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PR 06/27/1977 - 31226� !� - '�, . .. . . . �. ' � . . . � . � � � . .. � � . . . ... . .. � . . � � . : . . � . � � . . . � . . P�FtKS ` & RECR�ATIUI�1 COMMISSION - MEETING : . 3UL+�E 27, 1977 MEMBERS PRES'ENT: Bob Feters.on, Robin Suhrbier, J�n Seeger, Betty Ann Mech MEMB�RS ABSENT: Leonard Moore ' OTHEBS PRESENT: Charles Boudreau, Parks & Recreation Director Jack Kirk,' �'rogram Directox , Jerry gaaxdman, City Plann�er � Ray I,eek, Planning Aide ' Tony'Petrangelo, Rice Creek Watershed District Geozge Dimke, Riee Creek Watershed District Vern Moere, Bikeway/Walkway Project Committee Cha�irpers�sn: . Mr. & Mrs. M. Denker, b190 Rice Cre�k Dr. - Neighbo�haod 13 _ �� �� Mr .& M�'s • Da.n Allen, 6200 Rice Crpek Dr .- Mrs. Wayne Lear, 1546 Bria:rdale Rd. _ „ !� 1"� _ � � � t Mrs . Win. Michaelis, 61.80 R�.ce Cree% Dr. , „ �� John & Gerri Crane, 6170 Rice Creek Dr. - ` Richard Ferber, 6160 Rice Creek Dr. - " '� � CALL TO OR17ER� Chairperson Peterson called the meeting to order at 7:40 g.m. A;PPRUUAL OF MAY 23, 1977, PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSIUN MINtTTES: �p��(�! by ,�an Seeger, seconded by Rob7in Suhicbier, to approve the May 23, 1977', Parks & Racreation Commission minutes as wriGten. Upon a v�ice voCe, all voting aye, the motion carri.ed unanimous 1y . A�"FROVAL. �F AGEi�TDA: MpT�QN by Robin Suhrbier, seconded by BetCy Ann Mecl�, to approve the agenda as m�iled. Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, the motiQn carried unanimously. 1. 4LD BUSINESS: A. Rice Creek WaCershed District �- Tony petran�el.o ^ �«!�. peterson stated that he aPPreciatec� Mr. Petrang�lo taking time o�et o£ his busy � �che�3ule to appear betcrre the Contmission regarding the Rice Creek Watershed I�is.trict. The,ques�ion had come up several times as to what the Ri�e Creek W�tershed District u��ant, wlzat it did, az�d hoca it fitted in with what the City was daing w�th paxks a�d xecreation, : . - = . �3;� . , y PARKS & RECREATION CO1�H�2ISSION MEETII�� JUNE 27, 1i77 pAGE 2 � A�r, petr�ngel.o stated that he had also braugl�t with him, Mr. George Dimke,-wha _ was one of the managers of the Rice Creek Watershed District from Ramsey County. Mr. Petrangelo stated that the Rice Creek Watershed District's background went back to 19b5 when the actual move was afaot to do something to preserve Rice Creek, Locke Lake, upstream Long I,ake, etc., xeeogni.zing the pressures of development in and around the water areas of this District. The Rice Creek Association of Fridley was formed shortly after that; the New Brighton Association'was also formed and the two associations got together and pooled their resources to put pressures on the eounty commissioners, respective of Anoka and Ramsey Counties, primarily. This eventually generated into a petition by the county commissioners on a joint effort, Ramsey, Anoka, Washington Counties (and a small portion of Hennepin County was in this District), to the Watex Resources Board of Minnesota which then generated int:o a public hearing in June of 1971 to see whether the District should be ordered. The public hearing was held in June of 1971 and the District was ordered to be fo�med in January 1972. The District had now been in existence about 5 1/2 yeaxs. The District worked and o�erated under the 1�tinnesota State Statute of Chapter 112, which said what the District's powers were, what its charge was and what it was trying to do which was to control, preserve, and protect the District. The District was composed of about 201 square miles of territory that constituted the basin or wa[ershed district that went up to just a little south of Forest Lake, starting at C1ear Lake, winding through a chazn of Zakes through Lino Lake, Long Lake, Whtte Bear Lake, etc. The Watershed District had been doing a lot of policy making, a lot of guideline develaping, implementing, etc. Mr. Petrangelo felt that they were now at the "do"stage; so far, they had just been in the "talk" stage. They were �''� starting to put pressures on the municipalities to get things done that the �hey �- thought were good for the District. Mr. Dimke stated that some