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1997-09 CSC RICHFIELD COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMISSION Tuesday, September 9, 1997 MEMBERS PRESENT: Auchstetter, Dietl, Erlander, Krohn, Scaglia, Schaefer OTHERS PRESENT: Guest Lisa Lynn, Lynn and Associates; Recreation Services Director Blank; staff member Hjortaas MEMBERS ABSENT: Anondson (ex), Gilhousen (ex), Loweth (ex), Ulmer (ex) MINUTES The meeting was called to order by Co-Chair Schaefer at 7:10 p.m. in the Conference Center at the Water Plant. Motion by Auchstetter, second by Dietl, to approve the minutes of the August 12 meeting. Motion Carried. Action Items Recommendation of sound wall on I-35W: The Friends of Wood Lake has recommended to the Community Services Commission that a sound wall be build on the west side of the Nature Center when the freeway is expanded. It would eliminate some pollution, sound of vehicles, add to the ambiance of the park and keep deer from entering the freeway. The Commission should act for the City as a whole on what is best for the park. Karen Shragg, Wood Lake Nature Center Manager, will be asked to give a written recommendation and send to the Commission before the next meeting. This item is tabled until the meeting of October 14. Skating Locations: Blank distributed the 1997-1998 outdoor skating recommendation. Since the 1996-1997 season experienced abnormal weather the numbers do not accurately indicate how many people used these facilities. It was noted Nicollet and Washington parks were eliminated in 1996. Motion by Auchstetter to approve the recommended list of parks as submitted by Frank White, Special Events and Programs Manager, for the 1997-1998 skating season. Second by Scaglia. Motion carried. Discussion Items Blank introduced Lisa Lynn of Lynn and Associates who will work with the Community Services Commission on strategic plans and goal setting for 1998. Lynn has done considerable work with various departments in the City of Richfield as a consultant on team building, strategic planning, vision and goals. Since there were so few Commission Community Services Commission Meeting September 9, 1997 Page 2 Members in attendance, she asked staff to send a form before the next meeting as homework of the five key items facing the City and the Commission in 1998. These items should be prioritized in the order of their importance and should be brought to the October 14 meeting at the Water Plant. Committee Reports MRPA: No Report Planning Commission: No Report FOWL: Dietl talked about the FOWL Ball Golf Klassic that is on September 20, 1997 at the Rich Acres Golf Course on the Par 3. The School Board has challenged the Richfield City Council, the Planning Commission has challenged the Community Services Commission, Richfield Bank and Trust has challenged the Richfield/Bloomington Credit Union and there will be more. This appears to be on the road to becoming the most profitable fund-raiser FOWL has ever had. He thanked Scaglia and Krohn for representing the Commission in this tournament. Confidential Pool Passes: With the 1997 season concluded, 28 forms were submitted and 138 children received pool passes this year. Auchstetter has been in contact with Al Payne, Manager of the Ice Arena, and he has indicated the pool is in urgent need of major repairs. He also reported they were lucky to have made it through the 1997 season without greater structural problems. Master Park Plan Sub-Committee: Scaglia created work sheets for this committee to review and evaluate the particulars of all departments who gave presentations to the group. The City survey has taken longer than expected, due to unforeseen circumstances, the ball park task force has taken longer than originally anticipated, the multi-agency task force is still meeting and the golf course replacement task force has had nothing to report, leaving this committee with little to work with. The meeting scheduled for September 16 is canceled in hopes that the above groups will have something to report at the October 21 meeting. Staff Reports Enterprise Funds: Since Devich was unable to attend the meeting, he had a written report that Schaefer distributed and read. Scaglia asked for numbers of people using the pool and the areas they come from. Recreation Services: Blank reported the progress at Sheridan Park and her meeting with the neighbors that had requested the path be made six feet rather than the original plan of eight feet. The City has agreed to plant bushes and plants that will give them privacy and they appear to be satisfied. Community Services Commission Meeting September 9, 1997 Page 3 The park building should be completed on or around October 1. The color coat will soon be done on the tennis courts and the basketball court will be soon completed. Other Items Schaefer reviewed the memo from the City Manager dated September 5, 1997 regarding senior recreation facilities. The Lampert site that is owned by the HRA will not be sold to the American Legion/VFW as previously anticipated. The VFW has signed a contract to sell their property that includes the small building on the corner on Lyndale and Lake Shore Drive. The goal is to also purchase the two single dwelling homes and all the land up to Lyndale Hardware. A large multi-housing development would be the first choice and would include a bar and grill for the VFW to operate. With the large concentration of seniors in the Lyndale and 66th Street area, the cost of providing space could be less expensive than adding space at a separate location. Building and maintaining kitchen facilities for congregate dining is quite expensive and using the existing kitchen facilities may in the new senior cooperative provide better opportunities for this purpose. The Commission is asked to explore these ideas to provide recommendations to the City Council. One suggestion for more meeting space was to install partitions in the Veterans Memorial Park building, however, heat and air conditioning would be an expensive problem. The Master Park Plan Sub Committee is working on a recommendation on this issue among others in their Master Park Plan study. For the short term, staff can keep the Commission updated and decide later what should be done for the Community Center. Adjournment Motion by Erlander, Second by Auchstetter to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.