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From YouTube: November 7, 2018 Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
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Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board Meeting
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A
C
You
it
would
entertain
a
motion
for
the
approval
of
the
agenda,
so
it's
been
moved.
Is
there
a
second,
it's
been
moved
and
seconded.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
agenda?
Seeing
no
discussion,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
hi
opposed
abstentions.
The
agenda
carries
I,
would
entertain
a
motion
for
the
approval
of
the
minutes
for
October,
seventeenth,
two
thousand
eighteen,
it's
been
moved.
Is
there
a
second,
it's
been
moved
and
seconded
and
use
any
discussion
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
of
secretary
ringgold.
C
D
D
There
mulching
employing
the
leaves
and
they're
closing
various
steps
in
certain
locations.
They'll
be
watching
for
that.
Where
you
will
say
you
are
not
able
to
utilize
the
steps
they're,
removing
and
storing
away
the
tenants
nets
and
replacing
ball
filled
rags
with
standards
and
filed
honor
on
our
vehicles.
D
D
Our
lakes
are
sample
once
in
the
spring
fall
and
winter
and
twice
per
month.
During
the
summer,
the
sampling
program
focuses
on
nutrients
and
chloride,
which
the
Minnesota
Pollution
Control
Agency
uses
to
determine
whether
and
that
makes
our
impaired
or
making
progress
toward
improved
water
quality.
The
next
Lake
sampling
will
be
conducted
this
winter.
On
top
of
the
ice,
the
2018
stormwater
monitoring
system
has
also
been
successfully
completed.
D
Water
Resources
staff,
monitored
stormwater
at
four
sites
that
represent
different
land
uses
within
the
city
of
Minneapolis
staff,
also
monitored
three
different
stormwater
best
practices,
sand,
filter
and
underwater
infiltration
fault
and
infiltration
basin,
and
the
sculpt
sculpture,
garden,
stormwater
capture
and
reuse
irrigation
system
practice.
Practices
like
these
are
used
to
treat
stormwater
prior
to
discharge
into
our
lakes,
creeks
and
the
river,
knowing
their
performance
characteristics,
informs
future
capital
expenditures.
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Samples
for
more
than
ten
different
rain
events
greater
than
a
tenth
of
an
inch
we're
collected
at
each
site
in
our
recreation,
centers,
happy
to
say
the
recreation
centers
hosted
28
Halloween
parties
over
the
past
week,
and
there
were
over
10,000
people,
children
and
their
families
who
attended
the
activities
throughout
the
city.
It
was
highlighted
by
the
Minnehaha
Falls
of
fun,
Halloween
spooktacular
at
5:00
you
and
the
DN
most
mortos
celebration
at
East
Philips
under
youth
development
team
team
works
has
filled
12
of
the
24
year
of
the
24
school
year.
D
In
terms
of
athletics
in
our
youth
sports,
we
just
wanted
to
announce
that
the
championships
were
played
for
football
on
Sunday
October
28th
at
Washburn,
high
school
and
the
12-year
12u
champion
was
Creek.
View
Knights,
the
12
you
runner-up
was
fire
Alliance.
The
14
you
champion
was
North
Commons
Bulldogs
and
the
14
you
runner-up
was
Harrison.
Hornets
registration
is
taking
place
now
for
winter
sports.
The
league
sports
leagues,
a
broom,
ball,
basketball
and
volleyball,
and
in
our
products,
really
you'll
be
able
to
help
us.
With
this.
D
Our
fall,
lifeguard
training
classes
are
being
offered
at
the
indoor
Phillips
operatic
Center.
It's
a
great
opportunity
for
our
young
people
to
actually
prepare
themselves
to
be
in
position
to
have
jobs
in
this
summer.
We
are
always
in
need
of
lifeguards.
So
if
you
know
of
a
young
person
who
is
a
swimmer
and
would
like
to
become
a
lifeguard,
please
get
them
involved,
call
us
and
then,
in
terms
of
golf
theater,
work
has
closed
for
the
season.
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E
F
C
C
Seeing
no
further
discussion,
all
those
in
favor
of
2018
3:10
through
3:17,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed
abstentions.
2018
3:10
through
3:17
Carrie,
2018
3:18,
is
a
resolution
approving
the
amended
and
restated
agreement
for
a
mini
app
for
a
Minneapolis
youth,
Coordinating
Board
for
a
period
of
five
years.
January
1st
2019
through
December
31st,
2023
anonymous
and
a
group
from
the
youth
Coordinating
Board
is
here,
commissioner
research.
Would
you
like
to
discuss
something
first
or
was
it
for
a.
G
H
President
Commissioner
music
and
park
board
commissioners
for
inviting
me
today
to
speak
a
little
bit
about
the
youth
Coordinating
Board
before
approving
the
joint
powers
agreement
for
the
next
five
years.
I
also
want
to
thank
you
for
being
part
of
the
minneapolis
youth
Coordinating
Board
for
the
last
33
years
and
for
being
part
of
this
grand
experiment
designed
by
Mayor
Frazier,
his
staff
and
the
superintendent
Richard
green
all
those
years
ago
to
find
a
new
way
to
help
improve
the
well-being
and
healthy
development
of
children
and
young
people
in
Minneapolis.
H
The
Minneapolis
youth
Coordinating
Board,
as
many
of
you
know,
is
made
up
of
four
public
jurisdictions:
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
Hennepin,
County,
the
Minneapolis,
Public
Schools
and,
of
course,
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board.
This
model
doesn't
happen
anywhere
else
in
the
country,
we're
the
only
place
with
the
joint
powers
board
of
public
jurisdictions.
Looking
after
our
children,
it's
a
very
powerful
model
and
when
our
members
come
together,
ten
elected
officials
from
for
public
jurisdictions.
H
We
can
do
an
awful
lot
for
our
kids
in
ways
that
none
of
us
can
do
independently
as
much
I
want
to.
Especially
thank
Commissioner
French,
who
is
your
current
designee
and
chemist
Commissioner
music,
who
has
been
the
designee
preceding
him
for
their
work
on
that
board?
It's
an
extra
commitment
and
I
know
it
takes
more
time,
but
it
does
make
a
difference
for
us,
and
our
children
in
the
city.
I
also
want
to
recognize
the
valuable
work
of
the
Minneapolis,
Park
and
Recreation
Board
to
the
children
of
Minneapolis.
H
You
are
the
one
place,
they're
parks,
all
of
your
programs
that
our
children
and
young
people
can
come
to
pretty
much
most
of
the
time.
We're
hoping
they're,
not
there
at
1:00
in
the
morning,
but
pretty
much
most
of
the
time
and
find
someone
to
talk
to
something
to
do
and
a
trained
adult
to
help
them
do
what
they
want
to
do.
It's
a
tremendous
and
valuable
resource.
H
We
have
the
opportunity
to
freak
frequently
with
both
team
team
works
in
youth
blind
and
have
found
your
staff
absolutely
wonderful
to
work
with,
and
we
found
them
to
be
people
who
care
deeply
about
the
city
and
about
children
and
who
understand
the
value
of
working
cooperatively.
So
I
want
to
just
let
you
know
that
out
there
in
the
community.
We
love
them.
H
I
H
If
I
may,
one
more
thing
we're
doing
a
citywide,
youth
and
children
master
plan
this
year
and
I
just
like
to
introduce
Michaela
Ferg,
who
is
an
AmeriCorps
VISTA
staff
person
who
is
coordinating
the
master
plan,
we
will
have
something
for
everybody
to
look
at
next
summer,
so
I
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
that's
underway
and
just
had
a
great
conversation
with
Tyrese
Cox
about
more
involvement
from
the
park
board
on
that.
So
we
really
appreciate.
Thank
you.
Thank.
C
You
thank
you,
mr.
Gruden,
and
again
thank
you
to
the
youth
Coordinating
Board
for
all
the
work
that,
for
all
the
work
that
you
do,
I
think
that
there
is
a
there's,
a
continuous
and
strong
commitment
from
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board
and
I.
Think
everybody
on
this
board
is
excited
about
what
we
can
do,
the
things
we
can
do
even
more
what
the
bigger
things
we
can
do
together:
superintendent,
Merrill,
yeah.
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D
That
came
together
to
say
that
we
needed
to
do
better
by
our
you
I'm,
proud
to
say
that
your
court
Navin
board
has
been
forward.
Look
even
been
a
part
of
a
lot
of
the
new
youth
initiatives
in
this
city
for
that
length
of
time
and
I
congratulate
an
to
group
on
her
work
there
and
her
staff
and
their
commitment
to
working.
J
C
You
superintendent,
seeing
no
further
discussion
all
those
in
favor
of
resolution,
2018
3:18,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed
abstentions.
The
motion
carries
I'm
moving
into
unfinished
business.
We
have
a
guest
this
evening.
Folks
will
remember
about
a
month
ago,
a
little
more
than
a
month
ago,
I
had
a
symbol
for
my
own
advice:
a
a
Blue
Ribbon
task
force
of
former
former
elected
officials
and
leaders
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
to
help
us
to
provide
advice
to
this
board
and
an
incredibly
complicated
and
timely
issue
around
the
around
the
topic
of
Commissioner
compensation.
K
K
Commissioner,
advise
on
appropriate
compensation
had
benefit
as
well
as
give
an
opinion
on
appropriate
inflationary
adjustments
over
the
next
eight
years
in
front
of
you,
I
believe
you
were
given.
This
you'll
find
our
thoughts
and
advice.
My
colleagues
and
myself,
we
were
not
an
official
group
nor
we're
reacting
with
any
authority,
rather
review
our
role
as
experienced
public
servants
advising
president
and,
by
extension,
the
board
on
the
subject
of
park
board
compensation
benefits.
K
L
K
K
As
an
informal
group,
we
would
not
engage
with
the
current
park
board
commissioners
or
passport
commissioners
nor
move
the
solicit
input,
either
public
or
private,
but
instead
rely
on
our
own
experience
to
advise
the
board.
We
felt
it
should
be
noted
that
if
the
board
chooses
to
move
ahead
with
anything
related
to
compensation
and
benefits,
there
will
be
ample
opportunity
for
public
engagement
and
input.
We
did
not
feel
it
was
our
place
to
assume
that
role.
K
K
L
K
K
Those
documents
are
available
to
you
and
attached
to
letter
that
you
received.
We
also
reviewed
current
duties
and
responsibilities
of
commissioners
that
information
is
available
in
the
park
boards
website.
If
anybody
is
interested
in
that,
the
current
review
indicated
to
us
that
the
current
compensation
package
for
the
Park
Board
commissioners
is
not
out
of
line
with
that
of
other
comparable
entities,
given
the
duties
and
time
commitment
of
the
board
as
it
currently
operates.
K
Given
that
we
are
advising
the
following
first,
that
the
park
boards
history
and
its
approach
to
setting
compensation
has
been
almost
entirely
political
in
the
past
and
based
very
loosely
on
measurable
factors,
we
would
strongly
advise
that
the
board
adopt
some
process
that
is
measurable,
accountable
and
transparent,
going
forward
on
this
issue.
Second,
if
the
board.
N
K
K
And
finally,
we
believe
that
the
broader
discussion
of
park
board
commissioner
roles
and
responsibilities,
diversity
of
this
board
and
equity
within
the
system
in
general,
is
important.
