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PR 05/22/1978 - 31237PARi�.S & RECREATIdN COMMISSTON MEETING . MAX 22, 1978 MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Peterson, Robin Suhrb�er, Leonard Moore, Jan Seeger, Betty Mech MEI�ERS ABSENT: None OTH�RS PRESENT;' Charles Boudreau, Parks & Recreation Directox Jack Kirk, Program Director Sgt, Jim Sprungman, Fridley Police Dept. Otto Tauer, 5866 - 2nd St. N.E. Gannie Modig, 1330 Hillcrest Dr. N.E. PaC Gabel Donald L. Wilson, Little League 'Baseball,7699 Baeon Dr. Ken Koch, 5514 Meister Rd, Bernie Hartman, Fridley Little L+aague ' CALL TO ORI?ER • Chairpe�son Feterson called the meeting to order at 7:33 p.m. � ,� �PPROVAL OF APRIL 24, 1978, PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSIG�iv MINUTES: M01'ION by Leonard Moore, secanded by Betty Mech, to a{�prove the minuCes` as written. Upan a voice vote, a11 voting aye', �he motian carried unanimously. AFFROVAL OF AGENDA: "Dirt Bikes" was added as Item B under "Old Business". MOTI4N by Robin Suhrbier, seconded by Leonard Maare, to adapt the agenda with the above addition. Upon� a voice vote,_a11 voting aye,'tlte motian carried unanimausly. I. DIREC'FOR'S'REPORT: ' A. Program Report �Mr. Boudreau stated-that the progr�ns were operating as normal: Ragis'�ratian for the suamner pragrams had starCed that day. So�tball was well under way and they were getting the usual complaints abaut parking and about the action of � the softball pl:ayers. Each manager had been sent a letter about the drir►kirtg and the parking proble�n so, hopefully, this wouid help. It was not unlike other years. PARKS & RECREATION C�IISSION MEET�NG MAY 22 197& - PAGE 2_ B. Locke Park Tree Removal Mr. Boudreau stated that, to date, they had removed in excess of 1,400 diseased elm trees out of Locke Park with help from Anoka County. The removal of all diseased trees should be completed by next week at the latest. Once they were finished, they hoped to reforest the land, seed, aztd try to put the land back into condition. They had some packets of seedlings fr� the Department of Natural Resources and they would be planting 2,000 of those to reforest some of the area. By the middle of June to the first of July, they hoped to have the park back in shape. Mr. Boudreau stated th at the city had to have two tree inspections per year as required by state law. They had started that day with a city-wide tree inspection program,. One insgection had to be prior to June 15 and the other prior to Sept. 1. It would take 2-2� weeks for inspection. c. 73rd St. Blvd. - Mr. Boudreau urged the Co�ission ta look at the project the Parks Depart- ment had done on 73rd St. Blvd. The city was responsible for the boulevard area. They had planted and put in shrubs �4� landscaping and he thought the job was very well done. It was one of tl�e projects accomplished by the Parks & Recreation Department this spring. �, ,% Mr. Boudreau stated it should be mentioned that they �aere-having the re- � occurring problems in L�ke Park with school kids having wild parties during school hours. Just today, the Police Department had to go up and issue tags �' Co 4-6 kids for under-age possession of beer. There have been 50-I-00 school- _ age people in the park. The problem was so bad that they had .to,. close. T--`�he park gate c�� d�� 1as,t week at 1; 00 a.m. He stated this was a regularly ye�riy occurrence and, hopefully, they could control the problem., and keep them to a minimun. Sgt. Sprungman stated that the individuals who were in the park that after- noon were fram Eflison fligh School in Minneapolis and from Spring Lake Park. They had arrested five young people. The people he talked to directly had stated Chat they were not permitted to drink in Coon Rapids, Minneapolis, or Spring Lal�e Park, The polic� managed to clear the park, but there was an enormous amount of litter. They did not have the manpower to make the kids clean ap the mess. Sgt. Sprungman stated he had inquired of several other communities prior to coming to the meeting, and he had found.out that these other communities closed off drinking in the parks. Coon Ragids was a prime example in thaC they closed off drinking from May 20 to June 15. � This was one of the reasons the young people were cou►ing into Fridley. He stated this was the situation the police department was faced w3.th and there was not a specific ordinance that addressed the problem. Mr. Peterson stated that drinking in Locke Park was not allowed according to the Covenants. He stated that the couffi►ission had been through this about a dozen times, and, it was the Commission's understanding in looking at.the Gavenants, that it was not permissible in Locke Park. They had given /',: ' "`-1 � � � < PARKS & RECREATI�N COMMISSIOI3 MEETING MAY 22 1978 - PAGE 3 special permission to certain clubs, but drinking beer was not even permissi�le €or ba11 games. Ne sta�ed that:Sgt. Spruagman might'want ta check with Mr. Jim Hill or Mr: Virgil Herxick, Mr. Peterson stated it was a blanket prohibition. Sgt. Sprungman.stated the prQblem arises when an officer goes up to a family drinking beer i.n the park and orders them to le�ve the park. They had to try to strike a happy medium so they did not outrage the citizens. He stated he was not real familiar with park ordinances, but he would acquaint himself with them. Mr. Peterson stated that if the ordinance they had did not take care of the situation., then the Gaium►iss'ion better look at it again. Sgt. Sprungman stated their difficulty was not with the Cou�ission or with the residents, but with taking these'young pec�ple to court and making"it stick, When they went to caurt with these young individuals who had been drinking 3.2 beer, on� o£ the defense questions they were asked was if they had seen anyone else drinking beer in the park, or, was it true families came to the park and'drank beer? When they had to answer, yes, the case was dismissed. He stated he was'merely bringing up the example of Coon Rap.ids as an altern.ative to the problem. Mr. Peterson suggested that Sgt. Sprungtnan, Mr: Boudreau, and Mr. Jim Hill get tngether and check with Coon Rapids to find out the eYact way Caon Rapids handled their prvgram. If Fridley's policy did not seem satisfactory, he was sure the Commission'would want to do something about it �or the next year as it was xather late to 'da anythin�g this year . Sgt. Sprungman stated he would be hagpy to do th�.s and would bring back the information to the Commission's June mee�iitg. '` II. I�W BUSINESS: . d. Otto Tauer, 5866 - 2nd St . N.E . � Mr, Tauer stated that he owried the four-plex at that,address and had lived there since 197T. Sinee Skyline Park was put in next to him, he has had nothing but trouble. The park c�as put in wiChout his ltnowledge. He had heard from neighbors that there was:a petition going around for a kiddy park. When the park was put in, there was no fence between his property and the pari�, and the children were always on his groperty. He fenced off three sides. When he went to see the mayor to have a fence pur up, zhe mayor did not want'to do it. He stated he took it to ccmeiliation caurt:, but the �udge threw it out because the judge said there was no city ordinance that state�i t'he city Y�ad to put a fance there . Finally, the City Council agreed to put up a fence, but they wanted him to pay for part of it. He refused stating that it was not his park and since the city put ehe park up, they should pay for the fence. The ci�y finally agreed �o pay for the fence. PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSi4N MEETII�G MAY 22 1978 _ PAGE 4` Mr. Tauer listed the following things that he had to put up with from that park: His tiedroom window was 28 feet from the property line of the gark. He�could hear everything that was going on. I�e had trouble with motorcycles, ballgames, and foul language. He had to be careful because little children were always sitting in his driveway. There were firecrackers, kids beating on the slide, fights, a ruiz�ed tree, vandalism, screaming, using the fence for a backstop for playing ball, and kids playing with and in his garbage cans. Mr. Tauer stated that on ApriT 5, there was a Planning Coamission meeting at City Hall regarc3ing this park. The city was talking about acquiring seven homes'to enlarge the park. There were many people there who were very angry abflut this. He stated he was not alone�in not wanting this park. Mr. Tauer stated that after getting a copy of the petition, he noticed that the location of where the park was now was not the iocation asked for in the �tition. The request was made for a playground in Lot 21, Slock l0, but the park was put in Lot 24, Blocks 1,2,3,4. He stated he went through the names on the petition and could not find more than four or five people who still. lived in that neighborhood. He was sure that 90�/0 of the signers were renters who had since moved. That was his objection to that petitian. Renters should not be allowed to sign a petition of that nature, and the petitian shauld have been made invalid. Mr. Tauer stated-he had gQne to Ci�y Council and complained and City Council - was "passing the buck" by sending him down to Mr. Boudreau and the Parks & Recreation Commission. He stated he had asked also that a polic�eman be p resent at the meeting ta answer questions. ; Mr. Tauer stated he wanted to know haw far he could go with a kid. When balls were hitting his house and when he had called