Call Meeting to Order

Vice-Chairwomen Jennifer Young called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

Members Present

Jennifer Young, Bryan Sykora, Lucy Hicks, Hans Larson, John Flynn, Council Liaison John Wheaton, Administrator Dana Young

Members Absent

Woody Woodburn, John Dupont, Jean Midthun, Charty Oliver

November 2, 2005 Minutes

The Committee approved the November 2, 2005 minutes on a motion by Lucy Hicks, seconded by Bryan Sykora. Motion carried 5-0.

December 17^th Open House

Discussion was held on the December 17^th Open House at the Village Hall Warming House. Lucy Hicks stated that the Open House would be offering chili, pop, cookies, cocoa and coffee to residents from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. John Flynn stated that Captain Ken’s has kindly offered once again to provide chili, cookers, bowls and spoons free of charge. The Committee expressed their gratitude to Captain Ken’s for offering these items at no cost for the second year in a row.

Lucy Hicks stated that she would organize Park Committee members into 2-3 hour shifts to work the event. She stated that the Open House would begin at 11:00 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m. but would also need volunteers to start work at 10:00 a.m. to help set up and to work past 2:00 p.m. to help clean up.

Jennifer Young offered the use of her fire pit at the Open House. Lucy Hicks commented that it would be best to have the fire pit located near the food stand for safety reasons and that it would also be keep those people eating lunch warm.

Proposed Ordinance Requiring Park Committee Review

Dana Young stated that the Park Committee had requested at last month’s meeting to review a proposed ordinance that would enable the Committee to review any variance application if the application has an impact on a City Park, beach, trail or marina. He stated that request was initiated due to a variance request that had been submitted by Bob Boisclair last November requesting that the City provide him with a perpetual easement across the Parkway to accommodate a proposed driveway.

It was the general consensus of the Committee that the proposed ordinance would not be necessary due to the fact that it would be very unlikely that the City Council would ever seriously entertain a request to grant a private easement across public park property. For that reason, the Committee decided to take no action on the proposed ordinance.

2006 Park Committee Chair & Vice Chair

The Committee decided to postpone action on the appointment of the 2006 Park Committee Chairman and 2006 Park Committee Vice Chairwomen this evening due to the absence of several Committee members. The Committee requested that this item be brought back for further consideration at the February meeting.

Other

Dana Young stated that the quotes that had been received from Crepeau Docks on the Robinson’s Bay and Sandy Beach swimming docks were incorrect. He stated that it had originally been assumed that the City would be able to purchase both docks for $5,000 when in actuality both docks will cost the city approximately $4,000 each. He stated that both the 2006 Park Improvement Fund Budget and the 2006 Capital Improvement Fund Budget have adequate funds to purchase both docks in 2006.

Dana Young stated that he would not be able to attend the regularly scheduled January 4, 2006 Park Committee and asked if the Committee would still want to hold the meeting or to cancel the meeting for that month. Hans Larson moved to cancel the January 4, 2005 Park Committee meeting due to a lack of agenda items. Seconded by Lucy Hicks. Motion carried 5-0.

Lucy Hicks provided a brief update of her meeting with Tim Lifkin, Executive Director of Minnetonka Community Education. She stated that Minnetonka Community Education will be sponsoring the Tour De Tonka on August 5^th and the event will start and finish at the Deephaven Education Center. She stated that Tim Lifkin was interested in participating in Deephaven Days and wanted to know if the Committee would like to keep the event local or to open the event up to more regional participation. She stated that he was also interested in knowing if the Committee would like Community Education to provide registration assistance and whether there was interest in expanding the event to include a regatta or a tennis tournament. She added that Mr. Lifkin recommended that the Committee establish a preliminary date for Deephaven Days as soon as possible.

It was the consensus of the Committee that Deephaven Days was established primarily as a community event and that parking constraints at the Main Beach and Thorpe Park really limited the possibility of adding many more participants. Jennifer Young recommended keeping Deephaven Days as a community event and to establish August 12, 2006 as the preliminary date for Deephaven Days. Seconded by Lucy Hicks. Motion carried 5-0.

Adjournment

Motion to adjourn by Hans Larson, seconded by Lucy Hicks. Motion declared carried. The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Park Committee will be held on Wednesday, February 1, 2006.