10. Resignation of Carl Watson Park & Rec Commission 1 .
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IMEMORANDUM
IITO: Don Ashworth, City Manager
FROM: Lori Sietsema, Park and Recreation Coordinator ' /4,„
IIDATE: March 7 , 1989
II SUBJ: Carol Watson ' s Resignation from the Park and Recreation
Commission
1 Park and Recreation Commissioner Carol Watson announced at the
last meeting that she will be resigning from the Commission.
Carol has indicated that she is willing to serve until a replace-
' ment is found.
The Park and Recreation Commission felt that since the applica-
tion process was just completed so recently, it would not be
necessary to go through the process again. They felt that it is
important to fill the position as soon as possible due to the
heavy schedule anticipated this spring.
ITherefore, it is the recommendation of the Commission to regret-
fully accept Carol Watson ' s resignation from the Park and
II Recreation Commission and to consider the recent interview fina-
lists, Wes Dunsmore and Mike Schroeder, to fill the position.
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Park and Rec Commission Meeting I
February 28, 1989 - Page 53
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Sietsema : Well , Planning was going to do it and the Mayor told them that
he did not think it was a good idea. I
Mady: I remember last year Ladd was here and Steve ran one of the
meetings. It seemed really nice.
Hasek : I guess I would be in favor of us still rotating the chair . The
advantage that I see is that it gets all of us into the position of
improving ourselves sitting up here for one thing . Everybody comes up for
judgment if you will every so often and the ability to be able to take a
meeting just makes them more qualified I guess to return. We have the
ability to set the rules and I think we' ve chosen to do that. I supposed
if the Council feels that it' s inappropriate , they should probably make a
motion to change our rules I guess .
Mady: I don' t think they can . 1
Hasek: They would have to change the ordinance then .
Schroers : I agree with what you ' re saying in regards to the rotating
chair . I think it' s good and healthy for the commission. On the other
hand , I hate to get in a little bickering or spats back and forth with the
Council . I hope that this isn' t something that
Sietsema : It probably will come up at the joint meeting . I think that ' s
one way we can just resolve it right there. I put it in your packet so
you were aware that there was a problem. I don ' t know if Mr . Chmiel read
that part of the packet. He does get a packet but I don' t know if he
reads the adminstrati.ve section so I don ' t know if he understands the
reasons or if he does understand the reasons but still feels that it ' s
inappropriate . I just don ' t know. But he did express to me that he
didn' t think that it was a good idea . He did express that to me again
tonight .
Watson: Last night I was reappointed to the Board of Adjustment and
Appeals. I ' ve been on that since 1980. It has been suggested that no one
resident be on two commissions so I will have to resign.
Jay Johnson: Has it been suggested or has it been passed as an ordinance? 1
Watson : It ' s been suggested that we give as many citizens opportunities
to be commissions and for one person to be on two . I will resign from my
position on the Park and Recreation Commission . It has been suggested
that it would be best if no one resident were on more than one commission
and the Board of Adjustment and Appeals is something I ' ve been doing for
many, many years and I feel very strongly about that position and wish to
continue there . So as of tonight , I am submitting my resignation .
Sietsema : As a point of clarification, will that be until someone else
fills your position or are you not coming anymore?
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February 28 , 1989 - Page 54
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' Boyt : We need you here .
Watson : The process , the interview process has just occurred . I don ' t
know that it would be all that difficult to find a replacement for me.
' Jay Johnson : Council has to accept the resignation so it goes to March
13th. It will be on our agenda to accept the resignation. I think she
should continue like Planning Commission has and everybody else has
continued until a replacement has been made.
Sietsema : Unless there' s circumstances , like Mike did . What I was going
' to suggest, since we did just go through and you know what a lengthy
process it is , is perhaps consider recommending to the Council that they
, just appoint the next person on the list rather than going through that
whole process .
Watson : That ' s why I thought that it might be easy at this point since
' the process has just begun and you have recommended 3 people I believe .
Sietsema : Even if they went through that process , it would still take a
month before that person would be here so we would need you in the next
two meetings if you would choose to stay.
Watson: I will continue to come until a person has been appointed in my
place .
Hasek : I would like it if that process could happen but I don ' t know
necessarily that it can. Maybe because it ' s been so short, I recall the
conversation you had after the appointment of the Planning Commission
members where the suggestion was made that perhaps the next several people
they felt were qualified should be informed that they might be next in
line and they should stay close and keep in contact and decided that that
was inappropriate to do. I would hate to have to go through the interview
process again but perhaps because it' s been so close .
Watson: That' s what I 'm thinking. It ' s a couple of weeks. This is
Dawne ' s first time with us so it isn ' t an old process at all .
Hasek: And they still have 2people that they could choose from out of
the top 4 that we had given them.
Sietsema : I don ' t know if you want to make a recommendation to that
effect.
Hasek : I guess I would like to make the recommendation to Council to
consider the other two people who had not been selected out of the top
four that were sent to them by the Park Board for consideration for the
opening position of Carol Watson .
Schroers : 'Second .
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February 28 , 1989 - Page 55
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Jay Johnson : Actually we had a split vote on Dawne so I think there was a
number 2 candidate.
Hasek : Yes , a very qualified candidate .
Hasek moved, Schroers seconded to make the recommendation to Council to
consider the other two people who had not been selected out of the top
four that were sent to them by the Park Board for consideration for the
opening position of Carol Watson. All voted in favor except Carol Watson
who abstained and the motion carried.
Sietsema : Could staff just make a couple of announcements quick before we
adjourn? I just wanted to bring you up to date on what the City Council
' did last night . They acted to approve the increase in the park dedication
fees as recommended, _ The City Council also acted to
authorize staff to proceed with negotiations on the Carrico property and
they acted to table action on the trail and parking issue along Lake Lucy
Road pending the review of the Park and Recreation Commission . That will
be scheduled for the March 14th meeting and I will be meeting with
engineering before that time to bring back as many alternatives as we can
to come up with the best solution and hopefully a compromise.
Watson : Let ' s get some publicity out on that too so people who use those
trails and stuff who don' t necessarily know that the process is going
ahead and have an opportunity to now step forward .
Hasek: The newspaper was there last night and I don ' t know what kind of
article will come out of that .
Watson : . . .we found that there were a lot of people who didn' t even know
that that was happening . That the trail was threatened and were very
surprised by it so just so that nobody' s surprised .
Sietsema: They also acted to approve the joint meeting date which is
March 13th before the City Council meeting at 6 : 30 p.m. . It will be just
short of 1 hour long so come with your thoughts on what you want .
Mady: Do you have any thoughts on items that we don ' t have an agenda for?
Sietsema: Yes. To talk about the ideas as far as how the Chanhassen
trail system should be pursued . Talk about park deficient areas and
discussion of philosphies and policies is really the general agenda that I
came up with in a quick hurry. Now if you want to think on your own on
how you want that to happen, I encourage you to do that and anything else
that you might want to bring up .
Boyt: We' re interested in hearing more from them than us .
Mady: Most- of us have been here for a couple years so we kind of know
what we are looking to do. We need to know what they want us to be doing .
We don ' t have to necessarily agree but we have to at least know.
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IMEMORANDUM
1 TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager
FROM: Lori Sietsema, Park and Recreation Coordinator/
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DATE: February 1 , 1989 `
SUBJ: Park and Recreation Commission Interviews
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The Park and Recreation Commission held a special meeting on
I Tuesday, January 31 to interview applicants for the two open
positions . Of the 14 candidates, 10 were intereviewed and 4
withdrew their applications .
IAttached please find the list of questions each applicant was
asked, the criteria used by the Commission to make their selec-
tions , and the 14 applications .
1 Although it was a tough decision, as all applicants were well
qualified, the Commissioners each ranked their top 4 choices .
I The Commission has recommended the 4 highest ranking candidates
for further consideration:
1 Curt Robinson
Wes Dunsmore
Dawne Erhart
Michael Schroeder
IThe minutes of the interviews will be forwarded to the Council as
soon as they are complete. Hopefully we will receive them some-
1 time on Friday.
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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
1 . Do you feel you have the time to make a commitment? 1
2 . What is your impression of the current park and recreation
system and what do you feel you can add (expertise?
knowledge? ) .
3 . What do you feel is the role of the Park and Recreation
Commission?
4 . What are your feelings regarding conservation and
environment, and passive parks versus active parks? 1
5 . Please elaborate on why you wish to serve on the Park and
Recreation Commission.
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CRITERIA FOR COMMISSION SELECTION
1 . Membership should represent all areas of the City to the
' extent possible.
2 . Membership should be representative of all areas in propor-
tion to the total population .
3 . Membership should consider re-appointment of current
' outstanding members wishing to be re-appointed
4 . Membership should be composed of a variety of careers and
interest groups throughout the community, i .e. business cm-
!! munity, CAA, school representatives , lawyers, architects,
maintenance workers, etc.
' 5 . Membership should, to the extent possible, include a variety
of age groups .
11 6 . Candidate selection should be based on the interview.
