Parks and Recreation - 09/18/2023
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