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HomeMy WebLinkAboutParks and Recreation - 03/03/1997 i 1997 MARCH 3 MINUTES Parks, Recreation & Natural Resources Commission CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE r i i l t AGENDA PARKS,RECREATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION MONDAY,MARCH 3, 1997 7:00 P.M.CITY CENTER 8080 MITCHELL ROAD COUNCIL CHAMBERS i COMMISSION MEMBERS: Claire Hilgcman, Chair; Bruce Bowman, Richard Brown, Don Jacobson,Vicki Koenig, David Kracum,John Wilson STUDENT MEMBERS: Jennifer Frcemyer,Melody Hasse COMMISSION STAFF: Robert A. Lambert, Director of Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources; Stuart A. Fox, Manager of Parks and Natural Resources; Laurie Hclling, Manager of Recreation Services a i 1. ROLL CALL 11. APPROVAL OF AGENDA III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES-FEBRUARY 3. 1997 IV. PETITIONS,REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS ,i A. Communication from Fo44et Swim Club and DAT Swim Club for Pool Priority Use B. Proposed Donation from Fden Prairic Soccer and Eden Prairie Baseball for ' Improvements to Flying Cloud Fields V. DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS J A. Review of Parks/Public Works Maintenance Facility V1. OLD BUSINESS A. Revicw Proposed Revisions to Policy on Public Use of City Facilities B. Request Approval to Advertise for Bids on Mighty Duck Grant Project C. Declaration of Covenants Conditions and Restrictions/Klein-Peterson Purchase I VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Trail Priority Rankings for 1997 Proicct Consideration B. Flying Cloud Fields Traffic Study Report j C. Recommendation to Open Beaches on the First Day of Summcr Vacation �F 1 w 1 ` D. Request for Aonrov-1 of Contracts for V n lino, Services t the Eden Prairie Community Center VIIL REPORTS OF COh"h"ISSIONFR AND TAFF A. Reports of Manager of Parks and Natural Resource% 1. Demolition of Barn at Dell Road and Duch Lake Trail 2. I.RT Pedestrian Bridle IX. ADJOURNMENT l s I I i APPROVED MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE PARKS,RECREATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES MONDAY,MARCH 3, 1997 7:00 P.M.CITY CENTER Council Chambers 8080 Mitchell Road COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT: Claire Flilgcman, Chair. Bruce Bowman, Richard Brown,Don Jacobson,Vicki Koenig, David Kracum,John Wilson COMMISSION MEMBERS ABSENT: None COMMISSION STAFF: Robert A. Lambert, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities, Stuart A. Fox, ' Manager of Parks and Natural Resources. Elinda Bahley,Recording Secretary STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES: Jennifer Freemyer,Melody Hasse r dd 1. ROLL CALI 4 The meeting was called to order at 7:07 p.m.by Chair 1-lilgeman. Commissioner Wilson arrived at 7:10 p.m. and Commissioner Koenig arrived at 7:16 p.m. Commissioner Kracum was excused at 9:00 p.m. It. APPROVAL OF AGENDA i MOTION: Brown moved, seconded by Jacobson, to approve the agenda as F published. Motion carried 5-0. ? III. APPROVAL OF MINUTr j F�RRIIARV't �oo-r c MOTION: Brown moved, seconded by Kracum, to approve the minutes of the February 3, 1997 Eden Prairie Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Commission as published. Motion carried 4-0-1 with one abstention by Commissioner Bowman. IV• P6:'!'ITION' Rh'QIIFti'1'ti AN ]l`OMM 1N1 'A'1'10n4 A. CRMUI Uwt:ation from Fox let swim I�b an 1 DAT Cwtnl Itb for Pool Pri w!y L1+c t Staff referred the Commission to two memos dated February 24. 1997 and February 5, 1997, from Bob Lambert, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities.a letter dated February 20, 1997.from Cassic Christensen,DAT Approved Minutes Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Monday,March 3,1997 Swim Team;and two letters dated February 20, 1997 and March 3, 1997. from Mark Davis, President of Eden Prairie Foxjets. Lambert explained there are two recommended changes to the priority use policy. The first one is to add to the paragraph under administrative procedures,...pool, rink,or court reservations. If scam or organizations are the same priority level,then the team that serves the highest number of Eden Prairie residents will receive the high priority status in terns of fields,pool, rink,or court reservations. (Commissioner Wilson arrived at 7:10 p.m.) The other recommendation is in regard to the number of variance requests from the Foxjcts and DAT Swim Club regarding the number of residents { required. All other sports requesting Priority III