years ago, the managers of the District had cc�e up with the idea, which they had nurtured, to impound water in the chain of lakes. These lakes were all below the dam at Centerville. St. Paul had drawn its water in the amount of about 6 billion gallons from the upper chain of lakes and had since the late 1890's, when water was available,which it had not been the last several years. This did affect the flow of watex of the Creek. A couple of iuipoundment ideas that the managers came up with were to maintain the flow in the Creek of appraximately l2fl c.f.s. (cubic feet per second) through the month� of �une, �uiy, �ugust, September, and through the fall. They had been led to believe that if you control the flow in any stream or creek at a constant level, you decrease the erosion patential. When the water flow fluctuated, it increased the erasion potential about sixteen times. Another thing was aesthetics--Locke Lake and �ocke Park would both benefit`greatly by the impounding of this water. , A�other advantage, if they could control that flow and make it more steady, it i would cut down the eresion and sediments deposited into Lake Lake, in addition to � the Creek, which could be used more for recreational gurposes and not be an eyesore. ' These were same of the things that the District could do for Fridley and what Fridley could do for the District. It was a two-fold effort because they needed the support o£ people in Anoka County and in Fridley, particularly, who �� a long range, would benefit from this impounding of water. It had to be done, however, 0 _ _ �.._� . _. ._.. ..�r._,.... -� -:....,�. :,.wv� ', :.� ... . <�_-.. � . . . . . . . ^ , � : l �. � ' .' � PARI�S & RECItEAT�UN COMMISSIflN MEETZNG JU�IE 27 , I977 PAGE 3 i � with the cooperation and support o� the county commissioiiers. The area in which they Would like to impound the water was all owned by Anoka County Op�n Sp�ce Program now. The lakes there were ail very, very low, There was all sorts of funding available, and there were a lot of people interested who were not really taxpayers to the Rice Creek Watershed`District but were going ta receive a benefit from it at a great distance. He said i,t seemed strange to ask the �ridley Parks & Recreation for support for something that was ten miles away but yet they would receive the benefit. � I+?�r, petrang�Io stated that this project that Mr. Dimke had been talking abaut was a long range aspect; however, they were exercising pressures to, hop�ful�.y, gefi this program movi�tg more quickly than they had thought originally. They did not know how long it would take to get this major project undez way. In addition, they.had implemented several gu�deline-type things that were related to trying to maintain water guality, tryin.g to control water quantity, and txying to control the erosion problem that was continually occurring in the-sandy arsas of acres up stream. Right now they were �o�ntinually�receiving permits from developers to develop large Cracts of land. They required on-site ponding to slow that water down before it actually went into the Creek; im addition, Che slow-down,on-site ponding would imp�ove the quality of the water �efore it faund its way to the Creek. With the permitting procedure, they required a permit to be obtain�d:from them � fram, not only developers,'but also individuals, who wanted to do anything abuttin� or adjaeent t� any,water course, lake, pond, drainage ditch, marsr.2arsd, or wetland. They especially wanted to preserve the;marshlands. Mr. Petrang�elo stated that this gave the Cor�nission an idea of what the Rice Creek j�atershed District had been daing. They had made themselves k.nown ax�d felt by people, municipalities, caunties, State Highway Department, etc., Chat they wanted to do thin.gs in their District that weXe going to have an adverse affect on their waters, and they felt they were doing a good job.. • rqr, peterson stated that same of:the.questions tihat had come up were who made up the District's Board,'how were the rep�esentatives chosen, and did it have taxing • powex as far as the political aspects were concerned? Mr. Petrangelo stated that Chapter 1�2 was very explicit