2020-09 CSCCOMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION
Regular Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, September 15, 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: August 18, 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)
Fall/Winter Recreation Programming (Markle)
Ice Arena Renovation Project Update (Markle)
Farmers Market Update (Anderson)
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, October 20, 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.
August 18, 2020
REGULAR COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
WebEx Meeting
PRESENT CSC: Lisa Rudolph, Art Felgate, Joseph Miller, Heather MacDonald, Anne Flake, Kevin Wendt, Stephanie Nwaudo
STAFF: John Evans, Amy Markle
ABSENT CSC: Dan Smieja, David Benson, Mejbah Ahmed
Call to OrderIntroductions
Chair Rudolph called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm.
Approval of Minutes
Flake moved, seconded by MacDonald, to approve the minutes of the July 2020 meeting. Approved, ayes all.
Staff Reports/Discussion Items
Recreation Services
Recreation Services Director Markle reported on the following:
COVID: Masks are now required. Some programs have resumed with reduced numbers and outside. Still offering virtual
programming and modified in-person, and self-guided programs.
Staff is still working Park Ambassador shifts.
Playground community builds at Madison and Washington Parks: 9/15 and 9/29
Hennepin County grant to keep kids active: soccer camp, Urban Wildland registrations, free mini-golf registrations, fishing class,
sports equipment checkout program, and skates.
Arena Refrigeration Project is close to complete. Both ice sheets are in. Bathrooms and HVAC to be installed in September/October.
Wood Lake has been selected as a spotlighted hiking destination by Explore Minnesota (thanks to the Richfield Tourism Promotion
Board).
Roosevelt Dog Park: Some changes to the City Code pertaining to the dog park had its first reading. Second reading in September.
Then, the fence and other components can be constructed.
Committee Reports
Transportation Commission: Wendt Friends of Wood Lake: Nwaudo Planning Commission: Rudolph Arts Commission: Felgate
Sustainability Commission: MacDonald
Next Meeting/Adjournment
Regular September Meeting: Tuesday, September 15, 7:00 pm, WebEx or Municipal Center
Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 7:40 pm
DRAFT MINUTES UNTIL APPROVED BY THE CSC.