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Minutes
City Of Edina, Minnesota
Parks & Recreation Commission
Edina City Hall, Council Chambers
September 12, 2017, 7 p.m.
I. Call To Order
Chair McCormick called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.
II. Roll Call
Answering roll call were Commissioners Miller, Nelson, Good, McCormick, Strother, Gieseke,
Burke, Dahlien and student members Kiely and Schieffert.
Absent were: Commissioners McAwley and Willette
Commissioner Miller arrived at 7:06 p.m.
Staff present: Park Board Staff Liaison Ann Kattreh, Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Susan
Faus, Administrative Coordinator Janet Canton.
III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda
Chair McCormick indicated that the Tupa Park Renaming Proposal has been removed from the
agenda.
Motion made by Good to approve the amended meeting agenda. Motion seconded by
Strother. Motion carried.
IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes
Motion made by Gieseke to approve the Aug. 8, 2017 Parks & Recreation Commission
minutes. Motion seconded by Dahlien. Motion carried.
V. Special Recognitions and Presentations
A. Introduction Of The New Parks & Recreation Student Commissioners
The two new student commissioners, Brendan Kiely and Ava Schieffert, each gave brief
introductions of themselves to the Parks & Recreation Commission.
B. Grandview Green Presentation
Katie Clark Sieben, Economic Development Project Consultant, gave a presentation on the
Grandview Green project. She noted it is in the concept stage and that she will be visiting all of
the commissions with the concept and would like to receive feedback, thoughts, ideas, etc., to
explore more as they move forward.
Commissioners asked questions as well as gave their thoughts and suggestions.
VI. Community Comment
None
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VII. Reports/Recommendations
A. Braemar Park Master Plan Update – 8:08 p.m. started
Ken Grieshaber from SRF presented some preliminary findings and concepts to the Parks &
Recreation Commission as well as went through the project schedule for the Braemar Park
Master Plan.
Commissioners asked questions and made suggestions.
Commissioner Burke left the meeting at 9:01 p.m.
B. Comprehensive Plan Committee
Staff Liaison Kattreh informed the commission that the comprehensive plan is on the 2018 Parks
& Recreation Commission Work Plan. She feels a good approach would be to get a few Parks &
Recreation Commissioners to work on the Comprehensive Plan and report back to the Parks &
Recreation Commission as a whole. She went through the different items that are going to need
to be looked at as part of the Comprehensive Plan.
Commissioners Good, McCormick, McAwley and Nelson volunteered to be on the
Comprehensive Plan Committee for the Parks & Recreation Commission.
C. 2018 Parks & Recreation Commission Work Plan
Chair McCormick indicated that Commissioner Good and herself will be presenting the 2018
Parks & Recreation Commission Work Plan to the City Council on Oct. 3. Chair McCormick
asked for an update on each of the initiatives.
Commissioners Miller and Gieseke went over the Funding Options Initiative.
Commissioners Strother, Dahlien and Nelson went over the Marketing and Communications
Initiative.
Commissioner Good went over the Field Capacity and Utilization Initiative. He commented they
feel Val Burke would be a good addition to their team as the School Board liaison as well as Matt
Dahlien because of his ties to the associations. Commissioner Dahlien indicated he would gladly
join.
Chair McCormick informed the commissioners if they would like to part of any of the initiatives
to let her know because there is still time.
VIII. City Council Updates and Correspondence
A. City Council Updates Aug. 15 and Sept. 6, 2017
Chair McCormick acknowledged the receipt of the City Council updates.
B. Correspondence Received through Sept. 6, 2017
Chair McCormick acknowledged the receipt of correspondence received through Sept. 6, 2017.
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IX. Chair And Member Comments
• Commissioner McCormick thanked Administrative Coordinator Canton for all of her work
in putting the letters together from the commissioners for their park assignments with
regards to the Adopt-a-Park Program; she asked that the letters be signed and given back to
Administrative Coordinator Canton to get mailed tomorrow.
• Commissioner Nelson asked Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Faus on the signage
timeline; Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Faus replied the installation is scheduled for
the end of October.
• Commissioner Dahlien recognized Chelsea Korsh who was a wonderful volunteer to Parks &
Recreation who recently passed away she will be missed.
X. Staff Comments
Staff Liaison Kattreh gave the following updates:
• The golf course construction continues to move along and construction is anticipated to
finish in mid-October.
• The dome installation will start in mid-October; they hope to have it up and running by
the end of October.
• The tennis courts at Todd Park and Normandale Park as well as the basketball court at
Strachauer Park are currently under construction; they hope to redo the tennis courts at
Pamela Park later this fall.
• The shelter buildings from the 1997 Park Bond Referendum have been receiving some
updates; re-roofing, new carpeting, exterior siding maintenance and painting.
XI. Adjournment
Motion made by Gieseke to adjourn the September 12, 2017 meeting at 9:49 p.m. Motion seconded by
Good. Motion carried.