as to how the Board was formed. The county commissioners would appoint for this particular district; two representatives urere appoin�ed by Anoka County Commissianers, twa representatives were appointed by Ramsey County Commissioners, and one representative was appointed by Washiz�gton County Commissioners. Hennepin County's participation was negligible and there was no representation from'them. The terms_of office for the respective managers were three years and these terms were staggered. They had an on-going per-yeaz taxing power to the maximum of $125,Q00 or 3 mi.11s. Mr. �iimk� stated that they had otl�er taxing:powers �imila� to the taxing author�.ty '. of the lacal govern�nent) for improvemeAt. They did have some powers that the � cities did not have zn that they couid Iev� assessments against �'ederal government, �,�, Sta�e government, county government, and other bodies. On the initial go-around to , PA;RKS & RECREATION COMMISSIQN MEETTNG JUNE 27, 1977 PAGE 4« gat these programs set up, the 1aw grovided for a 2 mill levy or $60,000 for �"1 administration, a one-time charge. The District had used that i th ' fi ' � n ea.r rst year of operation and that was never-to be used again, The managers could also � tax up to $125,OQ0; in other words, levy an assessment, one time, once a year, for a project. �.'he reason for.this was that the managers were not elected, but agpointed. A4r. Petrangelo stated that if the Commission members wanted to follow through further with this, they could talk to Mr. Virgil Herrick as he could give them more gertinent data.. Mr. Petrangelo stated that out of the $125,000 fund, they had engaged an engineering consulting firm, a hydrologist, legal caunsel, and had an accountant. �'his amount was budgeted every year, approved by the managers, and went to the State Water Resourc.es �oard to be inspected and approved by them. The District was audited annuaily. A recent development that the District had was a Drainage Ditch Maintenance Fund of $15,000 a year. The unfortunate part of the Drainage Diteh Mgintenance gund, however, was that the drainage ditch laws were so oId and,when the ditches were built, they were built in 1870 dollars. Eighteen-seventy dollars would no way cover 1977 costs, but the problem with the ditch laws was that they � could not put more into the ditch than was originally expended for it. The District was trying to get that into a realistic frame, so they could work with it satis- ' factorily; hotaever, it was going to take time. THey had judicial ditches and countq ditches, many of which had not seen any repair work since the �ime they were installed, �e ditch situation, of course, compounded the water problems in times of heavy water flow. � Ms. Seeger asked that when they did improve these ditches, did that increase the � problem,in sedimentation in the Creek? I�ir. Dimke stated that was the reasan for preserving the marshes, not because�they were u�arshes, but the funct!ion that they did was removing nutrients in the water,. also stilling the.settlements out of the water. Their philosophy was to try to pass wa,ter through marshes whenever they could and that was the intent in all of their ditch projects: Mr. Dimke said they had a project in total af about $26 million which was 50% federally funded and 25`/, state funded on the treating of all storm waters that came through Roseville, �rden Hills, and Shoreview before they entered �,ong Lake. These storm waters were treated in a marsh area. That_marsh area was about 14U acres. �he intent was to suspend the chemicals in the water in the marsh area before the water went into Long Lake. Mr. Baudreau asked if there were any long range plans for cleaning up the creek bed of Rice Creek. Mr. Dimke stated that SEDA had programmed for short summertime and fall projects, Ttte problem was the need of a supervisor. If the City would provide the super- vision, they would be willing to cooperate. Mr. Boudreau stated he had asked the question as he thought that was one of the grojects the City wouid wish to coogerate on. 0 ^ . f,t+ . " � . . � . . . , � � � . .. . . � . . � . � .. P�4RKS & REGREATYON COMMiSSION MEETIN� JUNE,27, I977 