Mayor Nee and Councilman- Fitzpatrick, they had told him to call the police. Mr. Tauer stated he did not:think the police should take time to come over for those kinds of things. Ae knew there was a need for a park, but the park was in the wrong place and was too small. He stated it was �raught up at the April Sth meeting that lat�d was availahle from Burlington Northern and that was where the citizens wanted the park put, When they got the Neighborhood Council going again, he was going to discuss this and he thought they could get a petition going in that direction. Ms. Gabel explained to tha,Co�amtission that there had been a zoning problem ,;ix� t�kte Hyde Park area. As a result, a Neighborhood Council was formed to work an the zoning probiem, which was now almost totally resolved. The : problem with the park was that the city had talked about acquiring seven additional homes and the people were adamant about not giving up that land for park space. The Neighborhood Council was i� favor:of additional park space, but not by taking away home sites. What Mr. Tauer stated about the park being inadequate was true. It was strictly a toddler park and nothing ,� �� � ( �.. � PARKS & RECREATION COI�4�IISSION M�ETING, MAY 22, 1�Z8 �_ - PAGE 5 � for older children. Anothe� pr�blem was that there were a lot of mu}.tiple dwelliz�gs in the neighb�r�rhaod so there were a lo� of children:and na pl�ce for them<to go but to the park. Th� park was a.mess. Mr. Peterson stated th,at,from the Planning Co�,mission meeting, he had under- stood that the Neighbo�hovd Co�ancil was gaing to look aC Che problem af the park, because most af the peogle �at the �eeti�g clid not want the park because of,the problems it caused. Ms. Gabel stated that the Neighborhood Council had been very busy with the rezoning as that was first priority. What they had to do was get back Cogether to'look at the park problem, but they had not done that yet. " Ms. Seeger stated that with the number of apartments, there.was obviously a need for a park and recreatian. Ms. Mech suggested that Mr. Tauer plant a large hedge a�d it would cut down. on zhe visual as well as the sound. Mr. Tauer stated he had'a problem with his driveway and the fence as there was nat enough rDOm for the snow.. Planting a hedge would just be another headache. , : � Ms. Suhrbier �taied there shouZd be same� glaniYed pro�rams in tha� park sa , the kids would have s�nething to loak forward to. Mr. Boudreau stated he thought a petition frc� �:h+� n.eigh�csrs �o buy the ', Burlington Northern property for a park caas the way to go. Ms, Seeger stated she was curious as to whether<ar not the Bikeway P1�n took care of getting the teen,agers to other park faciliti�s in the area. Zf it did, then they were talking about teen age on down for park facilities. Ms. Gabel stated she thought a LoC of the children came out of apartment - tsuildings who did not lcnow where thi.ngs were or where other parks were and they did not stay too long anyway. She did not think they would �ake the effort to €ind another park. ' . . Ms. Seeger stated she thaught what they were really talking about was a lack of con�nunication to apar�ment people abouL recreatian. Mayhe the Cammission should hear fram the Neigi�borhaod Gauncil on some:suggestions for solving this'problem. Mr. Boudreau stated there were four alternatives; 1, They could remove all the equipment fram the park(�ut it wou�.d n�t solve the probiem). 2. They could se11 the park land. : /� 3. They could try and schedule activities in that area, but �hen i they were talking about additional axpense and addi�io�al personn�l. 4. They could waiC for the Neighborhood Council to come back tait�t :a r�can�eme�datian. ' . PARKS � RECREATION CO1�IIrRSSI+QN MEETING MAY 22 1978 - PAGE 6 � Mr. Peterson stated it was his personal feeling that Mr. Boudreau's last a�.ternative was the best one and that the Neighborhood Council should be working on it. He thanked Mr. Tauer for coming before the Cou�ission at the request of his councilman. Mr. Tauer stated that he would appreciate any help he could get and thanked the Commission for allowing him to come eo the meeting. Sgt. Sprungman stated that Mr. Tauer should feel free to call the police whenever there was firecrackers or egg throwing as this was vandalism and, therefore,a police matter. �. Request - DFL Club b Mr. Boudreau stated thaC the Commission had a copy of this request from Mr. 1�Ifke Murphy requesting the use of the concession building at Commons Fark on June 23. They would be operatzng the concession stand to sell beer and pog during the 49,'ers SofCball Tournament. Mr. Boudreau stated this had been endorsed by the 49'ers. He stated he came back to the same old concern, ' what _ �,tould