2020-06 CSCCOMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION
Regular Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, June 16, 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: May 19, 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 and Smithson)
4. Discussion Items
COVID-19 Updated Impacts on Recreation in Richfield (All)
Playground Projects Update (Markle)
Richfield Ice Arena Refrigeration Project (Weiby)
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, July 21, 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.
May 19, 2020
REGULAR COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
WebEx Meeting
PRESENT
CSC: Stephanie Nwaudo, Lisa Rudolph, David Benson, Mejbah Ahmed, , Heather MacDonald, Anne Flake, Kevin
Wendt, Art Felgate
STAFF: John Evans, Amy Markle
ABSENT CSC: Dan Smieja, Joseph Miller
Call to OrderIntroductions
Chair Rudolph called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm. Members introduced themselves.
Approval of Minutes
Benson moved, seconded by MacDonald, to approve the minutes of the February 2020 meeting. Approved, ayes all.
Staff Reports
Recreation Services
Recreation Services Director Markle reported on the following:
Efforts at legislature for bonding funds for a new Nature Center building
COVID-19 related program cancellations and closures. Budget impacts have been balanced somewhat by unfilled full-time
positions and not hiring summer staff.
Arena Refrigeration Project in progress
Virtual recreation programs in progress: videos, online activities, virtual Urban Wildland, etc.
Discussion Items
2020 Projects
Markle reviewed projects in 2020
Roosevelt Dog Park (holding off on putting up fence)
Ice Arena Refrigeration Project (on schedule…concrete being poured in May)
Wood Lake Boardwalk
Taft Park Play Equipment Addition (south)
Madison and Washington Park Play Equipment Replacement
Inclusive Playground at Augsburg Park
Action Items
2021-2025 Capital Improvement Project
Markle reviewed the projects in the 2021-2025 Capital Improvement Plan. Flake moved, seconded by MacDonald, to recommend
Council approval of the 2021-2025 Capital Improvement Project. Approved, ayes all.
Committee Reports
Transportation Commission: Wendt reported Friends of Wood Lake: Nwaudo Planning Commission: Benson reported Arts
Commission: Markle Friendship City Commission: Markle Sustainability Commission: Markle
Other/Next Meeting/Adjournment
Regular June Meeting: Tuesday, June 16, 7:00 pm, WebEx
Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 8:02 pm.
DRAFT MINUTES UNTIL APPROVED BY THE CSC.