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SOUTH LAKE MINNETONKA
PARK COMMISSION SUMMIT MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013
MINUTES
1. CONVENE PARKS SUMMIT MEETING
Chair Quinlan convened the meeting at 7:00 p.m.
A. Roll Call
Present: Deephaven: Leslie Gustafson, John Flynn
Excelsior: Mike Filippi, Cathy Rude, and Paul Mullenbach
Shorewood: Chair Quinlan; Commissioners Edmondson, Hartmann, and
;
MangoldCity Council Liaison Siakel; City Planner Nielsen; City of
Shorewood Mayor, Zerby; Tonka Bay: Clare Link
2.DISCUSSION
:
Representatives discussed the structure of their respective Park Commissions. Each Commission
discussed their current issues which included the following discussion:
Excelsior:
1. The Commons – irrigation
2. Concerts in the park
3. Band shell committee – non-profit formed to accept donations; however, project is not
currently moving forward.
4. Antique car show in the spring. Fencing will be donated and can be used by other venues.
5. Would like joint sponsorship of Concerts in the Park in Excelsior. Issues include: band
faces the wrong way resulting in noise complaints, cost ($10,000), and need for business
sponsorships. Beer and wine sales will need law enforcement presence. Intent is to make
money at the event. Use of food vendors was suggested. Local businesses preferred.
Concession stand would need to be remodeled before it can be used to serve/sell food.
6. Mayor Zerby discussed skating at the Commons. Unknown history of flooding the grass
to create a rink. It was suggested the ball field be flooded as an alternative. Liability
issues with skating on the lake.
Deephaven
1.Have two rinks but no city water. They have a Zamboni. Water is pulled from the lake
and then dumped.
2.No staff for park activities.
3.No one uses the versa court for tennis.
Shorewood
1.Versa court coming to Manor Park court.
2.Start offering pickle ball by striping tennis courts.
3.Continued cooperation through communication among cities.
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4. List of activities distributed – the majority are summer events, family-centered.
5.Would like to add more water-related events at Crescent Beach. Suggested: Three
Rivers Park District boat use, swimming lessons.
6.Arctic Fever in the winter. Often the issue is whether there are enough volunteers to help
out at an event.
7.Movie in the Park would like to be a grander event. It was held in September the last two
years. It will be held in Badger Park this year.
8.They are redefining the parks in Shorewood to determine what amenities should be
offered. Badger Park is high on their list.
9.Bridge proposed across County Road 19 in late 2014. Trail connections proposed
including the Galpin Lake trail.
Tonka Bay
1.No priority projects identified.
2.New sport court has been very successful.
3.City has five parks – amenities were discussed
Overall
1.Need for more bike racks in Excelsior. It will be placed on the Excelsior agenda.
2.Need to connect all the cities with trails. Cost concerns. Safety concerns discussed
particularly with bike traffic.
3.Newsletters, e-mail service, newspaper coverage were discussed. A combined mailing
was suggested. Nielsen suggested an “Explore South Lake” newsletter which would
highlight all the cities’ events.
Southshore Community Center
Activities at the Center were discussed. The director has resigned. There is a need for continued
support from all the cities. Councilmember Siakel gave a background on the history of the
facility. There is a need for more visioning. Need for more parking. Encouraged cities to
consider the facility as another park and use for programming.
Councilmember Siakel suggested the creation of a South Lake Park and Recreation group which
would coordinate all events in the cities. It would be more cost effective to share services.
Members discussed the creation of a proposal to discuss a joint group. A shared website and
newsletter were discussed as well as the utilization of electronic communications such as
Facebook.
Mayor Zerby stated he would be interested in considering financially supporting the Concerts in
the Park. There is a Bayside employee who needs to work in an internship for Park and Rec. as a
possible resource. The LMCC should be used more to promote park events on cable television.
Nielsen asked that each city provide a park map, and one would be created showing all South
Lake area parks.
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3. E-MAIL CONTACTS
John Flynn Deephaven j.flynn@mchsi.com
Leslie Gustafson Deephaven lesliegustafson@hotmail.com
Mike Filippi Excelsior rmikef@mchsi.com
Cathy Rude Excelsior cathyrude@live.com
Justin Mangold Shorewood mangold.justin@gmail.com
Bob Edmondson Shorewood daddyo3339@gmail.com
Steve Quinlan Shorewood smq100@gmail.com
Paul Mullenbach Excelsior paul@mullenbachconstruction.com
Lynda Hartmann Shorewood lynda@gohartmerch.com
Brad Nielsen Shorewood bnielsen@ci.shorewood.mn.us
Clare Link Tonka Bay clink@cityoftonkabay.net
MISCELLANOUS
4.
Shorewood Parks Foundation membership discussed. The contact person is Twila Grout at
tgrout@ci.shorewood.mn.us (952-960-7902)
There is a need to coordinate events. Quarterly meetings were discussed. The next meeting was
set for Tuesday, May 21. Agenda items should be sent to Brad Nielsen.
5. ADJOURN
The Park Summit Meeting of February 26, 2013 was adjourned at 8:40 p.m. Motion carried.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Clare T. Link
Recorder