status are required to have I 95 percent Eden Prairie residents, Staff recommended granting variance requests from both DAT Swim Club and the Foxjcts for Priority III status as long as those swim clubs maintain 75 percent Eden Prairie residents. That amount was chosen because that was the same percentage that is referred to in Priority VII teams in the priority use policy. Staff'felt it would be difficult to grant swimming a residency requirement below a Priority V11 status ; required for other sports. Lambert reviewed the five questions posed to both swim teams and the 3 responses. The highlighted recommendations from the swim teams include s reducing the number of Eden Prairie residents to 70 percent and allowing the Fox,icts two years to meet that 70 percent proposal. Lambert referred to 9 Mark Davis' letter where the question asked is how will the residency percentage be calculated. This and other issues in the letter should be addressed by the Commission. Marl:Davis,2333 Sheraton Terrace,Wayzata,President of the Foxjcts Swim j Club,commented the policy staff hats worked on so far is a good policy but does present some problems for them as expressed in his letter of March 3, 1997. They don't meet 75 percent residency today and it does not come without issues to try to achieve that. Adding 74 new Eden Prairie swim team members is not an easy task. The Foxjcts are already comprised of 90 to 95 percent of all Eden Prairie swimmers who swim competitively in the state. "Their request is to lower the percentage of residents to 70 percent and they would like two years to achieve that. i (Commissioner Koenig arrived at 7:16 p.m.) 2 i ! ,1 Approved Minutes Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Monday,March 3,1997 He explained why the swim team is different than other athletic organizations and why they can't be in the same category. Their expense structure is different. They need additional members that they can't attract within their community to help bear some of the costs they have as a club,and it also helps the City to reduce their costs to run the pool. Whatever residency percentage is determined, he asked they be given time to adjust their membership. They don't want to have to immediately ask members to leave the team. There is only so much they can do to recruit new members in the club. Discussion continued about how the residency percentage would be calculated. He said it would seem inequitable for the City of Eden Prairie to calculate the Foxjet residency ratio using their entire membership and only using 20 swimmers out of a team size of 200 to calculate the DAT residency percentage. Examples were given to show the approximate difference in residency percentage calculations. He noted they need to have a fair amount of time so they can plan fora pool time for their swim groups and to make any adjustments as needed. They would like to have it well in advance of the start date of their season so there are no interruptions. Marcy Wiesner, 13022 Cardinal Creek Road,DAT Swim Club,discussed her background with the Foxjcts and explained why the DAT Swim Club was formed. She commented about satellite versus a separate charter. The satellite was set up to be independent with their own banking account and own rules. If they were to be included with the whole DAT membership, s they would not have 75 percent Eden Prairie residents. That's why it's a satellite. It's a disservice to those that do live in Eden Prairie that there's not an option. It's should not be a big deal that there arc two different swim clubs. She clarified that they have never tried to take any pool time away 3 from the Foxjcts and only want to share it. The pool was not built just for 1 the Foxjcts. Dave Rasmussen. 13598 Woodmere Circle,representing Foxjcts Swim rh1b, explained that the Foxjcts are a business and they hire professional coaches and staff to make decisions. He has no problem with the DAT Swim Club. '['his is not a battle issue about pool time. They have been a successful organization for I S years. When it comes down to talking about pool time allocated for their swimmers, this is a business. This operation grosses $250,000 a year, The City would be affecting a local business by making rules as to how the business operates. They are asking for the pool time to operate this business. Cassic Christensen commented Mr. Rasmussen is right that it's an Eden 3 l I ■ Approved Minutes Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Monday,March 3, 1997 Prairie business and if any other Eden Prairie business heard a customer