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~- . . . JOINT MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER CITY COUNCIL AND RECREATION BOARD HELD AT ELK RIVER CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM APRIL 12. 1988 City Council Members Present: Mayor Estelle Gunkel. Counci1members. Gene Schuldt. Roger Holmgren. Jim Tralle(7:35 p.m.) Recreation Board Members Present: Mike O'Brien. Rolfe Anderson. Dave Anderson. Byron Houghtelin. Todd Mixer. Marilyn VanPatten Also Present: Street Superintendent. Phil Hals; Community Education Director. Charlie Blesener; City Administrator. Pat Klaers Members Absent: Councilmember Harold Dobel. Recreation Board Member Clete Lipetzky Pursuant to Ci ty Counc il 7:00 p.m. due call and notice thereof. the joint meeting of the Elk River and the Recreation Board was called to order by Mayor Gunkel at Introductions of City Council members. Recreation Board members and Staff were made. It was noted that Recreation Board election of officers will be made at the next Recreation Board meeting. It was noted that no formal minutes were taken at the last Recreation Board meeting held in September 1987. when the Recreation Board budget was considered so. therefore. no minutes of the Recreation Board need to be approved at this meeting. At this time the Mayor distributed the City Code section that relates to the City Recreation Board. The Mayor indicated that through the course of the discussion a~ this meeting there is anticipated to be direction to the Recreation Board to review its ordinance and to consider amendments to the ordinance so that it reflects the current status of the Recreation Board. Also. it is anticipated that the Recreation Board will be expanded to a Park and Recreation Board and that the City Council will want the Recreation Board to be involved in park planning and development. Accordingly. elements relating to park involvement (planning and development) should be added to the ordinance. General discussion then took place regarding City park and recreation needs. It was clearly stated by the City Council that it is their expectation that the Recreation Board become much more active than it has been in the past few years. It was noted that around the time of City and Township consolidation that park responsibilities were removed from the Recreation Board. Since that time. the only input from the Recreation Board to the City Council related to recreation activities. especially in the softball and hockey areas. The Board was not involved in park planning and development. It was the consensus of the Council that it is now the desire of the City Council that the Recreation Board expand into park planning and development activities.