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Park Board Meeting • <br />September 2, 1970 <br />The meeting was called to order at 8°03 p.m. <br />Board Members Presents Barnhill, Dahl, Gunderman, Hagemeyer, Sherloc'~, <br />Smith, Weissman and Council Representative Moen <br />Absente None <br />Others Present> Robert M. Wicklund, Director of Parks and Recreat~_on, <br />Mrs. Frannie Olson, Business and Professional Women, <br />James 5enden, Jaycees and Village residents. <br />The minutes of the regular meeting of August 5, 1970 were approved as <br />su~.mitted. <br />Name the Park Contest <br />Mrs. Frannie Olson of the Business and Professional Women appeared <br />be~ore the Board to report on the progress of the Name The Park <br />Contest. The Business and Professional Women are coordinating the <br />contest with the League of Women Voters, Mrs. Jaycees and Jaycees also <br />participating. Children from grades i-9 who live in New Brighton will <br />be eligible to enter the contest with entry blanks being passed out <br />through the schools, the New Brighton Bulletin and various businesses <br />in New Brighton. The collection point for entries will be the New <br />Brighton Bulletin. There will be a prize for each winning name for <br />the four parks involvfed, Foss Road, Pike Lake, Rice Creek, and <br />Sunnyside. The prizes will probably be cash collected fxom community <br />businesses. Any excess monies will be donated to the Park and <br />Recreation Department. <br />The judge's panel will consist of one representative from each <br />organization with the Park and Recreation Department and Village <br />Council having approval authority. <br />The Board expressed its approval of the plan and appreciation for the <br />e~forts of the Business and Professional Women's group. <br />Jaycees Memorial Project <br />~~t_r. Jim Senden of the New Brighton Jaycees appeared before the Board <br />to discuss the project to provide a memorial in Richard J. Hansen <br />Park. The project plan calls for the construction of an entrance sign <br />,ti=ith a small shelter with one option to include a second shelter <br />within the park and second option to plant trees near the structure. <br />the extent to which these options are completed depends en. the money <br />a~~ailable. <br />,':financing is to be entirely by donations with labor provided by t'~~ <br />Jaycees and technical assistance donated by Brauer and Associates. <br />