Let’s grab a. Call to order the regularly scheduled meeting of the Maple Grove Parks and Recreation Board. Tonight is Thursday, June 18th. We are convening at 7 p.m.. Please stand for the Pledge to Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. As far as roll call, all members are present this evening, with the exception of board member Krista Conley, who provided prior notice of her absence. Also absent tonight is our city Council liaison, Rochelle Johnson, who also provided prior notice. Mr. Stifter, any changes to our agenda? No changes. Thank you sir. I’ll take a motion on the agenda. Please move to approve the agenda. Second, I have a I have a motion from vice chairman. From a second from board member Siri to approve the agenda as distributed. Any discussion on the motion itself. Hearing none. All in favor, say aye. Aye aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Agenda is approved. I have no public comment cards this evening, so we’ll move directly to special business. And I see Amy, you have this for us. Thank you. All right. Well good evening board. Um, tonight I have invited experienced Maple Grove and to come and present about Hockey Day Minnesota that will be taking place in January of 2028. And on your agenda today. We do have a fundraising opportunity that that we would like to do at the arena and then kind of go over and kind of go over just kind of general event and then as well as some of those fundraising efforts. And then at a later date, we will be bringing forth like an agreement contract for the facility rental for the um, for the event. So I will have an come on up. Do you have slides? Oh yeah. We should have the slides because yes we do. Sorry. All right. Good evening. Thank you for having me. Um, I haven’t met all of you, but I’m Anne Anderson, general manager of experience at Maple Grove. Greg, I always butcher his last name, so I apologize, Greg. Um, he’s our executive director, and he’s out of town this evening. Um, we’re excited to bring Hockey Team Minnesota to Maple Grove. Um, are you all familiar with the event? Okay, so I don’t have to go over that. Perfect. Um, part of it is, obviously there’s a lot of fundraising that we need to do. Um, to put this event on. Um, and some of the things at Central Park, the location that the Minnesota Wild has chosen here in Maple Grove is bringing in. I don’t know if this is the time you want me to go over this, but, um. Power. We have to bring a lot of power over there. So we’ve met with Excel and Eagan, um, and discussed all of that. We’ve met with JLG and RJ, um, as well, because they will be doing all of the CAD work and all of all of that stuff that’s over my head. Um, and everyone’s on board and all of that will be brought forward once we have the scope of work and everything that needs to be brought to, um, to you guys. Um, on top of that, we will. I know this is going to be in the contract, and I don’t know if this is things that you want to be discussed today, but any damage to the property, um, will be taken care of by our office. Um, to replace it and bring it back to its original state. Um, on top of that, do I go down? There we are getting the announcement. Just a little bit about Hockey Day and where we are right now. Um, we do have an LLC in place. These are people from the community that have stepped forward. Um, very bright individuals. Um, that will be kind of leading these different areas because there’s a lot to do from merchandising to ticketing to media. Um, you name it. So we have a whole group. We have 12 people that are leading this, as well as volunteers. We have already started meeting, we’re meeting monthly right now. And that cadence will speed up as we get closer to the event. Um. Oh, geez. Leading up to Hockey Day, we will have many events just to kind of keep the excitement going. We do have one later this summer, August 25th at Rush Creek. Uh, we are working with the Minnesota Wild currently to create the official logo. Um, we’ll reveal that at that day. And then merchandise will start flowing out and just the excitement will really start to kind of ramp up from there. I’m sure you have all seen, um, this initial kind of footprint that we’ve laid out for the Minnesota Wild. This kind of shows, you know, right now what the event will look like. Um, as you can see on the Great Lawn, that’s where the rink will be. Um, with the VIP tent, bleachers, lighting, you know, basically, you have to build a stadium right there. Um, and then beyond that, everything kind of toward the community center is going to be, um, for the public and everything on the other side of the Great Lawn is going to be media. Um, and things like that. So that’s kind of how that’s. And we’ll activate the lake. We’ll have a big hockey day. Village. Um, just a lot going on there. Any questions on that map? Okay. Like I talked about, we do have a kind of steep goal. We got to get to where we’re thinking about 1.5 million. Um, good news is, is we just locked in one of our 150,000, um. Yesterday. So. And we have a few smaller ones that have already joined. So conversations are underway. We’re very confident to hit this number. Um, and all money raised for this event goes back to the youth association and high school programs here in Maple Grove. One of the ideas