7-26-1962Minutes of the Regular Meeting
PARK AND RECREATION C01,ZLISSION
Village of Golden Valley
July 26, 1962 7:00 p.m.
The Park and Recreation Commission of the Village of Golden Valley met, at
its regular month1v meeting at the Village Hall, Thursday, Jul;* 26, 1962, at.
7:00 p.m. Board members present: Dr. Ray G. Petersen, Chairman, Max Gr.pen,.and
John H. Sullivan. Board members absent: Ray B. Stockman, John Byrnes, Graydor
Ewald and Pers. Laura Scheffler. Also present were John L. Brenn;, Director,
Patricia Lynch, Secretary, Mr. '.enrr Reiss, President of the Golden Valley Jaycees, and Mr.
and PVr. Gene Rcelke, Co-chairman of the Swimming Pool Steering Committee.
Tye meeting was called to order by Dr. Petersen and he explained that since
a quorum was not present no official business could be transacted.
The approval of the minutes was deferred u:it,i 1 +he next meeting.
Mr. Henry Reiss, Pres -;.dent of the Jaycees, was then. introduces: to the
(,'ommission. He explained that 3 years nso the Jaycees hoil.t some park bi3nches and now have
and now have the idea of construct. -*,-ng some picnic +- tiles. He wculd like to
k -)ow how ma-nr tables would be needed., the tvpe preferred, if it, is a worthy idea,
if, perhaps, more benches are preferred, if it is a worthy idea at all? Discission
followed that tables could be a. heave t-Tpe w-4ch would make then difficult. to
"eve. A way should be found to nin the tables do,,Tn. A stationary table can't
be -roved, they shol._11d be moveable for ,grass cutting. The tables can always be
used during the si,,nmer playrrro,ind pro, -ram and ;_n the cr.q rrnF,ra.i. 7 --ft
wr u.ld. be tremend^us on t- files wl-i.ch are moveable. T" -v_ cn'.ti_' be brande't by
lrnirg an, �prt,i i n» » t, n rarer, I'- w2 l
._�'; cat. o '� _ of the wind. s felt t -:gat the
bran-'i.ng shnt,l,irlt '�e mit or. the top of the tables +', ,is wro ld be an.
i.rvitation to i` �tl_?� C^.?Rr1ntJ. T11e t,'bl es 1n qleStl on _.re 111al`a by Gameti.rle, .
and sell for e -ch.. The Jaycees are planning a Village -wide ricni.c.
Everyone it the Villa. --e is invited. to attend.. T',ey plan to use Seeman Park -
and ccrild uti_li ze the tables for the picnic. :-. Pei ss stated th a. the Jaycees
want some assurance that this is a. worthwhile project. He further stated he
didn't know hoi•a much the cost of the tables would be and so he cra, -1 It s, -,y
how manor the Jaycees cold provide. It was generally agreed by those present
that it was a. good project.
POOL C01MTTEE: The commission then met Mr. Cene Roelke, Ce -chairman . on the
swimmi.r7 ncol committee.
Hr. Roelke took the floor and wr r.ton to relate the p.ro,7ress of his
committee. He stated that t?,(, committee .gas i' - ,s fun and frustration. With
the small groin there seems to be good attendance, with the "roup wa.lki.n`-
dr)-., a corimcn pa- tl: of ii. The committee has had a n ,mbe.r. of nedple
cr,me -_. and talk:; Ken Lar'. -in, from Kansas City, who specializes ir pool
construction and water engineering, people from Ed-na and Richfield and the
two men -ith Public Pools, Inc. Mr. Roelke feels the corTlittee has reached the
point of putting doi-n on paver some of the information the committee has corre up
with. The survey is well unds r way, the results are to be tabulated. 400
questionaires were sent out, of which 2.00 to 225 were returned. The two
major problems facing ng the bui_ld.ir,g of a swim,Lminl r.00l are (1) financing and
(2) location. Everything else is secondary. The location problem is limited
to the present park land. The committee tried to look to other open 1. rd but
found little. There al -e four possible locations, Lions Club, Scheids, Golden
Oaks ,Jest and the Civic Center area. Golden Oaks was eliminated due to poor
accessibility and the land being so low. The Civic Center propert r was
eliminated because of the restriction it would pu.t on further enlargement of the
Civic Center. The factors to be conside-ed were accessibility, readily available
land, well travel thoroughfare, at, least five acres of land, the pool would ha -,e
to occi.ipy 2 acres, parking area, landscaping, place to dispose of waste water
and financing, approximately $250,000 a.dvalorem tax for a period of 20 years at
1.5 mils, about $6.00 for the average $2.0,000 home owner. To this- $6.00
add a. family membership of $15.00 perhaps more. There is the question:Do
the People want to pay $21.00 for a swimmi.rg pool? If there are limited
funds the question would then be what wo ld you build first the parks or the
pool? Public Pools, Inc. has b,iilt. a pool at Como Perk in St. Paul on a program
where the individual obtains a lease of privi ledge on public land. Thur built
the pool as a profit making enterprise.. It is franchise -like in principle.