However,
discussion
of
that
broader
issue
should
be
under
in
a
clearly
defined
process
that
engages
of
the
community
at
a
level
that
is
expected
the
park
board,
which
should
be
an
independent,
in-depth,
transparent
and
objective
process.
K
For
commissioners
compensation,
we
believe
that
the
board
could
move
forward
now
with
the
adoption
of
a
process
similar
or
identical
to
the
process
established
by
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
In
brief
that
processes,
the
yearly
increases
to
council
compensation
is
pegged
to
the
average
annual
across-the-board
percentage
salary
increase
of
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
in
the
preceding
year.
K
That
can
be
found,
incidentally,
in
council
resolution
number
two
zero
one:
seven,
zero
five
sixty,
which
sets
the
mayor
and
council
salaries
for
2018
through
2021.
This
process
has
been
well
vetted
and
removes
as
much
of
the
political
policy
of
decision-making
as
possible.
We
realize,
of
course,
that
the
park
board
will
go
through
its
own
public
process
and
adopting
this
and
adapting
it
to
what
is
unique
about
the
park
board.
So
for.
K
C
President
or
take
are
you
interested
in
standing
for
questions
from
the
board
or
were
you
here
and
just
as
a
reminder
for
folks
these
individuals
all
served
at
my
request
in
an
advisory
capacity
to
me
to
pass
on
information
to
you
with
advice
that
you
can
accept
or
not.
But
while
we
have
president
Nordics
expertise
here,
do
folks
have
any
questions
for
their
work
that
they
have
done
for
us.
I
K
Varies,
you
know
I,
believe
and
I.
Think
council
rice
could
probably
correct
me,
and
this
is
I
believe
that
the
way
this
part
board
has
done
in
the
past
does
fall
more
in
the
category
of
tradition,
as
opposed
to
adopted
policy
or
legal
requirement.
I
think
that
this
board
really
can
do
whatever
it
wants
whenever
it
wants.
There
are
other
municipalities
locally.
C
O
P
Q
K
Let
me
preface
that
by
saying,
if
you're
talking
about
an
adjustment
to
the
compensation
piece,
I
will
give
you
my
opinion
about
that.
But
it's
a
quote:
we've
experienced
the
park
board
in
the
past
is
that
the
decision-making
process
for
compensation
has
been
very
political
and
kind
of
a
fingering,
they're
kind
of
a
thing.
Most
of.
B
K
And
those
are
two
different
things:
adjusting
the
actual
salary
of
the
organization
based
on
its
duties
and
responsibilities,
versus
simply
an
inflationary
increase
in
in
your
compensation,
so
I
think
most
of
the
organizations
that
we
look
at
at
least
have
some
rationale
for
all
of
that,
for
instance,
the
city's
is
tied
to
collective
bargaining
agreements,
probably
not
a
bad
idea
for
you,
a
lot
of
the
same.
You
know
situations
that
the
city
does
with
that,
but
and.
K
P
K
K
You
should
probably
get
that
and
look
at
it,
but
in
essence,
what
the
city
does
it
for
inflationary
adjustment?
Is
they
tie
it
to
the
increases
in
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
from
the
previous
year,
so
what
they
would
do,
is
they
and
obviously
they
have
a
number
of
those
so
I'm,
assuming
they
do
an
average
I'm
assuming
if
those
collective
bargaining
agreements
are
different,
but
it's
the
increase
in
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
for
the
previous
year.
Thank
you.
Thank.
C
You
thank
you
Commissioner
Meyers
there,
any
further
discussion,
I'm,
seeing
none
I
would
just
Thank
You
president
Nordyke
and
your
colleagues
again
I
think
the
report
is
incredibly
prudent
and
thank
you
for
helping
this
board
navigate
some
one
of
the
most
challenging
topics
that
any
elected
board
has
to
do
so.
Much
of
what
we
do
at
the
park
board
is
by
tradition
and
tradition
is
not.
It
can
be
a
wonderful
thing.
It's
also
very
messy
things
sometimes
and
tradition.
C
Sometimes
it's
problematic,
but
no
elected
body
should
be
put
in
the
position
of
putting
their
finger
up
in
the
air
and
say
I.
Think
I
should
earn
this
much
and-
and
we
have
this
board
I've
said
before,
and
they
will
say
again
has
a
lot
of
pressing
business
before
it,
but
I
do
also
at
the
same
time
applaud
every
Commissioner
that
brought
this
topic
to
the
light
of
day
previous
boards,
through
a
tradition,
have
not
had
any
public
engagement
process
and
have
moved
this
forward
on
the
floor.
C
At
the
last
meeting
of
a
year
after
a
budget
was
already
adopted,
there
were
no
cost
identified
for
it
and
it
ended
up
being
the
first
dollars
at
the
park.
Board
was
in
the
hole
every
year,
so
I
applaud
commissioners
for
bringing
this
to
the
light
of
day
and
I.
Think,
should
you
choose
to
accept
some
of
these
recommendations?
Anything
president
Nordyke
had
laid
out
some
good
next
steps
for
any
commissioners
to
to
work
on,
and
thank
you
again
for
delivering
your
report
in
time
for
public
comment
for
for
the
adoption
of
our
2019
budget.
C
Thank
you
again
for
your
service.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
The
time
being
5:30
we
will
move
into
open
time
from
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board
open
time
for
the
Park.
Board
is
a
time
where
we
receive
public
comment
from
the
community
on
virtually
any
topic
that
they
would
like
to
bring
to
the
board's
attention
before
we
start
taking
public
testimony.
I
just
want
to
just
kind
of
go
over
some
brief
guidelines
for
folks
about
just
the
the
guidelines
that
we
have
for
open
time.
C
Any
individuals
that
would
like
to
speak
can
do
so
by
calling
or
contact
in
the
park
board
before
3:00
p.m.
on
the
day
of
the
meeting
and
have
their
name
placed
on
on
our
open
time
list,
and
we
only
receive
comment
from
people
that
have
signed
up
to
speak.
Open
time
does
not
exceed
a
total
of
15
minutes
with
time
to
be
allocated
by
the
president.
I
have
one
two
three
four
speakers:
I
will
allocate
three
minutes
apiece
during
open
time.
Public
testimony
is
given
without
debate.
C
Commissioners
may
ask
a
clarifying
question,
but
we're
not
here
to
say
you're,
wrong
or
I
agree
like
it's
our
time
to
listen,
it's
our
time
to
listen
to
you.
We
do
allow
and
encourage
signs
and
our
chambers,
if
you
do
have
any
signs
that
you'd
like
to
display
to
make
sure
that
commissioners
can
see
them.
We
ask
that
you
display
them
around
the
perimeter
of
the
room,
just
to
make
sure
that
folks
that
may
be
behind
you
don't
have
their
view
of
the
meeting
obstructed.
We
asked
folks
to
remain
seated
until
their
name
is
calm.
C
There
are
only
two
types
of
items
that
are
not
appropriate
to
receive
comment
on
during
an
open
time
and
those
are
pending
litigation
and
personnel
issues.
If
you
have,
if
you'd
like
to
give
the
board
comment
on
any
of
those
issues,
we
ask
that
you
do
so
by
contacting
commissioners
or
our
executive
staff
individually,
just
out
of
respect
for
some
of
the
sensitive
information
for
our
employees
in
the
Park
Board.
C
We
do
not
tolerate
discriminatory,
and/or
harassing
words
directed
at
anyone,
so
we
asked
that
folks
keep
that
in
mind
when
they're
making
their
when
they're
making
their
comments.
That
said,
my
first
speaker
is
Keith
Olsen
Keith.
If
you
would
come
forward
and
state
your
name
and
if
you're
comfortable
your
address
for
the
public
record
and
then
Keith,
you
are
followed
by
a
constant
Pepin.
R
R
Take
back
a
little
history.
2003
we
had
a
multi-million
dollar
deficit
in
the
park.
Authority
and
maintenance
stepped
up,
took
a
zero
percent
decrease
in
2%
contract
for
three
years
to
help
you
out
and
we
got
through
back.
Then
we
had
160
park
keepers
today
we're
down
to
96,
that's
a
39%
decrease
and
we
were
promised.
We
would
bring
our
numbers
up
to
a
better
level.
At
some
point
we
haven't
been
seeing
since
then.
R
Some
of
the
high
points
you've
taken
on
as
luteum
water
park,
whoever
pool
East
Phillips
Phillips
community
center
and
now
soon
to
be
grateful.
Somebody's
got
to
maintain
these
we've
got
to
increase
our
numbers
of
maintain.
Oh
we're,
hiring
too
many
consultants.
There's
a
lot
of
this
stuff,
like
people
are
consultant
to
look
at
roofs.
Come
on.
The
carpenter
can
do
that.
I
can
do
that.
I
mean
we
got
to
get
away
from
it.
R
Got
puddles
all
over
and
we're
and
in
your
budget
coming
along
I
know
it's
too
late
or
not.
We're
gonna
spend
nine
hundred
seventy
three
thousand
dollars
to
move
a
pool
from
where
it's
at
to
under
the
trees.
In
that
existing
tennis
court,
that's
a
million
dollars.
We
can
do
better
than
that.
We
can
spend
our
money.
We
can
leave
the
poor
words
at.
R
R
We
receive
it
really
I'm,
not
told
on
the
total
budget,
but
we
seem
to
be
relying
an
awful
lot
on
MPP
money.
What
happened
to
the
rest
of
the
budget?
How
did
we
survive
without
that
before
and
we've
we've
got
to
get
back
to
the
basics
of
taking
care
of
our
buildings,
our
heating
systems,
our
windows,
our
doors,
our
potholes,
in
our
parking
lots,
I've
got
a
pile
on
my
handicap
parking
space.
Nobody
to
fix
it.
R
We
don't
need
to
spend
a
million
dollars,
I'm
moving
a
boy,
so
it's
it's
time,
for
it
sank
more
boots
on
the
ground
week.
We
are
at
a
breaking
point
and
I'm,
not
begging
for
people
we're
at
a
breaking
point
with
all
this
new
property
and
facilities
that
we
keep
taking
on
like
PCC
wasn't
open
a
year
ago.
That's
a
three
level
building.
It
used
to
be
simple:
it
has
three
levels
or
two
pools.
We
need
help
out
there.
We
need
more
bodies
to
take
care
of
our
properties
before
we
start
spending
our
money.
C
S
B
S
Understand
the
need
to
cut
some
costs
and
looking
at
the
budget
attachment,
that's
public
information
I
see
how
you're
trying
to
spread
the
pain
around
in
terms
of
cuts
to
different
areas
of
the
park
board.
But
one
item
in
particular
I
think
is
causing
totally
unnecessary
pain
to
a
lot
of
people
who
love
the
Eloise,
Butler,
wildflower
garden
and
bird
sanctuary.
S
The
budget
attachments
suggest
some
ways
to
reduce
the
hours
that
the
garden
is
open,
but
it's
really
hard
when
you
look
at
that
to
think
that
the
people
who
made
those
suggestions
even
understand
how
the
garden
operates.
I've
volunteered
there
for
over
20
years,
I
think
I
know
how
the
garden
operates.
I'd
like
to
think
I
do
and
to
say
to
just
to
say
of
seven
thousand
one
hundred
and
seventy
eight
dollars
by
cutting
naturalist
hours.
