HomeMy WebLinkAboutHeritage Preservation - 09/18/2023 - Joint Meeting
APPROVED MINUTES
PARKS, RECREATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
and
HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 6:30 P.M. COMMUNITY ROOM
Senior Center, 8950 Eden Prairie Road
PRNR COMMISSION MEMBERS: Patrice Erickson, Chair; Tom Poul, Vice Chair; Sarat
Atluru, Deepa Bhujle, Cecilia Cervantes, Pedro Curry,
Duane Hookom, Annie Klodd, Shanti Shah, Ashley
Young
HPC COMMISSION MEMBERS: Steven Schumacher, Chair; Paul Thorp, Vice Chair;
Robert Bowes, Rod Fisher, Catherine Lau, Andy
Ludowese, George Maxwell, Melanie Willett
PRNR STUDENT REPRES.: Vaikunth Ananthanarayanan, Jasmine Berry,
Jessica Fang, Rohil Garg, Andrew Ginder, Jake
Heimkes, Sydney Ishaug, Siona Kaura, Aiden Rice,
Sophia Strehl
HPC STUDENT REPRES.: Sasha Allen, Nikhill Andrew, Berit Berggren, Owen
Caruth, Abha Gupta, Abhinov Koutharapu, Amuktha
Pothamsetti
CITY STAFF: Jay Lotthammer, Parks & Recreation Director
Lori Brink, Recreation Manager
Matt Bourne, Parks & Natural Resources Manager
Valerie Verley, Community Center Manager
Beth Novak-Krebs, Senior Planner
RECORDING SECRETARY: Kristin Harley
HPC met at 6 p.m. for their meeting.
I. WELCOME STUDENTS
II. TOUR OF CEMETERIES
Lotthammer opened the presentation at 6:35 p.m. at Eden Prairie Cemetery.
He explained that in the eastern United States it was common for cities to maintain
cemeteries, but this was not so common in the Midwest, where churches took on the role.
Real estate in cemeteries was expensive. In the past, Eden Prairie Cemetery had a board
that oversaw the site, but this was transferred to the City of Eden Prairie with the approval
of the City Council in a forever commitment. A percentage of the sale of plots went into a