we came up with was to create a puck wall inside the community center. Um, this will be designed and installed by Carl Yeager, um, who has done some work inside the community center already. This is his initial kind of mock up. Um, this gives the community the opportunity to. If you can’t get to that $5,000 level and you want to be a part of this event, um, we’ll have four that says shows three, but we’ll have four different tiers where you can buy a puck, have your name on there, and a live inside the community center. Um, for about a year and a half, I believe, is what we talked about. Um, and as you walk into the community center to the left on that glass, there’s an area where there’s brick behind that, and that’s where we’ve kind of earmarked, um, where this would live. Questions on the puck wall. And again, any damage, if there should be any in installation or anything like that, our office would cover to replace. Like I said, the Minnesota Wild is now creating art and you guys are going to love it. I got to tell you, they came back with three renditions of it to us. Um, we went back to them and made a few changes. And I think the community is going to love it. I think everyone’s going to love it, and it’s just really going to start the excitement for the event. Um, any questions you have for me? Questions or reactions? Also from the board. Board member Mielke. Thank you, Mister chair. Um, I’m. Wondering if you could break down a little bit of the fundraising bit. Um, the last two hockey Day Minnesotans have been held have had some pretty big donors in casinos. Yeah. I guess I’m wondering the feasibility or you would say you’re very confident in your path to to generate that. And so I guess I’d like to hear a little bit more about that. And then how does that even impact the teams that are participating? Both the home team as Maple Grove, as well as visiting teams, and how that plays out. So we have a very extensive pipeline that we’ve built, and we’ve already sat in front of how it how it shakes out, because this is a Minnesota Wild owned event. Their partners have first right of refusal on any partnerships for this. All money comes to us. But they have for so we’re in negotiations right now with tria. Um, they’re the Minnesota Wild’s and Teco. Teco is a very big partner here in Maple Grove and really wants this market in. So does Tria. So right now we’re but we’re at a battle for $200,000. So I’m okay with that battle. Um, we’ve had we had a bank come in at 150. We’ve had numerous conversations at the 75 and higher level. So we’re real confident that we’re going to reach this mark. Um, we haven’t had one organization or company say no, and we’re hitting it hard right now. We’ve talked to past hockey days and met with them on things that work, things that didn’t. You got to talk to these guys. So everyone in this world has been really good at sharing their books, sharing their contacts. Um, we did get to no. From Grand Casino. They don’t. They said they don’t do anything like that. So we are going to go after a couple others. Um, Treasure Island being one of them. But I don’t even if we don’t get a casino, I’m not worried about it. Yeah. How it impacts the teams. Um, it really doesn’t have an impact on them. Unless there’s a dad on Rogers that has $1 million in his back pocket. Who wants his kid to play? No kidding. I’d take that off the minutes. Um, it doesn’t impact the teams at all. Yeah, we. That is a separate group that will pick who’s playing. And the Minnesota Wild does have to have the final stamp of approval on that. Um, so we’re trying to keep the fundraising and the, you know, the sport that really it is, um, you know, separate from one another. Could you look into that? I I’ve got other sources that have. I know that that does impact the teams. They’ve had to pay extra money to pay for play in this. So that’s where I think it is a concern from my perspective. So help me understand that. So what you’ve heard is high school teams have had to pay to play into this. Yeah, we were participants in the Shakopee event. Okay. Maple grove? Yeah. So that’s why I just. What is that amount? That Maple Grove would be on the hook for? Yeah. So I have worked for in my previous life. I worked for the Minnesota Wild. Um, and this event was one of my babies. And we have never. So that must have been something that their LLC had, and we would never, ever, ever pay. Make the teams pay to participate in this. The one thing that we would ask of them is if they’re going to do apparel, that it flows through our. But other than that, no. Absolutely not. Thank you. Yep. Other comments reactions. I have one for you, Ann. Yeah. Um, I’m going to be stating the obvious, but maybe for the record, I’d just like to put this out there. This is the, uh, euphoria stage. All the excitement. Right? The infrastructure. And I know you’ve had your meetings with various consultants. They all had acronyms behind their names, but what do you see? Or is it too early to even be able to share with us the cursory look of, what are you going to be needing from our staff, not just city staff, but in particular, Park and Rec? Is it too early to start talking about that? We have our eyes on a number of very big projects right now, including our own community center