S
S
This
year
the
Friends
of
the
wealth
or
garden
contributed
over
1500
volunteer
hours
to
keep
the
shelter
open
and
I
have
volunteered
there
many
times
when
there's
not
a
Latin
naturalist
on
staff,
so
I
think
things
seem
to
me
to
have
got
confused
and
now
you're
going
to
have
a
lot
of
people
that
are
really
upset
that
you're
going
to
propose
to
cut
the
governess
hours.
I
didn't
I,
don't
know
if
all
of
you
realize
the
garden
is
closed.
S
Five
months
a
year
every
year
because
of
winter
and
if
you,
if
you
cut
the
gardens
hours
it'll,
be
closed
more
than
half
of
the
year.
So
please
don't
do
that
and
I
have
a
letter
that
I'll
leave
with
you
that
analyzes
a
little
bit
more.
The
problems
that
I
see
with
what's
in
the
budget
attachment
now.
S
A
really
excellent
article
that
I
will
leave
with
you
and
it's
called
we're
in
a
global
water
water
crisis.
It's
time
to
turn
to
nature
and
I
know
that
several
of
you
are
very
very
concerned
about
climate
change
and
I'm
here
to
leave
a
copy
of
this
article
for
you
and
to
ask
you
to
really
consider
the
points
that
it's
making.
S
The
law,
profound
ation,
is
good
as
asking
you
to
do
a
lot
growing
pine
net
worth
Park,
which
is
which
would
really
degrade
the
ecosystem
over
there,
and
you
don't
have
to
do
that
because
you,
the
river,
which
is
where
logrolling
started
in
the
first
place,
the
Mississippi
River
and
we
have
worth
lake
in
other
legs.
So
this
would
be
a
great
way
for
you
to
push
back
and
say
you
know
we're
not
going
to
further
degrade
the
freshwater
ecosystem
by
building
something
that
doesn't
need
to
be
done,
because
there
are
so
many
alternatives.
Thank.
C
T
Jared
North
I
don't
want
to
beat
up
too
much
of
your
most
of
what
mr.
Olsen
said
and
I
one
of
the
park
keepers
up
for
the
park
board,
I've
been
here
for
28
years
and
I've
seen
a
lot
of
things
could
up
and
down
and
right
now
we're
breaking
out
there
we're
breaking
you
guys,
promise
order
board,
promised
us
something
years
ago
and
as
a
union
we
gave
that
up.
We
try
to
help
and
we
sing
to
you
now
we
need
help.
We
have
more
jobs
to
do.
T
We
picking
up
more
land
than
we
were
making
a
better
system,
and
we
understand
that
we
want
to
be
the
best
system
in
the
country,
but
at
the
same
time,
if
we
keep
building
building
building
and
they
hope
it's
not
going
up
with
it,
we
can't
keep
up
out
there.
We
have
we're
trying
to
make
things
work
and
we
trying
to
do
it
with
what
we
have.
We
all
try
to
be
professionals.
We
all
try
to
do
that.
Well,
all
the
boots
on
the
ground,
and
it's
just
not
the
maintenance
department.
T
We
still
think
about
forestry,
we're
thinking
about
recreation.
We
see
this
every
single
day
when
buildings
that
are
too
cold,
we
we
have
rooms,
that's
leaking.
We
just
still
trying
to
do
these
things,
but
I
don't
want
to
beat
it
up
too
bad,
but
I
came
and
I
want
to
express
to
the
board
how
bad
we're
really
suffering
out
there.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
C
U
U
Commissioners
recently,
the
MP
RV
has
issued
a
press
release
outlining
an
attempt
to
build
a
case
for
the
park
board
commissioners
to
receive
raises
by
examining
financial
barriers
to
service.
I
would
like
to
point
out
that
there
seems
to
be
a
misunderstanding
regarding
the
park
board.
Commissioners:
remuneration.
It
is
not
considered
a
salary.
The
commissioners
are
not
employed
by
the
park
board,
they
don't
get
a
stipend
and
they
do
get
health
insurance.
U
But
previous
to
this
recent
election,
no
one
on
the
park
board
has
expressed
the
expectation
that
they
would
be
provided
as
salary,
and
it
is
an
unrealistic
expectation
generally.
Those
individuals
wanting
to
be
on
the
park
board
have
an
interest
in
Minneapolis
parks
and
therefore
choose
to
serve
on
the
park
board.
Being
a
park
board,
commissioner,
is
considered
public
service.
Commissioners
are
not
employees
I
urge
you,
the
Minneapolis,
Park
and
Recreation
Board
commissioners
to
focus
on
the
business
of
the
park
board
and
put
aside
the
unanticipated
and
inappropriate
agenda
regarding
what
I
call
personal
enrichment.
C
J
So
that
was
fun.
It
was
pretty
exciting.
I've
asked
him
to
actually
come
and
talk
to
the
group
about
their
rise
and
some
of
the
things
that
they've
noticed
in
a
lot
of
parks
that
they
frequent
in
Northeast
Minneapolis
in
particular,
also
wanted
to
announce
the
focus
sessions
for
the
Hiawatha
Hiawatha
master
plan.
I
believe
tomorrow,
there's
going
to
be
one
at
the
Lake
Nokomis
community
center,
there's
going
to
be
two
tomorrow
in
Lake
Nokomis
community
center.
So
if
you
have
an
opportunity
to
get
over,
there
starts
at
six
o'clock.
J
P
Knocking
for
their
future
I
also
had
a
fun
time
at
the
ground.
Breaking
for
the
new
amenities
of
the
Sheraton
Memorial
Park
really
excited
about
those
a
couple
things
about
what
I'm
going
to
call
the
pesticide
Advisory
Committee
staff
gave
it
a
different
name.
They
called
it.
The
life
estate
and
integrated
pest
management,
community
Technical,
Advisory
Committee,
that's
a
little
bit
cumbersome.
So.
P
P
C
You
thank
you.
Commissioner
Meyer
I
may
actually
just
ask
a
clarifying
and
follow
question
of
colleagues.
Is
it
because
you're
bringing
a
timely
question
the
board
during
petitions
and
communications,
I
guess
my
my
question
to
my
colleagues?
Is
there?
Is
there
any
reservation
from
anybody
to
extend
the
deadline
for
participation
on
the
committee
so
I'm,
seeing
nobody
express
any
objections?
I
guess!
My
next
question
would
be
a
parliamentary
question
possibly
to
our
secretary.
Would
we
require
any
sort
of
resolution
right
now
or
can
that
be
done
through
it?
P
C
O
On
Monday
evening,
at
Whittier
with
director
Arvidsson
and
some
consultants
around
the
Southwest
service
area
master
planning
process,
it
was
a
really
great
group
of
community
members
on
a
rainy
night
talking
about
the
future
of
one
quadrant
of
the
parks
in
that
service
area
and
some
really
great
ideas
and
exciting
ideas
for
planning
the
future
of
those
parks
which
haven't
been
planned
for
all
for
a
really
long
time.
So
I'm
really
excited
to
see.
V
V
I
To
talk
about
a
tour
I
took
and
a
roundtable
discussion
I
had
with
Governor
Tim
was
and
Massachusetts
representative
Joe
Kennedy.
He
came
here
to
talk
about
service,
Community
Schools
and
we
walked
around
Richard
Green,
which
is
one
of
our
sites
that
we
have
thinking
about
it
as
a
full-service
duty
school.
You
should
be
a
full
service,
Community
School
in
the
past.
It's
really
surprised
about
Tim
governor-elect,
emwazi's
knowledge
about
how
those
service
community
schools
work
and
his
commitment
to
actually
wanting
to
expand
that
model
and
I
Joe
Kennedy.
I
He
was
very
you,
know,
influential
and
and
Congress
wants
to
take
this
model
back
and
make
sure
you
know
maybe
different
areas.
A
country
can
receive
grants
from
the
federal
government.
So
we
here
a
Minnesota
Minneapolis
particular
are
kind
of
a
spotlight
for
this.
This
new
model,
so
I'm
really
pleased
as
punch
that
I
got
a
chance
to
walk
with
those
guys
and
and
tell
them
how
I
felt
and
they
got
to
see
one
of
our
schools
that's
connected
to
a
park
which
is
we
have
about
19
of
them.
Q
The
president
born
I
want
to
give
Wow
congratulations
to
the
ten
you
North
Commons
football
team,
as
superintendent
Merrill
mentioned
earlier.
They
were
the
champions
this
year
and
the
Bulldog
classic
was
just
created
because
we
didn't
have
enough
ten,
you
team,
so
I
hope
we
could
figure
out
a
way
to
grow
football.
It's
strong
in
North
Minneapolis,
but
like
to
see
it
in
other
parts
of
the
cities
as
well
and
continue
that
12u
champions
that
Creek
View
Park
as
well
and
14.
You
champions
at
North,
Commons,
Park,
so
high,
congratulations
to
them!
Q
I
hope
they
show
up
to
one
of
our
board
meetings
and
we
could
take
pictures
and
they
can
have
that
experience
as
well.
I
got
to
hand
out
candy
and
a
wonderful
event
at
follow-up.
Park
Travis
Eggman
did
a
great
job.
We
did
trunk
or
treating
so
it's
where
we
hand
off
candy
out
of
the
trunk
in
the
parking
lot
and
there's
like
20
different
stations.
So
I
did
that
half
the
time
and
also
Sara
Rossman
at
Webber
Park.
Q
G
You
president
born
I'd
like
to
provide
just
a
little
bit
more
information
about
the
focus
sessions
that
are
happening
around
the
Hiawatha
Golf
Course
master
plan,
there's
five
sessions
that
will
be
held
for
which
they're
currently
scheduled
the
first
two
that
are
happening
tomorrow,
night
beginning
at
6:00
p.m.
is
the
topic
of
about
the
environment.
So
talk
about
what
you
want
to
see
in
the
environment,
talk
about
what
you're
concerned
about
in
the
environment,
etc.
G
The
second
topic
of
the
evening
begins
at
7:00
p.m.
and
that's
a
focus
group
for
neighbors.
So
if
you
live
around
this
space
and
you
have
concerns
or
hopes
and
dreams,
this
is
the
time
to
come
and
share
them
with
with
the
planners.
The
next
two
are
being
held
on
the
13th
and
they
are
around
golf.
So
the
first
one
begins
at
6
p.m.
at
the
Hiawatha
clubhouse
and
that's
just
golf
in
general,
and
then
the
second
one
which
begins
at
7
p.m.
G
is
about
african-american
history
at
Minneapolis
golf
courses
in
general,
so
not
just
Hiawatha
but
all
of
our
courses.
So
those
are
all
the
scheduled
sessions
and
then
the
next
one
is
about
indigenous
peoples,
history
in
this
region
of
the
city,
and
we
have
not
yet
managed
to
get
that
scheduled.
So
when
we
do
I'll
be
sure
to
share
that
with
you.
C
You,
commissioner,
music,
a
few
few
things,
my
first
and
probably
most
exciting
one-
is
to
wish
a
happy
happy,
70th
day
of
birth,
to
Commissioner
Forney.
She
has
a
very
good
excused
absence
for
not
being
with
us
this
evening.
She
is
setting
foot
I
believe
on
her
seventh
continent.
She
is
either
on
her
way
or
has
her
feet
on
Antarctica
as
we
as
we
speak,
so
hope,
she's
having
a
wonderful
time,
I
want
to
thank
Pilger
and
jeremy
barrack
for
hosting
a
and
co-hosting
a
meeting
on
milfoil
around
the
chain
of
lakes.