Tt is difr'Lrent in that a pool is larger than a concession and will dominate the
area and is not moveable. If they, Public Pools Inc., can't'make a profit at
Como Park where it would be the cen7rer of attraction then they wouldn't want to
build a Wool it Golden Valles. Public Pool, Inc., is not ready to make
proposalsuntil after they see what happens in St. Pail. The pool they built at
Como is smaller than that needed in Golden Valley. They are able to do many
things that could not be done if a Village were operating a pool such as
commercial promotional projects.
SUILER PROGRAM: Mr. Brenna took the floor 'dhd began by saying that the program
was at the end of the sixth week. Day Caip has been quite popular with each
gro p running from 35 to 45. Four leaders take the grolp at Lake Independence.
The cost is $3.00 for the week which covers transportation and milk. Golf has
95 to 105 actively participating in instruction. Instruction is given for
two hours each morning Tuesday through Friday at 50¢ per hour lesson. Swimming
instruction begins it last session Monday with 200 registered for instruction
at $3.00 .for two weeks. The classes are kept to a minimum number to give the
best possible instruction, below 18 to an instructor. Instructors h✓e been
strict about passing the youngsters for their Red Cross Certificates. Standards
must be key t high. Pl ygrounds : The enthusiasm of the leaders is the best
ever. Mrs. Pearson and Tom Benepe cannot be praised enough. There has been
a petition from the residents of the Papoose Park area dor a hard surface
area for adults and teenagers. It would cost about $1500 to pit in and
could be done by the department.
The depa•tment received 8 ', ercury Flood Lights from Clarence Sheedy
w}:ich came from' -his, oll station. A letter was sent tc thank him.
Runs from July 27 to August 5. The classification
is 12 years and under, up to senior mens. There are abour 52 entries. A $1.50
charge is made for those 19 years and older.
BASEBALL: 480 boys signed up, it has dropped off a little. It has been a
very successful program. It was felt that the price on the T-shirt has been
a bit too high. It was suggested that it might be a good project for the
Jaycees to sell T-shirts.
SENIOR CITIZENS: There are 88 members in the Golden Age CT;b. The S.R.A. has
set up a trip for them th Elk River for a picnic. They have had their
election of officers. They begin their meetings with a business session and after
adjourn for a good time. They meet at the Meadowbrook School. It was suggested
they put more publicity in the tburban Press about this organization.
Mr. Brenna stated he felt the Suburban Press had done a very fine job
in regards to publicity, pictures and stories.
Carnival: It was esti sated that about 500 youngsters participated in carnival
activity Friday. There is a plan to hold the carnival in the early evenLr6
until &rk, next year. This would enable parents to come and see what takes
place on the playgrounds. Junior Olympics: The Jaycee sponsored Junior
Olympics will_ be held August 11. Members of the Park and Recreation staff
will he on hand to help with the event. Swim Team: 20 youngsters participate
on the swim team. At the St. Clout' seri meet oungsters placed. The
Rochester swim meet will be held Saturday and Sunday, August 4 and 5.
PARKS: Wesley Park: Fill has been added from Duluth Street. Sod will be
laid on the banks, this will be done MondT and Tuesday. The rest of the
area l be seeded. Woodl m -in Par'r: Will have its final shaping. This park
will not he seeded 'intil October. Yosemite: Seeded by fall. Scheids: Mr. i3renna
stated that, there is a possibility of a "stop and go sign" for flashing push
button lights.
IL-1% Drenna, then explained that, he wanted to have a. series r f talks on the
history and philosophy of Parks and Recreation proceedures. Dr. Petersen stated
he had compiled a list of various items along the same idea, such things ars
p blit relations, Commission obligatio ns, attendance at meeting s, etc. It was
decided this should be postponed until the next meeting.
IZr. Brenna explained that he was having a. sign painted for the tree
nursery. Max Green has been elected to the jcb of painting it.
With no further discussion the meeting was adjourned at 10: 0 P.M.
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