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10-25-10GOLDEN VALLEY OPEN SPACE & RECREATION COMMISSION Regular Meeting Minutes October 25, 2010 1. Call to Order Sandler called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. Roll Call Present: Roger Bergman, Brad Kadue, Kelly Kuebelbeck, Bob Mattison, Emily Piper, Anne Saffert, Jerry Sandler, Dan Steinberg, Rick Jacobson, Director of Parks and Recreation; and Andy Soltvedt, Recreation Supervisor. 3. Agenda Changes or Additions None made. 4. Approval of Minutes -September 27, 2010 MOTION: MOVED by Bergman and seconded by Mattison to approve the September 27 meeting minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 5. Recreation Report - Andy Soltvedt Soltvedt said his major program for summer is Tennis, which is run in conjunction with Twin City Tennis Camps. He said registrations have been solid for the past few years and continued this year. He offered over 180 different options this year from ages 3 and up, including private lessons. He had 445 individual registrations, which doesn't include fall offerings. Courts used are at Brookview, Medley, Scheid and South Wesley. He said Scheid numbers were low and plans to offer those classes at Medley next season. Soltvedt said the summer Adult Softball League had 32 Men's teams participating; 8 teams per night Monday thru Thursday. They had quite a few rain outs which extended the season to the first part of September. Thirty-two teams also participated in the fall league, which runs Tuesday nights as co-rec. Eleven Concerts-in-the-Park were well attended with one rain-out. The lowest attendance was 100, with the most at 500 for the Ice Cream Social. Next summer, due to budget restraints, he plans to run only 6-10 concerts and pursue other options for free entertainment. Soltvedt has been evaluating his program offerings at Davis Community Center. He said most are open gym type programs. He has noticed the family and youth open gym times have had pretty low attendance. He plans to discontinue offering those programs in the fall and spring. He also plans to begin offering more scheduled programs for youth and family in their place. Tae Kwon Do and Little Tiger Self Defense are a few of the programs that have already been moved to Davis. The Adult Open Gyms have been well attended, with volleyball being the most heavily used. Winter break Holiday Youth Open Gym will not be offered due to gym maintenance. Soltvedt said his fall programs have begun. Tap and Ballet registration is up from last year with over 35 students in the beginning class alone. Last year he had a total of 48 registered. Adult fitness programs are going strong with 20-30 people in evening sessions and about 20 in day sessions. He plans to filter some of those classes to Davis as well. Registration for Youth Minutes of the Golden Valley Open Space and Recreation Commission October 25, 2010 Page 2 Basketball for grades 2-6 has begun and is run in cooperation with St. Louis Park and Crystal. The program runs 8 weeks with volunteer coaches. The Winter Activities Brochure is currently being put together and has changed to afour-color, web-press printed catalog. Registration for the Music for Everyone program has increased. Programs include: private and introductory piano lessons, First Steps in Musicland for preschooler's and parents, and various youth introductory classes. To help get free entertainment for Concerts-in-the-Park, Kadue suggested inviting the winner from the Golden Valley Days Battle of the Bands back for a concert in the summer. Sandler congratulated Soltvedt on his recognition in the Minnesota Park and Recreation Magazine. 6. Athletic Field Grant Program Soltvedt distributed proposed site plans. He said city staff and Mark Zeman from Golden Valley Little League met with Anderson-Johnson Associates, Inc. to discuss options. After the initial meeting, AJA came back with an additional proposal. The options were discussed, and after input from Little League, it was decided to go with the modified proposal. That proposal would take less earth work, it's more conducive for pedestrian and maintenance vehicle access, and the storm water drainage is better. Funds available for the project are $467,500. Jacobson said once a final design is complete, it will go out for bid in late winter with construction beginning in the spring. Mattison said Golden Valley Girls Softball sent a letter committing up to $1,000 for the study of the proposed improvements to the Sandburg athletic fields. Jacobson said Golden Valley Phoenix Soccer said they would contribute $500 to the project; however, no commitment letter has been received. The Commission then discussed other potential projects for future grant funding. 7. Adjournment MOVED by Piper and seconded by Kuebelbeck to adjourn at 8:00 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.