C
With
me
at
Lyndhurst
Park
in
to
all
the
neighbors
that
came
out
to
that.
A
couple
of
weeks
back
vice
president
Hassan
and
I
attended
and
superintendent
Merrill
attended
the
grand
opening
of
the
green
Central,
Park,
gym
and
I
wanted
to
just
extend.
We've
done
a
lot
of
work
there.
This
year
and
I
wanted
to
extend
a
incredible
note
of
gratitude
to
Commissioner
Peter
McLaughlin
Commissioner
mcLaughlin,
through
his
advocacy
for
the
Hennepin
County
youth
sports.
C
Grants
was
really
took
an
opportunity
for
to
bring
millions
upon
millions,
I'm
sure
it's
countable,
but
I,
don't
know
the
number
off
the
top
of
my
head,
but
millions
upon
millions
upon
millions
of
dollars
to
the
city
of
Minneapolis
in
our
youth
over
the
years,
through
his
advocacy
for
the
creation
of
the
sports
grant
projects
and
then
making
sure
that
Minneapolis
was
a
primary
was
a
primary
beneficiary
of
those
grants
throughout
Hennepin,
County
and
and
particularly
in
his
in
east
of
35.
Eight
yeast
of
35
W
in
the
part
of
town
that
he
represents.
C
So
he's
done
incredible
work
for
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board
over
the
years
and
we
have
I,
think
everybody.
I
was
Commissioner
McLaughlin
a
debt
of
gratitude
and
I
think
everybody
is
conscious
that
he
has
a
very
big
set
of
shoes
to
fill.
I
think
we
are
all
very
excited
that
I'm,
confident
that
Commissioner
elect
Connelly
will
be
as
big
of
a
as
big
big
of
a
champion
for
for
Minneapolis
parks
and
will
and
will
fill
those
shoes
as
she
steps
into
a
trailblazing
and
historic
role.
C
As
the
first
african-american
woman
ever
to
be
elected
to
the
Hennepin
County
Board
of
Commissioners,
so
she
made
a
very
historic
night
and
there
was
a
lot
of
history
around
the
state
and
the
country
last
night
as
well.
When
we
first
started
on
this
board,
we
started
with
a
largely
new
board,
a
new
mayor,
a
new
City
Council,
and
over
the
last
several
months,
we've
been
learning
how
to
navigate
those
waters.
Together
now
we
are
joined
with
a
largely
new
Metro
delegation,
a
new
governor
new
balances
of
power
at
the
legislature,
new
state
constitutional
officers.
C
Virtually
every
every
piece
of
government
that
we
deal
with
on
a
day
to
day
basis
is
drastically
different
than
it
was
not
even
13
months
ago.
So
I
really
applaud
superintendent,
Merrill
and
commissioners
and
staff
that
have
navigated
those
waters
with
us
and
have
helped
to
build
a
incredibly
successful
year.
C
Superintendent
mayoral
vice
president
Hassan
Commissioner
Vita
KP
companies
and
members
of
our
community
have
engaged
in
a
nationwide
search
for
our
next
superintendent
of
parks.
We've
gathered
input
from
more
than
20
listening
sessions
across
the
city
and
we
enlisted
the
help
of
community
members
to
review
candidates
that
had
applied
for
the
position
and
and
asked
those
community
members
to
bring
their
visions
to
us
of
what
they
feel
are
the
best
quality,
the
best
qualities
for
our
next
superintendent.
C
Roughly
speaking,
the
candidates
were
first
reviewed
and
screened
by
our
search,
firm
KP
companies,
highly
qualified
applicants.
There
were
advanced
to
a
community
review
panel
and
that
panel
conducted
a
blind
screen
of
those
applicants,
so
only
seeing
a
professional
summary
of
what
those
of
what
those
candidates
brought
to
the
table
for
the
park
board.
C
That
panel
advanced
several
applicants
to
vice
president
Hassan
Commissioner
Vita
and
me,
and
we
completed
a
very
similar
blind
screen,
and
the
three
of
us
had
a
shared
interest
in
inviting
for
candidates
who
we
felt
would
be
could
best
advance
the
work
of
this
park
board.
There
was
a
fourth
candidate
on
the
list
of
names
that
I'll
be
announcing
in
a
second.
She
withdrew
her
name
from
nomination.
C
These
three
that
were
forwarding
stood
out
as
being
able
to
advance
this
boards
mandate
for
increasing
our
investment
in
the
youth,
advancing
the
mission
of
the
Park
Board
and
building
an
even
better
park
system
for
our
guests
and
everyone
who
calls
Minneapolis
their
home.
That
said,
our
top
three
finalists
in
alphabetical
order
are
alfred.
C
Bangor
al
is
a
the
recreation
superintendent
of
mecklenburg
county
in
north
carolina
and
as
a
former
recreational
supervisor
for
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board
super-g
josh
is
the
director
of
the
louisville
park
system
in
kentucky
and
brings
an
incredible
amount
of
experience.
He
manages
a
very
similar
sized
park
system
today
and
our
third
candidate
is
Joseph.
Nick
Williams
folks
will
remember
Nick
Williams,
as
the
former
assistant
superintendent
of
Recreation
for
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board
Nick
is
currently
the
director
of
parks
and
recreation
and
youth
development
for
the
City
of
Oakland
California.
C
Our
next
steps
in
our
process
for
the
selection
of
our
next
superintendent
is,
we
will
be
conducting.
We
will
be
conducting
interviews
on
November
13th.
We
will
have.
We
are
calling
a
special
meeting
to
conduct
our
interviews.
Those
will
be
broadcast
live
via
Facebook
live
we're
actually
trying
to
also
train
to
get
airtime
on
community
access
network,
but
there
is
a
conflict
with
the
Planning
Commission
right
now,
so
we're
trying
to
so
we're
trying.
This
is
so
at
the
very
least
it
will
be.
C
Broadcasts
on
Facebook
live
anybody's,
welcome
to
attend
those
interviews
here
and
then
those
interviews
will
also
be
posted
online.
After
the
fact.
We
also
want
to
welcome
the
entire
community.
We
will
have
a
meet-and-greet
for
our
three
finalists
on
the
13th
after
they
have
finished
their
after
they've
finished
their
interviews
with
us.
We
will
be
hosting
a
reception
in
the
downstairs
open
area
of
the
minneapolis
park
board
headquarters
from
7:00
to
8:30
p.m.
the
interviews
will
take
place
from
4
to
6:30
5
p.m.
C
and
so
we
welcome
folks
to
join
us
for
the
interviews
and
the
reception
or
just
one
of
them,
so
I
just
want
to
think
we
had
an
incredible
pool
of
candidates
from
across
the
country
we
had
and
I
want
to
extend
a
thanks
to
everybody
who
everybody
who
applied
to
be
the
next
superintendent
of
our
parks.
I
want
to
extend
a
thanks
to
mr.
Bangor
Ghosh
and
Williams
for
agreeing
to
take
the
step
forward
with
us
and
have
their
names
be
brought
forward
for
this
board's
consideration.
C
O
A
B
O
O
O
O
W
Name
is
emmanuel
ortiz.
I
resided
2903
14th
Avenue
south
I'm
here
today,
because
I
served
on
the
the
urban
agriculture
activity
plan,
implementation
team
that
reviewed
or
that
worked
with
the
park
board
to
develop
the
community
garden
policy
draft
and
in
that
policy
draft
we
recommended
a
full-time
position
be
created
for
the
oversight
of
the
community
garden.
W
Don't
know
if
you
know
if
in
deciding
that
it's
only
a
part-time,
if
that's
something
that's
reviewable
to
you
all,
if
that's
something
that
would
be
considered
in
a
year,
I'm
curious
to
know
what
the
rationale
was
from
the
board
or
from
the
the
superintendent,
perhaps
as
to
the
decision
to
make
that
a
part-time
position.
Thank
you
thank.
O
O
B
O
Abstentions,
so
moved,
and
so
now
I
will
move
into
the
study
item
of
our
discussion
on
the
superintendent's
2019
recommended
budget
director
Wiseman.
If
you
could
just
perhaps
take
us
through
the
rest
of
this
process
before
we
dive
into
any
questions
or
thoughts
that
commissioners
have
on
the
budget.
M
Good
evening,
chair,
Koval
and
commissioners,
first
of
all,
you
should
all
have
in
front
of
you
on
your
Dyess,
the
packet
of
Commissioner
questions
and
attachments.
You
should
have
also
received
this
document
yesterday
electronically
as
well.
This
is
a
reminder
to
the
public
that
any
document
that
we
provide
to
the
commissioners
we
also
post
on
our
public
website.
M
We
will
also
have
public
comment
on
both
November
14th
and
the
28th
for
the
public
to
continue
to
provide
input
and
comment
next
year's
budget.
If
everything
goes
as
planned,
we
will
then
adopt
our
budget
on
December
15th
at
City
Hall.
There
will
also
be
a
truth
in
taxation
public
hearing
at
that
time.
M
This
is
also
a
reminder
to
the
commissioners
that,
as
you
go
through
the
documents
that
we
provided,
you
you
today
and
continue
to
have
conversations
that
if
you
have
additional
questions
you
would
like
to
submit,
we
would
like
those
submitted
to
the
superintendent
for
the
November
4
Committee
of
the
whole
session.
We
would
need
those
questions
to
the
superintendent
by
Friday
morning
to
allow
staff
time
to
gather
that
information
and
provide
responses
before
the
next
Wednesday.
O
O
All
right,
I
would
say
at
this
time
the
modifications
that
would
be
what
has
been
indicated
by
the
questions
that
president
born
and
I
submitted
here.
I,
don't
think,
there's
anything
that
there
aren't
any
proposed
changes
right
now.
We
have
these
questions
and
are
reviewing
what
potential
changes
could
happen
based
upon
the
responses
from
those
questions
and
I,
don't
know
if
president
Boren
has
anything
that
he
would
like
to
add
to
that.
C
On
a
large
level,
increasing
the
amount
of
funding
that
we
have
available
through
our
recreations
Innovation
Fund
to
really
provide
resources
for
for
youth,
seniors
and
girls,
and
really
pilot
pilot
programming
public
programming
through
different
rec
centers
and
bring
in
different
partners.
I'm
gonna
be
able
to
look
at
recreational
amenities
that
we
have
not
may
have
not
always
had
the
opportunity
to
look
at
in
the
past.
C
The
I
have
a
personal
aspirational
goal
of.
There
are
some
recommended.
There
are
some
recommended
reductions
and
regular
FTEs
and
some
divisions.
I
would
I,
have
some
aspirational
goals
of
restoring
those
cuts
and
possibly
and
possibly
expanding
the
work
of
the
frontline
staff
that
take
care
of
our
parks
every
day.
C
G
C
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
chair,
Cole
Gil
in
the
budget
packet
that
staff
had
prepared
for
budget
adjustments,
you'll
notice
in
that
packet
assistant,
superintendent,
Cox
can
probably
get
you
the
exact
page,
maybe
after
the
meeting,
but
we
have
a
program
where
all
of
our
rec
centers
have
access
to
what
is
called
I
might
be
using
the
name
community
lead
leadership
fund.
C
Those
are
the
types
of
those
are
the
types
of
innovative
projects
that
we
want
to
empower
our
rec
service
staff
to
be
able
to
be
able
to
implement,
but
assistant,
superintendent,
Cox.