happen the next yeax if the other political party requested the same . use. Where should the line be drawn? - �"'� Mr. Peterson stated that the Commission had tried to be careful about - . gartisan groups, whether political parties or religious organizations, � having fund raisers in the parks. Ms. Modig stated that if the Commission was going to close the park to partisan groups, it shauld be closed to any organization (such as Hockey Assoc., Booster Club, etc.) that was raising money. Mr.'Peterson stated that when it was looked at from that standpoint, there was an extreme difterence between the Jaycees, for example, and a parCisan gQlitical party, because members of all parties, races, creeds, religions, eCc., were part o� the Jaycees organization and the other non-partisan organizations. Tiie park was open fox use by a11 partisan groups for picnics, etc:, but not for fund raisers. �It�+1 by Betty Mech, seconded bq Robin Suhrbier, that the request by the Fridley DFL Club to use the concession building at Commons Park on June 23, 1978, for the sale of beer and pop be denied, Upon a vaice vote, : all votir�g aye, the motion carried unanimously. C. 8eqaest - Fund Raiser Mr. Boudreau stated this was a request from Mr. Ken Koch for the use of Lacke Park on August 12, 1978, for a fund raiser for Myron T. Rozmark, candidate far Anoka County Auditor_. � .:I .,, i I � `I � /`1 P�iRKS & R.ECREATION GOMMIS3I4N�MEETING MAY 22 1978 - PAGE 7 MQTIQN by Leonard Moore, seconded by Betty Mech, that the request for use of Locke Park on August 12, 197'8, fo� a fund raiser be denied. Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, the motion carried ur►animously. D. Mr. Don Nelson - Fie1d Permits � Mr. Nelson referenced his letter dated May 22, 1978, in which he stated he had discussed with Mr. Boudreau the proeedures for using Flanery Field for practice by the littls league baseball team he coached. I�Sr. Boudr�au had explained that ehe fields were reserved by all coaches on a two week basis. Mr. Nelson stated this was fine for the first period, but when he came in o� May 16 to reserve the field for the next two-week periad, he found that a substantial amount di time was blocked out for "Fridley Little League" without specific coaches referenced or the two-week time period adhered to. This was further complicated when his assistant coaches observed that many of the nights reserved by the "Fridley Little League" were not being used. Since he, his assistant coaches, and predominantly the team were Fridley residents also playing little league ball, he was requesting � tlte same privi2eges to sehedule a fixed practice night at Flanery for his team. They wer� asking for equal consideration. , Mr. P�terson asked why the boys did not use the Fridley Little League when � they lived in Fridley? - Mr. Nelson stated that they were in School District 16 and there was no communication through the scnools encouraging t�e boys to do that and, of course, their intere5t was with'their own school district. He did not think it`was fair to discriminate against how tha children ehose. Mr. Feterson stated he had same problems �aith that. In times past, in. terms of the hockey and_baseball programs, if the childre� had chosen to play in Spring Lake Park, for example,' that was fine; hut he objected very strong],y to�saying that �ridley had the responsibility to £urnish facilities f ar a pxagram that was operating out of another co�unity. Mr. Nelsan stated that all he was asking far was equal consideratio� and that evan the Fri dley Little Zeague coaches should adhere to the policy and come in and sign up for two weeks. The problem was that the City of Fridley had granted a blanket permit to the Fridley Little League for the monCh of May, so the fields were signed up for huge bloc°Its of time tl�at were not onlq nnt being used, but it became discriminatory since the same policies were not being followed. ' ' Mr. Peterson stated Lhat this policy was signed and agreed to by the City Council many years agQ with the Little League, because it wa5 a city program and open to all Fridley residents. ^ Mr. Boudreau statad that in his conversation with Mr. Nelson, he had told' Mr. Nelson that fields could be reserved in a quest to Cry and fulfill the �� Spring Lake Park/Blaine reguest, but at the time of the request, the city did nvt know what its field usage would be. The city would make fields PARKS & RECREATION COI�RSSION ME�TING MAY 22 lg7g - PAGE $ available on a two-weeic basts as th ey would for softbalZ teams and anyone else. But, he stated, he had neglected to tel,l. Mr. Nelson that the city had a blanket permit to Che Fridley Little League for seven fiel.ds, four nights a week,during the month af May, going along with the lease agreement with the Fridley Little League,: He felt that the Parks & Recreation Depart- ment had stayed wi�h the policy as developed by the•Parks & Recreation Comu►ission that people be allowed to reserve a field for a two-week period. He stated he was concerned about the residents of Fridley. If there was no program offered in Fridley, then he would want to help other cammunities. He felt it was not their responsibility to provide facilities for residents wk�,o chose to�piay somewhere else. They were taking care of Fridley residents firat, Fridley-sponsored activities second, and thirdly, they extended the cc�urtesy of giving fields whenever available�by coming in and signing up €ar them: That way, the city had tzied to fill the lack of Spring Lake Park taci�itias, M�. Nelson stated he felt the Fridley Little League was not utilizing the fields and that it would be in order for the Fridley Little League to get first choice, but at least those cDaches should also come in and sign up for the fields and not get a blanket permit. The non-usage would be cut down considerably. The problem was a lack of field usage by the Fridley Little League who had a blanket permit for the month of May, and by having this, it was discriminatory to other Fridley residents. Mr. Boudreau stated they would also like to leave some fields open for residents in the neighborhoods. They did not like to schedule them in co�pietely. They did extend the courtesy of Che blanket permit to the Fridley �,ittle League for the month of May. With that procedure as it was set up, they were trying to serve the Fridley residents. Mr, Boudreau stated that, for Mr. Nelson's information, the Fridley Little League was using the Flanery Park Field #1 on Wed., Fri., and Sat., fro� 6-8:00 g.m. This left the field open on Mon., Tues., and Thurs., and Mr. Nelson could sign up for the field on those days. Mr. Peterson stated the way he understood it was that Mr. Nelson was asking the Co�nission to change a procedure that had worked very well for many years. MQTIQN;by Leonard Maore, seconded by Jan Seeger, to direct Mr. Boudreau- to_earne_yp wit� a workable solution with Mr. Nelson. Upon a vo.�ce vote, ^� `�loore voting aye, Peterson, Suhrhier, Mech, and Seeger.voting.nay, the motion was defeated. MOTI4N by Betty Mech, seconded by Robin Suhrbie�, to recommend thaG the procedure used for the Fridley Little League field usage remain the sau�e as it had in the past. Upon a voice vote, al1 voting aye, the motion , carried� unanimously. ' � �I PARKS & RECREATIDN COMMISSION MEETING MAY 22 1g78 - PAGE 9° � $ :� C,a�ital -0utlay Request far 1979 . Mr, Boudreau handed out copies to the commissioners of the Gapital Outlay request for 1979. 'He stated he needed approval that'night as fie had to take it to City,Council the same night as the next Co�nission meeting. In going over the budget for the "Parks Department"; Mr.'Boudreau stated that a few items that must remain were (4500} Special Assessments, (4510) City Garage Payment, (452�) Ben3amin & Briardale Property, and Rice Creek School Property, (4530) Replacement of trucks, chain saws, tree cart. Under 4540, Meadowlands Development Study, he would like to take this ar�a and do a dewelop�►ent study on how to'make th at a neighborhood park. Mr. Boudreau stated that for the Capital Outl.ay Request for the Naturalist Division, they were looking at how they could best develop a we11 rounded naturalist department. He stated the total cs�p�:�tal outiay tiudget request for last year was $625,47� ,so the request was cut down aonsiderahi3� this year. MOTION by Betty Mech, seconded by Jan Seeger, to approve the Capital 0utiay Request for 1979. Upon a voi,ce vote, all voting aye, t%e motion carried unanimously. ^ jlil. OLD BUSINESS: , A'. Hillcrest Petition for Park Area � Mr. Boudreau stated i:hey had a for�a}" petition. dated May 15 reques�ing the Citq Council to purchase additionai land to develop a park in: the Hillcrest- Additiore to serve as a park and play area far the families from Locke Lake on the south to Osborne Road on the north. He stated that tl�e Commission should pass a recommendation on to the City Council. Mr. Boudr�au stated he had told city management, and Mr. Dick Sobi;ech had relayed the message to the developer, that the only way the city wou�d be interested in the plat was if the city could acquire very close to four acres of land. Mr. Sobiech had drawa up proposals where the city woulc� need �to acquire 1.25 acres of land which would give the city about 3.5 acres and,with that, they could fill the need for that small pa`rcel of �.and to be considered a neighborhood use park. He sCated that when the city made a co�aitment to acquire land, they had to also laok at the lt�ng range. development cost, equipment cost, ar�d maintenance cost. He would rather see the city go for a referendum to Buy the Sears property tb develop into a co�mmunity center/athletic canplexjpark area. Mr. Peterson stated he felt there were thre� alternatives for'Che Camr�ssi.on. 1. They could choose to ignore the petition because o€ prior acticm. 