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Parks and Recreation - 04/15/1974 1974 APRIL 1 , 15 MINUTES i CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE AGENDA EDEN PRAIRIE PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1974 7:30 P.M. , City Hall COMMISSION MEMBERS: Marvin Erickson, Richard Anderson, William Garens, Janet Berkland, Steve Eisch, Francis Helmer, Richard Bren, Jr. , Wolfgang Penzel, Paul Enblom, William Bye.- . COMMISSION STAFF: Marty lessen, Director of Community Services ROLL CALL I. MINUTES OF MARCH 18, 1974, MEETING. II. PETITIONS REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS. A. Communication with Southdale YMCA concerning possible "Joint-Effort" Recreation Programming. B. Request by Al Upton for cooperation in providing races in conjunction with Schooner Days. i III. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS. A. Bluffs Open Space Report. B. Recommendations for Summer Recreation Program. C. Report on Lions Club Picnic Pavilion. D. Report on Status of Sign Ordinance. IV. ADJOURNMENT. MINUTES f EDEN PRAIRIE PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1974 7:30 P.M. , City Hall MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Marvin Erickson, Bill Garens, William Bye, Francis Helmer, Jan Berkland, Paul Enblom. MEMBERS ABSENT: Richard Bren, Richard Anderson, Wolf Penzel, Steve Eisch. STAFF PRESENT: Marty Jessen, Director of Community Services. Chris Enger, Landscape Architect. OTHERS PRESENT: Al Upton, Bruce and Mary Brill, Jackie Armstrong, Jim Perkins. The meeting was called to order at 7:45 p.m. by Chairman Marvin Erickson. I. MINUTES OF MARCH 18, 1974, MEETING. M/Garens, S/Bye to approve the minutes of the March 18, 1974,. meeting as presented. Motion carried unanimously. II. PETITIONS, REQUESTS & COMMUNICATIONS.A. Communications with Southdale YMCA concerning possible Loint Effort Recreation Programming. Jessen reported that he'd had meetings to discuss the possibilities of joint Recreation Programming with representatives of the Southdale Branch of the YMCA. The response has been very favorable to date and particularly in the area of the Teen Programming Activity for the summer. Jessen asked if any of the Commissioners had any comments in favor or against cooperating with the YMCA in this manner. Several comments were made by members of the Commission, all of them speaking in favor of the joint Programming Effort. Jessen said that he would report at the next meeting with specifics on the uj possibilities of joint Programming. No action required. B. Request by Al Upton for cooperation in providing races in conjunction with Schooner Days. Mr. Upton stated that he was a track and running enthusiast and is interested in providing programs where other people in the community with the same interest might have an opportunity to participate. One immediate program he would like to attempt are races in conjunction with the Schooner Days, to be held on June 1st and 2nd. Mr. Upton suggested that races for all ages, beginning with 3 and 4 year olds, could be easily programmed and implemented. The younger children would run shorter sprint races and Mr. Upton suggested on up to a 2 or 3 mile race for the adults. He indicated that specific races would be broken out for men and women, and of different age groups. The races would be strictly amateur with ribbons and trophies for prizes and no cash awards. Erickson asked who would be available to assist in organizing this activity. Mr. Upton stated that he and other Eden Prairie runners who have a lot of -2- \ Park & Recreation Commission April 1, 1974 Minute s ' interest in this type of activity would take care of the organizational work. ( All they needed to make the program go is some money for purchasing ribbons and prizes. They estimate the money needed to run the program is from $75 to $100 and suggested if an entry fee for adults is charged, they could pro- duce revenue of from $25 to $50. Bye suggested that all participation be on a no fee basis so that more people will take advantage of this opportunity. Erickson asked if the City could finance up to $100 for this program. Jessen responded that there is money available in the Special Event Account which could be appropriated for this type of activity. M/Garens, S/Berkland that the Park & Recreation Commission contribute up to $100 financial assistance for the organization and implementation of the running program for all age groups at the Schooner Days.. Motion carried unanimously. C. Discussion by Brice and Mary Brill and Jackie Armstrong concerning rules and regulations governing the use of tennis courts at Round sake Park. r Mary Brill suggested that many adults in the community were having some difficulty in taking advantage of this recreational facility and suggested the following possibilities for rules and regulations: 1 . Court use would be limited by children after 7 p.m. and only people 14 and over could play during those hours. , 2 . The City could set up some kind of sign-in system so that people could kncw how long they would have to wait to get a court. 