work. You’re going to find our staff is great. A five star blue chip, all that. But I’m just wondering, is it too early for us to know a little bit? Just cursory. How will we link to this? Who would do we need to have a point of contact? I haven’t heard any. I don’t need to know. Maybe at this point, I’m just putting it out there that I have a curiosity of how it will work. By way of our blend into the event. Um, I don’t really think. I mean, Amy is on our board at experienced Maple Grove. Um, and she could be the liaison I.. And again, if it’s too early for us to talk about, I just want to have it in front of us that this will be a very big potential band with, uh, matter. I’m just going to jump a little bit. So, um, because I did get to I went to one of your early, early meetings where you kind of had some, um, stakeholders at that meeting, and then they created the LLC after that or LLC, LLC after that. And, um, and they created all these subgroups that you can kind of see here. And there’s some that are called like grounds and facility. So we will play a role at those meetings. Um, probably throughout this entire process. So when that, when that whoever’s spearheading that is having a meeting, a group of our team will be there. Um, more than likely one of our head lead park keepers, um, myself, maybe. Ben. So we’ll be we’ll be really involved in that part of the of the of the of the planning process and then moving forward, having Holly and our events team really working with them and bridging that gap for the safety component that then will be bringing in other city staff, of course, to be involved with those things. Thank you. I think the expectation I’m looking for is for us to be informed on that so that we can be sure our staff is feeling supported in those decisions and that we aren’t unnecessarily or inadvertently overburdening them with things from our chairs. And we’re looking for unaware that they might be involved in some other things as this proceeds. So, but you’re going to find this group is really good to work with. Yes, I already have found that out. You guys. Are not speaking about us. I’m speaking about our our staff. We’re not so bad ourselves, but. And the one good thing is, is we do. I mean, 20, 28, we’ll be here before you know, but we do have this year and a half, almost two year runway. So we are trying to get things in place. So we aren’t burdening people’s schedules in times right now. Um, so hopefully that will help with all of that. Very good. Anything else from the board and anything else that you’d like to add or. Amy, while we’ve got the topic. Oh yeah. There’s one other thing. Sure. Um, along with just the excitement and making everyone feel, you know, having the puck while in the arena, we would like to ask if we could get permission to hang home of Hockey Day 2028. Banners in each rink. Very nicely done. You know, obviously, pending your guys’s approval and design and things like that. But, you know, we would pay for that to have hung just to get people excited about it. And we’ll we’ll look for those things to come to us at the right time. Okay. Prototypes and approvals and everything else that we would have. Yeah, I think that sounds really reasonable and necessary. It’s kind of like, why wouldn’t we do those things? But anything else from the board? Well, thank you guys very much. We’re very excited. And thanks for carrying the banner on this for the city. All right. Next item I have on the agenda is we’ll move to reports and we’ll begin with park board members. We’re going to start to my far left tonight with board member Mielke. Nothing, Mister chair. Thank you. Andy. Board member Hansen. I have nothing to report. tonight. Thanks, Judy. Board member. Harvey. Nothing. Thank you. Thanks, Ken. I mentioned as a sidebar to Angie, if you have not had the opportunity to look at our parking lot around the community center and especially the details now, like the plantings, the medians, even the retaining wall up by the old hardware store, it is dressed really nicely. Very proud of how the finishing touches. I guess I would call it our proceeding here. I know there’s more to do, but it all those indicators are that we’ve really got our eye on some pertinent details. It looks fabulous. Really, really good. And so if you haven’t had a chance to give yourself that pleasure to take a look at some of the finishes that are happening around, it’s not perfect. I know there’s more to do, but I’m, I’m I’m pleased with what we’re seeing at this point. That’s all I had. Vice chairman, firm. Nothing tonight, Mister chair. Very good. Thanks, John. Board member. Siri. I’m going to break the rhythm. We’re going. To go right ahead. I missed last month, so I have to talk now. So, um, first I’d like to comment and just say a special thank you to Stanek volunteers, Park and rec staff, city council and the park board. Um, the color and the beauty of the Veterans memorial looks amazing. And it was long overdue. It’s the perfect way to honor the vets and provide them with a very beautiful home. So thank you to everybody for that. Um, I’ve been attending a class at Central Park for the last year, so I’ve had a plenty of opportunity to see traffic coming and going and seeing the different ways that the park is actually really being