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Minutes
City Of Edina, Minnesota
Edina Parks & Recreation Commission
Edina City Hall, Council Chambers
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018
7 p.m.
I. Call To Order
Chair McCormick called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
II. Roll Call
Answering roll call were Members McAwley, Burke, Nelson, Good, McCormick, Strother, Miller,
Dahlien and Student Members Kiely and Schieffert.
Absent were: Members Gieseke and Willette
Staff present: Staff Liaison Ann Kattreh, Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Susan Faus,
Administrative Coordinator Janet Canton and Engineering Services Manager Ross Bintner
III. 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 Dahlien to approve the Dec. 12, 2017 minutes. Motion seconded by Miller.
Motion carried.
V. Special Recognitions and Presentations
A. Edina Transportation Commission
Mindy Ahler from the Edina Transportation Commission asked for the Parks & Recreation
Commission’s input regarding the Comprehensive Plan. She asked the Parks & Recreation
Commission if they think anything is missing or conflicting in the Transportation Chapter of the
2018 Comprehensive Plan. She also asked how the commissions can work better for the future
of Edina.
Commissioners gave their feedback and asked questions.
VI. Community Comment
None
VII. Reports/Recommendations
A. Arden Park 30% Design Briefing
Renae Clark from the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, Staff Liaison Kattreh and
Engineering Services Manager Ross Bintner provided a 30% design briefing to the commission. It
was noted the focus at this stage is on creek alignment, tree preservation and stormwater
management.
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Commissioners asked questions and gave their feedback.
B. Comprehensive Plan Update
Commissioner Good reviewed the latest draft of the Comprehensive Plan. He asked the
commissioners to read through it over the next ten days and think about how we can have more
forwarding content to it; what problems might there be in the future. He noted it’s not too late
to add more input as long as he receives it before Jan. 19. He will then take those inputs and will
start to work on a third version draft.
Commissioner Good went through the timeline going forward.
Commissioners asked questions and gave feedback.
The commission thanked Commissioner Good for all of his work on the Comprehensive Plan.
VIII. Chair and Member Comments
No Comments
IX. Staff Comments
Staff Liaison Kattreh gave the following updates:
• Debbie Townsend, Communications Coordinator for the city, will now be working at the dais for the
Parks & Recreation Commission meetings. In addition, she will also be focusing approximately 50% of
her full-time efforts to the Parks & Recreation Department.
• On Jan. 3 the City Council approved the Braemar Park Master Plan.
• On Jan. 22 there will be an open house for the possible redevelopment at the old Public Works site; it
will be held in the lobby of City Hall.
• On Dec. 29 there were 250 paid admissions at Edinborough Park for their annual New Year’s Eve party;
they received a lot of positive feedback.
• Between Dec. 24 and 31 there were 6,255 paid admissions at Edinborough Park and that doesn’t include
adults because they are free.
• There have been over 9,700 skaters at the outdoor rinks. The most popular rink has been Countryside
Park with 1,150, skaters followed closely by Arden Park with 1,120 skaters.
Art Center
• On Jan. 4 the Art Center hosted the following three openings: “Hola Cuba!”, “Hot Pots and Hot
Dish” and a pop-up show featuring Saori Weavings by students attending the Minnesota Life College.
• On Jan. 15 the Art Center will be hosting their 19th Annual Potters Games.
Braemar Golf Course
• On Jan. 24 there will be an optional walk through for the request for proposal for the new
restaurant at Braemar Golf Course. The submission deadline for the request for proposal is Feb. 7.
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• An indoor bags league started in January.
• Junior golf camps have started at the golf dome.
• Junior Winter Development will be starting in January at the golf dome.
• There is a New at Golf Program as well as more adult programming that will be starting in late
January at the golf dome.
• Demo Days will start in February.
Centennial Lakes Park
• The 27th Annual Winter Ice Festival will take place this Sunday, Jan. 14 from 1-5 p.m.
• The Quinn’s Cup Pond Hockey Tournament will be held on Saturday, Jan. 29; it sounds like there
will be a record number of teams participating this year.
Senior Center
• The Senior Center is increasing the amount of programming they are doing. In 2016 they
offered 46 programs with 612 participants and in 2017 they offered 82 programs with 1,061
participants. The current senior center membership is at 1,094 members.
Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Faus gave the following update:
• Registration for summer programs will start on Tuesday, Feb. 20 for residents and Monday,
Feb. 26 for non-residents. They are hoping to have all information online around Feb. 8 and
the Activities Directory should be delivered to homes around Feb. 12.
X. Adjournment
Motion made by Dahlien to adjourn the Jan. 9, 2018 meeting at 8:40 p.m. Motion seconded
by Nelson. Motion carried.