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DATE 10/31/88
APPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
POSITION DESIRED Park & Rec Commission ALTERNATE
NAME: Wes Dunmore BIRTHDATE (OPTIONAL)
ADDRESS 730 West 96th Street Chanhassen, IV 55317 '
HOME PHONE 445-7371 BUSINESS PHONE 937-2262 Ext. 384
HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN CHANHASSEN 72 years '
HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION ATTAINED, PLUS DEGREES, IF ANY
High School Graduate
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: (GIVE POSITION, EMPLOYER, AND BRIEF DISCUSSION OF
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in the maintenance of 17 parks and all city trails and sidewalks. I an also
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ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS: (INCLUDE ELECTIVE OFFICES AND HONORS OR
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REASONS FOR SEEKING THIS POSITION AND SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS: '
I feel that with the fast growth of the City, park and recreation issues need to
addressed more than ever. As a 17 year employee in the park and recreation field,
I am qualified to fill this position on the Park and Recreation Commission for
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IN FILING THIS APPLICATION, I UNDERSTAND THAT A COMMITMENT OF MY TIME,
ENERGY, INTEREST, AND PARTICIPATION WILL BE INVOLVED, AND I AM PRE-
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DATE November 10, 1988
' APPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
POSITION DESIRED Park & Rec. ALTERNATE
NAME: GPrry Maher BIRTHDATE (OPTIONAL) 7/17/49
' ADDRESS 7101 Utica Lane Chanhassen, MN 55137
HOME PHONE 474-6915 BUSINESS PHONE 474-1430
HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN CHANHASSEN 16 years - 36 in this area
HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION ATTAINED, PLUS DEGREES, IF ANY
4 years-U of MN plus additional Management, Engineering & Sales courses in career
development .
' CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: (GIVE POSITION, EMPLOYER, AND BRIEF DISCUSSION OF
DUTIES. IF EMPLOYMENT IS RELATIVELY RECENT, DISCUSS PREVIOUS EMPLOY-
MENT AS WELL)
tMill City Equipment & Supplies Co. Inc. - Self Employed- Distributor of industrial
' conveying equipment & related industrial supplies. A 17 year old company of which I
have been President & owner for 8 years. prior to that, manager of Larkstur Engineering.
' ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS: (INCLUDE ELECTIVE OFFICES AND HONORS OR
RECOGNITIONS RECEIVED, IF ANY) Ways & means officer of CAA, Little League coach,
AAU wrestling coach, elementary school' baseball coach & Phy Ed. Teacher, Knights of
' Columbus Youth Director, volunteer counselor at The Home of The Good Shepherd, Member of;
Nat. Assoc. of Self Employed, Nat. Assoc. of Independent Businessmen, Nat. Assoc. of
Industrial Distributors, Grain Elevator & processing Society, The Nature Conservancy,
The Cousteau Society. Enjoy; fishing, golf, sailing, snomobiling, scuba diving, tennis &
I REASONS FOR SEEKING THIS POSITION AND SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS: softball.
As a parent, coach & counselor to youth and an avid user of the outdoors, I would
• welcome the opportunity to participate in the processes that will effect our natural
tresources and the people that use them both now and into the future.
IN FILING THIS APPLICATION, I UNDERSTAND THAT A COMMITMENT OF MY TIME,
ENERGY, INTEREST, AND PARTICIPATION WILL BE INVOLVED, AND I AM PRE-
PARED TO MAKE SUCH A COMMITMENT IN THE EVENT I AM APPOINTED TO THE
ABOVE COMMISSION.
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ADDRESS x`1-) 1 �h(,c(;_.--,cA `M I
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HOME PHONE -170 U •Z -1 BUSINESS PHONE g 7/ >-Z o3
HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN CHANHASSEN /"/.. Yrs 1
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DUTIES. IF EMPLOYMENT IS RELATIVELY RECENT, DIS SS PREVIOUS EMPLOY-
MENT AS WELL) -� n
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RECOGNITIONS RECEIVED, IF ANY) '�us I� oc., .cJ a r / (e., ��, 51),j) qt (l0c,../
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TIME,
ENERGY, INTEREST, AND PARTICIPATION WILL BE INVOLVED, AND I AM PRE-
PARED TO MAKE SUCH A COMMITMENT IN THE EVENT I AM APPOINTED TO THE
ABOVE COMMISSION.
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�, DATE December 13, 1988
' APPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
I POSITION DESIRED Park & Recreation ALTERNATE
Cummissiuner
NAME: Barry W. Johnson BIRTHDATE (OPTIONAL) 12/19/58
IADDRESS 6561 Gray Fox Curve
HOME PHONE 934-5650 BUSINESS PHONE 593-4620
1 HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN CHANHASSEN 22 years
I HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION ATTAINED, PLUS DEGREES, IF ANY
B. S. Business Administration, University of Minnesota
I CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: (GIVE POSITION, EMPLOYER, AND BRIEF DISCUSSION OF
DUTIES. IF EMPLOYMENT IS RELATIVELY RECENT, DISCUSS PREVIOUS EMPLOY-
MENT AS WELL)
ISenior Planning Analyst - Honeywell (Military Avionics Division)
Responsible for cost and schedule performance analysis for government contracts.
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I ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS: (INCLUDE ELECTIVE OFFICES AND HONORS OR
RECOGNITIONS RECEIVED, IF ANY) Honeywell "Spot" award for outstanding
I performance August, 1987. Softball , water polo, broomball , golf and
volleyball leagues, softball umpire - 1978 - 1986
REASONS FOR SEEKING THIS POSITION AND SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
I look forward to using my interest in sports and recreational activities
Iand my strong organizational skills to help develop the Chanhassen park system.
II I feel I have a great deal to offer and look forward to the opportunity.
IN FILING THIS APPLICATION, I UNDERSTAND THAT A COMMITMENT OF MY TIME
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I PARED TO MAKE SUCH A COMMITMENT IN THE EVENT I AM APPOINTED TO THE
ABOVE COMMISSION.
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APPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
POSITION DESIRED Park & Rec ALTERNATE -- ,
NAME: Jeffery Farmakes BIRTHDATE (OPTIONAL) 8-1-51
ADDRESS 7100 Utica Lane Chanhassen, Mn 55317
HOME PHONE 474-8148 BUSINESS PHONE same
HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN CHANHASSEN 8yr
, HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION ATTAINED, PLUS DEGREES, IF ANY B.F.A. Design
Minneapolis college of Art and Design
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: (GIVE POSITION, EMPLOYER, AND BRIEF DISCUSSION OF
DUTIES. IF EMPLOYMENT IS RELATIVELY RECENT, DISCUSS PREVIOUS EMPLOY-
MENT AS WELL)
Past 5 years- Owner of Farmakes Design Group, creative direction and design
in the areas of corporate identification. environmental. display. advertising.
packaging design
ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS: (INCLUDE ELECTIVE OFFICES AND HONORS OR
RECOGNITIONS RECEIVED, IF ANY)
Numerous national awards design work published in national publications such
as Graphis, Art _Directors Annual, The One Show
REASONS FOR SEEKING THIS POSITION AND SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS: i
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the Park & Rec Commission I also live next to a park in Chanhassen, and am
4. • - • 1- p. stPrn.
IN FILING THIS APPLICATION, I UNDERSTAND THAT A COMMITMENT OF MY TIME,
ENERGY, INTEREST, AND PARTICIPATION WILL BE INVOLVED, AND I AM PRE-
PARED TO MAKE SUCH A COMMITMENT IN THE EVENT I AM APPOINTED TO THE I
ABOVE COMMISSION. r /
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POSITION DESIRED PA. ' &11,411-0}1 Ciri . ALTERNATE & SO, - e,,,, .
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DUTIES. IF EMPLOYMENT IS RELATIVELY RECENT, DISCUSS PREVIOUS EMPLOY-
MENT AS WELL)
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IN FILING THIS APPLICATION, I UNDERSTAND THAT A COMMITMENT OFd Y` IM ham'
ENERGY, INTEREST, AND PARTICIPATION WILL BE INVOLVED, AND I AM PRE-
' PARED TO MAKE SUCH A COMMITMENT IN THE EVENT I AM APPOINTED TO THE
ABOVE COMMISSION.
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PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION i
SPECIAL MEETING
JANUARY 31, 1989
Chairman Mady called the meeting to order .
MEMBERS PRESENT: Jim Mady, Sue Boyt, Ed Hasek, Larry Schroers and Curt
Robinson
MEMBERS ABSENT: Carol Watson '
STAFF PRESENT: Lori. Sietsema , Park and Rec Coordinator
APPOINTMENT OF ACTING CHAIRPERSON. '
Mady moved , Schroers seconded to appoint Sue Boyt as Acting Chairperson
for the Park and Recreation Commission' s special meeting. All voted in
favor and the motion carried .
INTERVIEWS OF CANDIDATES FOR PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION OPENINGS.
CURT ROBINSON.
Sietsema : Curt , you have an understanding of what the time commitment '
involved having been on the Commi_ssi.on already so I don' t think I need to
go through that with you so the first question is , do you feel you have
the time to make the commitment to the Park and Recreation Commission.
Robinson : Yes , and I think my record speaks for itself . I believe it was
1985 when I joined the Park and Rec Commission and my attendance has been
somewhere' s in the upper 80% I believe of the meetings since I 've been
here. So yes I do and that' s not a problem.
Sietsema : Okay. What is your impression of the current park and ,
recreation system and what do you feel you can add or what expertise or
knowledge do you bring to the Commission?
Robinson: I think I bring my superior intelligence. The fact that I 'm
extremely good looking . My charming personality.
Boyt: You smell good too.
Robinson: And obviously my keen sense of humor . I bring my experience I
believe, having served on the Park and Rec since 1985. I also feel that
I ' ve gained a lot . I see what the Park and Rec has done in the last year
and a half or two years, probably a year and a half and it' s much more
than it was my first year and a half, whatever on the Park and Rec
Commission. I believe the activity has picked up an awful lot since
I first joined as evidence by the fact that we had to go to two meetings a
month. When I first joined in 1985, we were meeting once a month, so I
bring my experience with the Park and Rec and also my experience on the
CAA for a number of years prior to that.