3 . if physical education classes are going to use the facility, they should use only three of the courts, leaving one available for public play. Discussion took place by the Commissioners on these suggestions. Garens suggested the possibility of concession stand aid keeping track of the schedule book in the concession stand for tennis users. It was suggested that model rules be developed for the next Commission meeting and that a sign be placed s on the courts so that everyone using them will understand the regulations for court use. Erickson asked about limiting the use of courts for physical.education classes. Jessen responded that it is his feeling that it is appropriate that the school should have the use of all four courts when needed inasmuch as the School District paid 50% of the construction cost of the court, but that this should be discussed with the physical education department at the School District before any regulations are established. Bye suggested that the hours of court sign-in should be on the hour rather than whenever the person gets there to start playing in that this would help r Park & Recreation Commission _3_ April 1, 19.74 ' Minutes , eo le are playing for 45 minutes, then when to clean up the situation where p P players take another hour while the others have other s come to play the first to wait to get on the court. directed to research this area and make recommendations at the je s sen was No action re squired. next Commission meeting. D. Discussion of Softball Program for Adultset with the level of service that Mr. Brill stated that he was particularly upRound the Softball Teams have received recently that held at on the many Comm use of ssion meetings organized athletics. He sai dale Kennel proposal and had heard that there in.the discussion of the King acquiSition but that the cy was was little or no money available for land facilities and wanted to know what going to spend money improving existing k. kind of facilities would be developed and/ould be erect d around t e soor improved at'Round Lake ftball ki ; He particularly wanted to know if lights w fi elds and whether or not the maintenance (which he feels has been very poor) would be improved. essen responded by saying that no lights would be erected at Round Lake jhat there is no ro riated for that purpose. the Park this summer and maintenance of he ball f e many fields has always pro. bbeen He further stated that responsibility of the Public Works DePaernent s and nd than complaints have resulted from this arrange Bested that there is a need to changehis rather nagem hanepresently nt re fr Garens su g nee so that maintenance is responsive to program was his rest that p separated from the Recreation Progr ntenanceam. He awork done not request t that that jessen must be able to order ;., it be accomplished whenever they have enthusiasts,ime to andthe himself has made com- number of complaints from hockey 4 Taints about the skating rink maintenance. He doesn't feel that the level of P high. `k . service is particularly , that the Manager be invited to attend the next Commission , Bye suggested {, meeting to discuss the maintenance program and the problems that the He state is Commission has identified. d that if the interest in a prog�ae air- high, the City needs to do a good job in all areas of it, including tenance responsibility. City Manager to attend the next Park erkland to request he d M/Garen /Commission meeting tt d scu s maintenance programareas an s & Recreation Motion carried unanimously. problems. III. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS. A. Bluffs O en Space Report. en Space Report Y essen distributed copies of the addendum 1 the area and summary and recom- j with the recreational potential dealing , a Park & Recreation Commission --4- April 1, 1974 Minute s mendations, and reviewed it with the Commission. Discussion followed as to the merits of the river bottom area for recreation and also water quality of the lakes within the area. lessen stressed the importance of this area in flood protection for the Minnesota River Valley, particularly the industriali- zation in other parts of the Watershed District, and because of this importance indicated favoring the one mill levy by the Watershed District for open space acquisition. lessen suggested that if the Commission was in general agreement with the proposal they should recommend the plan as presented to the Council, that. the Commission ought to hold a public meeting with all land owners and other interested citizens to review the plan and solicit their input, and that the staff