complain they would talk to them about their concerns. She recently experienced some philosophical differences and went with the coaches to speak about the problem at the Board meeting. She was told the coaches are the professionals, She only a parent, and the coaches would make the decision. She thought the Board meeting was supposed to be open to the parents of all the participants,but after the initial business was done on the agenda they were excused from the room and told the rest of the meeting was a closed meeting. If you can't talk to the coaches and talk to the Board,how are you supposed to work with the organization to stay with them. The underlying reason why the DAT team was formed is to keep a swimming environment appropriate for each child. All children do not work and learn in the sane environment. John Riggs, 8400 Red Rock Road, was concerned about the Foxjcts unwillingness to share pool time. It's very strange they can go to Richfield and share Richfield's pool time with the DAT swim club there,but they can't share pool time with another Eden Prairie swim club. There has not been a ff large increase in their members so why do they have to have a lot of 4 additional pool time. They turned down Oak Point pool time and only when DAT said they wanted it did the Foxjcts say they wanted it. He has watched practices for the last five years and has never seen more than 100 swimmers swimming on the same day. Fiilgeman conunentel if the Commission decides on 75 percent Eden Prairie residents with two years to comply with that,then there should be a chance for someone else to be renting pool time if there were not 75 percent residency in two years. She doesn't sec where they can have a lock on the area in the community for two years to build a program to that residency level. She was not comfortable with the 70 percent residency as requested by the Foxjcts. Davis commented they have been there for 15 years and have had the same percentage ratio issues during those 15 years. They don't mind working towards a goal that has a percentage that's acceptable to the Commission. They do ask that they're given time during the next two years to meet that residency requirement. They will work within whatever boundaries that the Commission sets us reasonable for the community. Riggs commented there are 864 communities in the State of Minnesota and there are only 61 swim clubs. This means they must cross property lines otherwise there would be no where for them to swim. 4 I Approved Minutes t Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Monday,Allarch 3, 1997 Wiesner asked if the recommendation of pro-rating the total available child appropriate pool hours based on the number of Eden Prairie residents is being considered. Lambert replied he did not recommend that. The Commission has all the recommendations from both swim clubs to consider. In trying to keep language as simple as possible and as fair as possible, whether it's a swimmer,soccer player,or football player,it should not be any different on how the rules apply. Brown commented the City would be able to provide more programs and swimming lessons if the Foxjcts were not using the pool, and they would probably have much more income as a result. The City could very easily supplement the income. He was concerned that the Foxjcts have never helped kids that can't afford to join during their 15 year history. Only now arc they willing to provide out of a$250,000 budget,$600 for poor kids. They have to work out something that's cooperative for everyone in Eden Prairie. He asked if Mr.Davis ever requested any time at Oak Point pool for the Foxjcts before the DAT asked for it. Davis replied yes,and it's on record with the head coach. Brown asked how many kids will$600 help get on the team. Davis said the thought on the Board is to help two to three kids. Bowman said he does believe the Foxjcts have served the community extremely well. lie was quite disappointed to seethe final number of only 67 percent of Eden Prairic residents. He explained that taxpayers are asking tougher questions about where the money is going. lie commented about the community having one philosophy versus having a choice. Hilgeman commented the City is trying to be equitable but in order to be equitable they have to have a set of rules that are across the board. They will j also grant variances when there are extenuating circumstances such as the fj swim club having 75 percent residency versus 95 percent. She was not comfortable lowering the residency down to 70 percent. She was