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rf NEW BRIGHTON PARKS, RECREATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION InBRGM MINUTES APRIL 2, 2008 . (Minutes in their entirety are kept on DVD at City Hall) I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chair Frischman. II. Roll Call Present: Commissioners Budzynski, Frischman, Harreld, Heinrich, Meyer, Norton, Samuelson, Council member Gina Bauman, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation Jason West, Office Assistant, Jodelle Olson Absent: Tom Trevorrow Also Present: Kerry Thorne, Civil Engineer I, Ray Tandeski, resident and VIP and Chris Wolla, Park Maintenance Manager. III. Minutes of March 5, 2008 Jeanne Frischman stated the minutes were revised from what was sent out in the packets. The section relating to the Trails Committee was updated; there was a little bit more detail added to that section. The Commissioners have the revised minutes in front of them. MOTION BY BUDZYNSKI, SECONDED BY SAMUELSON, TO ACCEPT THE MARCH 5, 2008 REVISED MINUTES AS SUBMITTED. MOTION CARRIED. . IV. Correspondence A. Council Report — Council Member Bauman Chair Frischman welcomed Council member Bauman as the new Council Liaison to the Parks, Recreation and Environmental Commission. Bauman stated the Council has decided to form a financial Task Force for the Northwest Quadrant. It will be made up of 7-9 citizens with financial backgrounds. Applications will be accepted through April 1 Ith. It is on the City's website. The Council wants to move forward and put some new eyes on this project which needs to move forward sooner than later. The east side needs to be cleaned up. We do not have the money yet to do that. They will meet twice per month; possibly up to three years. Bauman stated she will be the Council Liaison to that task force. Frischman stated the Council made some decisions on Commission structure and asked if Bauman could elaborate on that. Bauman said she was one that wanted to revisit the Commissions and see how they work and how they are put together. Applications that come in do not get looked at if previous Commission members continue. She feels this is something that needs to be addressed. It's not that current people are bad or the wrong people; it was just that we wanted to look at the Commissions, their structure and function. On some commissions we just did not fill vacated positions. If you are gone 4 times in one year, you will be asked to leave the commission. Bauman responded to a question about the rational behind the decision to lower the number of commission members. Bauman stated there was a request to decrease