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Regular Meeting Minutes
February 28, 2011
APPROVED
Members Present: Maureen Bartz,Jason Eisold,Mike Eliason,Barb Farrell
Members Absen� None
Staff Present: 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 7:01 p.m.
2. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None.
3. APPROVAL OF THE JANUARY 24,2011 MEETING MINiJTES: MOTION by Bartz to
approve the minutes of the January 24,2011 meeting. SECOND by Farrell. Ayes:4 Nays: 0 Motion
passed.
4. AUDIENCE INPUT: None
5. DISCUSSION(Response to Audience Input): None
6. OLD BUSINESS:
a. Parks Dedication and Maintenance Fees—This item was being brought back as an upda,te. Based on
information gathered from other cities,we have found it difficult to compare our fees with other cities
fees because there are a variety of ways that fees are determined. 'I'he parks dedication fees will be
discussed at the March 9 City Council Work Session. We will be looking into changing the way we collect
fees,as well as changing the wording of our ordinance on parks dedication fee collection. Any changes
will be brought to the Parks and Recreation Commission for review before they are approved by the City
Council.
Schultz met with the presidents of the Rosemount Area Athletic Association and the Rosemount Area
Hockey Association to get feedback from them on the possibility of charging a$2 per participant fee that
would help offset a portion of the increasing costs for facility/field maintenance. Both organizations
would prefer some other type of fee collection. Schultz reviewed a chart that showed the breakdown of
the RAAA/Dakota REV maintenance costs. Bartz asked if we could figure out the percentage of cost for
the different groups and invoice them for that amount. Per Schultz,we could look into doing this.
7. NEW BUSINESS:
a. Player Development Area—The Rosemount Area Hockey Association has been discussing the
possibility of providing a player development area for dry-land training for hockey. Options that
are being looked at include an off-site location,adding on to the Rosemount Ice Arena,or a
partnership with Dakota County Technical College. Schultz reviewed an aerial photo of a possible
location for an addition to the Rosemount Ice Arena that would be located on the north side of the
arena. This is only an update to let the Comxnission know that discussions are taking pla.ce.
b. Director's Report-The park improvement fund balance as of January 24,2011 was
$1,438,120.46. No park dedication fees,grants or donations were received in January. Interest for
January was$12639. Expenditures were$2,028.00 for soil testing at UMore.
Schwarz Pond Park Project—We are working on a location for a fishing pier and the landscaping
plan is underway. Schultz will bring these to the Commission for review at a future meeting.
Pla.nting for erosion control and construction of the trail from the Schwarz Pond Park parking lot
to the baseball fields will be completed this spring.
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PARKS � RECREATION COMMISSION
Regular Meeting Minutes
February 28, 2011
UMore Land Dedication—We will be closing on this property within the negt week. The facility
design contract is in place. We will discuss this fiirther at the next Commission meeting.
Family Fun Fest—Approgimately 200 kids,plus their parents,attended the Fun Fest held on
February 18. Activities included musical entertainment by the AlphaBits,an infla,table obstacle
course and castle,snow cones,and ice skating in the arena.
8. ADJOURNMENT-MOTION by Eisold to adjourn the meeting. SECOND by Bartz. Ayes: 4 Nays:0
Motion passed. The meeting was adjoumed at 7:43 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by
Sonja Honl,Recording Secretary
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