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Park & Recreation Commission Minutes July 10, 2002 Page 3 e per day to cover heat/ AC, supplies, scoreboards, and fees if the bleachers are used. (Currently we pay for only building supervision and custodial expenses) . The district would require a 10-day notification of cancellations to avoid paying rental fees and staff expenses. (A 2 day cancellation is now required.) Ms. Bergh stated that these changes will greatly affect the City of Elk River Recreation programs because of the additional fees. Recreation would have to raise their fees 2-3 times just to cover these additional expenses. Ms. Bergh stated that these increased fees may eliminate Recreation's use of the district facilities for their programs. The School Board must vote on policies twice before they take action on them and this policy has been covered once and could be passed at the next School Board meeting on July 23. The Commission agreed that this policy change would cause serious implications for our programs and suggested maybe we could work out some sort of reciprocity agreement with the district. Michele will work with City Administrator Pat Klaers and they will try to call Charlie Blesener from the school district for clarification on this policy and see if something can be worked out. 9.A.1. Presentation of Wright County Parks e Marc Mattice, Parks Administrator for Wright County, was in attendance to give the Commission a brief presentation on the Wright County Park system. Mr. Mattice stated that the Wright County Park system is a passive park system in that they let the cities run the parks. Their park system is comprised of 29 parks and 2 campgrounds and totals about 2800 acres. Mr. Mattice stated that most of their parkland was donated in the late 1960s -early 1970s and many of the Wright County Parks are named after the people who donated the land. The Wright County Parks budget for the year is approximately $715,000, but after salaries and utilities are subtracted, their operations budget is about $255,000 annually. Mr. Mattice stated that he would like to work with Elk River and Sherburne County to connect some of the trails. He feels it is important for communities outside the metro area to work together since they do not receive the funding and grants that some of the larger metro communities receive. The Commission thanked Mr. Mattice for taking the time to come and speak to them. 9.B.1. Land Use Cases: Preliminary- Plat - Elk Meadows, Case No. P 02-17 The subject property is located south of County Road 12 and west of Kliever Lake Fields. Street access to the subdivision will be provided by extending 180m Avenue NW westerly out of Kliever Lake Fields. The proposed subdivision will include five lots; one for an existing home facing County Road 12 and four lots with access on 180m Avenue. Staff is recommending cash dedication for four vacant lots in lieu of land for this property because it is not within a Park Service area and it is less than one-eighth of a mile from the neighborhood park at Kliever Lake Fields. e COMMISSIONER POLSTON-HORKMOVED TO ACCEPT CASH DEDICATION FOR FOUR VACANT LOTS. COMMISSIONER DEWALL SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 8-0.