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Minutes
City Of Edina, Minnesota
Edina Parks & Recreation Commission
Edina City Hall, Council Chambers
Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017
7 p.m.
I. Call To Order
Chair McCormick called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.
II. Roll Call
Answering roll call were Commissioners McAwley, Willette, Nelson, Good, McCormick, Miller,
Strother, Dahlien and Student Commissioners Kiely and Schieffert.
Absent were: Commissioner Gieseke
Commissioner Burke arrived at 7:04 p.m.
Staff present: Staff Liaison Ann Kattreh, Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Susan Faus and
Administrative Coordinator Janet Canton
III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda
Motion made by Good to approve the meeting agenda. Motion seconded by McAwley.
Motion carried.
IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes
Motion made by Miller to approve the Sept. 12, 2017 minutes. Motion seconded by Strother.
Motion carried.
V. Community Comment
None
VI. Reports/Recommendations
A. Comprehensive Plan Kick-Off
Todd Thorsen from the Planning Commission gave the Parks & Recreation Commission an
overview of what the Comprehensive Plan is. He also talked about the Parks & Recreation
Commission’s roll in the update of the Comprehensive Plan.
Commissioners asked questions.
Chair McCormick indicated Commissioners Good, McAwley and herself (Commissioner Nelson
was unable to attend) met to discuss this Work Plan item and figure out how they should
proceed. They would like all of the commissioners to read through the Parks & Recreation
section of the 2008 Comprehensive Plan and bring back their comments to the November
meeting. She informed the commission that the working group will meet again on Thursday,
Nov. 16 at 7:30 a.m. in the Mayor’s Conference Room to take the first stab at going through and
highlighting what they think needs to be changed. She added all Parks & Recreation
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Commissioners are invited to attend and asked that they RSVP to Administrative Coordinator
Canton by Nov. 1.
Chair McCormick informed the commission they need all of the commissioners to review other
sections of the 2008 Comprehensive Plan to make sure they haven’t missed something where
they might want to have input. Commissioners picked the following chapters to read:
Commissioner Good - Community Services & Facilities
Commissioner McCormick - Water Resources Management
Commissioner McAwley - Transportation
Commissioner Nelson - Energy & Environment
Commissioner Miller - Land Use
Commissioner Strother - Housing
Commissioner Burke - Heritage Preservation
B. Guiding Principles
Commissioner Good discussed establishing guiding principles to help guide the Parks &
Recreation Commission as they work on projects and park master plans. He discussed the five
thoughts he had while thinking about some guiding principles. Chair McCormick thought it was a
good start and a great idea to have three to four principles that will help guide them through
future projects and master plans.
Commissioners asked questions, had discussions and gave suggestions.
Chair McCormick asked the commissioners to think about these guiding principles and bring back
ideas to the November meeting.
C. 2017 Work Plan Update
Chair McCormick briefly went over the 2017 Work Plan and the results of where they are to
date.
VII. City Council Updates and Correspondence
A. City Council Updates Sept. 19 and Oct. 3, 2017
Chair McCormick acknowledged the commission’s receipt of the City Council updates.
B. Correspondence Received through Oct. 4, 2017
Chair McCormick acknowledged the commission’s receipt of correspondence through Oct. 4,
2017.
VIII. Chair and Member Comments
• Chair McCormick indicated Commissioner Good and herself attended the City Council
Work Session on Oct. 3 to discuss the Commissions’ Annual Work Plans. They had a really
good discussion on the Parks & Recreation 2018 Work Plan.
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• Commissioner Good informed the commission that a couple of the commissions talked
about utilizing events in Edina such as Open Streets, Fall into the Arts, etc., to have a table
set up with information regarding the parks. This will allow people to approach them with
questions and complaints and it would be a good way to be available and involved.
• Chair McCormick indicated the City Council felt the Field Capacity and Utilization Work
Plan Initiative would be very helpful.
• Chair McCormick indicated there will be a meeting regarding Arden Park on Oct. 26 at 6:45
p.m. and asked the commissioners to please make an effort to attend.
• Commissioner Good informed the commission that last Friday he attended Edinborough
Park’s 30th year celebration and was very impressed with the level of activity inside the park.
He noted he was also impressed by the fact that they host 1,300 birthday parties each year.
IX. Staff Comments
Staff Liaison Kattreh gave the following updates:
• The Tin Fish Restaurant at Braemar closed on Thursday, Oct. 5.
• Staff is working on a RFP for a new restaurant vendor; the goal is to have a new vendor in
place sometime during the second quarter of 2018.
• The dome installation process will start today, Oct. 10.
• The Futsal court will be removed on Oct. 17 and the process to install the Backyard Rink will
begin.
• The evaporative condenser on the south arena is going to be replaced the week of Oct. 16.
• Adult volleyball started; there are 16 teams separated into women and co-rec leagues.
• Registrations are being taken for the adult basketball league until the end of October; the
league starts in November.
• The Edina Boys Flag Football season is wrapping up at the end of October; this year there
were 231 participants and over 20 volunteer coaches.
• Staff is working with the Edina Baseball Association to submit an application for the Hennepin
Council Youth Sports Grant to improve the lighting at Field #1 at Courtney Fields.
• September was National Senior Center month; the Edina Senior Center celebrated by having
programs above and beyond what is typically done on a daily basis and all programs were
very well attended.
• The Edina Art Center celebrated their 33rd Annual Members Juried Art Exhibition on
Thursday, Oct. 5; there were 72 works and 208 pieces were entered. The exhibit is on
display through Nov. 8
• There are over 178 classes being offered at the Edina Art Center in the 2017-2018 Winter
Directory.
• On Oct. 6 Edinborough Park celebrated their 30th anniversary; there were activities and
programs throughout the day as well as discounted memberships. They sold 94
memberships for Adventure Peak and 10 memberships for the pool/track. They also offered
a reduced daily admission and sold 386 general admissions.
• On Oct. 6 Braemar Golf Dome hosted the Edina Education Fund, a very large non-golf event
and it went very well.
• On Oct. 7 Braemar Golf Course hosted the Edina Home Energy Fair.
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• On Oct. 13 Braemar Golf Course will be hosting the City’s Urban Vision Symposium.
• On Oct. 18 and Nov. 15 Braemar Golf Course will be hosting a Wine and Canvas Event.
• On Oct. 25 the Northwood’s Boutique will start moving into the Braemar Clubhouse; they
will be open to the public from Oct. 27 through Nov. 12.
• Nov. 1 will be the opening day for the golf dome.
• There is now a Facebook link for construction updates of the new golf course; in addition to
the updates there will also be pictures of the construction.
• Centennial Lakes is in fall clean-up mode and is starting to shut things down for the season.
X. Adjournment
Motion made by Willette to adjourn the Oct. 10, 2017 meeting at 7:51 p.m. Motion seconded by
Good.
Motion carried.