ought to make formal communications with the Watershed District concerning recommendations for dealing with the one mill levy. F . M/Erickson, S/Garens that the Park & Recreation Commission recommend this plan to the Council as a preliminary draft of the course of action for implemen- tation of the open space along the Lower Minnesota River. It was further recommended that a public meeting be held by the Commission for the purpose of reviewing this plan and soliciting input and that the staff correspond formally with the Watershed District about the potential of levying one mill for acqui- sition. Motion carried unanimously. B. Recommendations for Summer Recreation Program. lessen reviewed the memo distributed to the Commission dealing with the further analysis of the Recreation Survey conducted by Joe Sullivan. Two main points of the survey findings are: :l) transportation is a deterrent to participation for many people, and 2) we are not doing a very good job of communicating our program to the citizens. lessen. suggested that an extensive public relations program would be developed for this summer's activities, including the brochure mailed to all residents, flyers distributed to all resi- dents, flyers distributed through the schools, promotional programs at the schools, promotional programs and distribution of information at Schooner Days, etc. lessen also suggested that further study on car pooling and other forms of transportation would be analyzed. Bye suggested that the car pools be promoted further as a means of transpor- tation rather than trying to bus people to all of the activities. He also suggested that an additional informational tool might be to set up a team.of r three or four young people to go door to door throughout the community to k. promote the summer activities. People won't always attend promotional meetings nor will they always read all of the information sent to them, but if a group of young people went door to door and talked to residents, we L might get our message across better. S lessen stated that he hopes to have the entire Summer Recreation Program developed in preliminary form for discussion at the next meeting, including more specific detail on promotional activity. No action required. Park & Recreation Commission -5- April 1, 1974 Minutes C. Lions Club Picnic Pavilion. Enger reported that he had just met with the Lions Club, where he had shown them the more detailed drawings of the pavilion plan favored by the City and the more detailed cost estimates have been arrived at, which appears to be about $14,000. The Lions have indicated that they have $7,000 for the project and are now asking that the City formally take a stand on where the other $7,000 will come from. Utilities for the pavilion could cost as much as $50,000 because of the distance of sewer and water services from the area. The $14,000 price for the pavilion is just for materials, not any manpower to construct it. Jessen stated that now that the detailed cost estimates were available,' he would seriously contact other people who might be interested in participating in constructing the facility. !1 The Commission is generally in favor of the pavilion as presented by Enger and staff will try to secure other funding sources and report back at the next Commission meeting, No action required. D. Report on Sian Ordinance Status. Jessen reported that the Sign Ordinance has been amended to include regulation. of the Star& Tribune newspaper boxes as suggested by Bye at the last Commission meeting. The Council is considering this draft of the ordinance further and will be taking action on it in the future. No action required. E. 1974 Eden Prairie Cooler Report. Jessen reported that the Cooler was bigger than ever and that the total number of people in attendance was somewhere between 900 and 1,000. The Explorer Post sponsored by the Park & Recreation Commission ran the concession stand and had a gross revenue of over $150 This money will be used for Explorer Post activity during the coming year. The Planning Commission defeated the Park & Recreation Commission by. a score of 2 - 1 in the Broomball Game and a suitable trophy is being designed for presentation to the Planning Commission. Jessen reported that Sean Forster, son of Perry and Lynne Forster, was a victim of an accident at the Cooler where he fell onto the ice and his hand was skated over by another skater, severing the little finger on the left hand. The finger has been reattached and the doctors and all concerned are now hopeful that it will mend properly so that the youngster will not have to have it removed. Garens stated that he felt there were certain risks to be taken in providing a program such as the Cooler and that he was very sore-J to hear that the youngster was injured. However, he felt that much had been done to protect the safety ; of those in attendance. Jessen stated that five people were ice guarding during the course of the evening and tried to keep the skaters from roughhousing, etc. Park & Recreation Commission -6— April 1, 1974 -� Minute s F. Crosstown Playground Report. Cjessen reported that he and Enger had met with Helmer and some of his neighbors to discuss facilities to be included in the temporary playground in that area of Eden Prairie. Enger will draw up plans for review by the neighbors, Park & Recreation Commission, and the County Highway Dept. in the next two weeks. No action required. G. Garden Plots on Park Property. Garens suggested that the City ought to establish garden plots on some of the existing undeveloped park property or other land in Eden Prairie that might be available for this purpose. He said he had talked to jessen about this idea and that the staff is developing- a proposal for inclusion in the Summer Recreation Program. No action required. IV. ADTOURNMENT. M/Garens, S/Bye that the meeting be adjourned. Motion carried unanimously. C C AGENDA EDEN PRAIRIE PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION MONDAY, APRIL 15 , 1974 7:30 p.m. , City Hall COMMISSION MEMBERS: Marvin Erickson, Richard Anderson, William Garens, Janet Berkland, Steve Eisch, Francis Helmer, Richard Bron, Jr. , Wolfgang Penzel, Paul Enblom, William Bye COMMISSION STAFF: Marty Jessen, Director of Community Services ROLL CALL I. MINUTES OF APRIL 1, 1974, MEETING. II. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF PARK MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. III. PETITIONS REQUESTS, AND COMMUNICATIONS. A. Communication with Dutch Schaitberger about sale of Dutch's Resort. IV. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS. A. Report on Council Action on Bluffs Recommendation. C B. 1974 Summer Recreation Program Report - Jodi Gelling. C. Report on Tennis Court Rules and Recommendation for Round Lake Park. D. 1974 Teen Work and Play Program. E. Lions Club Picnic Pavilion Report. F. Consideration of Tree Nursery for Park Plantings. V. ADJOURNMENT. MINUTES EDEN PPAIRIE PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION MONDAY, APRIL 15 , 1974 7:30 P.M. , City Hall MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Marvin Erickson, Bill Garens, Steve Eisch, Dick Anderson, Jan Berkland, Wolf Penzel, Frank Helmer, Dick Bren. MEMBERS ABSENT: Bill Bye, Paul Enblom STAFF PRESENT: Marty Jessen, Director of Community Services Chris Enger, Landscape Architect Jodi Gelling, Student Intern OTHERS PRESENT: Robert Heinrich, City Manager Ray Earls, Public Works Maintenance Supervisor Pat Kostecka, John Olsen, Chuck Lyon, John Engler, Glen Simons, Dan Kasid, Bonnie Pearson, John Kasid, Bruce Brill, Mike Scherer, Tim Pierce. ' The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Chairman Marvin Erickson. I. _MINUTES OF APRIL 1, 1974 , MEETING. M/Garens, S/Berkland to approve the minutes of the April 1, 1974, meeting / as presented. Motion carried unanimously. l II. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF PARK MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. Erickson asked Bruce Brill to summarize his comments made at the meeting held two weeks ago which prompted this public discussion of the Park Maintenance Program. Brill said that the reason for his coming to the meeting two weeks ago was to find out what the City intended to do to improve the level of maintenance and the general condition of the field at Round Lake Park. He said he felt that the infields needed improvement, the outfields needed to be leveled, and the fields needed to be better maintained throughout the summer months, including watering, etc. Heinrich said that as a softball player himself, hie was aware of the field's condition and frankly didn't feel they were too bad. Park Maintenance is a function of the Public Works Maintenance Division rather than Park and Recrea- tion Department in that the entire Maintenance Operation is rather small and putting them together allows for some economy and flexibility in scheduling so that Park Maintenance Men can do street maintenance and other items as necessary. Heinrich stated that it was his feeling that as the City grew and the amount of park maintenance work increased, it is a good possibility that there would be a separate Park Maintenance Division in the Park and Recreation Department rather than in Public Works Maintenance. Heinrich reviewed the growth in the park maintenance area, stating that in early 1973, the City had one man employed primarily to do park maintenance Park S Recreation Commission -2- April 15 , 1974 Minute s Ivork. A second man was added in mid-1973, and a third added in 1974. Additional improvements in the program had been made in the purchase of new equipment, particularly the 7-c7ang ►novrer that is used in maintaining