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Minutes
City Of Edina, Minnesota
Park Board
Edina City Hall, Council Chambers
February 14, 2017
I. Call To Order
Chair McCormick called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.
II. Roll Call
Answering roll call were Members Strother, Nelson, Good, McCormick, Miller, Gieseke,
Dahlien and Student Members Hulbert and Gustafson.
Absent were: Members McAwley and Mohs
Staff present: Park Board Staff Liaison Ann Kattreh, Assistant Parks & Recreation Director
Susan Faus and Administrative Coordinator Janet Canton
III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda
Motion made by Gieseke to approve the meeting agenda. Motion seconded by Strother.
Motion carried.
IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes
Motion made by Good to approve the Jan. 10, 2017 minutes. Motion seconded by
Nelson. Motion carried.
V. Community Comment
None
VI. Reports/Recommendations
A. Chair Term Limit Feedback
Staff Liaison Kattreh explained to the Park Board that City Council is looking for feedback
regarding chair terms. After discussion the Park Board members felt the two-year term
limit is a good amount of time.
B. Fred Richards Park Project Update
Staff Liaison Kattreh gave the Park Board an update on the Fred Richards Master Planning
process. She explained what has been done from a process standpoint to date and what
they plan to do moving forward. She did not report on the findings they’ve had from the
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community meetings and the surveys to date; that report will be presented at the next
Park Board meeting.
Staff Liaison Kattreh gave a timeline of the project.
Park Board members asked questions, had discussions and made comments.
C. Park Assignments
Chair McCormick asked the members if anyone would like to add a park that has not
been assigned or if anyone no longer wants to stay assigned to a park they already have.
Member Nelson asked to be assigned to Tupa Park. Member Strother asked to be
assigned to Grandview Square Park and Sherwood Park. Chair McCormick indicated she
will send Member Mohs a note letting him know he has been assigned to St. John’s Park.
Chair McCormick asked the Park Board members to frequent their assigned parks and see
if anything is needed for beautification or improvement.
It was decided for some items the Edina to Go App should be used. It was also decided
there would be a standing agenda item that will allow Park Board members to recap
anything they may have to share from their assigned park. Administrative Coordinator
Canton will let members know when their assigned park has been scheduled by an adopt-
a-park group for a clean-up day.
D. Park Signage Update
Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Faus informed the Park Board she had compiled all
of the information she received from the Park Board members at the last Park Board
meeting and shared it with Sign Crafters to use as a starting point in designing the main
park entrance signs. On Jan. 26 the Park Signage Committee met and reviewed the
different designs and provided some good discussions on what they liked and did not
like.
Mike Lawrence from Sign Crafters went over the four different design options.
Park Board members asked questions, made suggestions and had discussions.
The Park Board agreed they like option four with a few changes being made and would
like more information on the materials used. Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Faus
thanked the Park Board for all of their feedback.
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E. Election of Officers
Motion made by Good to nominate Member McCormick as Chair of the Park Board.
Motion seconded by Gieseke.
Motion carried.
Motion made by McCormick to nominate Member Good as Vice Chair of the Park
Board. Motion seconded by Gieseke
Motion carried.
VII. Correspondence and Petitions
A. City Council Updates Jan. 18 and Feb. 7
Member Dahlien asked if the sprayers are part of the improvements that are being done
at the Aquatic Center this spring/summer. Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Faus
replied they are not part of the improvements that will be made.
VIII. Chair and Member Comments
Member Nelson indicated the spring/summer registration started on Monday and knows
there was a lot of angst around it and she wanted to say thank you to the staff. There were a
lot of people having issues but there were a lot more people who were able to successfully
register.
Staff Liaison Kattreh explained there was a staff error on the golf registration page that they
became aware of at 8:02 a.m. They realized the button to go from view mode to live mode
was not clicked so it took several minutes to fix all of the golf course programs to make them
live. The good news is they were able to get everyone registered for the golf programs they
wanted. On the first day of registration they had 2,941 registrants and $233,270 in revenue.
Member Good stated with regards to the correspondence in their packet requesting a
playground specifically with more park features at Van Valkenburg Park he thinks they need
to think about how they define underserved. He noted there are four parks within 1 ½ miles
of that location. He asked how they assess that it truly is an underserved neighborhood;
should residents look at whether or not they have a playground within one-mile walking
distance? Staff Liaison Kattreh replied that the walking distance goal is stated in the strategic
plan and it’s less than 1 ½ miles.
IX. Staff Comments
Staff Liaison Kattreh gave the following updates:
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• The outdoor ice rinks are closed for the season.
• May 6 is the first day for planting at the Yorktown Park Community Garden; all but
six gardeners renewed their plots from last year.
• Braemar Golf Course and Tin Fish have been very busy; they’ve had trivia night,
paint classes, bean bag league, music in the banquet room, one snowshoe night
(unfortunately one was canceled due to lack of snow) and Friday night fish fry that
have kept the facility busy all winter.
• The City Council is expected to take action on the name of the Park Board at the
Feb. 22 council meeting.
• The Edina Garden Council is proposing to donate $14,000 to the City of Edina for
the renovation of the Memory Garden at Arneson Acres Park at the Feb. 22 council
meeting; the $14,000 is designated for the design of the garden.
X. Adjournment
Motion made by Miller to adjourn the Feb. 14, 2017 meeting at 8:37 p.m. Motion seconded by Gieseke.
Motion carried.