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Parks & Recreation Commission

Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 7:00 PMActual: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM

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Meeting location: Braemar Golf Course 6364 John Harris Dr. Edina, MN Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting Agenda Tuesday, October 14, 2025 7:00 PM Accessibility Support: The City of Edina wants all residents to be comfortable being part of the public process. If you need assistance in the way of hearing amplification, an interpreter, large-print documents or something else, please call 952-927-8861 at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Meeting Agenda 4. Approval of Meeting Minutes 4.1. Minutes:Parks & Recreation Commission Sept. 9, 2025 5. Special Recognitions and Presentations 6. Community Comment During "Community Comment," the Board/Commission will invite residents to share issues or concerns that are not scheduled for a future public hearing. Items that are on tonight's agenda may not be addressed during Community Comment. Individuals must limit their comments to three minutes. The Chair may limit the number of speakers on the same issue in the interest of time and topic. Individuals should not expect the Chair or Board/Commission Members to respond to their comments tonight. Instead, the Board/Commission might refer the matter to staff for consideration at a future meeting. 7. Reports/Recommendations 7.1. Summer Youth & Special Event Programming Update 7.2. Edina Aquatic Center Update 7.3. Initiative 1.5.6. City Code Update—Article III. Boards, Committees and Commissions, Division 7. Parks and Recreation Commission 8. Chair and Member Comments Page 1 of 17 9. Staff Comments 9.1. Upcoming Meetings & Events 9.2. Remote Meeting Participation Policy 10. Adjournment Page 2 of 17 d ITEM REPORT Date: October 14, 2025 Meeting: Parks & Recreation Commission Agenda Number: 4.1 Item Type: Minutes Item Activity: Approve Prepared By: Perry Vetter, Parks & Recreation Director Department: Parks & Recreation Item Title: Minutes:Parks & Recreation Commission Sept. 9, 2025 Action Requested: Approve minutes from the Sept. 9, 2025 Parks & Recreation Commission meeting. Information/Background: See attached minutes. Supporting Documentation: PARC Minutes 9-9-2025 1. Page 3 of 17 Draft Minutes☒ Approved Minutes☐ Approved Date: XX/XX/2024 Minutes City of Edina, Minnesota Edina Parks & Recreation Commission Braemar Golf Course Sept. 9, 2025 7 p.m. 1. Call to Order Chair Pfuhl called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. 2. Roll Call Answering roll call were Commissioners Bye, Garazatua, Hulbert, Wick, Kane, Pfuhl, and Student Commissioners Harrington and Syed Commissioner Welsh arrived at 7:04 p.m. Commissioner(s) Absent: Spaulding Staff Present: Staff Liaison Perry Vetter and Administrative Coordinator Janet Canton Chair Pfuhl noted that an amendment needs to be made to the agenda. Item 7.1 is going to be removed from the agenda; General Manager…
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We will call to order the Tuesday October 14th, 2025 Park and Recreation Commission. The meeting is made in order at 7 o'clock. 7 o'clock on the dot. Jennifer, please have a roll call. Commissioner by. Present. Commissioner Garazatua. Present. Commissioner Halbert. Here. Mr. Spalding. Here. Commissioner Webb. Here. Commissioner Kane. Here. Mr. Poole. Here. Great. Thank you. If I could please ask for a motion for the approval of today's agenda if there are no amendments to it. We are a move to the room. Second. Abulous. All in favor? Aye. Perfect. Are we having the importance of the matter? I'm sorry. Who's going to be the minutes? Yes. Oh. What? Who are the minutes? I know. But it says we're going to make the product. I'm not. Oh, I must have missed that. Oh, Patty's here. Sorry. So I need approval of the meeting minutes, please. Can I get a motion? Unless there are any amendments or corrections? Motion. Motion. Which group? Motion to approve. Second. Second. All in favor? Aye. Perfect. Thank you. Do we have any special recognitions or presentations this evening? Perfect. And then if here's as though we have no community comments. So we will move on to item number 7.1, our summer view, and special event for the meeting updates. Yeah, but evening chair and commissioners, and the clerk, our recursion advisor is here to provide new rules over the summer of the adopting our youth program and special events. So I like the support. Hi. Welcome. Good evening. Like Tracy said, I'm only the clerk and recreation supervisor here at the city. I oversee some of our youth programs, some family, special events, and then our adaptable to the new inclusion programs. So I was just going to give you a highlight of summer, kind of recap how that went. And then just kind of speak to you about some upcoming programs and events and things that we do. So as you know, we offer a wide range of these programs really starting at age, like eight months and up. So we have like music together classes, gymnastics, soccer, T-ball, Skyhox, all of those kind of little youth sports programs. All the way up through really in my role through age like 14, 15 of their volunteers, and then obviously employees. So they come through, you know, I think 16 of them work with us through college and yeah. So I also first year adaptive and inclusion opportunities. We have some adaptive and inclusion opportunities in house. So we'll do inclusion for like all of our in-house programs like our programs. We've done like the skate, art programming, all of that. But we also partner with Reach for Resources to expand some of our adaptive and inclusion for athletics association. Some in-house adaptive programs we offer our art programs at the senior center, like our presence for the holidays. Let's bring our class. We do adaptive golf and then adaptive water running. So we're at Edinburgh pool. Some programs that we've recently partnered with for Reach for Resources are social seekers. Some creative ar…