the. grass areas in the parks. Heinrich further added that the City is presently upgrading tine infields at Flying Cloud Field by putting down 3/8" limestone and intends to do the sarne thing at Round Lake Park before the first game of the season. Glen Simons asked about the base under the fields and questioned the advisa- bility of putting down this surface without having adequately considered the base materials and drainage of the field, etc. Earls responded by saying that there was thought being given to putting down a second coat next year so that the limestone would actually serve as the base. Simons suggested that the infields needed to be raised so that the water would run off the infields onto the grass areas, otherwise the new material would just sink into the ground and get soupy when it rains. Heinrich distributed copies of the numbers of hours spent on Park Maintenance in 1973. John Olsen, representing the hockey interests in the community, stated that he was sure the statistics would speak for themselves, but it was his feeling that the real issue is the people in the community and the community is saying that they demand better service, and it is his feeling that this warrants a full-time Park Maintenance staff responsible to the recreation programs in the Department of Parks and Recreation. He stated it was his feeling that this was a highest priority and that Eden Prairie does have enough people who are vitally interested in seeing better service provided in this area. Penzel stated that the money to provide these services is the key and that the recent levy limitation imposed by the State Legislature makes it difficult for the City to increase service. He suggested that a referendum might have to be held, similar to the one the School District held last fall to increase their levy by 6 mills so that they could maintain the level of service that they had provided prior to the levy limitation enactment. He stated that the last City election to some degree was.run on an issue that the City was overstaffed and that there was a need to cut down on public expenditures. Penzel suggested that this group's feeling ought to be made known to the Council so that they can have the benefit of their input in deciding priorities for future budgets and other expenditures. He further suggested that if there is no more money available for general City mainte- nance, then in order to improve Park Maintenance, the priorities must be reset , and frankly this comes down to deciding whether to spend more time f . I and effort in Street Maintenance or Park Maintenance. Citizen service demand is rising, costs of providing the service have risen rapidly, but the revenues to provide the service has not kept up with the demand. Mike Scherer expressed the opinion that there is a need for more maintenance manpower in the Park and Recreation Program and also a need for some assistance in the recreation program supervision. He suggested that if a referendum were necessary to raise money .for this purpose , then a citizen's committee ought to be established to do the job in promoting this idea so th<<t whatever money is necessary may be raised. r Park & Pecreation Commission -3- April 15, 1974 %Minutes Simons asked if the ball fields would be improved for this year. Heinrich said improvements are, already underway at Flying Cloud and improvements would be made at Round Lake as soon as Flying Cloud is completed. Garens stated that it was his feeling that Park Maintenance ought to be a function of the Park and Recreation Department, not Public Works Maintenance. He said he opposed this when the City reorganization was presented last fall. He further stated that he felt a reorganization to reflect maintenance as a function of recreation programming would help to better meet the needs of the community. Anderson said that it was his feeling that any ball field improvements this ' year were just a temporary solution to the overall problem of Park Maintenance. He said he felt that the City needs to start developing park facilities and maintenance capabilities so that we can do a first class job. In other words, he felt there was a need to start looking for a bond issue for capital improve- ments and perhaps a referendum for operations and maintenance. Olsen said he would like to recommend that the Park and Recreation Commission and Council prepare a referendum for increased Park and Recreation Maintenance and Operation and a bond issue for park improvements. Penzel suggested that a petition be circulated to be brought before the Council for their consideration in this regard. John Kasid asked if special interest groups such as the softball teams could ( use areas for fund raising to be used for future park development. He suggested ! `- the possibility of winter and summer softball tournaments to raise money for field