And
probably
it's
it's
in
the
first
packet
of
there's
a
description
of
it
in
the
first
packet
that
assistant
that
the
superintendent
sent
out
and
assistant
superintendent
Cox
provided
a
description
of
that
fund.
L
Thank
You
chair,
Koval,
Commissioner,
music.
The
leadership
fund
is
a
micro
grant
opportunity
for
rec
center
rent
specialist
rec
directors
to
apply
for
a
small
pot
of
money
to
encourage
creativity
and
innovation.
So
it's
an
opportunity
for
them
to
try
something
without
detracting
from
their
existing
building
budget,
and
so
this
is
a
way
that
we've
used
for
for
many
years,
I'm,
not
sure
exactly
how
many
that
promotes
creativity.
Basically
thank.
G
You
really
need
to
go
it.
The
experience
of
being
an
Eloise,
Butler,
wildflower
garden,
is
equivalent
to
being
in
the
Boundary
Waters
in
is
equivalent
to
being
on
the
superior
hiking
trail.
You
have
in
our
city
an
opportunity
to
have
a
wilderness
experience
and
be
exposed
to
plants
that
do
not
exist
in
the
metropolitan
area
other
than
in
that
Park.
G
G
Know
it
seems
like
it
shouldn't,
be
a
big
deal
because
it's
just
plants,
but
it
is
the
way
the
one
way
that
people
can
experience
the
wilds
of
Minnesota
without
having
to
have
the
resources
to
get
out
of
the
city,
so
aspirationally
I
think
we
ought
to
be
looking
for
a
way
to
not
cut,
not
cut
access
to
Eloise
the
other.
The
other
piece
that
I
really
think
we
need
to
rethink
is
the
cutting
of
planting
of
trees
and
grinding
of
stumps,
which
need
to
be
done
so
that
we
can
plant
those
trees.
G
We
are
right.
We
are
right
now
losing
huge
amounts
of
our
urban
canopy
to
disease,
storms
and
natural
end
of
life,
and
those
trees
are
our
city's
lungs.
They
are
what's
helping
us
combat
climate
change
and
it's
impacts
to
our
city
and
right
now,
the
the
amount
of
trees
we're
planting
is
inadequate
to
replace
that
lost
canopy.
G
Instead
of
cutting
tree
plantings,
we
really
ought
to
be
finding
ways
to
increase
them,
and-
and
that
should
be
not
just
on
our
property
but
encouraging
private
landowners
to
do
the
same
and
I'm
pretty
sure
we
all
care
about
climate
change.
We
care
about
making
sure
that
our
city
stays
livable
despite
it
and
cutting
the
amount
of
trees
we
plant
is
not,
is
not
helping
us
get
there.
So
I'd
love
to
see
us
restore
funding
for
tree
planting
and
stomp
removals
as
well.
G
So
when
we
get
into
the
nitty-gritty
of
hashing
habit,
changes
I
think
we
ought
to
be
considering
inclusion
of
that
goal.
I
know
it's
incredibly
important
to
Commissioner
Vita
and
Commissioner
Forney
we've
talked
about
it.
A
lot
and
I'd
love
to
see
us
incorporate
that
that
aspirational
goal
in
a
physical
way
into
the
budget,
so
that
next
budget
cycle
we
really
have
a
plan.
G
We
understand
the
needs
of
our
constituents
and
we
put
it
in
place
in
a
way
that
it's
really
transparent
and
open
and
people
feel
like
they
understand
what
it
is
that
they're
gonna
be
paying
for
I
had
something
else,
but
I
forgot
to
write
it
down
so
I'll.
Let
someone
else
talk
for
a
while.
Thank
you.
Thank.
I
Echo
a
little
bit
about
president
Boren
and
Commissioner
messages,
aspirations
of
making
sure
that
the
Eloise,
Butler
garden
stays
open,
I
think
that's,
that's
a
pretty
decent
ask
and
it's
all
about
I
think
this
park
board
has
acts
for
our
working
frontline
workers
to
sacrifice
a
lot
in
the
last.
You
know,
10
or
15
years
and
I
think
we
should
make
sure
that
we
are
paying
those
paying
it
back.
I
We're
gonna
make
sure
that
we
take
care
of
the
workers
who
are
making
our
parks
look
the
way
they
do
every
day
and
we
get
all
these
good
awards
from
national
organizations.
We
get
those
because
we
got
folks
out
here
who
are
making
sure
you
look
at
money,
so
we
got
make
folks
out
here
making
sure
you
know
the
grass
is
cut
and
everything
is
looking
nice
and
I
think
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we,
those
people,
are
taking
care
of
I.
Think
we
make.
I
J
You
chair
Coco
I
also
want
to
look
at
ways
that
we
can
keep
the
flower
garden
open.
The
way
that
it
is
not
closing
it
I
know
we
look
at
recreation
is
play
sometimes,
but
this
is
great
recreation.
This
is
nature.
This
is
I've
seen
young
people
over
there
enjoying
this.
J
Also,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
look
at
these
jobs
and
keep
I
work
for
strong
for
the
parks.
I
heard
the
two
staff
that
came
and
spoke-
and
you
know
just
listening
to
them-
say
that
they
helped
us
out
years
ago
and
now
they're
just
asking
for
a
little
support.
So
we
can
maintain
our
number
one
parks.
J
I
think
that
that
means
a
lot
to
me
that
they
took
the
time
to
come
here
to
tell
us
that
they
need
support
from
us
and
we
should
look
at
every
opportunity
to
support
them
and
other
departments
as
well.
You
know
we
all
want
recreation,
but
recreation
is
not
the
only
department.
We
have
to
look
at
how
people
feel
safe
in
our
parks,
and
you
can't
have
great
recreation
without
safety.
J
So
I
think
we
need
to
look
at
all
departments
and
making
sure
that
we
keep
them
strong
as
they
are
and
try
to
get
even
better
and
then
speaking
of
recreation,
as
commissioner
music
said,
I
think
we
need
to
look
at
opportunities
for
the
future
in
this
budget.
How
do
we
have
some
measurable
goals
to
take
back
to
others
and
say:
hey
look
at
what
we
did
last
year.
Could
you
give
us
some
more
money
in
the
future,
so
I
think
we
really
need
to
look
at
this
budget
and
figure
out
how
we
do
that.
J
Rather
that's
with
our
Community
Survey
we're
planning
to
have.
Can
we
ask
some
questions
about
recreation
in
that
survey
and
figure
out
what
people
want
in
our
city?
We've
done
it
for
other
things
in
the
past,
so
I
would
really
just
like
to
take
a
look
at
those
two
things
and
figure
out
some
measurable
outcomes
for
sure
for
recreation.
Thank
you.
Thank.
P
P
So
I
wanted
to
ask
for
clarification
about
something
I
brought
up
previously
during
a
committee
about
having
a
comprehensive
review
of
the
climate
change
plan.
Is
that
something
that
can
fit
within
the
existing
supervisors
budget,
our
superintendents
budget?
Or
would
we
need
to
have
a
separate
line
on
it?
For
that.
D
Q
For
recognizing
me
and
I'm,
not
on
this
committee,
appreciated
I
Chris
Powell
go
I.
It
is
wonderful
to
hear
all
the
commissioners
on
the
same
page
about
the
Eloise
Butler
garden.
This
is
a
great
space
that
is
located
too
many
folks
in
the
community
that
I
represent,
and
one
of
my
favorite
thing
is
watching
the
schools
go
down
to
the
Eloise
Garden
Butler
and
for
some
reason
we
we
always
get
new
teachers
and
they
they
cannot
believe
this
wonderful
space
that
we
have
so
I.
Thank
you.
Q
Q
Talk
about
the
significance
of
our
frontline
staff
and
importance
of
funding
it
at
a
level
where
they
can
be
successful.
They
are
kind
of
the
so
love
our
part
board.
They
keep
it
operating,
they
keep
the
rain
out,
they
keep
the
snow
off
the
ground,
they
keep
our
roads,
plowed
and
and-
and
they
are
extremely
important
and
a
valuable
asset
to
our
community.
But
I
also
think
it's
important
that
we
need
to
recognize
that
next
time
we
need
a
higher
loving.
Q
What
one
thing
I
know
is
the
city
of
Minneapolis
residents
love
our
parks,
that's
the
reason
that
I
wanted
to
be
involved
with
it
and
it's
a
reason.
One
of
the
reasons
I
ran
to
be
a
commissioner
people,
truly
love
our
parks
and
they're
passionate
about
it.
So
I
hope
this
conversation
comes
up
when
we
start
talking
about
that
levy
in
the
future
and
make
sure
that
we
want
to
fund
everything.
That's
important
and
valuable
to
the
residents
of
the
city,
Minneapolis.
O
G
You
Chicago
I
remembered.
My
other
question
is
about
the
intergovernmental
relations
position.
We
had
asked
how
that
job
would
be
classified
in
our
questions.
It
didn't
get
answered,
but
it
sounds
like
from
the
equity
assessment.
That's
in
the
packet
that
it
would
be
an
appointed
position
and
I'm
not
sure
what
the
employment
rules
are
around
and
around
appointed
positions.
G
But
I
don't
know
if
there's
any
special
rules
around
our
ability
to
create
those
if
they
need
to
be
approved
by
the
legislature
or
by
the
Charter
Commission,
or
anything
like
that,
since
we
are
essentially
creating
a
political
appointment
on
our
staff.
So
if
we
could
find
out
the
legal
ramifications
of
what
we're
doing
and
whether
or
not
we
can
indeed
do
it,
that
would
be
very
helpful.
E
E
Really
one
appointed
position
that
was
outside
of
the
civil
service
structure
in
the
two
positions
at
the
park.
Part
outside
of
the
civil
structure
was
a
superintendent.
The
secretary
everyone
else
was
civil
service,
rated
grain
and
established
by
civil
service
tested
and
hired.
Then
starting
in
the
1970s.
There
was
a
carve
up
from
the
city
charter
on
that
base,
largely
ain't
going
to
the
legislature
and
the
legislature.
We
would
go
to
the
legislature.
We
created
a
mr.
E
E
It's
not
Anna
collective
bargaining
agreement
or
doesn't
interfere
with
it
or
falls
within
a
certain
range,
and
it's
a
at
a
professional
level
that
the
superintendent
can
create
those
positions
and
I
would
have
to
defer
to
miss
Brooks
or
somebody
else
from
your
Human
Resources
department
to
give
you
a
numerate,
the
number,
those
individuals
or
positions.
Perhaps
the
superintendent
could
answer
that,
but
though
I'm.
X
D
Y
B
Y
All
right,
then,
so
what
we
look
at
is
what
the
business
need
is,
and
then
we
talk
about
what
it
is
that
we're
trying
to
get
from
the
position.
We
research,
what
different
types
of
jobs
there
are.
We
try
to
create
a
job
description
that
meets
the
needs
of
the
organization
as
well
as
that
hiring
manager,
and
we
try
and
figure
out.
Perhaps
you
know,
but
the
salary
is
and
then
within
certain
parameters
we
will
determine
if
the
position
should
be
an
hourly
position
or
a
salary
position.
Y
If
it
should
be
an
appointed
position,
it
will
just
depend,
because
there
are
rules
that
we
should
be
looking
at
as
far
as
determining
if
it's
going
to
be
in
civil
service,
if
it's
going
to
be
in
a
collective
bargaining
agreement,
if
it's
going
to
be
salaried
or
not,
because
there
are
federal
laws
to
consider
you
know,
so
there
are
a
number
of
factors
before
we
get
to
the
final
product.