used. Um, and it’s more than just a city park. Um, I’ve noticed that it’s a neighborhood park because I’ve started to see the same people utilizing the park, walking their dogs, playing, um, playing in the park with their kids. Um, you it’s a meeting place where friends are coming and sitting on the great lawn and just hanging out together. There’s people sitting out there reading, um, utilizing all of the trails and walking singles groups, um, pet owners, families, businesses. So it’s been really nice to see all these different pieces in this one space. Um, the garden has brought some surprises to me. Um, I’m hoping I’ve been volunteering and trying to attack the thistles, and they’ve been trying to attack back, but I vow I will win this battle. So, um, but along the way, I got some surprises. As I was out there working with the weeds. Um, I was surprised at how many people came up to me and commented and said, oh, I love this garden. I’m so happy to see somebody out here trying to bring it back to what it was originally. So I just took that into consideration. And then today I showed up to do my little weed picking. And here’s a young lady who lives in the area, and it’s her day off, and she’s chosen to come over to Central Park and pick weeds on her own. She brings her own garbage bags. She leaves them by the trash can before she goes. So just someone that lives in the area has taken ownership of this park, in this garden. So, um, it was really nice to see that the green space is has been used in so many different ways. There’s groups having picnics, frisbees, there’s volleyball games going on. Uh, it’s just it’s more than just a destination park. It is the community’s park. They use it in so many personal ways. This destination park has showcased the best of our park system, and it works for individuals. That works for groups. It works for hosting large and small events. Um, rental space and for meetings. So there’s just such a variety of things that happen in this place. It provides entertainment and it provides experiences, and it’s available year round. It’s not just a summer park, it’s also a revenue generator from equipment rental to building rental and event rental. And I think that’s one of the unique things with this park. Is it brings us an opportunity to offer things to the community. And it’s not something that we’re, you know, looking at getting rich on. We’re just trying to provide a service to the community, and they’re taking advantage of it. When we see how many skates are rented in one season and how many, um, what do you call a little skate? Just great skate trainers. The need for those. And all of a sudden they had to build a whole bunch more of those. Are it just something as simple as that? And it has blossomed into a fair, um, portion for the thing. This is truly a gem of our park system, and I think there’s so much more potential for this park, and I think it can do a lot for Maple Grove Park and Recreation. We began this park in a two phase park system. We finished phase one and phase two kind of got put on the back burner for a while. Phase two has a larger picnic rental pavilion in it. There was a bathroom house on the northwest side. This was from the first initial drawings. Whether or not those really were approved or anything like that was just this first discussion. Bathrooms on that southwest or northwest corner would be amazing. The sport courts, there is somebody on those courts all the time. It did not matter if it was cold outside. There was somebody out there, somebody playing pickleball, basketball, tennis. There’s whole groups, busloads of kids playing in that little tiny court, and they’re making it work and they’re having a great time with it. So having a bathroom available on that side would be great. Anyone that would rent a picnic pavilion would utilize that. We have the Bridges Park right across the street with another pavilion for rent, but it it just that would provide a nice bathroom system for that location as well. Um, parking lots are always busy, always full in this area. Um, if there’s a large event, we have overflow. We are in a neighborhood of a lot of residents on both sides, and, um, we overflow into those spaces. We have a couple of spaces that are not that could possibly be utilized in a different way. We have, uh, some prairie gardens, prairie lawns, weed patches, whatever word you want to call them. Um, I’m from South Dakota. Sorry. We have a lot of patches. So, um, I know thistles from way back when, but, um, it would. These two areas would be very appreciated as a parking lot as opposed to having a patch that’s just wild in nature. And I think, you know, would that be more advantageous to the park users and the residents in that area? Possibly. We have a great new, um, hockey rink out at um Gleason, and it has a different type of base. So it is last longer. Would this be a possibility to transfer? Um, I don’t know anything about cement or anything like that. So this may be totally wrong, but could parking lot and the ice arena or, um, hockey pleasure rink share the same space? I don’t know, um, just brain thinking here. So, um, just trying to look at ways that we can support the residents in that area, support all of the people that are coming to our events, especially. We’re