improvements, such as lights, etc. r Mike Scherer suggested to the Commission that the citizens, particularly represented by himself, Tim Pierce, Bruce Brill, and John Olsen, request ' that the Park and Recreation Commission direct the staff to prepare information so that they might circulate a petition around the community that would be q brought to the Council requesting a Park Bond Development Program and t, a Maintenance and Operations Referendum. f M/Garens, S/Anderson that the Park and Recreation Commission direct thet . staff to work with the interested citizens in developing a bond issue proposal � for park improvements and a referendum for increased maintenance and operations expenditures and that this work be brought back before the Planning and Development and the Finance and Legislation Sub-committees of the Park and Recreation Commission. Motion carried unanimously. III. PETITIONS, REQUESTS & COMMUNICATIONS: A. Communication with Dutch Schaitberger about sale of Dutch's Resort. � Jessen reported that the City had been contacted by Mr. Schaitberger on April 12 , 1974, about his expressed interest in selling the property. Inasmuch as he had heard the City is interested in buying lakeshore property at Riley La}:e, he contacted the City to see if there is interest in buying his property. This item will be on the Council agenda for April 23, 1974, for their consideration. No action required. Park & Recreation Commission -4- April 15, 974 [Minutes IV. RPCOMMENDATIONS AND RF;F'ORTS: A. Rer)ort on_Council action on Bluffs_recommendation. jessen reported that the Council adopted the recommendations of the Park and Recreation Commission except for the recommendation dealing with the holding of a public rnenting to discuss this proposed plan and the recommen- dation dealing with petitioning the Watershed District to levy 1 mill for the acquisition of bluff and river bottom land. Garens asked Penzel why the Council took this position inasmuch as it was essentially taking the implementation method out of the plan and it was his feeling that a plan without implementation consideration wasn't worth anything. Penzel stated that some members of the Council took a strong position against the Watershed District involvement as they are not favorable to any more taxes. , Further, some members of the Council felt that a public meeting on this proposal might increase land costs in the area and.whereas Bloomington is buying river bottom land for from $500-800 an acre, Eden Prairie's costa might be substantially higher. ' Beikland expressed the opinion that perhaps the Council just is not in favor of purchasing any more park land. Heinrich stated that he felt that perhaps t the Metro Bonding Authority might be a revenue source for this proposal and further that the Council did take action to reconsider the Watershed District involvement after six months. No action required. B. 1974 Summer Recreation Program Report. Gelling reviewed the memo and report sent to the Commission dealing with the development of recreational programs for 1974. She highlighted the new Tiny Tot Swim Program and explained some of the basic considerations behind many of the other programs. She stated that the presentwCrk schedule is inter- viewing summer staff applicants, developing their in-service training program, and beginning to formulate the promotional activity for the program including 5 demonstrations at the schools, at Schooner Days, the mailing of the brochure, etc. Jessen stated that he and Gelling had met with representatives of the YMCA to•further develop the summer Teen Work and Play Program. Their present thinking is that it will be for youngsters aged 12-15 and the YMCA will pro- vide the supervision and recreational programs while the City will provide the work responsibility. Tentative cost of the program is approximately $5 ,500. Work efforts are presently being developed in three areas: 1 . Recreation programs to provide aids to the summer fun play ground program and the YMCA day camp program. 2. Sign abatement in the community, which would be working with the Building Inspections Department in surveying the entire community to locate and describe every sign in Eden Prairie. 