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Parks & Recreation Commission Minutes Page 3 <br />March 8, 2023 <br />----------------------------- <br /> <br />10. Recreation Manager Update <br /> <br />Mr. Hecker presented his report. He stated that there is a change from West Oaks <br />Park to Mississippi Oaks Park on his spreadsheet. Commissioner Brown asked if the <br />issues with Spectrum rinks ice maintenance will be resolved. Mr. Hecker reiterated <br />that the rink is not level so that will need to be resolved to improve the ice rink <br />flooding. City staff would also like to paint the boards white to help prevent melting <br />around the side boards, and Spectrum agreed to allow that. <br /> <br />11. Announcement <br /> <br />Chair Williams discussed the need for improved communication between the Parks <br />and Recreation Department and the Furniture and Things Community Event Center <br />staff due to a recent scheduling conflict between a meeting scheduled by parks and <br />recreation and a hockey tournament that was scheduled at the Furniture and Things <br />Community Event Center. Chair Williams was concerned about key staff at City <br />Hall not knowing about the tournament before the meeting was scheduled. <br /> <br />Chair Williams reminded the commission that in 2019 he and Council member <br />Wagner were going to work with the Fire Chief Mark Dickinson to make sure <br />AED’s were located at the athletic fields. Chair Williams and Commissioner Brown <br />will continue that project this year. Chair Williams explained that as of not all of the <br />athletic complexes are set up with them. He will check into grants for AEDs. He also <br />believes they should have alarms on them to prevent theft and address concerns with <br />vandalism. Commissioner Rathbun mentioned that on a race recently two people <br />collapsed- one made it that had the AED the other did not. <br /> <br />Commissioner Brown also believes it would be important to have one at the Handke <br />ice rink as well as Woodland Trails. <br /> <br />The commissioners welcomed new commission member Mike Brown. <br /> <br />12. Adjournment <br /> <br />There being no further business, Chair Williams adjourned the meeting of the Elk <br />River Parks and Recreation Commission meeting at 7:07 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />