2020-07 CSCCOMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION
Regular Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 7:00 pm
WebEx Meeting
Commission Members Staff/Others Liaisons
Mejbah Ahmed, David Benson, Art Felgate, Anne
Flake, Heather MacDonald, Joseph Miller, Stephanie
Nwaudo, Lisa Rudolph (Chair), Dan Smieja, Kevin
Wendt (Vice Chair)
Amy Markle (Recreation Services Director)
John Evans (Recording Secretary)
Edwina Garcia (City Council)
Crystal Brakke (School Board)
1. Approval of Minutes/Agenda
Regular Meeting Minutes: June 16, 2020
2. Public Comment (must be emailed or called in to staff prior to meeting)
Resident comment and items not printed on agenda
3. Staff Reports
Recreation Services (Markle)
4. Discussion Items
COVID-19 Updated Impacts on Recreation in Richfield (Markle)
Playground Projects Update (Markle)
Richfield Active Youth Grant from Hennepin County (Markle)
2020 Urban Wildland Virtual Races (Markle)
Fall/Winter Recreation Programming (Markle)
5. Action Items
N/A
6. Committee Reports
Transportation Commission (Wendt)
FOWL Board (Nwaudo)
Planning Commission (Benson)
Arts Commission (Felgate)
Friendship City Commission (Markle)
Sustainability Commission (MacDonald)
7. Next Meeting
Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 7:00 pm
WebEx or Richfield Municipal Center (Heredia Room), 6700 Portland Ave
8. Adjournment
As always, your public comments are
encouraged but due to the current COVID‐19
pandemic, we are limiting personnel at public
meetings. Please submit your comments in
advance to jevans@richfieldmn.gov(Subject
line: "Community Services Public Comment") or
call 612‐861‐9395.
June 16, 2020
REGULAR COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
WebEx Meeting
PRESENT
CSC: Stephanie Nwaudo, Lisa Rudolph, David Benson, Mejbah Ahmed, Kevin Wendt, Art Felgate, Joseph Miller,
Heather MacDonald
STAFF: John Evans, Amy Markle, Kris Weiby, Paul Smithson PLANNING COMMISSION: Jim Rudolph
ABSENT CSC: Dan Smieja, Anne Flake
Call to OrderIntroductions
Chair Rudolph called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm. Members introduced themselves.
Approval of Minutes
Felgate moved, seconded by Wendt, to approve the minutes of the May 2020 meeting. Approved, ayes all.
Staff Reports
Recreation Services
Recreation Services Director Markle reported on the following:
Staff working home/office. Virtual recreation programs (videos, online activities, etc); transitioning to self-guided programs.
Free lunch program with the Richfield Schools
Paul Smithson, new Nature Center Manager, was introduced
Discussion Items
COVID-19 Impacts
Markle reviewed some of the modified programs that have resumed since restrictions have loosened (Farmers Market, Paddleshare at Taft,
tennis lessons, shelter rentals, some youth athletics, Urban Wildland will be held as a virtual race). She mentioned a grant application that was
submitted for Hennepin County money for summer youth programs.
Playground Projects Update
Markle reviewed the playground projects that are funded for 2020 and will be constructed in 2020: Washington (community build),
Madison (community build), Taft (funded by Three Rivers Park District), and the all-inclusive playground at Augsburg Park (Richfield
was awarded the state bonding grant).
Ice Arena Refrigeration Project
Facility Manager Weiby reviewed the refrigeration system replacement project at the Richfield Ice Arena; project is on schedule and ice
should be made in the first week of August.
Committee Reports
Transportation Commission: Wendt Friends of Wood Lake: Nwaudo Planning Commission: Benson/J. Rudolph Arts
Commission: Felgate/Markle Friendship City Commission: Markle/Smithson Sustainability Commission: MacDonald
Other/Next Meeting/Adjournment
Regular July Meeting: Tuesday, July 21, 7:00 pm, WebEx
Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 8:01 pm
DRAFT MINUTES UNTIL APPROVED BY THE CSC.