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Regular Meeting Minutes
January 25, 2010
APPROVED
Members Present: Maureen Bartz,Jason Eisold,Mike Elia.son,Sandy Knight,Kevin Strayton
Members Absent: None
Staff Presen� Dan Schultz,Director of Parks and Recreation and Sonja Honl,Recording
Secretary
Student Volunteer. Stephen Sawyer
Others Present: None
1. CALL TO ORDER: Eliason called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
2. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None.
3. APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER 23,2009 MEETING MINUTES: MOTION by Strayton to
approve the minutes of the November 23,2009 meeting. SECOND by Eisold. Ayes: 5 Nays: 0
Motion passed.
4. AUDIENCE INPUT: None
5. DISCUSSION (Response to Audience Input): None
6. NEW BUSINESS: None
7. OLD BUSINESS:
a. Family Resource Center—Facility Update—The City has received a$75,000 Community
Development Block Grant(CDBG-R) for improvements to the Family Resource Center(FRC). The
grant will be managed by the Dakota County Community Development Agenry. Schultz reviewed the 12
items included in the list of improvements that will be made to the FRC (Attachment B in the
Commission packet). Schultz then reviewed an aerial photo of the FRC site and explained that the
Community Action Council(CAC) has also been discussing the possibility of the future egpansion of the
FRC. Schultz has told the CAC that if they are thinking of egpansion,any improvements made with the
$75,000 grant should be such that they would rema.in if the building is egpanded. Schultz reviewed a plan
that showed the building interior as it might look if the future egpansion takes place. He pointed out the
areas where we plan to make improvements now and what the improvements will be. A cost estimate
for the future expansion has not been received. Staff from CAC will be at the February City Council
work session to discuss this further. T'he goal of the CAC is to raise funds themselves to pay for any
expansion to the facility. This item was an update only.
b. Outdoor Rectearion Facility Projections—Schultz explained that the City wants to have a good idea
of what our needs are now,and how we will meet future needs and have a positive itnpact on the
community. He handed out a Recreational Facility Study and reviewed it,as well as several other charts.
The charts were created using 2007 and 2009 da,ta,we received from youth sports organizations,and
projections based on that data. They included current facility and participation information,as well as
facility and participation projections for 2010 to 2020. Our goal is to make sure we do not have a
shortfall of facilities in the future. This item was inforniational only. We will upda.te and finalize the
information and present it to the Ciry Council at their February work session.
c. Ditector's Report-The park improvement fund balance as of December 31,2009 was$1,484,868.02.
No parks dedication fees or grants were received. Interest was $170.32. Espenditures were$60,495.15
for Brockway Park improvements and Charlie's Park tennis court improvements.
St.Joseph's School Athletic Facilities Planning—Staff inet with St.Joseph's School representatives to
discuss partnering on developing outdoor facilities near the school. T'he school is looking at moving
forward on this in the spring/summer. Schultz has e-mailed joint powers agYeements for the Charlie's
Park tennis courts and the Dakota County Technical College soccer fields to the school representatives
so they can review them.Staff will be meeting with them soon to discuss this further.
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Regular Meeting Minutes
January 25, 2010
Former St.Joseph's Church—Bids for repairs to the church were received and the low bid,$221,850 by
Terra General Contractors,was accepted by the City Council. Work on the church will begin soon.
Other—Schultz handed out a Middle School Co-Curricular Task Force Report that he received toda,y.
The task force was established in August 2009 and was comprised of representatives from the district
athletic associations,municipalities,middle school athletic directors,and principals. T'hey met eight times
from August 2009 through January 2010 and came up with five recommendations which were included
in their report. Shultz reviewed the recommendations. It was unclear how the recommenda.tions could
be implemented as sports such as football,baseball and softball are expensive and require a lot of
equipment. The report referenced Attachments A,B,C and D which were not included with the report
Schultz received. Schultz had provided the report to the Commission as an informational item only.
Eliason asked if there had been any talks about the use of the funds remaining from the Dakota County
Technical College(DCTC) soccer field project. Per Schultz,staff will be meeting with the DCTC
president on Thursday regarding this. Using the funds for lights for the fields will be discussed.
8. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION by Bartz to adjourn the meeting. SECOND by Strayton. Ayes: 5 Nays: 0 Motion
passed. The meeting was adjourned at 8:01 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by
Sonja Honl,
Recording Secretary
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