comfortable with the City's recommendation of 75 percent and with the Foxjcts request that they be allowed it period of time to reach that,but she was not certain about how much time. She noted that she knows some parents who keep their children from taking swimming lessons because it's too cold,and it's kept cold because the Foxjcts and the high school need it cold. Koenig commented two years is too long. She agreed that 75 percent residency was a reasonable number in terms of the amount of swimmers. Lambert said the Foxjcts have been here 15 years and have never reached 75 percent residency,and when they first started they were about 95 percent non 5 Approved Minutes Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Monday,March 3,1997 residents, He explained why the key issue here is how the residency percentage will be calculated with the DAT team. He doesn't believe the Foxjcts can afford to buy all of the swim time available that the City does not use for open swim. There are going to be available times that the DAT could use. The only recommendation they are changing is that the swim team be dropped from 95 percent to 75 percent to be a Priority Ill team. Discussion continued about whether the Commission will recognize the DAT group as an entire group or as an entity in and of itself, Staff gave the hours and days of pool time used regularly by the Foxjcts. MOTION: Wilson moved, seconded by Jacobson, to ask the two organizations to work with City staff to share pool time at the Oak Point and Eden Prairie pools,and recognize the DAT program as a part of a greater ' DAT program because that's the wily they arc recognized by their governing bodies, that each group will fall into the priority based upon their current Population as established by the City guidelines. (There would not be a residency variance granted to swim teams.) Motion carried 7-0. B. Pronospit nnnntl­ ra n r o C c ran' F' P i i for Imnrovemenl.to Flvrnr Cloud Flelai� Staff referred the Commission to a memo dated February 19, 1997,from Bob Lambert,Director of Parks.Recreation and Natural Resources,a letter dated January 13. 1997.from Ken Bomben, Eden Prairie Soccer Association;and it letter dated February 19, 1997.from Drew Bartley,Eden Prairie Baseball Association. Lambert explained the Soccer Association recently sent staff a proposal to i donate 100 percent of the costs to irrigate the remaining Soccer fields at Flying Cloud Fields. Some of the fields are irrigated already and they want to do the remaining ones. The estimated cost for the project is$17,400. `� Staff also received a letter from the Bit chilli Association indicating they would donate 50 percent or match funds f'or irrigation of the baseball and softball fields,and put some warning track and fencing on the baseball fields !It Flying Cloud. The 101111 cost for the two projects proposed by the two organizations is $57,400 on which the City's cost will be 520,000. tic explained why the two organizations made these recommendations to the City, Staff believes they are very fortunate to have associations make these generous donations and rccommendLd the City use$20,000 in cash park fees to provide their match for these projects. These projects would be done this summer. 3 6 Approved Minutes j Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Monday,March 3, 1997 Bruce was concemcd about the parking once the fencing is put up. Lambert said the fencing would eliminate the parking and explained the plan for the fencing. Fox commented they are only talking about fencing one field out there, field it I. Thcre are some real safety concerns out there and that's the other reason for fencing that field. Lambert commented that liar many years they said they would like to irrigate Flying Cloud but lie never recommended irrigating it until MAC made a decision on what their final plan was for the expansion of their entire plan. Fie never recommended putting extensive improvements into Flying Cloud Fields until they know what MAC's plans are. i Wilson asked if the irrigation will reduce the stress on the fields. Lambert 1 replied it will improve the quality of the turf because you will have green soil turf which should result in fewer injuries. The City will have a higher i maintenance costs on the fields once this is done. Ken Bombcn, 9260 Talus Circle, Eden Prairie Soccer Association, commented there was a tremendous amount of damage to the cast side of the complex last year as a result of the dry summer and dry fall. He explained the proposal and the need to alleviate this problem. Wilson