having people there during the wintertime, and it would be nice to be able to park, you know, a little bit close. So when you’re bringing the little ones up, you know, they’re not cold before they get here. Um, so it’s just. Being there this much I’ve really enjoyed it. I’ve enjoyed seeing how it grows. Um, I’ve looked at things a lot differently. Um, and taking the time and reconsidering phase two for Central Park. We have the infrastructure, we have equipment, we have staffing. And it’s another great location to continue offering more opportunity for us to increase revenue from that one park. This is a gem in our whole park system. Um, we want people to continue to come and visit and utilize this. Uh, there’s communities that come here to see what we’ve learned in building this. And what a great thing that is for us to showcase our park to the other park and recreation in the state, in other areas. So I’d like to see us continue to keep this a gem. I’d like to see us continue to maintain it to the high standards that it was built with, and not to have it, um, be any less than what it was at the very beginning. So we have a playground, green space, splash pad, ice loop, gardens, veterans Memorial Funeral pavilion, class based rental space, rental for um events, trails, all this really, truly makes this a destination park, but it really, truly makes this a maple Grove City park to. That’s all. Thank you for your time and I appreciate I know I took way longer than I should have, so I. There’s no such thing. The floor was yours. What I think about is the, uh, the investment that was made in the continued investment that could happen. I think that, um, as I just listened to all the nice ideas you had. Deb, there are some things that we’ve continued. We’ve upgraded a pergola type of thing. We’ve upgraded the seating. We’ve got our act together. That’s probably not the right term with some of our plantings and maintenance, but this is a natural next iteration of what? What could we be doing there? That’s right here. You talking about and I appreciate, I appreciate I noticed Mister Stifter was taking just a couple of notes. So there might be a conversation as follow up that could take place there. Thank you. Deb. Thank you. Yeah. Let’s move on to, uh, staff reports. We begin with Mister Stifter director’s report. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Board members. Um, just one thing to to share with you about work. Staff is doing. Um. Of course. We are prepping now for 2027 budget. And as you all know, 2027 is going to be a transition year for the community center. We’re starting some of that this fall with the aquatics and, and, uh, our goal during that transition is to make sure that we are continuing to provide the best services that we have always provided in our community. Um, and with facility shutdown, that that means a lot of changes. And that means a repositioning staff in a number of areas. But the the reality are, what I wanted to really point out is, is trying to project a budget when the building is going down in phases, and how much gas are you going to use? How much electricity are you going to use? And and trying to really wrap our arms around that and provide enough detail so that council is comfortable with the, um, recommendations that we’re making. Um, Amy and Angie and Ben and I have put a lot of time into, uh, um, putting our best foot forward on this and making sure we’re in a good spot, making sure that, um, our staff, uh, can be, um, even though they’re relocated, can still provide these services. And in some cases may be reassigned to fulfill other duties in our operations. So, um, a lot of work is going into that. And generally we are bringing kind of a preliminary budget around the July, August time. Uh, we’ve traditionally kind of brought that on August, kind of parallel with um, council’s review of the citywide budget. Um, so that’s likely when you’ll, you’ll see that from us. So that’s all I have. Thank you. Questions reactions for Mr. Stifter spot on about the budget and a lot of ambiguity on, uh, operating in 2027. I think word to the wise is don’t cut it too short. It’s going to take more than you think, because we’re going to be operating in a way we haven’t before. There’s going to be some learnings involved. There’s going to be a few surprises. I don’t know how the budgeting would work for this, but there needs to be a contingency in place for things that happen that we had no control over, or even awareness that it could possibly happen. Oh good luck. Thank you. You got our support. Really do. Thank you. Chuck, let’s move on to assistant. Was there anybody else had anything for Chuck? All right. Thanks. I will move on to Assistant director’s report. Amy. Floor is yours. All right. Thank you, chair. Lewis. Good evening. Board. Um, I have a few feels I’m going to bring this down. I’m just short. Okay. Few items today on my report. Maybe. All right, well, last week, um, one of our, um, one of our recreation programmers, Michelle Dubois, um, collaborated with cross community players. They were. They’re going to be doing a production of Shrek here coming up, but they actually did a children’s theater camp last week. We started on Monday and on Friday, and they ended with a a full little