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1983 05 03 e Chanhassen Park and Recreation Commission Minutes of Tuesday, May 3, 1983 Chairman Lynch called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. Members Present Brian Foltz, John Mauritz, Mike Lynch, Joe Warneke, and Tom Schoenecker. Members Absent Richie Hemping Approval of Minutes Mauritz moved, seconded by Foltz to approve the minutes of April 5, 1983 as written. All voted in favor and the motion carried. Interview of Candidate The Commission interviewed Mr. Chqrles Robbins for the vacant position on the committee. Schoenecker moved, seconded by Foltz to recommend Mr. Robbins be appointed to the position. All voted in favor and the motion carried. 4It NewFoundland Dog Club of the Twin Cities Joanne Savard, a representative of the Newfoundland Dog Club, would like permission to use the facilities at Lake Ann for water rescue training for their dogs. She stated that they have used other lakes in the area in the past for this purpose. Mauritz moved, seconded by Foltz, to recommend approval of the Club's request provided the City be given a copy of the Club's insurance certificate, a $4.00 per car fee be paid to the City and the Park be cleaned up after the event. All voted in favor and the motion carried. Lake Ann Gate Fees The Commission reviewed the Gate Fee Schedule for Lake Ann. In order to reach the projected revenues for 1983 and due to concerns re9arding the lack of state and federal funding, Foltz moved, seconded by Warneke,to recommend that the following schedule be adopted for 1983. 1983 OPTIONS 1. Resident fee $10.00 Non-resident fee $25.00 . Gate fee $ 5.00 2. Resident fee $10.00 Non-resident fee $25.00 Gate fee $ 4.00 All voted in favor, and the motion carried. e e . ~ Park and Recreation Commission Minutes Page 2 The City Manager was present as a follow-up to meeting with the Commission last month. The subject of both meetings were to detail work assignments/program status in light of the ter- mination of the Park Director's position on May 15, 1983. The Manager noted that Fran Callahan had completed most of the work associated with the major summer programs, i.e. scheduling, umpire services, field assignments, registrations, etc. The Manager has met with each of the participating groups, i.e. CAA, Men's Over 30 Softball, new Commercial/Industrial League, etc. to assure that communication problems were minimized. Contact per- sons at City Hall have been assigned based on type of work to be completed and contact persons/responsibility assignments of user groups (CAA) defined, i.e. who determines "rain-outs", notifica- tion of such, umpire contacts, verification of umpires working, etc. The summer youth employment program is still questionable. The federal employment program appears to be intact (name has been changed). However, given wage standards within the Chanhassen area, few youth have been hired under the federal program. Most Chanhassen youths employed by the city have been funded through the Governor's Youth Employment Program which is still questionable. The 1983 Budget does include additional monies for temporary salaries (assumed that the Governor's Program would not be continued). However, to obtain these monies, the 1983 Budget also projected that the second half of the increase instituted by the City Council, one year ago, would be approved. The previous yearly pass fee was $3.00 and was raised to $4.00 last year - such producing an approximate $2,000 increase in revenues. At that time, the Council stated that the full increase would be phased over a two year period. If this increase is approved, by the Council, an additional $2,000 increase in revenues might be anti- cipated. This $2,000 increase is needed to insure the 1983 budget stays in balance. However, both the commission and council should be aware of the difficulty of projecting this type of revenue not knowing the number of warm days which will be incurred (1982 had exceptionally warm days at traditionally high volume times) and the fact that the Lake Minnewashta Regional Park will be open this summer potentially diverting local traf- fic. In 1982, we saw a number of vehicles not enter because of the increase in daily fees to $4.00. An increse in daily fees, to $5.00, maybe self defeating. Given the bargain fee for a yearly pass, it would be recommended that this fee be increased to $6.00 and leave the daily fee at $4.00. The commission may wish to recommend a higher fee schedule then being recommended by staff. Other items discussed by the Manager included the advertisement for a Park Secretary/programmer for approximately 12 hours per week. It was hoped that this position would take Park commission minutes (Sherma Coombs has stated her desire not to work this e e . Park and Recreation Commission Minutes Page 3 summer and is undecided for this fall). No applications have been received, but publications will continue. The Manager discussed staff assignments to carry out park planning, capital budget (park acquisition and development and the park bond fund expenditures) and park maintenance activities. The Manager will plan to attend the next Park and Recreation Commission meeting for an additional status report as to each of the above areas. Respectfully Submitted, Francis Callahan Park and Recreation Director