thanked the Soccer Association on behalf of the Commission for their r generous donation. Jacobson commented prior to spending funds for development of a park plan and grading plan,a cost estimate should be done and ask MAC if they would consider any expansion beyond what is proposed. Lambert noted that will be discussed later on under the lrallic study. MOTION: Brown moved, seconded by Jacobson, to accept staffs recommendation to accept the donation to fix the ficids, for irrigation,and �= to put up fencing from the Soccer Association and the Baseball Association. Motion carried 7-0. V. OEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL A. Review of 1Parks/Public Works Maintenymc Facility Staff referred the Commission to a memo dated February 25, 1997. from Stuart A. Fox, Manager of Parks and Natural Resources. a memo dated February 19, 1997, from Chris Enger and Scott Kipp, Community 7 1 ( Approved Minutes Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Mondry,March 3, 1997 Development Department;a staff report dated February 7, 1997, from Scott Kipp, Senior Planner; Minutes dated September 30, 1996, from Kodet Architectural Group;a letter dated February 6, 1997,from Wallace I-lilgren, Westech Business Center;and a memo dated February 6, 1997, from Eugene Dietz,Director of Public Works. (Commissioner Kracum was excused at 9:00 p.m.) Fox said this project has already gone before the Planning Commission and the City Council. There arc no natural resource issues for the Commission to review. Staff feels the Commission should be informed about this facility since it will be housing the park maintenance staff. He reviewed the development proposal including the site plan,building elevations,and the landscaping plan. Hilgem:m was concerned about Mr. I-lilgrcn's concern about the City proposing to add a metal building addition,and asked why the City is using metal. Lambert replied it meets City Code and it does have less metal than the school bus garage. Koenig commented about spending$22,000 on landscaping. Fox indicated there will be retaining walls that are going to be expensive and it's included in the landscaping cost. VI. OLD BUSINESS A. Review Proposed Revisdons to PMicy on Public lee of City Facilities i Staff referred the Commission to a mcmo dated February 7, 1997, from Bob Lambert,Director of Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources. Lambert reviewed the changes to the draft polic y as stated in the memo. He noted under administrative procedures, he added... pool, rink, and court reservations. Staff will be adding other things as they go along. He also recommended adding the statement.. that there shall be no subleasing of reserved facilities without City approval and the City would not allow subleasing for profit or for programs that compete with City programs. The example given was if the swim club buys up all the pool time then subleases it to somebody that wanted to run swimming lessons. Tom Bicnnan suggested stuff include a couple of examples of what Priority 1 City programs arc. I lc commented about fees being established by the City Council and recommended including under administrative notes when those 8 F i Approved Minutes Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Monday,March 3, 1997 fees will be established. Lambert said if the City is going to recommend an increase in fees for any athletic association, they do that during their discussions of planning the budget. Staff will be planning the 1998 budget starting next month.If there is it recommendation to increase fees,they will ask the City Council to adopt it in June or July and it will go into effect in January. Bierman said a Priority III rule is you must file it financial statement. It should be clarified to say once a year. He was concerned about Priority V because he felt all of the criteria required in Priority III were extremely important and ifgroups weren't following them all they should be at the I bottom of the priority list.. Lambert concurred with Bierman. After discussion concerning Priority V,the Commission could not find a purpose for it and agreed to omit it. Bierman was concerned that Priority VI has priority above everything else that hits requirements that it be at least 75 percent Eden Prairie residents. He believed Priority VI belonged at the bottom. He said it's it lot higher than it should be. Lambert explained that the neighborhood groups are 100 percent Eden Prairie residents and busincsses are located in Eden Prairie. He recommended moving private schools and churches down to