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IISietesma: What do you feel is the role of the Park and Recreation
Commission within the City system?
IRobinson: Role of the Park and Recreation Commission is to recommend to
the City Council on issues dealing with Park and Recreation within
I Chanhassen . It ' s as simple as that . We ' ve had some very tough issues to
deal with I think in the past few years and there' s many more to come.
Sietsema : What are your feelings regarding conservation, environment and
Ipassive parks versus active parks?
Robinson : I was asked in my original interview about passive parks and
I active parks and I honestly didn' t know what that meant at the time. All
I could think of was the active and you see my application at the time
was, I was concerned about youth sports facilities and I still am. I now
understand the passive side of the parks issue and that too has an
I importance as indicated by the trail system which I believe would be
considered more of a passive consideration.
I Sietsema: Could you please elaborate on why you wish to serve on the Park
and Recreation Commission?
I Robinson: It obviously isn' t for the money. I obviously don ' t have any,
am not doing it to further my political carreer. I have no desires in
that area . I believe that you should take part and be involved in the
city you live in to help better it . I have felt that way. That ' s why
I was on the CAA. That ' s why I joined the Park and Rec Commission .
That' s why I 'm involved in church activities. I think you just have to be
involved in some of these areas and give freely of your time .
ISietsema: Are there any points of clarification?
IRobinson : And I still don ' t have my tennis court in across the street .
Hasek: I don' t have a trail down Minnewashta Parkway either .
I Mady: One thing I was wondering if maybe we should ask each one of the
candidates after we 've gotten all the answers is if they have anything to
add . If they want to ask us a question or elaborate more or give us just
Iwhat they want.
Sietsema : Do you have any questions or have anything to add?
IIRobinson: No, I don ' t believe so. Thank you.
IDAWNE ERHART
Sietsema : Dawne Erhart is our next applicant .
Hasek: Who we 've seen before, right? You ' ve attended several meetings?
Dawne Erhart : Two .
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Sietsema : Dawne, I don' t know if you ' re aware or not of what the time
commitment required for the Park and Recreation Commission. We started at
one meeting a month and we ' re now at at least two meetings a month. In
the summertimes we often meet on weekends to go visit park sites or deal
with different issues or have special workshops on different things . I II know last summer had a month where there were 4 meetings in one month .
The first question is , do you feel you have the time to make the time
commitment that' s involved in this Commission?
Dawne Erhart: Yes I do. Now that I don' t have the demands of a full time I
job in my schedule that required a lot of flexibility I might add, I do
have the time to go to the meetings that would be required of me . I 'm a II person that will follow up on issues and I look forward to getting
involved in civic events because I won ' t be working holidays now and I ' ll
be able to participate in some of those things which will be nice for a
change .
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Sietsema : What is your impression of the current park and recreation
system and what do you feel you have to add? What kind of expertise or
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knowledge or interest do you have to add to the park system or to the
Commission?
Dawne Erhart : I think Park and Rec is responsible for good planning of II
park and recreational facilities or activities throughout all of
Chanhassen . I could add that there is not any representation on this II Commission for the southern part of Chanhassen and I do feel that I do
represent the general population out there. I 've lived in this area for a
long time. I know a lot of people. Also, there again, I have the time
and I 'm a person who would be able to follow up on issues . I
Sietsema: What do you feel the role of the Park and Recreation
Commission?
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Dawne Erhart : To serve the people. Be a voice to the people and to be
part of the advisory board to the Council .
Sietsema : What are your feelings regarding conservation and environment II
and passive parks versus active parks? Passive parks being more of a
nature area , open space and active parks being play fields .
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Dawne Erhart: I think when we are looking at trail plans , such as nature
trails , I would like to keep in mind what , sorry. Can you go through the
passive park versus the active park?
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Hasek : Passive parks are those things like just nature walking trails .
Picnic areas are pretty passive. Active would be like ballfields , soccer II fields , hockey rinks .
c Dawne Erhart : And this regards to conservation?
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Hasek: It' s a two part question really. What are your thoughts about
conservation and how do you feel about active versus passive parks?
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Dawne Erhart : As far as conservation goes , I would like to see our
' wetlands and our wildlife protected when we' re looking into parks and
trails . I guess high on my list of priorities for this community would
be, I 'm interested in the passive parks with the trail systems. Nature
' trails and I think there is a need for both . The passive parks and the
active parks. It sounds like you ' ve got a lot of softball players in this
particular family community and children that would use both . I think it
' would be a nice amenity to have in this community.
Sietsema : Could you please elaborate on why you wish to serve on the Park
and Recreation Commission?
Dawne Erhart : I have an interest in the community. There again , I 'm
interested in seeing a trail system, a reasonable trail system throughout
' all of Chanhassen . There again , I would like to see the southern part of
Chanhassen represented on this Commission and I feel that I could do that.
I have the ability to work with people and I have the time.
' Sietsema : Do you have any questions of the Commission or anything to add?
Dawne Erhart : No . I liked the interview. It was nice and short and
lir informal . I thought all of you would be sitting up here and I 'd have to
stand here in front of you .
ERIK PAULSEN
Sietsema : We ' ve got that list of questions that we' re going to ask you .
' The first one is relating to the time commitment involved with the Park
and Recreation Commission. We have a minimum of two meetings per month
and some months , especially in the summer months , we have additional
' meetings or we ' ll have a workshop on something or we ' ll go visit park
sites or we' ll go visit an area of the city that' s deficient in parkland
or something of interest or if somebody has requested something or has
expressed a need . So in some months we ' ll have as many as 3 or 4 meetings
in a month including some weekends . So the first question is , do you feel
that you have the time to make the commitment to the Commission?
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Erik Paulsen : Yes . I don ' t feel at all that I would have any problem
committing to 3 or 4 meeti.ns a month . I guess I view the importance of
the work that goes on here and it ' s important to the community. I would
expect going out to look at parks and continue to discuss also purchasing
parkland . . .
Sietsema : What is your impression of the current park and recreation
system and what do you feel you can add as in expertise or knowledge or
special interests?
Erik Paulsen : I guess I have no complaints about the current park and
Ir,_ recreation system. I think you guys have done a great job of pushing
through projects like the trails system and things like that , which I
personally favor. As far as personal expertise and knowledge, I guess I
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on ' t think I have any great expertise but as far as my dedication and
enthusiasm, I ' ve just graduated from college a year and a half ago and
settling back in the Chanhassen area I guess . I grew up here. I was a
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lifeguard at Lake Ann Park for two summers . I guess I 've witnessed a lot
of change going on in the community itself . I guess my enthusiasm and
dedication to continuing the process as a whole.
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Si.etsema: What do you feel is the role of the Park and Recreation
Commission?
Erik Paulsen : I think the role of the Park and Recreation Commission II
itself, it' s a vital part of the community in that I would say it enhances
the quality of life that the Chanhassen residents would look for . What
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they would want to live here for . I think it' s duty to provide or at
least offer recreational programs , parkland , make it available to the
Chanhassen residents for their ability to use.
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Sietsema : What are your feelings regarding conservation and environment
and could you also comment on your feelings of passive parks , being opace
space, natural areas, versus active play areas?
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Erik Paulsen : I consider myself a naturalist at heart . I guess as far as
needs for the city itself, definitely there' s a need for both passive II parks and active parks . I enjoy just walking through a park, going on
trails and nature sort of a park, nature center. Also being able to have
the opportunity to participate in outdoor sports activities which go on at
Lake Ann now. Little League and soccer so I 'm in favor of both types . I
think there should be a settlement of both depending on what the cost
management.
Sietsema : Could you please elaborate on why you wish to serve on the Park '
and Recreation Commission?
Erik Paulsen : I guess my greatest reason I want to serve on the Park and
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Recreation Committee itself is because I believe I recognize it ' s
importance . I have settled back in the area . I guess I feel that I would
do a good job. I can be very enthusastic, dedicated. I have no quarrels
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about time commitment . As far as all the programs that I 've been involved
with throughout my earlier 18 years here in the soccer and Little League,
like I said , and being a lifeguard at Lake Ann Park, I think it ' s
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important that the park and rec system be openly available to all the
Chanhassen residents .
Si.etsema: Do you have any questions of the Commission or anything that
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you'd like to add in addition to the questions?
Erik Paulsen : I guess I was curious , how long have each of you served? I
Mady: Curt' s the old timer since 1985. I came on in 1986. Sue did at
the same time but she had about a 9 month furlow.
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Hasek: I was 1986 or 87. I forget what it was but then I was on the
Mound Park Board for 3 years up there too while I was in school .
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Schroers : It ' s been about a year and a half for me.
IHasek : Well you and I came on at the same time.
I Boyt : And you and I started at the same time. I must have been right
after you started.
Mady: It could have been about 6 months after you started .
IIRobinson: That sounds about right. We' re all fairly new.
IErik Paulsen : I was just curious .
Schroers : It ' s a 3 year appointment .
IIBoyt : But like Mike Lynch was on 9 years .
Sietsema : He' s the one who' s vacating his position.
IMady: The Commission has changed over a lot in the last 4 years .
IErik Paulsen: Do you feel there ' s been a lot of continuity?