2. They could choose to comply with the peCition. 3. They could send.the petition on with,the recommenda.tion not to purchase additional land b�cause it did nat fit in wi.t h the Iong �ange plans for the city. PARKS � RECREATION COP'!�I[SSION MEETING MAY 22 1978 - PAGE 10 Mr. Peterson stated that in looking at this area, the Planning Commission had felt there was noC a need for a park i.n that area because of the popula- tion and the long range planning for the city. Ms. Seeger stated she thought the city should clarify on.the ci.ty maps what was park land and what was just a parcel of city property. Somehow the people had the feeling that was park land and a park was being taken away from them, when it was actually only a small parcel of city property. Mr. Peterson asked the Commission if they wanted to recommend that something be done or should they stay with the original plan that it really did not fiti the needs of Fridley's long range park development? MOTION by Jan Seeger, seconded by Robin Suhrbier, to recommend to City Council, through Planning Commission, that the property in question had never been gark land, that it,was not part of the park plan so additional 2and sttould not be purchased and developed, and that the possibilities of seZling the la�d be explored and the money from the selling of the land and money that would be allocated by the developer be put into escrow for providing access under the railroad tracks to conneet that neighborhood with the entixe park system. Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. B . D`irt Bikes Ms. Mech stated she had a request that there be a place to ride dirt bikes in the City of Fridley. MOTION by Betty Mech, seconded by .Ian Seeger, that Mr. Boudreau investigate a place where dirt bikes could be ridden, for example, the Sears property. Ms. Seeger stated that at the time of the decision on North Park, the question o� dirt bikes and motorcycles was brought up by a member of the commnittee who was also interested in motorcycles and realized young people wanted to operate them. At that time, this member's suggestion was the arsenal area. She wondered if that was still a possibility. Mr, Boudreau stated it was a possibility, and he would look into both the Sears property and the arsenal area. ' UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, THE MOTION CARRIED iINAI�tIMOUSLY. Ms. Seeger stated she had several questions she wauld like to ask. First, she wanted to know if the Comomission was going to get a progress report on the Maore Lake study. Mr. Boudreau stated the study was supposed to be done in June and the Commission would see it. � � � I PARKS & RECREATI(3N CONIMISSION MEETING� MAY 22, 1978 - PAGE 11 � � � Ms . See er s tated she wartred to luiow the g progress on the Parks & Open Space Plan. She was interested in what th� other co�nmi:ssions had recou�nended. ; Mr. Petersan stated that each chairperson of each commission brought reco�nendations to Planning Commission,. In the p�ocess of going through � the Plan, some of these recommendations were deleted and some xemained. When they came to the final package, it was something that each member af the F�anning Commission could vote for and accept. He stated that the : City Council public hearing on it would probably be June 12: Ms. Seeger statesi she wondered haw much the Commission knew about other city programs, for instance, the usage of the Mississippi River and that kind ot thing. She and Mr. Moore thought the Commission should talk about access to the Mississippi River as it was adjacent to Fridley. Mr. Feterson stated he was sure that the Comprehensive Park Plan had that as one of its objectives. Ms. Seeger stated she did not know if the rest of the commissian knew that the Great River Road Project crossed the river at 694 and went on the other side. She thought that was a shame. Sh� would like to have seen Fridley get recognition as some nice funding would have come along with it. ^ Mr. Paterson stated he would like Mr. Boudreau to ask Mr. Boardman �o give ,� the comm�nission some information on the Great Ri.ver Road Project as to what happened to it. AUJ(3t1R�ilylE:NT: _ MOTIO�T by Jan Seeger, seconded by Robin Suhrbier, to adjourn the meeting at 11:00"p.m. Upon a eoice vote, all voting aye, the mot.;.on carried ,unanimously. Respectfully subm tted, �- Ly ' e Saba Recording Secretary -�, _.,�.