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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-02-14 Parks & Rec Comm MinutesDraft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 3/14/2017 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 Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 3/14/2017 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. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 3/14/2017 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: Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 3/14/2017 • 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.