Consider Park and Recreation Commission Outdoor Meeting Schedule

For many years, the Park and Recreation Commission has held regular meetings outdoors in the months of May through September (weather permitting). This provided the Commission an opportunity to inspect and comment on parks and projects as a group, and it afforded residents’ access to the Commission on a neighborhood level.  On the occasions of inclement weather, the Commission would hold the regular meetings at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. The purpose of this case is to confirm the Commission’s desire for outdoor meetings in 2017 and, if so, approve the locations proposed below.

Additionally, the proposed locations represent a geographic distribution around the city.  It is likely these meeting are also opportunities to interact with the associated neighborhoods relative to the Comprehensive Plan and Parks Master Plan, both of which will be fully underway during this same timeline.

The following is the proposed schedule—if the Commission agrees to continue meeting in parks for the summer.


May:               MnDOT's Wayside Rest, 9220 Highway 10 NW –near the City of Ramsey and Elk River border, along the new Mississippi River Trail

June:             Elmcrest Park, 16303 Quicksilver Street NW – ½ mile south of 167th Avenue NW at  Quicksilver Street parkway and 164th Lane NW

July:              Central Park, 7925 161^st Avenue NW – east of Armstrong Boulevard NW

August:          Lake Itasca Trailhead, 15700 Okapi Street NW

September:    Emerald Pond Park, 6000 142^nd Avenue NW

Upon approval of the locations above, their locations will be published in the Ramsey Resident newsletter and on the web.


 

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Determine whether outdoor meetings are desired for 2017—and if so the locations.

Motion to approve the outdoor meeting locations, based upon discussion.