1981-03-24 Parks and Rec Comm MinutesCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION
MINUTES
March 24, 1981
1. Call to order by Chairman Bayless. Members present: McMonigal, Stein,
Gustafson, Williams, Bayless, Abraham, Selander and Schneeman. Also present
was Councilwoman Liz Witt,
2. Minutes of the February 24, 1981 meeting were approved.
3. City Administrator Johnson gave a brief summary of the City Council's concensus
of the Bream Lakeridge PUD.
4. Councilwoman Witt presented ideas of the Council on the proposed new Fire
Station and two ballfields that the Council has informally approved. After
some discussion, Gustafson moved to recommend to the City Council acceptance
of Bream's PUD preliminary acceptance plan for March 12 1981 wherein Bream
would convey approximately seven acres in the northeast corner of his proper
That would be deemed large enough to construct two adult ballfields and to
accept Mr. Bream's offer to do rough grading of the entire site including p;
Furthermore, the City Council would appropriate from Park Funds for the
completion and construction of those two ballfields in accordance with the
specifications developed by Public Works Director Jim Danielson and Dewey
Selander. Voting: all. aves. nnnrnvad.
5. General discussion of the Friendly Hills ballfield. Public Works Director
Danielson will have the newly sized bald ready for use by May 85 1981.
6. General discussion of physical conditions existing in the parks. A tentative
plan of "Park Clean-up" was planned for Saturday, May 8th. Mary Jean Schneeman
is to coordinate this event with the help of all the commission members.
7. Dewey Selander gave a summary of the 1981 summer park program available at
the parks and there was general discussion on this. A recommendation was
made by Tom Bayless that Dewey Selander make a list of the programs and the
number of participants, which would be presented to the commission. A motion
was made by McMonigal that a representative of the Park Commission should attend
the City Council meetings on a rotating basis. Seconded and so moved.
It was agreed that Chairman Bayless will attend the next Council meeting on
April 7th.
8. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Sean Schneeman, Secretary