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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes-November-05 Park & Recreation Commission November 23,2005 ] City of Columbia Heights Park and Recreation Commission November 22,2005 Eileen Evans called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Members present: Eileen Evans; Jerry Foss; Stan Hoium; Kevin McDonald; David Payne; Marsha Stroik; Keith Windschitl, Recreation Director; Kevin Hansen, Public Works Director/City Engineer Absent: Tom Greenhalgh, Gary Peterson APPROVAL CONSENT AGENDA Motion to approve revised consent agenda by Foss; second by Payne. All ayes, motion carried. LETTERS AND REQUESTS Darrell Gauvitte the grandson of William Charles Gauvitte addresses the commission on the request to place a memorial in Gauvitte Park for William Gauvitte. Gauvitte served on the Village of Columbia Heights cOlUlcil from June 1912 until December 1916 and May of 1920 until August 1921. He was elected as the first Mayor of the City of Columbia Heights in 1921 and served until May 1923. The rock that would be used to place the memorial marker is in place at Gauvitte Parle Director or Public Works Hansen asked about the details of the plaque; if it would be a written memoriam or have a picture on it as well. Mr. Gauvitte explained that because of the costs their family had decided to make the plaque with just the writing for now and at some point in the future they would maybe add a picture. Motion by Foss to recOlmnend to the City Council to approve the memorial rock at Gauvitte Park with the plaque for William Charles Gauvitte and to have a dedication ceremony at a later date. Second by McDonald. All ayes, motion carried. Recreation Director Windschitl presented the request from the family of James Labelle to place a memorial picture in the bar/lounge area. This would be something similar to the existing picture in the Keyes room. Motion by HoilUll to approve the placing of a memorial picture of James Labelle in the bar/lounge area, second by Foss. All ayes, motion carried. Discussion on the placement of a display cabinet for the Sister Cities organization in Murzyn Hall. Commission members would like to know the size of the cabinet, what would be displayed, why display in Murzyn Hall and where would it be. The Commission would also like to request that a member from Sister Cities be present at the Park & Recreation Commission November 23,2005 2 next Park & Recreation Commission Meeting to present more details. This request was tabled by Evans to await fmiher details. OLD BUSINESS None at this time. NEW BUSINESS RENTAL RATES FOR MURZYN HALL 2007 Recreation Director Windschitl discussed the reasons for the proposed increase of the rental rates for 2007. Currently the all of the Saturdays in 2006 from April 8th until November 4th are booked. By raising the main hall rental rates we would create additional revenue as discussed in the previous budget meeting. Another means of creating additional revenue would be to add a charge for decorating on a Friday during business hours when the rental is on a Saturday. Currently if the Friday prior to a rental is not booked a client can decorate at no additional charge. During business hours we are staffed in the office so there would be no labor costs. Evans confirmed that we do not give two discounts on one rental and suggested that we do not offer a 50% discount on a Saturday night rental. Windschitl also said that the adveliising costs for Murzyn Hall are low, about $1000.00 per year. Hoimn asked on the status of the CSO officers and if we are getting charged more if it is a Police Officer. Windschitl stated that the city is hiring reserve officers for now until the positions are filled. Evans asked if there were other additional charges that would bring in revenue. Windschitl said a few ways would be to make all rentals with an open bar use our PreMix and to charge for using a room for storage or for getting dressed; although charging for storage goes against our current policy of the renters having every thing out of the building by 1 :00 am. Motion by Foss to recOlllinend to the City Council to approve the proposed rental rates for 2007 with no Saturday discount on a 2 or 4 hour rental, second by McDonald. All ayes, motion carried. REPORTS RECREA nON DIRECTOR Windschitl informed the commission that the Consent Agenda for the City Council Meeting on Monday November 28 includes the request to authorize the feasibility repOli for addition of Prestemon Ballfield Park lighting. Hansen explained that the feasibility repOli is a request for staff to investigate the costs for lighting and that this is the first step in moving forward with this motion. Windschitl added that cunently there is no use of the field as it gets darker in the fall evenings, there are new facilities at the park, the walking trail would get lighting and the residents arOlmd the park would not be affected by the ballfield lighting because the lights are concentrated on the fields. He also invited the cOlllinission members to attend the City Council Meeting on Monday night to show support for the lighting proposal. Park & Recreation Commission November 23, 2005 3 Windschitl reminded the COlllillission members about the Commission Dinner on December 14 and to send their RSVP. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER Hansen reported to the commission that he meet and spoke with a company for the remodel of the city park wading pools. It would cost an estimated $60,000 and that does not include the fencing, peripheral or pump house work. A formal process for a bid may bring the bid down in cost. To put in a brand new wading pool costs between $100,000- $120,000. We need to have a plan in place soon to have the wading pools open next year. The next step is to look into other options with the City Manager. Evans suggested that we do not need to put money into the Huset Park wading pool if a water feature would be in the future plans of the Huset Park Project. Foss commented that we do lmow that the pools get used on a regular basis, but are the State and County standards going to keep rising each year. Hansen cOlllillented if we should plan for future water features in one or more parks then careful evaluation needs to be given versus putting money into our existing wading pools for the size of our community. We have never had a health related issue with our current wading pools. COMMISSION MEMBERS None at this time. ADJOURNMENT Eileen Evans adjourned the meeting at 7:45 p.m. Deanna Saefke Recreation Clerk Typist II