production on Friday for their family and friends. And so that took place over at Town Green. Um, it was also a great use of our new sound system that we just recently got upgraded in. A big thank you to Hennepin County Youth Arts grant to provide a $25,000 towards that, that large project. So, um, that has been great. Again, they will share the Crest committee players will start their production here in the next couple of weeks. Um, we also hosted a couple of new new events. I think I talked about the Safari Animal show. Um, just again, a huge congratulations to my team for being creative and trying these new things, and then to see how many people come out. I think they were they were estimating around, um, I can’t remember. I wrote my thing, but it was like 500 or plus people at that event. Um, so again, just just great work on their part of being creative. Um, we had Chalk Fest last weekend, a huge undertaking to with a transition, um, and a very short notice putting that together. So the Art center did a phenomenal job working with Sean, making the one of the founding artists that has been part of the event since the inaugural year, um, experienced Maple Grove did financially help sponsor that event as well, to help them reach their goals. So it was a great event. I don’t know if you went out there or not. Um, a lot of comments about lines. However, it’s kind of when you have chalk that’s on the ground, there’s not really an easy way to see it without being in a line. Um, so that’s kind of part of part of the event. Um, but there are things that we’re already kind of thinking on next year how what we can do differently. But the event did take place closer to town Green. Um, it really did bring people to the park. I was out there on Sunday and people were utilizing that entire park, and it was really fun to see. Um, and again, showcasing that, I have to say that Music Park, it’s used quite a bit for these types of events as well. So they had a great layout. And again, just, um, a great job by all of those. And again, compliments to our safety team. Police fire. We’re very involved. Same with streets to make sure we had a nice, um, safe event and proper signage and safety protocols in place. And then Holly, Stephen Hagan on our team, who really kind of bridges that gap between all of those parties, did an excellent job. Then here’s just we have a lot of different events going on, and we use these opportunities to really kind of talk about the community center project, talk about upcoming events, um, programs that we have offering. So this is just a picture of Liz Fellows, one of our programmers out at Chalk Fest. And we have a few new events or events coming up with tabling. There’s a safety fair coming up where I know Adrian from our aquatics team goes out and and our teen center goes out there and our senior programs are out there as well. So just a little showcase on that. We had a new event, another new event that was a collaboration with Parks and Rec, Fire and Police, and this was our Pop-Up Splash Pad that they did down at Grove West. This just happened this week. And a great, again, great turnout. Um, I think they estimated around 300 people at that event. Um, brought in the local neighbors. We’re walking there. But then I think people even even drove out there. So, um, really great engagement and a great collaborative between multiple departments. So again, huge thank you to Holly, Stephen Hagan and Roy, who really brought this idea to the police of fire and getting that all together. And then our intern Maggie, was she really was there on site to really, um, make sure everything went smoothly. And, and it did so and then, oops, I guess there’s two sides of this. So I guess there’s just more pictures. More pictures. And then just a review of some of our upcoming events. Um, I make a mention cross community players. Um, Shrek. They’re starting to use it. I can’t I don’t think their shows are starting on the 18th. That’s just their use. Probably can’t. Um, Juneteenth is Friday. Um, if you’re in town and want to come out to Juneteenth, they have lots of events planned. Um, tomorrow night from 5 to 9 at Town Green. Then the sounds of summer um, at Town Green will begin on Mondays and on June 22nd for our evening shows. And then June 25th on Thursdays for our 10th for our morning kids performances, groups and foods will start a little bit later on July 8th, and then Maple Grove Days is coming up. And then we do have two additional pop up splash pads coming up later this summer as well. Um, before I get to the next slide, um, want to before I forget. And this was on my consent to. But I just want to give a thank you to the Maple Grove Lions for continuing to sponsor our youth. Um, Recreation program, scholarship, scholarship program and funding it. They are our one and only real source for that at this time. And so we really do thank them for that contribution of $5,000. And, um, e-bikes. Um, some of you probably haven’t heard, and I know I do believe one board member reached out about the state legislature and some new laws. Um, after doing research actually that day never did pass any new laws. It really didn’t stay where where they were at. Um, um, but we are doing I think they are doing a little bit more better job about at least