PAGE 5 � �+Ir, peCerson stated that at this point .in time, the Commission appreciated M�, petrangelo and Mr. Dimke c�ning to the meeti.ng and telling the Commission haw the Riee Creek Watershed Di.strict worked in terms o€ the total prograva. As far as coogeration, the Counnission would be interested in the program Mr. Boudreau had mentioned and they were aZl �itally, interested in Locke Lake as it related to , the parks and recxeation program, The Commission also felt that Rice Creek was yery important to their totai recreation program. . Mr, Boudreau stated that he would like to request that he and the Co4u►ission receive:copies of the minutes of the Rice Cr�ek Watershed District's meetings. Mr. Petrangelo stated he would look into it and also urged Mr. Boudreau and the Commission members to attend the Rice Creek Watershed meetings which were held. every s!�cond and fourth Wednesday at the Arden,Hills City Hall, 1450 Hig,hw'ay 9b. M,r, Dimke asked Mr• Boudreau to formalize a pro�osal for the clean;ing up af Rice Creek in Tetter form through Mr. petrar�gelo for presentati:on to the Rice er�ek Watershed Board. Mr. Boudreau agxeed to da so. Mr. Petrangelo stated they�were always'receptive to citizen input. Mr. Peterso�: again than�Ced Mr. Pe�rangelo and Mr. Dimke for attending �hE meeting. � B. Comprehensive Park &(?Pe� SPace Pl�n ' NSr. Leek handed out a set af Criteria that the Commission members had requested. : Mr. Leek st�ated that to summarize what`had been said at the last Commissian meeting a�d what they would betalking about that evening was the development of a park system. Currently, the City had several parks that served particular functions but were not necessarily"in the order of a system park that served the Gity as�well as they shouZd. Sa, these,parks had ta be linked in what was referred to as a �'syste�n". Linking them together, whether it be througlz the Bikeway/Walkway System s ace coninections, provided certain advantages; First, it or other kineis of open p lowed for mc�vement ' s that the Cit had and it al v balanced recreation opportunitye y from park ta park; it also became more flexible to the needs of the neighborhoods. To do that'and tQ arrive at the docume�t they now had, Staff had to ga through a series of processes. First, was the Inventory to gather up all the data about Fridley. Secondly, they compiled.information about the rity park system as it no�a existed. Thirdly, they got citizen ir�put from 13 Neighborhood Proj'ect Cammittees on what the Co�nittees fe�.t was ne�ded as far as park facilities in their neighbQr- hoods. The�final set led to the poliGy plan for the development of:existing parks, new parl�s, and open space within the community. Mr. $oar�lman stated that one of the important things they wanted to develag within the park glan i,n the "Summary of Findings" was that the City of Fridley, in its present stage of funding,:was lacking some kind of straCegic a�.s�u�$���� o� �una�. Until nc�w, it had been done by a.presaure system. T�at it was really based on was . � a lack of standa�d criteria for these funds and that was a very impartair� i�em t�at had to be dcrne. The sheet entitled ''�ziteria" which Mr. Leek had ha�tdec� -out was Che '�' recomoaend�*d changes as; far as s:etting up criteria £or regulati�n of disbursement o� f unds . ' ,�,, - . , PA�2I€5 & BECZtEATION CUl+�iiSSI4i� MEET�NG JIJNE 27, 1977 PAGE fi * . � Several people fram Neighborhood 13 had attended the meeting with �he concern ot � _ the garbage, tires, wire, etc,, that was in Benjat�►in-Briardale park. The City � trucks had brought in fill conta�.ning this garbage. It was now overgrown with weeds and was very dangerous and a health hazard. They wanted to know when this w�ld be cleaned up. Mr, goardman stated he would check into it right away. � ,�,nother concern of �the Neighborhood 13 r�sidents was that when they had reeeived their neighborhood glan, they had wondered if the "field games" area was tor ' neighborhood use or whether it was planned to be used for city-wide organized games. If it was to be used for city-wzde ga.mes, they worried about the traffic. and parking prablems. Mr. Boardman stated