Priority X and leaving businesses and neighborhood groups at Priority VI. Ken Bomben, Eden Prairie Soccer Association,referred to the February 5, 1997 draft policy, page 2, item 5. He was concerned because he thought i there was additional language not included. Lambert said they discussed adding to it but didn't agree with it. Voting should be open to all program participants' parents,giving all the information on all of the candidates,to everybody, and let everybody vote. There could be restrictions or requirements on who is eligible to run tor office. Discussion continued about combining Priority IX and Priority X,and the �- appropriate wording to show 95 percent Eden Prairie residents would have priority over 75 percent Edcn Prairie residents. MOTION: Brown moved, seconded by Koenig, to accept staffs recommendations for modification to the policy of priority use of facilities with the changes suggested this evening. Motion carried 6-0. B. Request Approval to Advertise for Bids on Mighty Duck Grant Pit:oposal Staff referred the Commission to a memo dated February 18. 1997,from Bob Lambert, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities; and a letter dated 9 I ! Approved Minutes i Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Monday,March 3, 1997 February 19, 1997,from Brad Hewitt, Eden Prairie Hockey Association. Lambert indicated the City did get the Mighty Ducks Grant for $25,000 which is a 50 percent match and the Hockey Association has agreed to pay up to 25 percent of the costs up to$12.500. For$12,500 the City can get $50,000 worth of improvements which includes expansion of four locker rooms in Rink Two and construction of a storage room in Rink One. Staff recommended approval of the project and the costs would come from cash park fees. MOTION: Wilson moved, seconded by Brown, to accept staffs recommendations relative to the Might Ducks Grant Improvement Project. Motion carried 6-0. C. Declaration of Covenants Conditions and Restrictions/Klein-Peterson Purchase l i Staff referred the Commission to a memo dated February 24, 1997,from Bob t Lambert,Director of Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources. Lambert said attached to the memo is a copy of the Declaration of 1 Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for the Klein-Pctcrson property, which is a requirement of the LCMR grant the City used for assisting in the i purchase of the property. The covenants simply commit the City to manage } and maintain the parcel of property for the purpose of protecting the natural resources of the property. The property is a designated conservation area within the City park system and will be maintained and managed for protection of its natural resources. The City would have to reimburse the a money if they wanted to use the property for something else. MOTION: Brown moved, seconded by Wilson, to accept stuffs recommendation of Declaration of Covenants,Conditions and Restrictions of the Klein-Pctcrson purchase. Motion curried 6-0. I V11. NEW BUSINESS A. Trail Priority Rankings for 1997 Project Consideration Lambert indicated this was not complete and recommended continuing it until the next meeting. Brown was concerned about there being no trash cans at Hidden Pond Park. 10 i Approved Minutes Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Monday,March 3, 1997 Fox explained they removed the trash cans last fall and has directed staff to get the trash cans back there. i B. Flying(loud Fields Traffic Study Report Staff referred the Commission to a memo dated February 18, 1997,from Bob Lambert,Director of Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources,and a memo dated February 17, 1997,from Benshoof and Associates,Inc. Lambert explained the City Council authorized staff to hire Benshoof and Associates to conduct a traffic study to determine what improvements should be considered to address the safety issues caused by traffic at the entry and exit points at Flying Cloud Fields,as well as the traffic conflicts between 1 pedestrians and automobiles within the community. The traffic isn't going to get any less and the traffic on County Road I is going to increase now that they are probably going to have use of that land in the future. Benshoof and Associates have provided a concept plan but there is no cost estimate on this pruicct yet. The Commission was asked to authorize staff to go to MAC to ask if they will allow the City to expand the boundaries to the south and a little to the west to add parking. This would provide parking for 600 cars with two exit s