1984-11-13 Parks and Rec Comm MinutesCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION
MINUTES
NOVEMBER 13, 1984
The regular meeting of the Mendota Heights Park and Recreation Commission was
called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairperson Stein. The following members were
present: Stein, Doffing, Knittig, McMonigal, Schneeman and Singer. Williams was
absent. Also present were Terry Blum, Jim Danielson and Dewey Selander.
APPROVAL OF
Minutes of the October 9,
1984 meeting
were approved as
MINUTES
submitted.
MEETING WITH Stein summarized the meeting he had with City Administrator
RECREATION Frazell and Recreation Director Selander. Frazell will assist
DIRECTOR Selander in the selection of rink attendants and the attendants
chosen will be expected to abide by set guidelines. Violations
will be disciplined accordingly. The Director is expected to
visit the rinks at night as often as possible. The police force
will be requested to make a stop at each rink each evening.
ICE RINK GUIDELINES The Commission adopted the following guidelines for ice rink
activities:
1. There will be no hockey on the pleasure rinks except for
younger children if it does not interfere with pleasure
skaters.
2. Hockey takes precedent over boot hockey on the hockey rinks.
Enforcement of these guidelines will be at the discretion
of the individual rink attendants.
3. The skating rinks at Wentworth and Ivy Falls will be divided
in half like last year to accommodate various interests.
4. Organized groups wishing to reserve a rink may contact
Kim at City Hall, where they will be scheduled and sent a
confirmation letter.
PARK MAINTENANCE Terry Blum reported that the ice rink surfaces have been leveled
REPORT and are ready to go. Ice flooding will begin at 4:00 a.m., as
last year. The wood duck boxes on "Joanie's Pond" were moved
since the trees that they were attached to fell in the last
severe storm. The electrical boxes in Ivy Falls, Friendly Hills
and Marie Park need new back panels to prevent possible injury.
Rink lights are ready as are the two ski trails. The tennis
courts at Rogers Lake are splitting and will need resurfacing
next spring.
BIKE TRAIL The Commission reviewed the letter that they requested Mr.
Danielson send to Mn/DOT indicating the change in the bike
trail route. Since the route has been altered, the Commission
Park and Recreation Commission Minutes, November 13, 1984 Page Two
requested staff to update, by the next meeting, the cost
estimates for the corridor between Marie Avenue and Mendota
Reights Road.
REQUEST FOR PLAY- Residents near Marie Park requested playground equipment for
GROUND EQUIPMENT pre-school children. Since the Commission addressed this
issue previously, the decision not to add this equipment to
this or any other park stands as is.
DOWNTOWN TASK FORCE McMonigal reported that the corridor for the proposed TH 14.9
will be left as open space east of Friendly Hills. Mendakota
Country Club is considering the gale of their property at Dodd
and TH 110, where a shopping center with specialty shops may
be constructed. A future City Hall would be located north of
TH 110 and east of Dodd Road,
RECREATION REPORT Dewey Selander reported there are presently eight applicants
for rink attendants. The meeting for beginning a Senior
Citizens Club will be held November 21st. Couples Volleyball
needs more participants or it will have to be cancelled.
MISCELLANEOUS Singer read
the
letter he received from
Dakota County Parks
indicating
they
will be unable to groom
the City cross country
ski trails
this
winter.
The next meeting
of
the
Park
and Recreation Commission will be
on December 11,
1984
at
7:30
P.M.
ADJOURN There being no further business to come before the Commission,
the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Alan Singer, Secretary