Mady: It was very helpful , especially with Mike being here for 9 years ,
U because there are a lot of things that came up. Some things that dealt
with water surface use on the lakes . Mike worked very hard on that issue
in the early 80' s and it wasn ' t an easy one for the City to deal with so
he brought a lot of expertise in that. The more I ' ve been on here, the
II more I see that the background, having knowledge in the back of what ' s
happened in the City and having some experience dealing with it is very
helpful when it comes to meetings and being able to pick and choose and
I draw on some of that experience when you really have to make , because a
lot of the decisions aren ' t easy ones . I think we found out, I found out
the last 3 years that a lot of times you ' re going to be , no matter what
decision you make, somebody' s not going to be happy with you so you ' ve got
I to just sit back and figure out what ' s going to be best for the City of
Chanhassen for it ' s future. Maybe not necessarily today or tomorrow but
25 years down the road can we sit back and say, that made sense and that
I makes the city a better place. That' s what I think our job is . Is to
make sure that Chanhassen 25 years from now and say we didn ' t make a
mistake, we did it right .
ISietsema : Thanks Erik .
IJANET LASH
Sietsema : Janet , I put a list of the questions there in front of you.
We ' re just going to briefly go through those and have you answer them.
The first one has to do with the time commitment and I don ' t know i.f
you' re aware or not but we do have at least two meetings a month, the
II second and fourth Tuesday of the month . Then in the summertime we often
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have workshops or we go visit park sites or visit different areas where
there are some concerns in the city. Sometimes I know in the past we've
had as many as 3 or 4 meetings in a month . We just want to make sure that
you' re prepared to make the time commitment. If that' s a problem or not .
Janet Lash : I don' t feel that that ' s really too much of a problem for me.
I work but I 'm sure everybody here works so my time is important to me but
I don' t make a lot of other commitments unless I think very strongly. Now
I volunteer for Scouts . I used to volunteer a lot at school but I can' t
now that I 'm working so my evenings most of the time are free, except for
in the summers when there are some sporting things for my kids but I 'm
sure all of you have those commitments too . But I don ' t, like I said, I
try not to spread myself too thin so I can, once I decide I 'm going to 11 volunteer for something , I take it pretty seriously. Do the best that
I can.
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Schroers : The meetings are mainly Tuesday nights . Tuesday nights aren' t
a problem?
Janet Lash : I don ' t think so. In the summers , I work in the school
district , so I have the summers off so if it' s more demanding in the
summer , I have more time then too .
Sietsema : The second question is , what is your impression of the current 1
park and recreation system and what do you feel that you can add as far as
expertise or knowledge or special interests?
Janet Lash: I think, to be perfectly honest, we all know that I ' ve had
some disagreements with some of the decisions of the Park and Rec
Commission and the public heari_ng . . .would be pretty foolish on my part.
That is one of the main reasons why I want to try and get interested is to
learn more about it. See if I can contribute maybe some different
viewpoints . Represent maybe some other thoughts of other people in this
City. As far as expertise and knowledge, other than, I feel like I 'm
fairly informed . I feel like, quite often I ' ll get copies of Minutes of
different Commission meetings and read them so that I know what ' s going on
and I read what ' s in the paper . I feel like as far as being informed , I
I think I 'm probably more informed than a lot of the people in Chanhassen.
That ' s why I 'm trying to get involved in the system somewhat so that I can
be more informed and have some input. I don' t know as far as being an II expert . Other than Larry, I don' t know of anybody here who works directly
with parks but I use them. I have kids. I work in the school district.
I know the kind of things that kids like as far as the playground and
things for gross motor skills and I frequent the parks quite a bit myself
so if that qualifies you as an expert.
Sietsema : What do you feel is the role of the Park and Recreation ,
Commission?
Janet Lash : From what I know now, I 'm not totally familiar with
everything that they do, obviously you wouldn ' t know that until you were
involved , but I guess I feel like their main role is to research things .
To justify to the Council if there are other people that could give you
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input, I 'm not sure how that works and to make recommendations to the
Council . Then the recreation, I ' ve been reading some things, I think you
I guys do a lot with setting up sporting activities . Like you do the Easter
Egg Hunt and the 4th of July stuff and I would imagine you have some input
in this movie thing that was going on at school . Those kinds of things . I
IIimagine you initiate those but I don ' t know for sure where it comes from.
Sietsema: What are your feelings regarding conservation and the
environment is one part of the question. The second part of the question
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is , do you have a feeling regarding passive parks versus active parks?
Passive parks being your open space, natural , wildlife area. An active
park being a play field where there' s ballfields , totlots , more developed .
1 Janet Lash: I guess I feel strongly that there' s a need for both. I 'd
like to see some area that ' s undeveloped . That was one of the main
II reasons I moved to Chanhassen was I liked a lot of areas that were
undeveloped and you could drive around and see hills and green spaces and
woods and it wasn ' t city streets and blocks . I grew up in Minneapolis
where I lived on a block and all the houses were just the same. You have
I to walk 6 blocks or a mile to a park . I like the idea of Chanhassen on
the larger spaces . It doesn ' t necessarily have to be a developed place
where your kids could go and run around or play ball . You wouldn' t have
IIto have strictly a developed park that you have to pay to get in but I see
( a real strong need for the development with all the sporting things that
k go on for kids and the adults .
ISietsema : The next question then is , could you please elaborate on why
you wish to serve on the Park and Recreation Commission.
II Janet Lash : I think I explained that I have a strong interest in the
parks and seeing them go in what I feel is sort of the right direction .
I 'd like to see , like I said , I guess I 'd like to see some areas that are
I not developed or could be developed in the future if the city grows enough
that we would require more things like that . So I guess I would just like
to feel like I would have some input in some of these. I think there are
going to be some pretty big decisions that are going to be facing the
people of Chanhassen and the politicians have to make the decisions . I 'm
the kind of person where if I don' t agree, if I have a problem with it , I
would rather get involved and try and correct it than to just sit home and
1 grumble about it and complain to people . I don ' t like people who do that
so I would rather get involved in trying to have some input into it. At
least if it doesn' t go my way, I know I ' ve given it the best shot that
I I could . I feel like I have pretty strong organizational skills so I
think I could do a good job in that respect as far as , if we needed to
have someone to contact people. I feel like I know people in different
areas of town because of working in school . The people in the area that
II I live and I ' ve been in scouts so I know people from that . I 've been
bowling up in Chan on different leagues so I feel like I know people in a
lot of different areas of the town too so I feel like I have some
r knowledge of people in all the areas and how they feel about things . I 'd
feel real comfortable contacting some who lived in a different area and
asking them how he felt about something .
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Sietsema: The last item we have is , do you have any questions of the '
Commission or of me or anything to add that we didn' t cover?
Janet Lash: I can ' t think of any questions . I thought you might have II
more questions of me.
Robinson : Just one clarifying thing in regards to the Easter Egg Hunt and II
the movies . The Commission should not take credit for that. Quite
frankly Lori. and Todd really handle that and do a good job. They ask us
to help them but we can ' t take credit for doing those good things I don' t
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think.
Sietsema : That' s part of the time commitment question too . When we have II the big events like the 4th of July and the Octoberfest and the Easter
Egg Hunt , I usually come to the Commission and ask for their assistance in
working those programs . We usually need bodies to manpower so that' s also
a part of the time commitment aspect of it .
Robinson: We don' t get involved in the planning or all the ground work
that her and Todd do though and I realize that ' s a lot.
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WES DUNSMORE I
Sietsema : I have a list of question there in front of you that we ' re
going to be asking you, just so you can refer to them if you 'd like to.
The first question has to do with the time commitment involved with the
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Park and Recreation Commission. We have a minimum of two meetings a
month, the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. In addition to that ,
especially in the summer, we meet sometimes on weekends or additional
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weeknights to go visit park sites or we' ll come in early and go to park
sites or areas where there are concerns . Also, there I usually ask for
Commission support in the form of time for the events that we put on like II the 4th of July celebration, the Octoberfest, the Easter Egg Hunt , the
Halloween party and those types of things that we need more bodies for
crowd control and that kind of thing . So the first question is , do you
feel you have the time to make the commitment? 1
Wes Dunsmore: Oh yes, I don ' t see any problem with that . I 'm really not
involved with anything right now. Most of my time, I 'm home by quarter to
4: 00 and I ' ve got a little working shop out back, that ' s where I hibernate
in the wintertime. I 'm out in the garden and stuff so I 'm generally
around home all the time. I ' ve got no problems with no other commitments II or anything like that .
Sietsema : Second question is , what is your impression of the current park
and recreation system and what do you feel you can add to the system in
the area of expertise or knowledge or general interest?
L Wes Dunsmore: To be honest, I 'm not that fami.li.ar with the park system
right now. I 've dealt with Dale Gregory a little bit . He ' s been over to
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Eden Prairie where I work and back and forth and stuff . That ' s kind of
why I 'm applying for this , is to get a little bit more involved . I 'm not
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that familiar with it .
1 Sietsema : What do you feel is the role of the Park and Recreation
Commission in the Citywide system?
1 Wes Dunsmore : I think they' re kind of the liason between the city staff
and the Council who generally has the final recommendations for anything
that the City does . I think it ' s an important part because the Recreation
Commission here is dealing with the recreation rather than the City
1 Council that handles everything that goes on in the city. So I think your
recreation commission here is a very important part of the city operation .
1 Sietsema : The next question is a two part question. What are your
feelings regarding conservation and the environment? Also , passive parks
versus active parks?