that it wa's their intent in the Plan that the neighborhood parks be`£or neighborhood usage. Th.e question was raised as to when and if.the neighborhoods would be notified when work was begun in planning each neighborhood park area. Mr. Boardman°stated the City would contact the neighborhoods,probably by mail, natifying them when they wauld be workin�; or. the comprehensive park development plan for each neighborhood area and would give the dates of those meetings. ^ Mr. Peterson thanked the neighborhood people for their intersst and attendance. � MpTION by Jan Seeger, seconded by Betty Ann Mech, that the following rerommendation be included in the Parks & Open Space plan; "Iu�nediate consideration should be given Co.steps whieh will stimulate public or private interests i� the cultural elements of a park system (fountains, gardens, arboretum, historic sites, €acilities for performing artsj," Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, the rnotion carried unanimausly. MQTION by Betty Ann Mech, seconded by Jan Seeger, to add the following recommendation : to the parks & Open Space Plan: "prnamental park character is a necessity throughout the entire system. Topographic land forms, water features, and plant material must be added in significant quantity to supplement present plant materials. Developa�ent of recreation facilities must be assimilated within the ORNAMENTAL park rather than becoming the dominant feature." 1�s. Mech stated she found the parks very bare and this recoi�mendation spake to that nieed . Mr. Peterson stated he feit the motion might be an objective but was not meant for every park as there were some city parks where the dominant feature was not meant to be ornamental. MOTI�T hy Rob�.n Suhrbier; seconded by Betty Ann Mech, to amend the previous motion to change the wording of Policy �1 under Objective 2 in the "Policy & Recommendat�,a�s" section as follows; "�areful design of parks and recreation areas for flexibi.IiE of use and attractive,. la�dscaped appearance is vital to efficient programming, '` operation, and maintenance of the entire system." Upon a vvice vote, all voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. , � �"�PA;R,K� tx RECREATION COMNIiSSION tt�iEEETTPI� JUNE 27, 1977 PAGE 7 � : �.. - iteferring to the "Goals &(?bjective�" af the Plan, Nlr. Boardman staCed that each goal s�ould be Listed brieffy and the lengthy descrigtian that had b.een added to eaek� goal was not necessary and shou�d be under "'Recommendatians". M�TION by Jan Seeger, seconded by Robin Suhrbier, that the "Goals & t)bjectives" ; stay as they were ariginally ac�apted and that the rewrite that was added to the '+Goals & Objectives" be included in "Racommendations" to be brought b�ack to the Commission for final approval. Upon a voice �rote, all voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. MOTION by Jan Seeger,. seconded:by Betty Ann Mech, that the rewrite of the Preamble : to-the "Goals & Objectives" be adopted. UFon a� vaice vote, all voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. Ms, �fech stated that Neighborhood 12 was shown as having no input from the Neighbor- hood Proje�t.Committee. She stated.she had worked on the C�mittee and they -had submitted recammendations', in addition to a map which she had prepared. She asked Mr. Baardman or Mr. Leek ta please correct this error. 2�ir, peterson asked that Mr. Boardman have the rev�.sed "Parks & QPen Space Plan;" ready by the speeial ,Iuly llth budget meeting. The Co�nmis�ion members wauld t�^.En }�ave time to review it for the regular July meeCing and for that m�eting, Staff ^ would also notify the Neighborhood Pro�ect Committees that the Couenission would be - work�ng o�-.adopting this document. C. City of Fridley Bikeway/Walkway Plan - Vern Moen Mr. Moen stated that he had gotten a call from Mr. Boardman asking ;that the Bike- � wayjWalk�tay Project Comnittee be revived after being de-activated for a period of 8-1Q months. He said the City was divided into_nine,districts with a representative from ex�h district on the Project Comm3.ttee. There were still several areas that � did not have representation. The Project Coumaittee had a:short meeting on J��.