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OPEN SPACE & RECREATION COMMISSION
Meeting Agenda
Brookview Community Center
Monday, June 27, 2005
5:15 PM
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
Chuck Cahill
Kelly Kuebelbeck
Jerry Sandler, Chair
III. Agenda Changes or Additions
IV. Approval of Minutes — May 23, 2005
V. Bus Tour of Performance Areas
a. Potential Brookview Sites
b. St. Louis Park
c. Hopkins
d. New Hope
VI. Adjournment
James Heine
Tom Kuelbs
Jim Vaughan, Vice Chair
Jim Johnson
Roger McConico
Tom Zins
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OPEN SPACE & RECREATION COMMISSION
Meeting Minutes
Brookview Community Center
Monday, May 23, 2005
7:00 PM
I. CALL TO ORDER
Sandler called meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
11. ROLL CALL
Present: Chuck Cahill, James Heine, Jim Johnson, Kelly Kuebelbeck, Roger McConico, Jerry Sandler,
Tom Zins, Rick Jacobson, Director of Parks and Recreation; Sheila Van Sloun, Administrative
Assistant; and Sue Cook, Recreation Supervisor.
Absent: Tom Kuelbs and Jim Vaughan.
111. AGENDA CHANGES OR ADDITIONS
No changes or additions.
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — April 25, 2005
MOTION: Moved by Johnson and seconded by Heine to approve the minutes. Motion carried
unanimously.
V. RECREATION REPORT — Sue Cook
Cook discussed her involvement with the Davis Community Center and stated that she currently has three
college students covering the hours for activities offered there. She said that this season, 60 punch passes have
been sold for Co-Rec Open Volleyball and 50 for Adult Basketball.
She talked about the Youth Basketball program which in run in conjunction with the City of Crystal.
Combined there are 35 teams, 19 from Golden Valley with 25-30 parent volunteer coaches for the teams.
Games are held at Davis and Crystal Community Centers. Due to spaces filling quickly, this year she added an
8:00 a. m. Mites session for K-151 graders.
She then discussed the Adopt -A -Park program stating there is minimal turnover. She added that participants
are asked for a two-year commitment.
Cook said the Spring/Summer Adult Softball league consists of four Co-Rec teams playing with four Co-Rec
teams from New Hope on Sunday evenings, five Co-Rec teams on Friday evenings and thirty-two Men's
teams playing Monday -Thursday evenings. The Fall Softball league will play two nights a week and consist of
Men's and Co-Rec teams.
Cook said the tennis lessons will be run by the same three staff as last year. She's hoping the nice weather will
prompt more people to register.
Cook distributed magnets advertising the Concerts -in -the -Park. She added that the Golden Valley Federated
Women's Club donated $500 this year for the concerts.
Cook said the information for the Fall brochure will be collected around the first of July and go to the homes
mid -late August.
Cook said she is the City Representative for the Music and Arts Festival Committee. She gave highlights from
Golden Valley Days and said 500+ people showed up on Friday night for the fireworks and that there was a
great turn -out for the parade on Saturday. She said new this year was the Friday night celebration and the
parade.
VI. BUDGET/CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Jacobson distributed copies of the Capital Improvement Program and gave details on the items listed. Some
major items discussed for 2005 were the resurfacing of tennis courts at Medley and Glenview, along with a
hard surface area at Medley and a handicap path up to the Little League field at the Honeywell ball fields.
Major items discussed for 2006, were a master park plan which will go into great detail on parks, trails and
open spaces, along with upgraded chain link fence back stops at Sandburg ball fields.
Jacobson said instruction from the Council to City Staff was a zero increase in the budget for 2006.
VII. CODE REVISIONS AND COUNCIL GUIDELINES RELATED TO COMMISSIONS
Jacobson reviewed with the Commission the Code Revisions and Guidelines from the Council. Discussion
then focused on changes to the Code and the Guidelines.
Sandler added that the Council would like the OSRC By -Laws to be in compliance with the revised Code and
would like them by September I".
Vill. OLD BUSINESS
A. Envision
No update.
B. Regional Trail UQdate
No update.
C. Brookview Performance Area
McConico gave details of the last meeting which centered discussion around design and location. Jacobson
suggested visiting area performance areas at the next OSRC meeting in June.
E. Commission Dinner
Jacobson reminded the Commission that the annual Commission Dinner will be held on Wednesday,
June 290' at Brookview Community Center.
IX. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: Moved by McConico, seconded by Heine to adjourn at 8:30 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.
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June 23, 2005
Rick Jacobson .
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Golden Valley, MN 55426-1364
Dear Rick,
I completed your winter aerial deer survey on February 23rd. Snow conditions were-not
ideal, but they were actually a little better than I expected. - The ,deer in upland sites-were
quite visible and I''M' confident that I saw most., if not all, of them. I'm less'confident,
however, of the numbers of deer.in.the cattail marshes. They were very difficult to see 3n
the marshes, and we routinely wentdown and buzzed the tops of the cattails in an effort
to chase them up. We saw quite a few'deer by doing that, but I can't be sure we saw all "of
them. Fortunately, there isnot a great deal of cattail marsh withinyour survey area..There
were 26 deer in the west survey area, 35 deer in the'east survey area, and only 7 deer in
Theodore Wirth Park.. There were 19 deer located in Robbinsdale just east of the Golden
Valley boundary.
Please call me (763-694-7848) or email me(ccarter(Dthreeriversparkdistrict.org) if you
have any, questions regarding the survey.
Sincerely, _
AllAk.
Carol Carter
Wildlife Specialist
cc.' Larry Gillette,
promoting environmental stewardship through recreation and education in a natural resources-based park system