CCP 10-27-2009 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

NEW BRIGHTON PARKS, RECREATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION II(NLOY' MINUTES RI�HM September 2, 2009 the city that works for }oie (Minutes in their entirety are kept on DVD at City Hall) Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by acting chair, Don Heinrich II. Present: Commissioners Harreld, Heinrich, Meyer, Norton, Trevorrow, Council Liaison Mary Burg, Director of Parks and Recreation, Sandy Breuer, Office Assistant, Jodelle Olson Also Present: Officer Trevor Hamdorf and resident and volunteer Ray Tandeski Absent: Commissioners Frischman and Samuelson III. Minutes of August 5, 2009 MOTION BY TREVORROW, SECONDED BY NORTON, TO APPROVE THE AUGUST 5, 2009 MINUTES AS SUBMITTED. MOTION CARRIED. IV. Trails Committee Update — Adam Parker; Chair There will be a new trail going in on Old Hwy 8. It is about a 600-700 foot stretch. It will be an 8 foot bituminous path that will connect up by Hwy 96 by the existing pedestrian ramp. There is an existing sidewalk which will connect to the new trail. The plan is to leave the existing dirt path. The next meeting will be on October 14th (changed to be consistent with the PREC meeting day). V. Correspondence A. Skate Park Update Trevor Hamdorf was present to give an update. In August there was one call for service to Freedom Park. From April through September 2nd there have been a total of 18 calls. Last year the number was 47. Hansen Park was 14 calls for service. Calls for service to Long Lake Park were 115 for the year. Chris Wolla and staff sandblasted and painted the grates white. Worked with Tony Paetznick and the minutes taken from the user meetings are being e-mailed out to the grid 11 mailing list. Had a meeting on August 18th and discussed some things with neighbors and generally the feeling is that things have improved. Trevorrow;noticed there seems to be more parents around the skate park area and also the skateboarders seem to be younger. Hamdorf said he also noticed that there were younger kids at the skate park. It is a good thing because now they are feeling safe to do so and they can grow up using the facilities. In the long term that is a benefit. Hamdorf stated things are going good but they do not want to stop their efforts now. Feel things have turned a corner at the park. Meyer stated there were comments on the internet about how Freedom Skate Park was perceived. They were not very complimentary. He is wondering if things have changed to show a stronger, more viable skate park. Hamdorf stated he has not looked at the site for 2 -3 weeks but the last time he did look at it there was no change. From what he remembers about the website it was an open forum/bulletin board site and there were only one or two comments on there. He is not aware of any additions to this website.