lanes at each point so the 600 cars can exit in 13 minutes. Staff anticipates a traffic signal at Staring Lake Parkway in the future,but may or may not gel 4 enough warrant to do that. If MAC agrees,the staff needs authorization to j spend money to survey the work to determine what the costs would be, t Ken Bombcn. Eden Prairie Soccer Association, commented he supports staffs recommendation for this site. He commented about the plan to reevaluate flow patterns during the spring season, lie pointed out that if the cast side is taken down,the will not be at full capacity when the do that Y P Y Y plan. MOTION: Koenig moved,seconded by Brown,to recommend approval of the Flying Cloud Fields traffic study according to the staffs memo of February 18, 1997. Motion carried 6-0. C. Recommendation to Open Reaches on the Firm Day of S►Immer Vacation Stuff referred the Commission to a memo dated February 15, 1997, from Julie Hoeg,Aquatic and Fitness Coordinator. 11 :+ 1 i Approved Minutes Parks,Recreation and Natural.Resources Monday,March 3, 1997 Lambert said they used to open the beaches on Memorial Day weekend to be open only on weekends until school is out. The recommendation is to open the beaches when school is out and the City will save$1,848.00. He noted that most communities open the beaches when school is out. j MOTION: Koenig moved, seconded by Brown, to approve staffs recommendation for opening clay of Round and Riley Lake beaches per the memo of February 15. 1997. D. Request for Approval of Contracts for Vend* nL Services .r ri c,� L'okoe Commgnily nt r 1 en I Staff referred the Commission to a memo dated February 24, 1997, from Elyce Kastigar,Community Center Manager. Lambert said they are requesting that the City enter into contract with Pepsi- Cola for beverage and for Midwest Vending for candy/snack and hot beverage services with a five year contract for each one. Staff has given the existing vendors 30 days notices Wilson asked if the City gave Coca-Cola a time frame when they put in the scoreboards in Rink Two. Lambert replied they did and the contract is up. Y lie said this is it very good deal and the City should sec a significant revenue increase. ti MOTION: Wilson moved, seconded by Bowman, to support staffs recommendation to approve the contracts for vending services at the Eden Prairie Community Center. Motion carried 6-0. V111. REPORTS OF OMMISSIONr IS AND STAFF A. Reports of M eg•of Parks and Natural Resources ✓`' ' 1. p�molltlon of Qarn nt Dcll Rar 1 and Duck Lake Trall This is an FYI item. 2• LR'I' PcdecU ian Qridgg I This is in FYI item. IX. ADJOl1RNM .NT 12 Approved Minutes Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Monday,March 3,1997 MOTION: Koenig moved,seconded by Wilson,to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 6-0. The meeting adjourned at 10:05 p.m. i 1 3 r l -S I 1 i I 13 AGENDA PARKS,RECREATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION MONDAY,FEBRUARY 3,1997 7:00 P.M.CITY CENTER 8080 MITCHELL ROAD COUNCIL CHAMBERS COMMISSION MEMBERS: Claire Hilgcman, Chair; Bruce Bowman, Richard Brown, Don Jacobson,Vicki Koenig,David Kracum,John Wilson STUDENT MEMBERS: Jennifer Frecmyer,Melody Hasse COMMISSION STAFF: Robert A. Lambert, Director of Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources; Stuart A. Fox, Manager of Parks and Natural Resources; Laurie Hclling, Manager of Recreation Services w 1. ROLL CALL 11. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Ill. APPROVAL OF MINUTES-JANUARY 6. 1997,JANUARY 7.&JANUARY 13, 1997 S IV. PETITIONS,REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS A. Discussion with Athletic Associations Rc: Policy and Standards for Use of Public j Facilities i V. DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS i A. j VI. OI_D BUSINESS Vll. NEW BUSINESS A. Appointments to the Housing.Transportation and Social Services Board B. Recommendation to Cancel Traditional 4th of July Celebration C. Request Authorization for Cancellation of Open Skating for 1997 Spring and Summer Tournaments V111. REPORTS OF COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF A. Report of Director of Parks Recreation and Facilities i 1. Land Use Breakdown Report 2. Meeting of Conservation Alliance of Eden Pmiric-Fcbniary 11. 1997 7.00 p,ri7� 3. Summna of Recommendations for the Parke Recreation and Natural Resources Department for the Senior Issue Task Force Report of November 1996 4. Article on"The Challenges for Newly Elccted Officials 5. Commission Attendance Rcoort for 1996 6. Later from Doue McDoueal 1X. ADJOURNMENT i .[3 i