HomeMy WebLinkAbout7.a. Jaycee Park NamingTO: Steve Jilk - City Administrator
FROM: David J. Bechtold -� Director of Parks & Recreation
DATE: June 3, 1988
Subject: Naming of Park
For the past several years the Rosemount Jaycees have been
active in park projects in our city. Most of their projects'
were completed during the Park Improvement Day that was
organized each year.
They have contacted the Parks & Recreation Committee to work
even closer with the city on parks.
This past year the Jaycee organization has been involved in
the "pull tab" program of the State of Minnesota. The
sponsoring establishment for them is the Shenanigans bar of
Rosemount.
"Adopt a Park" was a concept that I presented to the Parks
and Recreation Committee some time ago. It requests citizens,
either individually or through groups, to become more active
in our parks and open space programs.
The Jaycees have followed through on this concept. I have met
with them at their meetings and they have sent
representatives to our Committee meetings. John Howard is the
liaison of their organization to the Parks & Recreation
Committee.
The Jaycees have proposed to make contributions from the
"pull tabs" to the parks program of Rosemount. In return they
have requested that a park or a portion of a park be
established with their organizational name as the name of the
park area.
A check was received from the Jaycee organization in the
amount of $28,500.00.. The Parks & Recreation Committee made
and passed a motion to request the City Council to name the
park planned for the Westridge and Wensmann additions
"Rosemount Jaycee Community Park
Annual donations will be given to be added to city funds
already being budgeted for this park area. The "adoption
concept in this case is to accelerate the development of the
park with the combining of city and Jaycee funding.
I am requesting that the City Council consider a motion to
name the park area in the Westridge and Wensmann additions
"Rosemount Jaycee Community Park".