3. Park maintenance and tree nursery program, which would be involved in general park maintenance throughout the summer. y Park & Recreation Commission -5- April 15 , 1974 Minute s Jessen described the possibility of entering into the joint program with Flopkins, Minnetonka, Plymouth, and other western suburban comritunities and the Suburban Recreation Association to provide programs for the mentally handicapped this summer. These programs would be primarily pro- vided by Suburban Recreation Association but they do require some financial assistance from the municipality as well as a user fee. The City would pay between $5 and $15 per child to participate in this program. The staff esti- mates the number of participants from Eden Prairie to be relatively low and suggests that the City enter into this program inasmuch as we cannot provide these kinds of activities at the local level. M/Garens, S/Berkland that Eden Prairie participate in these programs for the mentally handicapped with the Suburban Recreation Association and other west suburban communities and finance the program to the extent necessary. Garens asked if the Water Safety Instruction Program included busing of the youngsters to and from Round Lake Park. Gelling said that instead we are anticipating developing car pools for this program as we had last year. lessen said that the staff is still looking at the possibility of providing garden plots for Eden Prairie residents and that an article would appear in an upcoming Sun Newspaper so that we could find out if there was an interest in proceeding with this program. Some of the Commissioners expressed a feeling that this was not needed or appropriate at this time inasmuch as there is so much open land in Eden Prairie and most of the people live on large lots or acreages. C. Report on Tennis Court Rules and Recommendations for Round Lake Park. lessen reported that he had surveyed a number of communities to find out what they use for tennis court rules and found that most communities had not posted rules on their courts. However, Edina this year is putting up rules for the first time on all of their courts, while Bloomington--which has 47 public courts-- has only a rule dealing with instructional classes having priority. The staff feels it is a good idea to post rules so that people understand priorities for use of tennis courts, particularly in light of the fact that we have such a shortage of public courts. •Jessen suggested the following rules: 1. Limit play to one hour if others are waiting. 2. Children 15 and under must relinquish courts to adults after 5 p.in. on weekdays and all day on weekends and holidays from Memorial Day to Labor Day. 3. No bikes or dogs on the courts. 4. All players must wear tennis shoes. 5. Eden Prairie School's physical education classes will be using all four courts from 8:45 a.m. to 2:15 p. m. Monday- Friday during the school year. 6. Eden Prairie School Tennis Team will be using the two east courts from 3-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday during the school year. Part. & Racrea tiO1) Commission -0- April 15 , 1974 Minute s ,ssen E;lso suC5CIOSted thc: f(.),lo%ving equipment for the courts: additional boards he mountod an tha sc;rc..,:!ns ))elO%N the e`.<LStinCJ Ones, and squeec;ae.. be purchasecl for pushing thr,, %•rater off the courts after it rains. Eisch suucfestOd that th': water fountain in front- of the courts be fixed as soon EIs possible and said that it didn't work much of last summer as well. M/Anderson, S/Erickson to approve the six rules suggested by the staff. h/Iotion carried unanimously. t D. 1974 Teen Work and Play Program. This discussion was included as a part- IVB on the agenda. E. Lions Club Picnic Pavilion Report. Jessen reported that the staff had not had any further communications with the Lions Club concerning this pavilion and that the staff is still trying to generate the additional $7,000 necessary. Helmer asked about renovating the existing structure , which used to be the Teen Center, and stated his feeling that the building is worth something and that the picnic pavilion could be there even though it's in close proximity to the houses just south of the park. Erickson stated that he felt that the building could not be used for this purpose and that it isn't structurally sound. lessen offered to give Helmer a tour of.the facility any time he wanted so he could know what the building looked like inside. lessen stated that the building was not suitable for remodeling into a picnic pavilion structurally and considering the style of the building it is not appropriate. No action required. F. Consideration of Tree Nursery for Park Plantings. lessen distributed copies of the Round LakeepareParka He stated that some ofby Chris Enger lng thethe establishment of a nursery a R work for this project would ba done by the summer Teen WorWPlay Program and that the City would attempt to secure a Vo-Tec student to work part-time during the summer to head up this program. lessen suggested that the staff will meet with the neighbors along the south end of the park about the possibility of establishing the nursery in the narrow strip of land between the park road and those houses. M/Helmer, S/Garens to direct the staff to meet with the neighbors just south F of the Round Lake Park and report back at a later Commission meeting. Motion fi carried unanimously. i i V. ADJ OURN �/fEW- M/Garens , S/Eisch that the meeting be adjourned. Motion carried unanimously.