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• Parks&Recreation Commission Minutes Page 3 <br /> April 10,2019 <br /> access to use the park and that it is important to establish uses for the park. <br /> Mr. Hecker shared another change is that the lower parking lot is considered part of the park <br /> after the expansion and has been rented out to large receptions in the past. <br /> Chair Anderson shared that addressing the rates to recognize the size of the park would be <br /> appropriate to do at this time. <br /> Commissioner Soltvedt stated it would be important to get feedback from the downtown <br /> businesses as having more events in that park will affect them. <br /> 6.3 Field Use Allocation Policies and Procedures <br /> Mr. Benoit shared his staff report reviewing the suggested changes the commissioners gave at <br /> the March work session and then asking for feedback before going to the youth associations <br /> meeting for review. <br /> 6.4 Rivers Edge Commons Park Flag Pole <br /> Mr. Hecker shared an email from Mayor Dietz, sharing that this year a ladder fire truck will be <br /> • used to display the flag for the American Legions Memorial Day program and the Legion <br /> Commander has agreed to this solution. Using this alternative will give the Parks and <br /> Recreation Commission time to give flagpoles a global view for the entire park system <br /> including Rivers Edge Commons Park. <br /> Chair Anderson shared with the audience how the commission operates.When the Parks and <br /> Recreation Commission gets requests from the community or requests from our own <br /> commissioners we typically discuss them when they come in. Budgeting purposes basically <br /> need a year out.We take a look at all of the needs and wants in the parks and community and <br /> we create a plan. In the case of River's Edge Commons Park if we were going to have a <br /> flagpole we have to figure out a plan which would be location and height of the flagpole,lastly <br /> costs are figured out by staff. Then in the fall the commission will look at the available funds <br /> that are coming in for park improvements,which the flagpole would be, and this past year our <br /> Park Improvement budget was like $300,000. Our park improvement needs are planned for <br /> the next 15 years which is around nine million.We're looking at a significant amount of need <br /> and a limited amount of dollars for those needs. Each year staff puts together a list of items <br /> that they recommend sharing those with the commission and commissioners add items or <br /> make recommended changes and that goes on to the council for final approval. <br /> Mr. Hecker stated that Tim Sevcik texted that park improvements total up to $9.8 million in <br /> projects and the Parks Improvement Fund has roughly$190,000 per year. <br /> r ® / EIE1 i1 <br />