� 14 with only a few members. They hoped tp have another meeting with a11 the members so they could go on frvm the position they were at the moment, They had implemented phase l of the Bikeway/Walkway Plan. There had apgeared to be some problem areas that wQUTd �require attention earlier at�d one of those areas c�as the area along East River Road starting at dsborne Road and going south. Part of tYtis was scheduled for Phase l and part af the improvement of this bikeway was scheduled for Phage 2 and, because'of the expense, part was scheduled for Phase 3. The narth-south artery that this would serve was very important on the BikewayJWalkway. Qn1y'parts of East Riv+er Road provided sufficient width for striping and parts of this would have to be constructed as an off-street pathway which was most exgensive, $ut, he said, this was sueh a vi.tal area th�t it should be cons�.dered earlier. Az�other thing the Project Committee felt was important was that ti� streets t1iaC . hatl niarked bike`lanes did not have any "no parking" signs, a�d they would iike ta get certain_ areas marlc,ed "no pa�rki,ng''", .at 2east�, between certain hQUxs sa bicycling could' hc� safe and. praeti.cal on the lan,es, t�:ey n4w had. F�ir. Moen stated h� would /"\ like ta meet with the Coc�nissian again after �he_Project; �omnittee had t�eir next -" meeting. _ , ,� . . _ �% t.- ,;�. � Pl�tKS & RECREATIUN COMMISSION ��TTNG, JUNE 27, I977 PAGE 8 /"`> Mr. peterson thanked Mr. Moen for coming. He stated that the Cammission wo�ld. like the Bikeway/Walkway fo be sensitive to some of th�,Commission's concexns which was the transporting of people, primariTy young geople, to the City's parks by bicycle. . Mr. Moen stated that had been ctmsidered and was covered very well in the Plan. Ms. Seeger stated that one of the areas of groblem to the Commission was the north- western-most part of Fridley which had a lack of large park facilities. Because of the bikeway not being in that area, it was a problem. She personally wouZd like to know if any consideration was going to be given to the fact that those people could use other facilities in the park system if they had some way to get there without endangering their lives. Mr. Moen stated that this was was a flexible plan. They would undoubtedly make changes as they went along, the ideal being that they would do their best to serve atl districts. Ms. Mech stated that there was a lovely area for a walkway along the river at Riverview Terrace and suggested that ttie Project Cammittee give that some cansider- ation. : Ms. S�eger asked why there was a bikeway path proposal on the north-south raad east of the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks. No one was going to t�ave their cl�i,ldren cross the tracks to get to' it. � .�; Mr, goardman stated the reason they had looked at it at that time was primarily because they were looking for a route to connect the North Park Nature Center;with a�egional trail route east-west along Rice Creek. They chose that side because it was pretty much undeveloped, and they were able to get easement right-of-ways with all the industrial properties in that area. With most of the other areas, they felt they could get easements for the whole stretch from North Park all the way south to Rice Creel� with the possibility of cross-over points. They were also thinkin:g at that Cime of possibly developing a trail system from Coon Rapids Dam all the way south-to Minneapolis. They had not yet solved the crossing points. The main thing they wanted to bring out was to show the com.nections of ail the _ areas; they wanted.to develop some kind of a system that would connect all gark facilities, shopping areas, to utilize this bikeway system so people would use their bicycles for both recreation and shopping. Ms. S�eger staterl that as a Farks & Recreation Comnissioner, she felt one of the urgencies was thafi particular area which she had mentioned earlier to get the people and children across East Riper Road so they could use Cou�mons Park or some of the other bigger parks the City had. Mr. Boardman stated that what the City had to laok at first was the bike