IIWes Dunsmore : I grew up in a small town on a farm and I 'm used to wide
open spaces . And all I hear people say i.s , we ' re moving out town. We' re
moving out of town . There ' s nothing in town. I think there ' s got to be
1 some parkland. There ' s got to be open spaces . There' s got to be a few
brush piles around . People are bored with concrete jungles . Kids have
got nothing to do. You ' ve got to have something to get the young, and not
IIjust the young , but everybody involved . Families along with the kids
- sliding , skating, whatever because Chanhassen I see is growing like Eden
Prairie was since I started out there. Pretty soon there ' s nothing to do
I and nothing to do. You ' ve got to get a hold of land and parks and start
developing now before it ' s all built up. Then it ' s real expensive or
impossible to get a hold of. You ' ve got to start planning now so I am for
open spaces . Parks . I really am. Even living down here , we' ve got a
II couple acres out here , that ' s not enough. I ' ve got 60 acres of woods up
and that ' s where I hike every once in a while . . . It ' s just back out to
the basics and I love that .
1 Sietsema : Do you have a feeling regarding passive parks , passive being
open , natural spaces versus the active?
1 Wes Dunsmore: You ' ve got to have both because you ' ve got all kinds of
people . You have to have for the kids , you have to have softball . You
have to have baseball . You have to have soccer and all that and yet, you
II have to have open areas for adults to cross country ski. , to snowshoe or
just take nature hikes to get out and observe things around marshes or
whatever . I don ' t think you can have one or the other . I think you ' ve
IIgot to have both of them because of the people .
Sietsema : Could you please elaborate on why you wish to serve on the Park
and Recreation Commission?
IWes Dunsmore : I probably shouldn ' t say it but I 'm going to be 39 years
old in a couple months . I ' ve been working on parks since I was 16, part
II . time, except for 2 years when I was gone i.n the Marine Corps . That ' s all
I ' ve ever done. I ' ve enjoyed i.t. Starting at the bottom end . . .and I
think here I would have possibly a little more input as to what I ' ve seen
IIin the past guiding the recommendations one way or the other just through
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the experience that I ' ve had . It may or may not help but I 've been down II
some of the roads a little bit. I think it would be an enjoyable
experience.
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Sietsema : Do you have any questions of the Commission or anything to add
that we haven' t covered that you'd like to talk about?
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Wes Dunsmore : I guess I 'm a little bit green on this , from this end of
it. I know you say it' s a couple weekdays a month and some weekends .
That ' s no big deal . I 'm not sure of the whole realm of what is all
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involved with this. Maybe you can spell it out a little bit exactly what
it is you do besides make decisions . I know some of it but the overall
scope, I 'm not that familiar with.
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Hasek: Well , we take a lot of flack.
Wes Dunsmore: That much I know.
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Hasek : Really I think it' s our job to implement the policies , goals and
policies that are set forth in the City' s Comprehensive Plan. That' s
really our job . Beyond that , we assist staff in making recommendations to
Council regarding the implementation of those policies on developments
that occur . Trying to get our program, our recreational program defined . II A lot of that is discussed by us but the staff really takes the bulk of
that and kind of pushes it our direction and gives us the direction to at
least discuss and from there we take off. II Wes Dunsmore: Generally they' ve done all the background work and you
guys , you' re making sure. . .
Hasek : They do an awful lot of the work. We get kind of a sheet like II
this on a project that' s coming in but they' ve already looked at it . They
understand what the Comprehensive Plan is asking us to do . The policies II and ordinances that are related to that particular project and it ' s up to
us to discuss it. If you find anything that ' s a little bit awkward or a
different direction, then we try to make that into our suggestions .
Really we' re a liason , as it were , between the public , which is really I
the. . . The ordinance isn' t everything . And Met Council .
Boyt : We work on park design and a landscape architect will come in and II work with us. We didn' t know what the community wanted in parks so a few
years ago the Park and Rec Commission did a survey of the community and we
have a list of priority items that they want to see in the park system. II You work with parks now in Eden Prairie?
Wes Dunsmore: Right .
Boyt : I don' t think we can ask job type questions . . . II
Wes Dunsmore: I 'm the supervisor of all the maintenance staff down in the II
parks there. Starting I8 years now this month .
Schroers : We also try to help the staff prioritize the budget .
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Boyt : The projects for the year .
Schroers : The projects , put them in an order that makes sense. Or that
we feel , according to importance. I wonder if I could go back to question
2. It was , what is your impression on the current park and recreation
system and what do you feel you can add? I think you answered the first
part , being that you ' re not that familiar but on the second part , I think
that as a park supervisor , you certainly would have a good amount of
expertise and knowledge that you could add in this position . I would
guess that.
Wes Dunsmore : I don ' t know how this system works . I know they' ve done a
survey out there in Eden Prairie of the residents and asked general
questions like , why did you move here? What did you like? It was a
tremendous response from people that moved out there for the parks and the
trails system. Yet you don' t hear that. From the general public all you
hear is , you ' re raising my taxes to put trails in but when you do a house
to house, send out a survey, there ' s quite a response for that. So it ' s
' something I 'm just a tad bit familiar with . I think there is a real need ,
I 'd like to see the City get more land now and they don' t have the money
to develop it. They' ve got the land now because it is growing since I 've
Ibeen out here, 8 years now.
Schroers : Do you feel you have the knowledge and expertise in the
" mechanical operations and technical operations of things like the trail
system and ballfields and that sort of stuff?
Wes Dunsmore : I don' t claim to be an expert on anything. I ' ve been
' around a little bit . We started out there back in ' 75 making our own
parks and I was running a scraper . My foreman at that time, there were 3
of us that were running a bulldozer . We started in . We didn' t do a lot
1 of surveying . We didn' t even have that much equipment at that time. Now
we' ve gotten into more where we get into a little bit of surveying , on the
shooting of elevations and stuff so as far as like going out and building
a ballfi.eld , I would have some handle on that . But the planning , the cut
and fill and stuff like that , no I wouldn' t . It ' s a general idea . . .but I
do deal with our park planner up there , Barb Cross and her park director .
I work with him hand and hand on trails we built this fall , this past fall
' and stuff so I am familiar with some of that . I have a general idea of
what it takes .
11 what A working knowledge of basically how the parks work. That ' s
what I was getting at .
Wes Dunsmore : And I do the budget for our parks and stuff there so then I
give it to the Park Commission to cut and hack and the Council .
Sietsema : He ' s looking forward to being on the cut and hack side of it .
II(_ Mady: We don ' t cut and hack anything . We just recommend somebody cut and
hack .
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Wes Dunsmore. I ' ve found that ' s been pretty good over there. I don ' t 11
think the Park Commission has really gone against any of the
recommendations that we' ve made. I think they do look at it open ,
mindedly. You generally have to rely on your staff. If it' s not a big
wish list , they aren' t going to spend the money foolishly. There are a
lot of things that they want and not need .
GERRY MAHER
Sietsema : What' s in front of you there Gerry is the questions that we' re
going to ask you. The first one has to do with the time commitment. The
Park and Recreation Commission meets the second and the fourth Tuesday of
each month. In the summer , especially in the summer , we often will meet
more often than that , like on weekends to go to park sites or to go to
areas that there ' s questions , concerns , requests . We sometimes have
workshops where we work through problem solving . In addition to that,
I often request for the Commission to work the different special events
that we have in the City like the 4th of July celebration. The Easter Egg
Hunt . The Halloween party and the Octoberfest. So the first question has II
to do with if you feel you have the time to make the commitment , this type
of a time commitment?
Gerry Maher : Yes . I think in the past , being with the CAA for a while
t. and various other organizations , there were some time constraints put on
me years ago but I was always able to make time for those. Under the
circumstances now, owning and operating my own company, my time is pretty
free . I have quite a few hours during the day to do things whenever
necessary. I ' ve been able to pretty much delegate my time however I want
to . Any additional time required doesn ' t have any interference at all . ,
My hours are my own. Whether it be during the week or weekends . I may
work with clients on the weekends on occasion, night or whatever so it
really doesn' t create any problem at all .
Sietsema : The second question is , what is
q your impression of the current
park and recreation system and what do you feel that you can add to it?
For instance , your expertise. Your knowledge. Your special interests ,
etc . .
Gerry Maher : I think one of the important things is that I 've worked with
kids , and in park and recreation more or less , since I was in high school
for that matter . Back in high school I was a part time phy ed teacher
when I was in high school . Baseball coach back then at the catholic grade ,
school and assisting coaching in many cases throughout the years . I 'm a
very avid sportsman to say the least and under the circumstances , one of
the things I 'm quite interested in seeing the environment survive. Not
only for myself but for my children as time goes on. I take a lot of
time , and spend a lot of time outdoors as far as activities . Under those
circumstances , I think it ' s . . .as far as what I would like to do and see
things done can certainly help. I think I 'm pretty familiar with working
through systems. There again, owning your own company and working the
time I ' ve spent with CAA and Little League and coaching and working with ,
whether it be CAA or other organizations and having a pretty good idea of
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what kid ' s needs are as well as adults .
1 Sietsema : What do you feel is the role of the Park and Recreation
Commission within the City system?
I Gerry Maher : I think it' s to provide an atmosphere for the people who
have lived here in the past, the people that are here now and the people
in the future, to use the environment and what we have to offer to the
best of the ability so everybody can participate in. For those who want
II to especially and those who may have felt in the past that maybe they
couldn' t.
II Sietsema: What are your feelings regarding conservation and environment,
is the first part of this question. The second part is , how do you feel
about passive parks versus active parks? Passive parks being your open
1 space, natural areas and the active being the playfields with ballfields ,
totlots , more developed parkland .
