. 10
• Golf Course construction is moving along very well; with the beautiful weather they are
ahead of schedule
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• Braemar Golf Course will be having a holiday open house on Dec. 7
• Braemar Golf Course will start their indoor bean bag league in January
• Recreation Supervisors Clarke and Boettcher along with Assistant Parks & Recreation
Director Faus have been working really hard on the 2017 Spring/Summer Activities Directory
• The Art Center has also been working really hard on the 2017 Spring/Summer Activities
Directory; the Art Center will be offering over 83 summers camps in the upcoming directory
• Centennial Lakes Park is wrapping up their building rental season; it will take approximately
two weeks to prepare the Hughes Pavilion as a warming house with a tentative opening
skating date of Dec. 16
• Braemar Field is officially open as of today
• The Backyard Rink has been shut down for the last nine days because of the warm
temperatures; hopefully they will reopen soon
• Indoor hockey will start later this month; the first High School game is Nov. I I and the first
EHA tournament is over Thanksgiving weekend
• Breakfast with Santa at Braemar Golf Course will be held on Dec. 10
• Santa Land at Braemar Arena will be held on Dec. 17
• Family New Year's Eve Party at Edinborough will be held on Dec. 31
• Reminder from last month: Donna Tilsner is retiring and her last day will be Nov. 30
• Over 140 applications were received for the Recreation Supervisor job at the Senior Center
and they have narrowed it down to four candidates
• The Parks & Recreation Department are currently working on the 2017 Department Work
Plan and will have that done within the next two weeks
X. Adjournment
Motion made by Good to adjourn the Nov. 7, 2016 meeting at 8:32 p.m. Motion seconded by Nelson.
Motion carried.