systems within the neighborhoods themselves--trying to pzovide the maximum amount of _ exposure to the bikeway system which gave the maximum amount of safety consideraCions in the-use areas tttemselves. They had done extensive research and found that mast of the bicycle trips that taok place were short recreation trips. They also knew ^ that they did noC have the money to deveiop the bike path system and would not � for some time. '� 1 � ,., � - - , FAGE � PARKS & REC��T24I� C4A'�fISSIQN MEETiNG JUN'E 27 ; 1977 � , D. Ct�ange l�eting Date arid T.ime of Canrt�ission l�eeting " Mr. Kirk read the letter dated ,i��uary 4, 1977,'fram the Gity Manager ta the Cozr�nission stating that the Parl�s & Recxeatio� Coum�ission met on the same n3ght as,City Council and sometimes t�is crea�ed presbl.ems. At the February 28, 1977, Commission me�ting� the Commiss'ion members indicated thati tizey would keep their �ionday meeting nighC aud have it brought up;again at the ,Tune 1977 meeting when � it could be di.scussed with new Cou�iss�:on members. . After aome discuss:i.on, the Commission membsrs agreed to continue meet'ing on the fourth Monday of eaEh mor�th. Mr. Peterson stated i.t should be brought back on ' the agenda at the October meeting before the new calendar was made up for th+e i:978 seasan. 2. NEW BUSINESS: ' I;equest for Dunk.ing Tub - John &.Darlene Zurawski .. : Mr, Kirk stated that it was Mr. Boudreau's recommendatiar► that.the Gouanission not a12ow this group to use the dunking machine because it was a money-making thing. � � � i MD�'.�iON by Jan Seeger, seconded by �tobir� Suhxbi,er, that t'he Commis5ion }give 3�h� and �� Darlene Zurawski permission to use th�`dunking machine for recreation bu� t�at the --f Co�snissio� objected ;to it be�.tzg usect as a fund raiser. They could, hawever, accep� � donations within their own group. Ugan a vaice vote, all voting aye, the motion carried unanimous'ly. . 3. DIREGTQR'S REP4RT: A. Soccer/F.Y.S.A, Mr. Kirk stated that Mr. Salas' saccer probram had now beeome part o� the F.�.S.A: Mr. Peterson asked that Mr. Kirk talk to 1�r. Tom Nehring with regard to bylaras €ar the soceer program as th e Co�nissipn wouid l.ike t.o be looking at these with the ar$attization in January 1978.to hat�e time to discuss them before the soecer : season begaril. Thi.s was one of the Commission's policies . B. Cap�,tal t}�.ztlay 1978 �udget Request - Set SPecial Meeting Date tqr, goud�eau hacI stated that. he felt it was very important far the Cc>�tunis�ion to set a speciaL meeting, po$sibly J�ly 11, to go over the capi�al outlay 1978 budget. Mr. Boudreau said he wauld like the Commission members to put �ome time and effort into what they saw as their capital outlay needs. He would appreciate their giving him tha� infonnation th� latter gart of the £ollowin� week to giue him ti►ne to put`it 3n synopsis form b� 3u1Y lI. He was�supgosed ta have a budget prog�sal before the City Manager by the third week in July- : '�; The s�xecial budget meetin� was set far July 11,, 1977. � � � � �, PARIG� �e RECREATION COI�QSSIQDT �ATtJTES JUI3E 27, 1977 PAGE 10 . 1;;,,� C. Visitation to Park 1�reas and:Recreation Program � The Co�mission members agreed'that the visitation to the park areas and the recreation program on 3une 23 was enjoyable and informative. 1�Ls. Mech stated that the parks were very well ma.intained and improvement could be seen. Ms. Seeger stated that she thought the tour was informative and interesting. More than anything, she liked Iearning the placement of the parks. OTHER BUSiNESS• Ms. Mech stated she knew a Mr. Ron Bolan who put in prairie areas for people and he had a slide presentation that was very good. If the Commission was agraeable, she would like to have him come before the Commission and give his presentation. Mr. Peterson stated that this was a good idea to keep in mind for � meeting in August ar possibly even Iater in the fall as right now their meetings were quite fu1Z. AD.TOiJRNMENT : MOTIflN by Robin Sul�rbier, seconded by Jan Seeger, to adjourn the meeting at 11:40 p,m. Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. �1.`�'� &espeetively submitted, L saba Recordii�g Secretary �, �