Gerry Maher : Well , I think many of you may know my feelings to a certain
I degree. I think one of the things I see as a continuing problem, and
there again , I grew up in Excelsior from the time I was 3 years old and
I ' ve lived here all my life. One of the things that' s happened over a
I period of time is the City and the State has an excessive amount of
property that ' s able to be used for recreation. Whether it be wetlands ,
water lands or playgrounds , etc . and I think as time has gone on, for
II whatever particular reasons . Only until recently I guess to any great
degree has someone tried to take some steps to properly use these lands
for the people who really have paid for them all along. I think what' s
happened all too often is that as this community out this way has
II developed more and more , whether it be through industrial or residential ,
many of the areas , many people get the feeling that there aren' t that many
areas around for them to enjoy when in fact with the amount of property
II that' s available that the City and the State owns , the recreation, there' s
an overabundance. Under the circumstances , I think it would be more
readily used by the population and people made aware of it. I think as we
get crowded and crowded in this area , the way it ' s growing so rapidly,
1 unfortunately many people see it as another Bloomington or something and I
don' t think, under the circumstances , we have to go to that degree . That
there' s still enough space that ' s been kept out here that can be tied up
II as opposed to a little park in Bloomington that ' s out at 94th and Lyndale
or Highland Park or a few of those areas and yet they' re so thick around
it. There ' s enough space around here that people can enjoy it without
I having to be overcrowded with various other industries and everything
else. Passive parks , as regarding to active parks . I guess there again ,
I look at the various areas around , growing up out here. There are plenty
of active parks , the playgrounds you ' re talking about in particular .
I There seems to be many of those around for kids to use. Unfortunately,
they probably don ' t use them that much . Mainly because you' ve got your
school yards and various other places . I don' t know why it is . It ' s
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always been that way. They' re used occasionally for baseball games and
some totlot programs and various other things but I think passive parks
are going to be more of a role for what ' s going to be needed more and
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use it and as time goes on , maybe more and more because everybody' s
getting driven out of the park but I think there are many more areas ,
whether it be the area between Carver Beach or whatever , Near Mountain ,
the land that' s out , more people want to get out and away from the
population. That ' s why a lot of people moved out there. In those
particular areas , I think people are beginning to do more and more. An
example is , I can think of when I first moved out to Greenwood Shores ,
even before I lived there, there were very few, if any that were walking
around Lake Ann . As the fall and summer moves along , I don' t think
there' s a day that goes by that there aren' t a number of people using it .
And I think those are what people are looking more and more for . And
with the amount of property that' s available, and for the most part, the
relatively inexpensive to keep up. The investment ' s very small to begin
with, as far as walking paths or nature trails and various other things ,
and I think they pay off considerably.
Hasek: Can I ask for a point of clarification? I guess I didn' t quite I
understand the answer to the first part of the question. It sounded to me
as though you were suggesting that there was enough natural areas and
acquired parkland to accommodate future development but then at the same
time you were saying that you didn' t feel that this community was going to
probably develop as thickly as Bloomington . I guess I don' t see the
correlation between those.
Gerry Maher : What I 'm saying is is that there is plenty of area out here
and for whatever particular reason, I can only look back two years ago and
I don' t know how Bloomington was set up with some of the other areas , they
had plenty of area set aside. But for whatever reason, as time went on,
that area did not develop or it wasn ' t used . What you see in Bloomington
is basically a lot of active parks , small playgrounds , nice softball
fields and various areas like off of Ni collet Avenue and various other
places but very few areas that they have some nice wide open spaces. I
lived in Highland Park and over by Bush Lake , and you really probably draw
the line right there.
Hasek: So what you ' re suggesting is that there' s plenty of area for us
yet to capture because we do have some open space? '
Gerry Maher : You' ve got the area right now to make sure that it doesn' t
get eaten up somewhere down the line, for whatever reasons . All of a
sudden , why don ' t we put in a few more homes over here . We can get around
that. Change some restrictions .
Sietsema : Could you please elaborate on why you wish to serve on the
Park and Recreation Commission?
Gerry Maher : I answer would be a two-fold reason . One is I guess I ' ve
always , I was brought up and I firmly believe that if you' re willing to
criticize and take somewhat of an inactive part of a commission and maybe
involve. . .criticize under the circumstances , but you also have a greater
obligation to take an active participation. I talked a lot of years ago
back when Curt and I were in the CAA and there were some openings then.
We kicked around who was going to go in and Curt was kind of pushed in
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' more or less at that point . Although he was the most likely choice more
than anything and I thought about it for a long time because of the
1 feelings I have with Lake Ann and various other areas . I lived in Carver
Beach when we first got married . The second thing is , I have a real
concern to see , if there' s one thing that Chanhassen has to offer more
I than anything else as far as I 'm concerned, it ' s a community that can in
fact grow to a size without really causing a real problem to the
environment. Under those circumstances , I 'd like to see it preserved and
I think being part of the Park and Rec Commission can help take a part in
II that.
Sietsema : Do you have any questions of the Commission or anything to add
IIthat we haven' t gone over yet?
Gerry Maher : The only thing I think I have to add , and there again , I
don' t know the history of the people that are on the commission. I know
IICurt' s been here for many years . I ' ve been here since , as I said , from
the time I was 3 years old . I have a real concern. As much as I make the
meetings and criticize or fight particular issues , it ' s because I do have
I a real concern. I moved out in this area and I stayed here for those
particular reasons . Under the circumstances , I 'm willing to take a shot
at being an active participant and make some of the same mistakes and
I1 hopefully improve, as we all hope to , I 'm sure .
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BARRY JOHNSON
Sietsema : We have the list of questions we' re going to ask you in front
of you there. The first one has to do with the time commitment and I just
I wanted to let you know what that is first of all . First question has to
do with the time commitment . We meet the second and fourth Tuesdays of
the month. In the summertime, often in the spring , we often go out to
I different park sites . We go to different areas of the city that may have
a request or a need or a concern to review the situation. We often go to
sites that are going to be developed to look at the lay of the land and
see where parkland should be or whatever have you. The other part of the
I commitment is community events like the 4th of July celebration, Easter
Egg Hunt , the Halloween party, the Octoberfest . I ask the commissioners
to help man those, crowd control , slinging burgers , pouring beers .
I Whatever needs to be done . So the first question is , do you feel that you
have the time to make the commitment to the Commission?
II Barry Johnson : Yes I do . I have quite a bit of free time so I don ' t see
that that will be a problem.
Sietsema : What is your impression of the current park and recreation
I system and what do you feel you can add as far as your expertise, your
knowledge or your special interests?
I / Barry Johnson : The park behind my house is great . Besides that , I have
limited knowledge I guess of the park and recreation system. I 've done a
lot of sports . Participate in a lot of sporting activities and I was a
IIsoftball player for 8 years so I know a lot I guess about the kind of
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facilities I think you need and that kind of stuff . I think I 'm a pretty
organized person and I have a good follow through skills . I guess that ' s
about i.t . '
Sietsema : What do you feel is the role of the Park and Recreation
Commission?
Barry Johnson: I think you kind of already explained it . I guess you go
out and analyze sites to see if they' re adequate for parks and participate
in community events . Besides that, I guess I don' t know. I
Sietsema : What are your feelings regarding conservation and the
environment? '
Barry Johnson : I 'm very pro environment . I 'm a hunter and fisherman and
various wildlife and seeing that there ' s adequate parks and I guess I put
parks ahead of a lot of issues .
Sietsema : What is your feeling regarding passive parks versus active
parks? An active park being a playfield with ballfields , totlot that' s
been developed , versus a passive park which is more of a nature, natural
open space area.
Barry Johnson : I think you need both . I feel that active parks , you
k would need to have restrictions on lights and that kind of things because
they can be a real hinderance to the neighborhood. And I 'd like to see ,
I enjoy passive parks with nature and stuff so I 'd like to see a lot of
that I guess . But then again, we need both because there' s going to be a
lot of developing of leagues and stuff out here . Softball leagues I 'm
sure will take on as the population grows. I
Sietsema : Could you please elaborate on why you wish to serve on the Park
and Recreation Commission?
Barry Johnson : I really enjoy the Chanhassen area and I 'd like to just
become involved in kind of what goes on and I guess I kind of have a
special interest , kind of keep an eye on the park behind my house and see
that things go there the way I 'd like them to .
Sietsema: Do you have any questions of the Commission or anything else
you'd like to add?
Barry Johnson : I guess I 'd just like to ask if you enjoy being on this?
Mady: It has it' s moments .
Boyt : On our level , the decisions we made are not politi cal . I think
that ' s our goal is to be very non-politcal . To look at both sides and be
objective and try to make a non-politcal decision . We make
i recommendations then to the City Council and that ' s where, they will
battle it out differently than we would .
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Mady: When I make a recommendation, it' s coming from the standpoint , I 'm
not trying to speak for whatever group happens to show up and yell the
I loudest on a particular issue . It ' s more of looking at an issue as to how
it ' s going to affect the City 25-30 years down the road . What do I think
would be the best for the City and 25 years from now can I look back at
I the decisions and say yes , that made the most sense. That ' s where I 'm
trying to head .
II Hasek : I think it ' s important to understand that as a commissioner , it' s
real easy to get on the commission for a particular issue, and I 'm sure
most of us originally got involved for that reason. But once you ' re here ,
you realize that your responsibilities are for the City and the City is
I everybody that' s out there. It' s not a special interest group that you' re
representing. The 30 or 40 people that show up are hot because it happens
to be in their backyard or for the same reason , there ' s the rest of the
I . community out there that ' s relying on you to represent their ideas and
thoughts on things too so from that standpoint , it is a little bit
political I think.
