Untitled Richfield Friendship City Commission
Heredia Room, Richfield Municipal Building
Meeting Minutes
7:00 PM January 15, 2015
The meeting was called to order by Roger Swanson. Those present were Roger
Swanson, Ahmad Ansari, Dave Delzer, Eric Melendez, and our Friendship City
Ambassador, Cynthy Mandl. Rori Coleman-Woods, Mary Olafson, and Tenzin
Dolkar were excused.
Meeting Minutes for December 20th were approved as corrected. The
treasurer's report was given; there is $5408.77with $1575 in donations. Donations
for Parque Richfield include $1500 from Marty Kirsch(for a specific project) and
$75 from others. We need to do more to encourage people to donate. Ways of
doing that were discussed.
Cynthy Mandl gave an update on items regarding Heredia. She is working to
obtain a written proposal including costs and shipping considerations regarding the
sculpture for our Heredia Park. The artist is donating his services but casting is
expensive. He recommended using a resin with bronze powder that he could work
with in his studio. The cost would be approximately $1000. Shipping would be
extra. Cynthy has been working with Jim Topizhofer, who is in charge of our
parks, and with Kevin Klos of the Arts Commission. The written proposal would
have to be presented to the City Council for their approval. The proposal would
also be used to obtain reimbursement from the City and/or use to solicit help from
donors. The Richfield Rotary Foundation and the Richfield Foundation are two
possible sources. We will need to coordinate our efforts with the Arts Commission
as well.
Our next trip to Costa Rica is tentatively scheduled for March 2016.
Our next meeting will be February 19th, 2015. The meeting was adj ourned.
Respectfully submitted, David Delzer