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Edina Parks Commission redefines its role in city governance

Edina Aquatic Center Operations and Future Planning

City Code Update for Parks and Recreation Commission

2026 Parks & Recreation Strategic Plan Update Initiative

Braemar Arena Implementation Review Initiative

Alternative Funding Strategies for Parks & Recreation Initiative

Climate Action Plan Priorities and Park System Integration Initiative

Braemar Golf Course Off-Leash Dog Policy

Upcoming Parks & Recreation Meetings and Events

Remote Meeting Participation Policy for Boards and Commissions

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Notable Quotes (5)

Broader framing of purpose: Updated from a narrow focus to a vision of enhancing quality of life and community wellbeing.

MJ Lamon, Special Projects & Engagement Manager [October 14, 2025 Agenda Item 7.3 Memo]
Initiative 1.5.6. City Code Update—Article III. Boards, Committees and Commissions, Division 7. Parks and Recreation Commission

Clarified advisory/advocacy role: The commission is described as an advocate for parks and recreation, not an implementer of programs.

MJ Lamon, Special Projects & Engagement Manager [October 14, 2025 Agenda Item 7.3 Memo]
Initiative 1.5.6. City Code Update—Article III. Boards, Committees and Commissions, Division 7. Parks and Recreation Commission

Removed staff functions: References to developing or recommending specific recreation programs were removed, as this is a staff responsibility.

MJ Lamon, Special Projects & Engagement Manager [October 14, 2025 Agenda Item 7.3 Memo]
Initiative 1.5.6. City Code Update—Article III. Boards, Committees and Commissions, Division 7. Parks and Recreation Commission

That allows members of City boards and commissions to attend meetings using interactive technology (audio and video) in accordance with changes to Minnesota's Open Meeting Law.

Perry Vetter, Parks & Recreation Director [October 14, 2025 Agenda Item 9.2]
Remote Meeting Participation Policy

The City is currently completing technology upgrades needed to support this new policy. Boards and Commissions will be able to begin using remote participation starting January 1, 2026.

Perry Vetter, Parks & Recreation Director [October 14, 2025 Agenda Item 9.2]
Remote Meeting Participation Policy

Ordinances & Resolutions (14)

Parks & Recreation Commission Sept. 9, 2025 MinutesMinutes

Previous meeting minutes scheduled for approval at the October 14, 2025 meeting.

Parks & Recreation Commission Aug. 12, 2025 MinutesMinutes

Minutes from a prior meeting, approved at the September 9, 2025 meeting.

Initiative 1.5.6. City Code Update—Article III. Boards, Committees and Commissions, Division 7. Parks and Recreation CommissionOther

Specific initiative and agenda item for the October 14, 2025 meeting concerning updates to the city's code governing the Parks and Recreation Commission.

2016 Parks & Recreation Strategic PlanPlan

A foundational document currently under review to inform a 2026 update for the Parks and Recreation system.

2025 Parks & Recreation Commission Work PlanPlan

The annual work plan outlining the key initiatives and priorities for the commission, including ongoing reviews and updates.

Climate Action PlanPlan

A city-wide plan whose priorities are being researched for integration into the Edina Park system.

Chapter 2 – Administration, Article III – Boards, Committees and CommissionsOther

The broader section of the City Code undergoing updates to ensure consistency and clarity across all boards, committees, and commissions.

Division 7 Parks and Recreation Commission MemoOther

Supporting memorandum providing rationale for the proposed changes to the City Code related to the Parks and Recreation Commission.

Division 7 Clean Version Parks and Recreation CommissionOther

A supporting document presenting the proposed revised text of the City Code for the Parks and Recreation Commission.

Division 7 Old Version Parks and Recreation CommissionOther

A supporting document providing the previous text of the City Code for comparison with the proposed revisions.

2025 Season Highlights Aquatic CenterOther

Supporting documentation detailing key successes and statistics from the 2025 Edina Aquatic Center season.

2025 Upcoming Meetings and EventsOther

Supporting documentation listing the scheduled meetings and events for the Parks & Recreation Commission in 2025 and projected dates for 2026.

Remote Meeting Participation PolicyPolicy

A newly approved city policy allowing virtual attendance for members of City boards and commissions.

Minnesota's Open Meeting LawOther

State legislation that the new Remote Meeting Participation Policy for City boards and commissions adheres to.

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