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<br />Special Work Session of the Elk River <br />Parks and Recreation Commission <br />Held at the Elk River City Hall <br />August 14, 2024 <br /> <br /> <br />Members Present: Chair Dave Anderson, Commissioners Melissa Fermoyle, Joy Goodwin, Greg Loidolt, <br />Mike Niziolek, Hal Stewart, Jill Varty (Commissioners Fermoyle and Goodwin arrived <br />at 6:30pm) <br /> <br />Members Absent: none <br /> <br />Council Liaison: none <br /> <br />Staff Present: Assistant City Administrator/Business Services Director Joe Stremcha, Parks and <br />Recreation Manager Jeff Shelby, Recreation Sports Coordinator Warren Ellingworth, <br />Recreation Intern Lauren O’Neil, Senior Administrative Assistant Dawn Larson <br /> <br /> <br />1. Call Meeting to Order <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River Parks and Recreation <br />Commission was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Chair Anderson. <br /> <br /> 2. Athletic Facilities Master Plan <br /> <br />Paul Paige, President of HKGi was in attendance to review the plan and answer questions. <br /> <br />Before diving into the details of the plan, Chair Anderson, and Commissioner Niziolek asked to <br />discuss changing the name of the plan to get away from using the words “master plan.” Mr. Paige <br />suggested using the word framework instead of master. <br /> <br />Commissioner Niziolek attempted to make a motion to change the name to Facilities framework <br />concept plan. He was cut off and it was discussed before he could finish. <br /> <br />Moved by Commissioner Niziolek and seconded by Commissioner Varty to call it the Athletic <br />Fields Framework Plan. Motion carried 7-0. <br /> <br />Chair Anderson asked if this agenda item is a discussion item or action item. Mr. Stremcha confirmed <br />it is a discussion. <br /> <br />Mr. Paige led the discussion to bring everyone up to date. <br /> <br />Chair Anderson said only one person on the current commission was involved in the initial process. <br />Mr. Paige gave a history of the parameters that were given to HKGi to set up this initial plan. <br />Staff at HKGi compared cities nearby and others further out that compared to the City of Elk River <br />with existing facilities and similar demographics. They also considered improvements that would help <br />drive economic growth to the city based on attendance of ball field events. Mr. Paige shared that <br />Kevin Clarke was the person at HKGi that put most of the data together for the plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Paige expressed that there were a number of changes with boundaries requested by the <br />commission during the process. Every time changes were requested it changed the layout of the other <br /> <br />Page 4 of 84