Does
that
answer
your
question?
Is
that
what
you
were
after.
G
D
G
Just
would
like
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
doing
something
that
we
are
not
able
to
do
legally.
That's
all
so,
if
we're
looking
at
things
to
cut
I
feel
like
this
position
is
probably
one
that
we
should
be
looking
at.
We
do
have
a
number
of
front
line
positions
that
need
funding
before
we
start
adding
people
to
management.
V
V
About
this
particular
position
over
and
over
and
thing,
we
spend
a
lot
of
time,
which
we
shouldn't
to
my
opinion,
I
thank
again
for
the
clarification
I
think
we
also
thank
mr.
president
porn
for
doing
a
great
job
and
and
the
work
that
we
trusted
him.
He
always
knew
even
outside
of
the
park
board
before
we
ever
got
elected
in
this
office.
That
Brad
will
be.
You
know
someone
that
we
can
trust
with.
You
know
what
we
asked
him
to
do,
and
people
do
complain
and
I
get.
V
V
He
came
from
the
board
that
that
we're
not
even
a
good
job
in
terms
of
reaching
out
and
getting
money
for
the
park
board,
and
this
was
conversations
that
start
from
the
legislative
committee
and
that
led
into
someone
who's
highly-qualified,
who
is
doing
the
great
job
so
far.
In
in
terms
of
keeping
apt
in
or
updating
us
what's
happening,
and
never
right
now
setting
up
you
know
with
meetings
with
the
new
elected
and
locked
house
of
representing
their
state
and
as
we
know
that.
V
V
V
I
have
Phelps
Camille,
but
I
can
you
know
like
there's
nothing
happening
and
I
think
and,
as
we
heard
from
the
park
keepers
that
came
before
us
and
testified
that
there's
a
high
need
and
I
agree,
you
know
with
the
park
board
is
growing.
We
have
to
hire
more
people
to
do
the
job
and
with
38
percent
decrease.
That's
a
lot
from
2003
to
2008
intervene
right
now.
We
could
do
better
and
I
just
wanna.
Thank
mr.
president
for
all
the
hard
work
and
for
such
a
long
it
was
a
tough
year.
V
You
know
being
a
new
commissioners
and
with
a
new
superintendent,
thats
highly
qualified,
that's
doing
our
job
and
it's
keeping
up
with
everything
that's
happening
and
whether
it's
doing
the
conversation
with
the
committee
about
how
the
Park
Police
should
be
happening
and
also
a
thank
Jason
for
leading
and
for
listening.
It
was
a
tough
conversation
that
are
happening
and
I.
Think
that
also
but
I
haven't
seen
was
most
of
the
commissioners
to
be
also
involved
in
those
meetings
and
to
be
involved
about.
What's
happened.
V
I
Position
that
necessarily
the
job
description,
but
has
there
been
a
comparable
higher
previous
to
this
board
of
the
superintendent,
decided
that
she
wants
somebody
to
do
a
particular
job,
who
has
particular
professional
skills
to
do
that
job,
and
that
happened
to
go
through
this
board
to
have
that
person
hired.
As
that
has
a
we
said,
president
senior.
I
Asking
about
the
process
the
process
right
now
is
being
questioned
if
we're,
if
it's
above
border
man.
So
what
I
want
to
know
is
has
process
similar
to
this
right
here,
where
the
superintendence
taking
direction
from
the
board
has
that
happened
in
previous
boards,
necessarily
that
position,
but
any
position
where
the
superintendent
decides
to
hire
so
much.
A
Commissioner
French,
what
I
can
say
is
that,
in
my
experience,
the
secretary
intendent
has
had
the
discretion
in
terms
of
which
positions
they
identify
as
appointed
in
which
positions
they
identified
his
civil
service,
and
there
are
times
when
those
things
have
changed
over
time.
Based
on
the
viewpoint
of
the
superintendent
and
I'm.
Assuming
the
viewpoint
of
the
board
that
that
individual
is
serving
okay.
I
Thank
you
with
that
being
said:
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
we're
like
reinventing
the
wheel
right
here.
I
think
we're
doing
something
that
the
board
is.
The
majority
of
the
board
has
decided
that
this
is
best
for
the
board
and
I
think
are
the
person
that's
in
that
job.
Right
now
is
doing
it
a
great
job,
he's
well-qualified
and
he's
got
connections
throughout
the
city
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
can.
Just
in
this
conversation
about
that
position.
D
O
D
Just
wanted
to
respond,
maybe
a
little
bit
more.
This
is
a
position
that
we're
talking
about
is
one
that
I
think
would
be
in
a
plaintiff
position,
but
it
would
be
posted.
It
would
be
open
to
the
general
public
applications
would
be
received
and
evaluated,
and
so
that
would
be
the
normal
process
that
we
would
go
through
in
terms
of
hiring
so
I
think
you,
you
made
a
great
statement
to
Commissioner
French.
D
O
Thank
You
superintendent
Merrill,
seeing
no
other
lights
on
I'll,
just
say
a
couple
of
things
just
want
to.
First
of
all,
thank
staff
and
the
really
hard
work
in
putting
forward
the
budget
in
the
first
place
and
also
being
responsive
to
the
questions
that
that
I
submitted
another
Commissioner
submitted.
O
It's
certainly
at
this
point
with
the
levy
that
we
got
now
down
to
brass
tacks,
and
we
need
to
I
think
from
from
my
perspective
and
I
and
I
think
from
the
whole
board's
perspective.
Given
what
our
priorities
are,
we
need
to
show
them
in
in
what
we're
investing
in
and
that's
number
one
investing
in
youth
I'm,
going
back
to
our
board
priorities
and
I.
O
O
The
other
thing,
I'd
like
to
say,
is
that
overall,
I
think
the
budgets
on
the
right
path
and
I'm
really
hopeful
that
the
indications
that
we've,
given
that
we
want
to
invest
in
youth
and
that
we
also
really
prioritize
our
frontline
staff,
will
go
forward
and
help
us
in
getting
additional
funding
next
year
and
in
the
coming
years
to
continue
to
expand
on
those
central
board.
Priorities
and
I
see
two
more
lights
on
now.
C
C
There's
like
background
information
provided
and
I'm,
just
wondering
if
that
is
like
there's
a
couple
of
examples
where
there's
a
question
that
says
prioritized
between
A&B
staffs
recommendation
of
prioritization
between
a
and
B
and
the
response
to
that
was
a
description
of
a
and
B
and
not
a
recommended
prioritization.
So
I
guess
process.
Why
is?
C
Should
those
questions
just
be
resubmitted
or
and
I'm
not
looking
for
any
particular
answers
right
now,
but
I'm
getting
a
I'm
getting
a
nod
from
director
Wiseman
that
if
there,
if
folks,
don't
have
the
information
that
they
need
to
based
on
the
preliminary
response
that
those
questions
can
be
resubmitted,
if
there's
more
information
that
you're
looking
for
around
there.
Thank
you.
P
P
P
You
know
how
how
much
value
we
would
have.
As
president
Boren
mentioned
earlier-
and
you
know
there
are
a
lot
of
new
people,
so
there
are
a
lot
of
new
relationships
that
need
to
be
built.
So
I
think
that
that
would
argue
it
in
that
direction,
but
and
I
just
wanted
to
correct
those
two
things,
because
I
think
it's
still
very
much
a
dialogue
worth
having.
O
Thank
You
Commissioner
Myer,
I
upon
review
I,
do
have
I
think
one
more
question
since
folks
have
been
a
few
commissioners
brought
up
Eloise
Butler
I
was
wondering
if
somebody
from
staff
could
clarify
what
the
impacts
are
going
to
be
with
coming
potential
reduction
in
funding
around
hours
and
season.
There's
somebody
who
could.
Z
Good
evening,
commissioners,
so
yes,
there
are
a
few
options
on
the
table.
If
this
budget
reduction
is
approved
by
the
bard,
we
currently
are
slated
to
run
the
Eloise,
Butler,
wildflower
garden,
beginning
April,
1st
and
then
running
through
April
5th.
Excuse
me,
October
15th,
seven
days
a
week,
and
then
we
shift
to
weekends
in
mid-october
and
weekends.
Only
so
we
have
a
few
options.
Z
We
could
potentially
start
the
opening
date
later
shift
from
April
1st
to
later
in
the
month,
which
is
actually
been
our
reality
for
several
years
because
of
snow
and
mud
on
the
trails.
It's
a
difficult
sight
to
get
into
in
the
spring,
we've
had
some
fabulous
Springs
where
people
have
been
able
to
get
into,
but
where
it
is
with
the
Sun
angles
and
snow
and
mud
that
can
be
difficult.
Z
We
could
also
look
at
possibly
closing
on
Mondays
for
part
of
the
season
or
some
of
the
shoulder
seasons
that
has
a
common
practice
for
different
types
of
Botanical,
Gardens
or
museums
or
kind
of
things
in
that
realm,
so
it
hasn't
been
completely
decided.
We
thought
also
we'd
like
to
speak
with
a
friend
some
about
patterns
and
what
they
see
and
how
we
could
really
maximize
the
hours
that
are
open
to
get
the
most
people
and
in
the
most
schoolchildren
in
and
those
things.
Z
G
G
G
Z
O
Thank
you.
That's
very
helpful
and
I
think
with
that
I
will
end
our
budget
discussion
and
that
also
marks
the
end
of
the
administration
and
Finance
Committee,
all
those
in
favor
of
a
German,
please
signify
by
saying
aye.
Oh
oh
I'd,
like
a
motion
to
adjourn
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed.
We
are
adjourned.
Moving
right
along
I'll
call
the
Planning
Committee
to
order
time
being
648
for
the
secretary.
Please
call
the
roll
Commissioner.
B
O
O
Okay,
yes,
well,
actually
could
I
first,
maybe
make
a
potential
amendment
to
the
agenda.
Moving
the
study
report
item
between
items,
4.1
and
4.2
per
the
recommendation
of
staff
might
help
us
get
a
little
bit
more
context
regarding
the
second
resolution.
So
if
that
could
be
the
intended,
are
you
okay.
P
O
N
N
Commissioner
is
what
I'd
like
to
talk
about
tonight.
Is
a
brief
update
on
park,
land
acquisition
and
specifically
to
talk
about
parkland
acquisition
that
is
not
River
related.
We
certainly
do
spend
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
above
the
falls,
the
being
the
core
acquisition
area,
which
has
really
been
driven
by
the
river
first
action.
However,
the
2020
comprehensive
plan
also
did
identify
some
general
neighborhood
search
areas
where
we
might
have
some
gaps
in
our
system.
N
You
know
we
sort
of
famously
talked
about
how
there
are
you
know,
97%
of
the
city,
that's
within
a
10-minute
walk
of
a
park
and
that
other
4
percent
3
percent
is
somewhat
concentrated
by
the
river,
but
there
are
also
other
pockets.
The
service
area
master
plans,
as
some
of
you
know,
are
refining
and
narrowing
those
search
areas
based
on
community
engagement
and
sometimes
getting
pretty
specific
about
things.
N
So
I
just
wanted
to
go
through
a
few
of
these
tonight
and
talk
about
them
again,
just
sort
of
in
terms
of
discussion
and
update,
so
in
in
the
planning
that
we've
been
doing,
there's
been
some
acquisitions
that
have
been
envisioned
under
pile
different
policy
direction
by
the
park
board.
Obviously
we
know
above
the
Falls
slash
River,
first
very
well
and
the
upper
river,
and
we've
done
some
acquisitions
in
that
area.
N
A
couple
of
the
others
is
that
there's
a
series
of
parks
in
the
North
loops,
North
Loop,
which
is
a
neighborhood
that
has
not
had
neighborhood
parks
ever
and
then
a
search
area
near
15th,
Avenue,
also
downtown
that
are
called
for
in
the
downtown
service
area
master
plan,
two
kind
of
areas
or
a
zone
as
it
were,
is
also
called
for
in
the
south
service
area.
Specifically
the
Midtown
Greenway
corridor
and
the
Hiawatha
Avenue
and
Lake
Street
intersection
and
so
two
pieces
that
have
started
to
come
forward.
N
N
The
public
comment
period
is
that
the
east
of
the
river
CAC
is
recommending
some
more
specificity
around
the
missing
link
of
the
Grand
Rounds,
as
well
as
a
search
area
in
the
southeast
komal
we're
also
in
the
midst
of
the
Southwest
service
area,
master
plan
which
may
identify
some
additional
park
gaps
or
needs
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
every
one
of
these
tonight.
But
I
do
want
to
talk
about
I've,
highlighted
ones
where
we're
actually
fairly
close
to
some
potential
agreements.
That
may
come
to
you
in
the
in
the
coming
months.
N
So
I'm
gonna
highlight
these
pretty
high
level
and
then
obviously
open
up
for
questions.
If
you
have
them,
the
North
Loop
parks
are
little
are
one
of
the
more
complicated
pieces
of
this
whole
puzzle
and
the
reason
why
I
asked
this
presentation
perhaps
take
place
before
the
next
action
item.
Is
that
the
very
next
action
item
you'll
consider
is
actually
for
one
of
these
North
Loop
Park
pieces.
N
So
there's
the
graphic
that
you
see
there
was
the
adopted
master
plan
for
the
downtown
or
North
Loop
Parks
in
as
part
of
the
downtown
service
area,
master
plan
and
there's
a
couple
of
pieces
of
this.
The
United
properties
site,
which
is
now
highlighted
here
in
green,
is
also
known
as
the
Nordic.
It's
right.
Next
to
the
free
house
downtown,
the
board
has
approved
a
land
in
lieu
option
by
the
board,
so
there
will
be
a
public
park
Plaza
in
that
location,
accomplished
through
Park
dedication
requirements.
N
We
are
doing
ongoing
negotiations
with
a
develop
there
around
acquisition
and
I
think
we're
very
close
to
a
purchase
agreement
that
we
may
bring
before
you
again
within
the
couple
next
couple
of
months
and
then
much
more
recently.
A
site
here
called
the
tractor
works
site.
We've
had
initial
conversations
with
a
developer
about
a
collaborative
project.
That's
not
related
to
Park
dedication,
but
would
involve
quite
a
bit
of
philanthropy
on
their
part,
so
you
can
see,
as
these
pieces
start
to
fall
into
place
this.
N
So
this
is
an
area
where
we're
actually
really
able
to
reinvest
and
can
do
so
rather
quickly,
both
the
lake
and
Hiawatha
location
and
the
C
Pro
site,
which
I've
put
stars
on
this
map
here
both
are.
These
are
within
search
areas
that
are
identified
in
the
south
service
area
master
plan.
So
what
you
see
there
is
a
page
from
that
master
plan
which
identifies
those
two
corridors
happens
to
be
action
12,
so
we've
been
able
to
kind
of
move
forward
collaboratively
in
both
cases
with
the
county,
so
I'll
start
with
Lake
and
Hiawatha.
N
N
The
southern
quadrant
of
Lake
Street
west
of
Hiawatha
west
of
the
light
rail
is
county,
owned
property
that
they
have
recently
redeveloped
into
a
mix
of
housing
and
public
service.
It's
adjacent
to
LRT,
and
it's
also
home
to
the
Midtown
farmers
market.
Recently,
we
were
approached
as
they
consider
their
Phase
two
development,
which
will
include
some
private
housing
development,
which
requires
a
park
dedication
option.
The
county
itself
would
not
have
that
acquired
of
them,
but
because
it's
a
public-private
partnership
I
believe
it
does.
N
If
you
have
them
at
the
end
of
the
presentation,
the
way
that
this
might
work
again.
Any
of
this
we
would
sort
of
bring
before
you
for
final
approval.
Clearly,
is
that
the
Parkland
dedication
would
actually
satisfy
the
private
developments
requirement
through
a
land
in
lieu
option
with
board
approval.
We
would
continue
to
engage
with
the
corporate
neighborhood
in
Hennepin
County
on
final
design,
and
then
this
project
would
actually
also
need
to
amend
the
south
service
area
master
plan
so
that
we
have
an
adopted
concept
going
forward.
N
Similarly,
is
the
C
pro
site,
which
is
a
little
bit
further
west?
This
is
a
picture
of
the
C
pro
site
from
the
Midtown
Greenway,
it's
a
county
owned
site.
It
was
acquired
when
they
were
constructing
the
Midtown
Greenway.
They
essentially
had
to
buy
out
some
some
grain
elevators
here
that
were
the
last
rail
customer
on
the
Midtown
Greenway,
and
so
the
county
ended
up
with
this
site.
That
is
very
park
like
it
is
actually
the
only
fully
accessible
access
into
the
Greenway
trench.
You
can
see
the
pathways
on
this
picture.
N
Those
have
a
fully
you
know
it's
easily
bikable,
but
also
fully
accessible
slope.
The
county
has
implemented
phase
one
improvements,
there's
some
seating
there.
Some
trees
have
been
planted
native
landscaping.
You
can
see
some
of
these
seating
areas
have
been
preserved
as
sort
of
the
foundations
of
that
it's
a
it's
a
nice
project.
We
worked
with
the
county
to
sort
of
flesh
out
a
full
concept
and
the
county
board.
N
Actually,
almost
a
year
ago
now
it's
been
a
bit
of
a
lag,
but
the
county
board
actually
approved
a
no-cost
transfer
to
the
park
board,
as
well
as
a
$300,000
grant
to
us
to
implement
Phase
two.
So
this
is
something
that
obviously
could
be
a
real
benefit
and
we've
been
working
through
kind
of
some
internal
conversations
about
how
that
might
happen.
N
So
this
is
the
general
concept
going
forward
again.
It's
at
the
concept
level
of
our
service
area
master
plans.
We
would
envision
an
actual
performance
stage
here.
Kind
of
an
adventure
play
hillside
some
urban
agriculture.
These
are
all
amenities
that
don't
exist
in
the
two
nearby
parks,
Stewart
and
Powderhorn,
and
so
would
bring
an
additional
amenity
to
that
Midtown,
Phillips
neighborhood,
as
well
as
giving
us
a
great
exposure
to
the
Greenway.
N
So
the
mechanism
here
is
that
there
would
potentially
be
a
cooperative
agreement
for
land
transfer
that
we
would
bring
before
you,
as
well
as
an
acceptance
of
that
grant
and
again
an
amendment
to
the
south
service
area.
Master
plan.
Russell
triangle
is
on
the
north
side.
It
sits
in
an
area
that
is
bounded
by
Golden,
Valley,
Road
and
Broadway,
both
of
which
are
wide
Road
barriers,
and
it's
in
a
that
area
does
not
have
any
kind
of
major
neighborhood
park
or
playground.
N
Final
document
and
then
looking
for
a
land
transfer,
the
city's
almost
also
suggested
you
know-
can
we
could
explore
some
street
closures
to
get
an
even
more
land
in
that
area
for
a
contiguous,
green
space
and
playground.
The
loose
line
regional
trail
is
the
last
one
I'll
talk
about
today,
so
the
loose
line
regional
trail
right
now.
The
route
is
very
difficult
to
follow
on
this
map.
N
It's
this
lighter
red,
and
so
you
come
in
from
the
West,
and
you
have
to
jog
down
this
way
and
through
Wirth
Park
you
actually
have
to
get
up
on
to
Glenwood,
Glenwood
Avenue
on
Street
and
then
back
down
in
through
the
park
and
then
on
to
Cedar
Lake
Avenue.
It
was
an
important,
very
important
corridor,
important
linkage
that
was
never
able
to
be
totally
smooth
out
because
there
are
a
lot
of
rail
corridors
in
the
area,
but
they
weren't
available.
N
But
that
has
changed.
The
north
service
area
master
plan
process
is
identifying
a
new
route,
which
is
the
bright
red
line
which
actually
sits
on
the
CP
rail
line
running
through
Wirth
Park
Ambassador
egg
Valley,
which
is
now
abandoned
and
available
for
sale.
What's
interesting
about
this
property,
as
it
runs
through
the
West
Metro
here
on
this
red
line,
is
that
there
are
several
different
owners
that
are
interested
in
different
pieces
of
this
rail
line,
there's
pieces
of
it
that
we
can
really
use
there's
pieces
of
it.
N
N
So
the
next
steps
in
terms
of
all
of
this
there's
no
action
tonight,
except
one
may
be
about
to
come-
is
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
with
partners
on
acquisition
under
the
different
policy
directions
that
you've
given
us
through
the
master
planning
and
the
comprehensive
plan.
We
are
bringing
forward
this
evening.
N
So
we
think
in
the
next
couple
months
we're
probably
closing
on
some
of
the
deals
there
and
can
bring
forward
some
real
action
to
you.
I'm
gonna
put
this
map
up
just
as
a
way
to
have
the
discussion
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions,
as
is
assistant
superintendent
Schroeder,
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
Q
Really
good
news:
the
North
Loop
has
been
yearning
for
you.
You
probably
know
more
than
I
do
learning
for
a
part
for
a
long
time
in
rice,
Park
is
absolutely
packed
in
the
summertime,
where
kids
actually
wait
in
line
to
get
on
the
taught
light
equipment.
So
this
is
awesome.
I
can't
wait
for
the
North
Loop
to
be
involved
and
engaged
more
on
this
and
I
can't
wait
to
share
the
news
good
work.
Thank.
O
You
Thank
You
Commissioner
Severson,
you
know
other
questions.
I
had
a
couple
of
questions
regarding
the
agreements
that
are
coming
forward.
You
know
when
you,
for
example,
with
the
North
Loop,
but
also
a
couple
of
the
other
examples
that
you
were
provided,
where
you're
working
with
developers
on
new
projects
and
getting
landing
in
lieu
are
those
are
those
all
exclusively
agreements
that
are
ending
up
being
public
land,
that
we
have
a
land
transfer
agreement
or
are
some
of
them
easements?
Is
it
a
hodgepodge?
What
are
what
what
do
you
have
chair?
Coco.
N
It
is
probably
accurately
described
as
a
hodgepodge
we
we
try
to
get
fully
public
and
ideally
permanent
access
to
land
in
whatever
way
is
appropriate
for
this
situation.
So
with
the
Nordic,
for
instance,
that
is
a
permanent
easement
over
over
private
property.
The
developer
there
is
building
the
plaza
there.
N
We
have
been
involved
in
the
design,
they
will
remain
the
underlying
land
owner,
but
we
have
a
perpetual
easement
that
makes
that
Park
fully
open
to
the
public
for
any
use
that
would
be
allowed
in
a
public
park
during
the
normal
operating
hours
of
a
public
park
so
and
anything
that
would
be
banned
normally
in
a
public
park,
would
be
banned
there
as
well.