I Schroers : I think to answer your question a little bit more, I think
you'd find it interesting , challenging , and rewarding when we finally do
get something accomplished because a lot of people have to put in a lot of
effort before you can physically see something happening. So it' s real
,; worthwhile from my point of view.
Boyt : This is one of the areas we need to volunteer , do some volunteer
Iand see something concrete happening . See a playground evolve. See some
trails develop maybe because you were working on it . It makes a
difference.
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MICHAEL SCHROEDER
1 Sietsema: We ' ve got a list of the questions that we ' re going to ask you
there in front of you just for your reference because some of them are two
part. The first question has to do with the time commitment involved with
I the Park and Recreation Commission. The Park and Recreation Commission
meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month . In addition to that ,
we often will go out to park sites or to development sites or areas that
1 someone has expressed an interest for us to review. That sometimes takes
additional meetings . Especially in the summertime. The other part of the
time commitment is community events in that staff plans the 4th of July
II celebration and this commission helps plan that . The 4th of July
celebration , the Easter Egg Hunt , the Halloween party, the Octoberfest and
we ask that the Commissioners help man those and run those. Whether it be
crowd control or whatever is needed as far as help. So the first question
I is, do you feel that you have the time to make the commitment to the
Commission?
IV Michael Schroeder : Yes , I guess I considered that in thinking about doing
this . I own Krueger TV in Excelsior . I also work at the University of
Minnesota Hospital working with . . .communi.cations so I do have a busy
IIschedule but I think this is an important job and I guess my feeling is ,
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if you can ' t bitch and you can ' t make it , try to make a change in the 11
community or work in the community unless you ' re willing to commit the
time . '
Sietsema: The second question is , what is your impression of the
current park and recreation system and what do you feel that you can add
to it whether it be your expertise, special knowledge or interests .
Mike Schroeder : Most of my experience obviously with the parks in
Chanhassen have to do with the Carver Beach area . I 've been to Lake Ann ,
and some of those areas and they seem to be excellent sites . I don' t use
them very much myself because we live on Lotus Lake . Obivously I think
there' s a number of things that can be done in the Carver Beach area .
Things that people in that area have been trying to do on their own
because as we ' ve talked, I ' ve talked to some of you in the past , there is
I think concern about developing for the people in that area and for the
people in Chanhassen so I think that my residence in that area and my
interest in what happens in that area I think is what I can contribute .
Sietsema : What do you feel is the role of the Park and Recreation '
Commission?
Mike Schroeder : The role of the Park and Recreation Commission? Well ,
obviously I believe they' re there to advise the City Council and the Mayor II
on matters of parks and recreation. I think that they are able to do more
indepth studying and work on specific issues that I don' t think the City
Council people can necessarily commit that much time and detail to . I
think they' re there as a place where the people in the City can gain
greater access to what happens in the City. Again , the City Council and
the Planning Commission are probably can not commit enough time to meet
with all the people who really want to be involved in the process . This
is an area where I think this commission can concentrate on a certain
subject and do a better job.
Sietsema: And what are your feelings regarding conservation and the
environment?
Mike Schroeder : I go back a long ways in the environmental issues . I
started in high school . I was real popular at trying to get the rule
passed at Minnetonka High School that kids couldn' t drive to school
anymore to try and cut down on air pollution so I ' ve been involved in it
for a long time . In fact , I was on the first environmental quality
commission at the City of Minnetonka. I was one of the student members .
This issue is very close to me. I don ' t think that there ' s nearly enough
conservation in this country in general . I think it' s an important issue.
Sietsema : And what are your feelings regarding passive parks versus
active parks? Passive parks being open space, natural areas and active
being play fields with ballfields , soccer , totlots , more developed .
Mike Schroeder : I think obviously there' s a need for both. I think that
the higher the concentration of population, the more difficult it is to
have a passive park system because there' s a greater and greater demand
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Iifor people who want more places to take their kids and have different
activities so I think that ' s a difficult issue. I think it very much
II depends upon the situation that you' re faced with at a given time. How do
you balance the wants and desires of the people in the area with the city
in general with the resources that are available .
IISietsema : Could you please elaborate on why you wish to serve on the Park
and Recreation Commission?
II Mike Schroeder : I think it goes back obviously to an issue that I ' ve been
involved with in the Lotus Lake and the Carver Beach area. It' s obviously
very close to me and as I believe there will be a number of things
1 happening in the next few years for that area , as well as the city, across
the whole city, I think it ' s important that we , in our area , have someone
representing us and our needs and wants and desires and I believe I also
II have something to contribute to the direction the City goes for the entire
city in this area .
Sietsema : Do you have any questions or anything to add?
IMike Schroeder : No, I guess I didn' t realize I was going to talk to all
of you people. I go back a long ways in Chanhassen . I grew up here. I
IIactually lived in Minnetonka on a farm. I went to St. Hubert' s . In fact,
my great, great grandfather was the first mayor of Chanhassen . I guess
they called him a council head or something back then. Back when it was a
IIvillage. I 'm interested in these issues and I think I can contribute .
JEFF FARMAKES
IISietsema: The first question has to do with the time commitment and
I just want to make sure that you know what that is . The Park and
I Recreation Commission meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month .
Especially in the summer , we meet to go visit different sites . Whether it
be development sites or park sites or needy areas or areas in question ,
whatever . And the other part of that is the time, when we plan the 4th of
II July celebration and the Easter Egg Hunt and the Halloween party and the
Octoberfest, we ask the commissioners to help out at those to man crowd
control or help whatever needs to be done . So the first question is , do
I you feel that you have the time to make the commitment to the Commission?
That type of a time commitment?
Jeff Farmakes : Based on that description , yes . My business occasionally
takes me out of town but primarily I 'm here.
Sietsema : The second question i.s , what is your impression of the current
I park and recreation system and what do you feel you can add as far as your
expertise , knowledge or special interests?
lkJeff Farmakes: I think I answered that on what my profession is . I think
that might benefit the Park Commission. The second thing is is that
I live next to a park. One of the native parks here in town and utilize
the facility almost on a daily basis .
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Sietsema: What do you feel is the role of the Park and Recreation
Commission? I
Jeff Farmakes : I would hope to promote the use and maintenance of the
parks .
Sietsema : And what are your feelings regarding conservation and the
environment?
Jeff Farmakes : I guess I made a pretty substantial investment moving out
here from the city to partake in this. Moving next to a lake and moving
out into a rural community. I ' d like to see that conserved .
Sietsema : What are your feelings regarding passive parks versus active
parks? A passive park being an open , natural area and an active park
being playfield where there ' s ballfields , totlot, tennis courts . More
developed area .
Jeff Farmakes : I think it ' s important that we need both. They' re two II different kinds of concerns . Both of which I think the City should make a
commitment to .
Sietsema : Please elaborate on why you wish to serve on the Park and ,
A, Recreation Commission?
Jeff Farmakes : I felt that in the past that taking a citizen advocate I
role on some of these issues and I just think that it may be more
constructive to work within it . I ' ve talked to some of you on the board
here on some of these issues and I 'm concerned I think on a lot of things .
There' s problems of communication on some of these issues that we were
involved with and I 'd like to see those improved .
Sietsema: Do you have any questions of the Commission or would you like
to add anything that we didn' t cover?
Jeff Farmakes : I think that' s it . 1
Hasek: Could I just ask for one clarification?
Sietsema: Sure.
Hasek: The question of what do you feel is the role of the Park and
Recreation Commission. If you could just elaborate on that a bit. What
do you feel is perhaps , do you have a sense of what our responsibilities
are to the community and to the Council and the Planning Commission?
Jeff Farmakes : I think that it' s certainly the repsonsibility of the '
Commission to be both responsible not only to the City Council but to be
responsible to the individuals that . . . Those people certainly have a
right to voice their opinions as well as some of the political aspects
within the City and that process where people come in and voice their
opinions in regards to some of the issues that are presented. I think
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that the Park Commission probably should lend maybe more of an ear to
that.
IBoyt : I 'd like to ask about number 2. What is your impression of the
current park and rec system? I didn' t catch what you said .
IJeff Farmakes : I think some of the issues that we were involved with in
the Greenwood Shores parking issue, I would like to see more communication
on those for the people who are coming in in regards to those issues .
IIBoyt: I think I 'm talking more about the park system rather than the Park
Commission .
IJeff Farmakes : Unfortunately, my knowledge of the park system is limited
because I haven' t served on this board. My knowledge of the park system
II ` presently happens to pertain to the park that I live next door to .
Sietsema: The Park and Recreation Commission will be selecting four
people to be interviewed by the City Council on Monday night . There are
I two positions open and they' ll be, they' re to make a selection for final
interviews that will be conducted by the City Council so I will let you
know one way or the other before the end of the week.
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. Sietsema : Do you want to just take some time and rank, each k.. Y just eac rank yours
and we' ll go through one person at a time on the top four out of the 10
Ipeople. Then we' ll come back to discuss .
Robinson: I believe in being not fair. I obviously have myself number
I one. I don ' t know if that ' s fair or not and for obvious reasons I think
also. My second choice was Dawne Erhart . The reasons , a couple reasons .
I picked her is she is one of two from the southern part where we need a
I representative. Dawne was the first one in with an application. She was
also at a number of our meetings starting way back in November or
something like that and I talked to her at length one night after a
meeting . She ' s concerned and I think it ' s a sincere concern. So that ' s
I my reason for picking her as number two. Number 3, I picked Gerry Maher .
