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PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting: November 23, 2015
AGENDA ITEM: Director's Report AGENDA SECTION:
New Business
PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks & Recreation Director AGENDA NO.
7 b.
ATTACHMENTS: None APPROVED BY: `��'r
RECOMMENDED ACTION: None, discussion only.
Park Improvement Fund Balance as of October 31, 2015: $556,044.49
Inflows to the Paxk Impxovement Fund la.st month were as follows:
Dedication fees—$12,507.16
Gxants/Othex- $0
Interest- $36.80
Donations - $0
Expendituxes - $ 10,977.60 (Picnic tables and Prestwick Park Development)
Haunted Woods Trail-Another successful Halloween Haunted Trail was held on Saturday, October 24.
Over 3,200 people enjoyed the trail,and 1,465 of those attending were children. We collected 1,100 lbs. of
food for the Family Resource Center. We have a gteat group of volunteeYs that make this event happen
every year.
Friday Night Live -The Parks and Recreation Department hosted the annual"Friday Night Live"
middle school Halloween costume party/contest on Friday, October 23. Most of the 135 participants
dYessed in costumes and enteYed the contest,which we weYe excited about. Prizes were awarded to the 1S`,
2"a and 3`�place costume in the categosies of scariest, funniest ox most original. The overall best costume
winner was awaxded movie tickets. Along with a fun costume contest,we also had a free photo booth
with a green scxeen that allowed kids to choose from multiple fun backgrounds, a DJ with music, dancing
and games,along with activities such as basketball and dodgeball. This event was sponsored by The First
State Bank of Rosemount pending a cuxrent donation Yequest.
USSSA Hall of Fame—Lacelle Cordes will be inducted into the Minnesota USSSA Hall of Fame at a
ceremony in January 2016. The Minnesota USSSA honoxs certain individuals who have contributed to the
Minnesota United States Slo-Pitch Softball pxogxam by electing them to the Sta.te's Hall of Fame. This is
considered the highest honor Minnesota.'s USSSA can bestow on any individual.
Community Facility Requests—Staff will provide an update to the Parks and Recreation Commission
with Yegaxds to the requests for a second sheet of indoor ice,new indoor court space and an artificial turf
field.
Community Gardens -Now that we have had a hard frost, the garden plot season has ended. Gaxdeners
were asked to clean out their plots to get them ready for tilling this fall. While most gaxdeners did a nice of
this, sta,ff had to remove miscellaneous stakes, tomato cages, and fencing from a few of the plots.
Assuming that the gardens dry out sufficiendy after the recent rain,they will be tilled as soon as conditions
allow. We have received several ema�ls thanking us for providing this gaxdening opportunity to our
residents. Here is one of those emails from a gardener at Winds Park:
Dear Mr.Tom,
I would like to express my thanks for the opportunity given to me in participating in our Rosemount's garden plot program. It
was an enjoyable and rewarding experience, I had the chance of ineeting some people and sharing our experience. The
garden piots were very nice and that the city provided ample support like constant supply of water for the plants especially
during the hot summer season. Thank you very much and wish you too a wonderful winter.
Sincerely,
Mariano Agpalasin
SORR Mother/Son Super Hero Event- On Saturday,Novembex 7, the SORR Cities of Apple Valley,
Eagan,Farrnuigton,Lakeville,Rosemount and Savage hosted the annual Mom and Son Morning of Fun.
This yeax's theme was "Superhero's" and 76 mom/son couples danced with a DJ,created pxojects,played
games and partied with`Batgirl" at the event. To captuxe it all,we had a photo booth for the couples and
printed copies of their photos on site. The next SORR event will be the daddy/daughter dance which will
take place in February 2016.
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