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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.