I know Gerry from the CAA. Having worked with him on the CAA. When he
was assigned something like we did, and some of them weren' t real easy
1 tasks , he went off and did it . There was no hesitation. A lot of people
would put things off and come back and they hadn' t gotten around to it .
He came back with answers and he was very thorough. I think he would
approach the Park and Rec in the same manner . I also liked his answers at
IIthe end . His little spiel at the end , that I think he really is concerned
and he wants to go to work and better things for Chanhassen where he' s
lived all his life . My fourth choice was Wes Dunsmore and I realize
I that ' s a problem. He also lives in the southern part. He' s right across
from Dawne Erhart I think he said . I wrestled with that but I think his
experience with the Eden Prairie park system would be a big benefit to us ,
especially when we' re getting into now setting up ballfields and a number
I%-- of things we' re looking at and he just seemed very knowledgeable, which he
should be, in the park system. So that ' s my four people.
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Hasek: I have chosen Curt Robinson as my number one choice. I think in
going through these, I have tried to rate everyone fairly based upon the
responses that I ' ve had from the information that I got tonight . Also,
any background that I happen to know of the people. I think Curt brings
kind of a different perspective to a lot of the issues that we' ve talked
about and often times it ' s one that I haven' t thought about myself and at
least it gives me another point of reference with which to review things .
So Curt was my number one choice. My second choice was Wes Dunsmore. On
a lot of the, I guess criteria that I based this on was representation
from different areas of the city. . .park and park construction and I think
he will bring a lot of expertise to this commission. My third choice was
Dawne Erhart. And like Curt here, she also comes from the southern park
of town but I don ' t know that that' s necessarily a derogatory part of her
application simply because 2 of the 4 that we chose, are going to be
chosen and the likelihood of both of them coming from the southern part of
Chanhassen is pretty remote I think based upon the qualifications of all
of the people so I don' t hesitate to put a second person in. I think
she' s interested and I think she' s responsible and like Curt , she' s
attended several of our meetings already. I also had an opportunity to
talk with her just briefly and she' s got a special interest in open space, II
which is not either pro or con but it ' s , I think something that maybe we
can capitalize on. At least in the southern part of Chanhassen. And my
fourth choice was Erik Paulsen . That more than anything , from a rating
system, he' s from an area of town that isn' t represented as well. From I
think the north . No , he' s up on Laredo . That ' s right .
Boyt: Do you want to think about that? '
Hasek: No . It ' s the system that I put together and that ' s the way that
the apples fell out of the bucket so that' s the way it' s going to be. I
think I ' ll just leave it there.
Schroers : He' s got youth going for him too . He would represent a
different age group.
Hasek: Let' s stop right now if we can. The criteria . That isn ' t the
right criteria. It didn' t have anything . . . I
Boyt : He didn' t have any outstanding numbers or the answers to the
questions . '
Hasek: I think it' s an older one . It ' s not the most recent one that we
put together or the one that was sent onto Council .
Mady: When I was looking at each individual , the criteria that developed
is how I rated the individual . I didn' t necessarily at the end say, okay,
this one has those 3 items . I did it as they answered the questions and
tried to get a feel for it .
Hasek: It says , the ones that you gave us , will represent all areas of
the city to the extent possible. Should represnt portions of the
population.
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Boyt : I think we combined those two there on our criteria .
IMady: We never combined it .
Sietsema: You didn' t combine it . The only thing that ' s not there that
IIshould be is outstanding.
Boyt : And the answers to the questions .
ISietsema: Right .
Schroers : I also have made Curt my first selection for obvious reasons
I but one of the things that I enjoy the most is that Curt seems to be
willing to take an objective look at everything that we have to deal with .
He' s very steady and reliable and the type of person we can count on and
I need and I think he works well in a group. Dawne Erhart was my second
choice. Logistically, she got a point for that. Also, I liked her
attitude. I like the fact that she showed her concern by showing up at
meetings when she didn' t have to . I liked what she said about being the
I type of person that knows people in her area and feels good and
comfortable going out and communicating with the people in her area . I
liked her answers so I ranked her second. Third , actually she was tied
with Michael Schroeder for third in my point system here . I chose her
II , second over Mr . Schroeder because I felt that Mr. Schroeder had a special
k_ interest area specifically in Lotus , Carver Beach which is okay but I
thought that was probably one of the main reasons that he came or put an
I application in was because of his concern about Lotus Lake and he referred
to that several times and didn' t show a lot of interest or enthusiasm for
the rest of the city. However , his answers were very good . So that ' s
I why I picked him third . I also had a tie for fourth between Janet Lash
and Wes Dunsmore and I went with Mr . Dunsmore because of his experience.
Because of his location in the city but I did feel that Janet had good
II answers . So anyway, that ' s it . Curt first . Dawne Erhart second .
Michael Schroeder third and Wes Dunsmore fourth .
Mady: Number one I picked was Curt . I feel that the experience he has on
I the board , his background with CAA, the understanding he has of city
issues and concerns about the growth of our community and what our future
is going to be, just made Curt the number one choice. He may have an
I unfair advantage in being a commissioner but I think that ' s something
that' s really very important since we ' ve had a lot of turnover in the last
3 years . It' s nice to have a steady influence and Curt brings us back to
I Earth from time to time. My number 2 point was Wes Dunsmore. Number one,
we need somebody from down in the southern area of Chanhassen . They have
very little representation really in the city as a whole and when I
combine his extensive background in park areas plus his southern home, he
I just really came up for me there. My third choice was Erik Paulsen. Erik
I thought showed more enthusiasm than anyone else who talked to us
tonight. He ' s also is one of those unique individuals who' s been through
I our entire system. He' s grown up in Chanhassen. He' s seen our
recreational program so he' s seen probably some of the mistakes we' ve made
and he ' s seen some of the good things and can bring us a new perspective
really in that respect. It' s nice to have some youth. My number fourth
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choice was Mike Schroeder . Mike seemed , for me, to answer the q uesti.ons
very well . I don' t know if it was just pure luck or had an understanding
of the park and recreation issues but the way I felt the questions should
probably be heading , looking for future direction and things of that
nature , he seemed to have thought it out a little bit . He didn' t give
just quick short answers. He really went into some depth with them and
I liked his answers .
Boyt : My first choice is Curt . I think what ' s real important to us is
Curt ' s history. He knows the history. He knows what happens when we need
to look at a development . We don' t need to teach him. Curt brings a
different point of view and every other reason you guys said. Number two,
I have Mike Schroeder . He' s from an area that ' s not well represented . He
speaks real well . I like his history with the environment. That he' s
been an environmentalist since he was a teenager . I think that ' s real
important to us. He knows what we do. He knows what our role as a
commission is and he ' s been around here a long time. My third is Wes
Dunsmore. He represents the south and it ' s important to me that we get
representation in parts of the City where we don ' t have it and Wes has the
job background that would benefit us . My fourth, I had a tie between
Barry Johnson and Dawne Erhart and I went with Barry Johnson because he
represents an area that was not at all represented since Mike Lynch is
gone . North Lotus Lake. Should we have gone to 5?
Mady: I was thinking we should go to 6 or 7 maybe. It ' s hard .
Hasek: I don' t think it ' s necessary. I
Mady: How are you going to rate?
Hasek: If you follow down through it, you can take first choices . If you II
want to go to a vote and total points , there' s a number of ways you could
take the information we' ve gotten . '
Robinson: There' s 4 people with 3 or more.
Boyt : Their names came up 3 or more times . That ' s what we need then . I
Hasek: Yeah, there' s 4 people who got 3 or more votes from all of us .
Boyt : It ' s Curt , Dawne, Wes and Mike. It sounds like a good list .
Hasek: Then we' ve got 1 that both got 2 beyond that if we needed to go to 11
5.
Schroers : Maybe we could add somebody in case . . .
Mady: My fifth choice was mentioned by a couple other people.
Hasek: But everybody' s fifth choice would have been. There' s a good
chance that everybody' s fifth choice would have been so I would just as
soon stick with the 4 we' ve got . We ' ve got 2 positions .
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Robinson : That was the ground rules at the beginning .
Hasek : We were asked by Council to give them what , 4 to 6 right? I think
you' ve got 4 good candidates in the 4 people that we' ve chosen . I think
if you were probably, as a Council or if there was another way of doing
this to go through it , you 'd probably come up with the same basic
information so I don' t see any reason to vote for more than 4 myself. It
begs to question , if you go to 5, then why not 6?
Mady: When I initially numbered mine, I figured if you go to 6 and then
we'd pick out , we ' d take everybody' s ranking .
' Hasek : We don' t want to do that though. What we want to do is give them
4 good candidates and let them make the choices .
Schroers: So the candidates are Curt , Dawne, Wes and Mike.
Boyt : And any of those four would do , from what I ' ve seen , a ob.job.
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Robinson : No lie . I 'm impressed . This was tough.
ISietsema : I need a motion.
Hasek moved , Mady seconded that the Park and Recreation Commission
recommend four potential candidates for two openings on the Chanhassen
Park and Recreation Commission as follows : The first recommendation would
be for Curt Robinson. The second recommendation would be for Wes
Dunsmore . Third recommendation would be for Dawne Erhart . Fourth
1 recommendation would be for Mike Schroeder . All voted in favor and the
motion carried .
Mady moved , Schroers seconded to adjourn the meeting . All voted in favor
and the motion carried. The meeting was adjourned .
Submitted by Lori Sietsema
Park and Rec Coordinator
Prepared by Nann Opheim
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