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Parks & Recreation Commission Minutes Page 4 <br />October 9, 2019 <br />----------------------------- <br /> <br />Moved by Commissioner Soltvedt and seconded by Commissioner Holmgren to focus <br />efforts of educating the public to not feed deer and why. Motion carried 7-0. <br /> <br />7.3 Babcock Memorial Rest Area Portable Toilet <br /> <br /> Mr. Hecker presented his staff report. <br /> <br />Roland Ring-Jarvi, 14260 Bowers Dr. Ramsey, shared that Babcock Memorial Park is a great <br />park and by not having a bathroom there is a disservice. Suggested asking the State of MN for <br />funding, to lock the bathroom at 10:00 p.m. and open at 6:00 a.m. Put a camera in the park to <br />monitor activities, and with enforcement and prosecuting people for illicit activity this will help <br />deter people from going there. <br /> <br />Chief Nierenhausen assured that the activities are not blown out of proportion at the park. <br />With 26,000 calls in one year, it would be low on the priority list to drive by and does not want <br />to see a repeat of what happened in 2006. <br /> <br />Chair Anderson asked if problems are gone with no portable toilet. <br /> <br />Chief Nierenhausen stated that it has not had those issues since the toilet was removed. <br /> <br />Mr. Ring-Jarvi stated he didn’t know there wasn’t a toilet there when he held his event in the <br />Summer. <br /> <br />Mr. Hecker asked if there is a temporary location there? <br /> <br />Mr. Sevcik stated yes and special event toilet contracts state that there is pricing for special <br />events extended to outside park users. <br /> <br />Commissioner Soltvedt asked what the agreement is with the State of Minnesota. <br /> <br />Mr. Hecker stated that there is an agreement, and it states that no permanent structures could <br />be built there. The city’s attorney stated that it is okay to remove the toilet due to public safety. <br /> <br />Commissioners agreed to putting one there for special events but no need for other times. <br /> <br />Moved by Commissioner Loidolt and seconded by Commissioner Williams to accept <br />staff recommendation to install an ADA portable toilet at Babcock Memorial Rest Area <br />for special events only and in an area that is well seen from the highway. Motion <br />carried 7-0. <br /> <br />