So
those
standard
policies
are
are
are
enforced.
N
The
Shaffer,
Richardson
North,
Loop
Park
site
is
actually
likely
to
be
a
straight-up
acquisition,
which
means
we
will
own
the
land
and
and
in
other
cases
you
know
we
there
may
be
some
kind
of
a
hybrid.
The
tractor
works
site.
We
have
just
begin
begun
discussing.
They
do
not
have
a
park
dedication
requirement
because
they
are
an
existing
property
they're
interested
in
creating
something
that's
great
for
their
users.
As
well
as
ours,
and
so
exactly
what
form
that
will
take
I
think
there's
a
little
more
negotiation
around.
Hence
the
hodgepodge
great.
O
N
Kögel
under
park
dedication,
there's
essentially
think
of
it
as
a
as
a
three-tiered
process
in
order
the
first
tier
is.
The
developers
are
essentially
required
to
give
us
land
and
there's
a
formula
for
that
yeah,
usually
in
the
North
Loop.
It
adds
up
to
like
it's
a
maximum
of
ten
percent
of
their
land,
and
so
they
deed
that
land
to
us.
They
do
not
pay
a
fee,
that's
their
dedication
and
then
the
land
is
just.
Ours
doesn't
obviously
come
with
any
construction
we
would
have
to
build.
We
would
have
to
maintain.
N
We
would
have
to
supervise
all
of
that.
The
second
stage
is:
if
we
don't
want
land,
say
it's
not
within
our
master
planning
area
or
it's
not
in
the
right
spot
or
it
would
be
redundant,
we
can
allow
the
developers
essentially
to
pay
a
fee,
and
that
happens
most
of
the
time
when
it's
not
practical
to
for
us
or
for
them
to
do
land,
and
then
the
third
piece
is
this
land
in
lieu,
which
means
that
a
developer
may
be
deeding
an
easement
over
private
land.
N
It's
also
known
as
private
land
reserved
for
public
use
and
in
that
case,
typically,
a
developer
is
constructing
improvements
on
the
land.
Often
they
are
maintaining
that
area
and
then
they
provide
us
a
perpetual
easement
over
that,
and
the
benefit
is
that
it's
to
the
benefit
to
us,
obviously,
is
that
we
get
a
constructed
piece
of
our
park
system.
N
Example,
that
is
the
one
that
you're
gonna
see
next
so
and
the
Nordic,
which
is
the
development
that's
going
in
right
next
to
the
free
house
on
Washington.
That
is
also
a
land
in
lieu
project.
It
gives
us
a
connection
between
Washington
and
the
next
block
over,
so
it
breaks
the
super
block.
We'll
have
a
public
plaza
space
there,
including
curling
in
winter,
that
we
get
to
jointly
program
with
the
developer
and
provide
a
lot
of
new
kind
of
outdoor
Plaza,
Park
style
amenity
to
the
North
Loop.
And
then
that
will
be
built.
O
O
N
So
there
and
and
I
may,
for
the
history
of
this
route,
Commissioner
kögel
I
may
actually
defer
to
secretary
Ringgold,
who
was
involved
in
the
initial
creation
of
the
current
route
of
the
loose
line.
This
is
a
regional
trail,
it's
considered
a
regional
facility
and
can
get
regional
money
and
the
the
existing
routing
has
has
long
been
considered
important
to
get
people
from
place
a
to
place
B,
but
not
exactly
the
character
of
a
regional
trail,
because
there
simply
weren't
the
connections
available
at
the
time
and
so
the
North's
service
area
master
plan.
N
O
N
Mr.
Koh
Gail
commissioners,
again
we'll
just
roll
right
into
this
one
you've
heard
a
little
bit
about
the
river
loop
project,
essentially
opus
development
company
and
River
loop
joint
venture
LLC
have
purchased
a
portion
of
the
Star
Tribune
site,
which
is
at
West
River
Parkway
and
Plymouth
Avenue,
just
down
the
street
from
here
they're
proposing
a
218
unit,
housing
development
on
that
site.
The
development
is
actually
adjacent
to
the
planned
connection
between
the
proposed
8th,
Avenue
stream,
scape
and
West
River
Parkway.
It's
a
real,
critical
connection.
N
It's
how
you
get
to
the
Parkway
and
central
Mississippi
Regional
Park
from
the
North
Loop.
The
developer
basically
called
us
up
the
day
that
they
had
the
purchase
agreement
and
said
they
wanted
to
work
with
us
on
this.
It's
been
really
exciting.
To
do
so,
we've
worked
with
them
to
design
an
appropriate
connection
across
the
property
and
across
the
Parkway,
and
this
is
a
proposal
to
them
that
they
will
provide
a
permanent
public
easement
in
lieu
of
their
Park
dedication
fees.
N
So,
where
we're
sitting
here,
you've
seen
this
map
a
moment
ago,
I'm
highlighting
in
red
the
location
here
of
the
potential
easement.
Roughly
speaking,
the
development
site
is
actually
right
up
here
on
this
land
adjacent
to
the
Parkway,
and
you
can
see
how
that
connects,
even
without
the
rest
of
the
North
Loop
stream
scape,
even
without
the
rest
of
it.
This
would
still
be
critical,
because
this
gets
you
to
the
public
street
network
from
the
parkway
system,
which
we
really
don't
have
those
connections
in
the
North
Loop
at
all.
N
N
The
proposal
details
basically,
is
that
they're
expected
fee.
If
they
were
to
pay
a
fee
would
be
roughly
three
hundred
thirty-seven
thousand
dollars.
That
easement
acreage
is
about
half
of
an
acre
in
total
one
of
the
requirements
is
that
the
value
of
the
what
they
contribute
in
land
and
improvements
has
to
at
least
equal
the
amount
of
the
fee.
They
would
have
paid
here,
the
value
of
that
that
land
and
the
improvements
that
they
will
make
far
exceeds
the
easement
or
so
sorry
far
exceeds
the
expected
fee
requirement.
N
They're
looking
at
about
a
1.5
million
dollar
investment
and
there's
no
encroachment
request
for
Parkway
access.
The
big
benefits
of
this
proposal
is
that,
as
I've
said,
this
is
a
critical
link
between
the
North
Loop
neighborhood
and
the
Mississippi
River
I.
Think
it's
an
opportunity,
that's
not
to
be
missed.
It
probably
won't
come
around
again
in
the
near
term.
It
implements
the
eighth
Avenue
stream
scape,
and
it
does
so.
N
You
know
they're
gonna,
build
out
this
project
and
build
out
these
pathways
along
with
their
developments,
so
we're
not
just
getting
right
to
land
that
we
have
to
build
on
in
the
future.
It
will
be
actually
a
fully
completed
connection
by
the
time
the
the
new
homes
are
available
and
that's
all
I
have
on
that
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions.
We
also
have
several
members
of
the
development
and
design
team
here
in
the
office
in
the
office
in
the
boardroom.
If
you'd
like
to
ask
them
questions
also.
AA
AA
AA
I'll
just
mention
that
we're
working
with
Damon
Farmar
on
this
and
Jessie
is
here
from
Damon,
Farmar
and
Luke
is
here
from
Opus.
If
you
have
more
cost
questions,
but
Jessa
can
talk
about
the
design
too
so
right
now,
if
you
go
out
to
the
site,
there's
basically
a
pedestrian
trail
there.
Now,
where
people
cut
through
the
site
to
get
to
the
river,
and
so
it's
really
a
natural
spot
for
it,
and
we're
just
excited
to
be
making
this
happen.
AA
So
main
entrance
to
our
building
will
be
here
so
a
lot
of
activity,
a
lot
of
common
areas
and
amenities
of
the
of
the
project
are
here
so
a
lot
of
eyes
on
this
area.
So,
as
you
come
up,
there's
a
grade
change
here,
so
we'll
be
working
with
some
retaining
walls
to
create
kind
of
a
separation
between
bike
and
pedestrian,
and
then
we're
gonna
be
working
with.
AA
We
hope
to
be
working
with
staff
to
create
a
connection
across
also
looking
at
maybe
a
flashing
light
or
a
crosswalk,
actually
forgetting
the
name
for
that,
but
similar
to
were
at
the
Federal
Reserve,
where
you
can
press
a
button
across
something
similar
for
pedestrian
safety.
So
if
you
have
specific
questions
either
about
the
costs
or
the
details
of
the
design,
let
us
know
we're
all
here
to
answer
questions
and
we're
really
excited
about
the
project.
Thank.
Q
AA
Commissioner
Severson,
maybe
Adam,
can
address
it.
We've
had
real
just
brief
discussions
about
essentially
improving
the
park.
The
parking
lot
just
because
I
know
that
a
lot
of
the
residents
from
here
that'll
be
their
main
way
into
the
park
system
and
just
making
that
a
little
bit
more
visually
appealing
but
I,
don't
think
that's
actually
part
of
what
we're
doing
tonight,
but
it
might
just
be
an
added
bonus
if
you
will
Adam.
Is
that
and
you
want
to
add
anything
to
that,
but
but
we're
not
really
impacting
the
parking
lot
in
any
way.
N
AA
Commissioner
Severson,
we
will
have
all
of
our
parking
below-grade
more
than
one
space
per
unit,
and
we
also
have
visitors
park
parking
there
as
well
and
I.
Don't
know
if
we
have
a
zoomed
out
version,
but
we
also
have
we're
actually
creating
a
new
private
drive
that
will
have
parking
on
it
as
well.
So
I
don't
think
that
will
be
an
issue
great.
B
O
All
right
well
I'll,
just
say:
thank
you
very
much.
This
is
very
exciting
and
it's
a
great
example
of
getting
the
park
dedication
to
work
quickly
and
effectively
and
get
us
something
that
we
wouldn't
have
otherwise
and
really
appreciate
the
thoughtfulness
of
the
landscape,
design
and
the
thought
about
getting
a
connection,
pedestrian,
a
safe,
pedestrian
connection
across
the
road
anything
we
can
do
to
make
that
happen.
Even
if
love
to
have
it
be
a
race
crosswalk,
but
whatever
it
is,
would
be
just
really
fantastic.
So
really
really
appreciate
the
intentionality
around
all
of
this.
Thank.
O
With
that
all
those
in
favor
of
resolution
2018
three
one
please
signify
by
saying
aye
I
posed
so
moved
I
have
one
additional
item
that
needs
to
be
brought
forward
now
for
consideration
at
a
future
meeting
and
I
may
need
council
races,
help
in
navigating
this,
but
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
reconsider
resolution.
2018
1:08
a
resolution
denying
modified
encroachment
permit
for
the
use
of
six
hundred
thirteen
square
feet
of
land
encroaching
upon
park
properties
in
front
of
2863
Lake
of
the
Isles
Parkway
East
at
Lake
of
the
Isles
Park
and
I.
E
O
Right
and
I'll
just
say
really
briefly.
The
rationale
for
this
is
there's:
there's
a
need
for
the
property
owner
at
this
location
to
have
access
to
their
property
in
order
to
build
their
home
and
I
think
it
warrants
further
discussion
and
reconsideration
by
the
board.
But
in
order
to
do
that,
since
the
board
has
already
voted
on
this
item,
I
needed
to
make
a
motion
to
reconsider
it.
At
this
Commissioner
of
Meijer.