educating and really talking, really dividing out what those modals are versus those e-bikes. And so that’s really what we’ve been focusing on on most of our marketing campaigns have really the definitions between those two and the ages and what you need. Um, so I did I just wanted to share with you we did put these signs up. I think I showed you these a couple of weeks ago or last month maybe. Um, but these are our e-bike science. We really, again, really were talking about e-bikes and e-bikes only, not other electronic devices. Um, but while we were doing this and kind of following that state legislature and working with, we’re working with PD a lot on how are we going to enforce these things. And we were kind of waiting for maybe some stricter guidelines while we were doing that. We kind of were reviewing what we have in marketing, which was the state statutes. And then we looked at our city ordinance and found some, um, we found some discrepancies. E-bikes, e models, no discrepancies. We’ve been promoting that just fine. But our e-scooter, um, the state statute and our, our city code, there are some they don’t align. Um, and then also to, um, we’re just going to work with our team and kind of come up with possibly a new ordinance to recommend. Um, it could include, um, more stricter things. It could include following exactly a state. So we’re going to work on that in the very near future. But the main difference that I just wanted to share, just in case you get some questions, the PD did create a new flyer, um, that they’re handing out. Um, technically with our city ordinance scooters and the Segways, I’ll just kind of talk about scooters and Segways are not allowed on trails or sidewalks. Um, in previously state code or state statute, um, for scooters, um, they, they do ride on trails, streets. And yeah. So trails and streets, they but the state statute for scooters says no sidewalks. Um, currently ours does not allow them on park trails. So there’s a little discrepancy there. Again, we might keep it how it is, but those are the things that we’re going to talk about. And then really make sure we’re educating our community. Um, same with the electric personal device. Technically, for my research, the Minnesota Statutes saying that you can ride that on, um, trails and sidewalks, um, and again, we don’t allow that per our ordinance. So we’ll be reviewing those things. I’ll be working with, um, Chuck and the chief and a couple of our PD sergeants to kind of come up with some recommendations that we will bring, bring forth. Um, but right now we are promoting or we are using our current ordinance as what we’re following right now. So that is what I have any questions on that. Questions. Reactions for Miss Peterson, board member Mielke. Amy, that’s great information. I. I’m going to ask you a question. I mean, with with police, how much enforcement is actually done on these? We you know, like I said, I don’t expect you to know because. Well, I’ve been working really closely with it because we have had some pocket areas. Central Park being one and Gleason being another, where we have seen inappropriate use of these devices. And they have. And again, you’ve seen it on national level, state level. These are really, um, can be hazardous and cause some real safety issues. So they have really, um, started making a much more presence. Um, my staff, Zach Moulton messaged me yesterday about, um, some issues that they had, and he emailed me today saying, hey, thanks for reaching out to PD. They were out there today in their ATV and educating and talking to the kids. Gleason fields, same thing. Um, Chris, Merrill shared with me just his, um, appreciation to because the site supervisors, um, have been dealing with a lot of behavior and now the police are really out there and they’re taking it seriously and talking to the parents. And again, if you remember to ride an e-bike and this is not an E model, but even just an e-bike, you are to be 15 years old. And that is that that is state statute. And that is, you know, what we follow in our city code. So, um, so I think they are they are working as. Yeah. Mhm. Anyone else for Amy? Uh, just comment on the pop up splash pads at almost creates another National Night Out vibe for those neighborhoods doesn’t it. Yeah. Do we let them. How do we let them know in advance that we’re going to be showing? I know we have media in all of our social media, but is there anything in the area that’s put up for them so that. You know, they did put. So I asked Holly, we had our meeting yesterday and um, I was curious if people were coming from the neighbors out there. And she said that they actually were kind of pulling people, and people heard about it from many different ways, but they did put a sign at the park. And so some people came just because they saw that. But we didn’t do any direct mailings except for our our brochure that goes to all residents. Yeah. I don’t think I don’t need it, but like sandwich boards or those kinds of things would be a nice thing for. And now that you’ve got some pictures of what it actually looks like, even some of those popped up and it looks fabulous. Just just another great collaboration with other departments, certainly as well. Vice chairman, firm. Thank you, Mister chair. This isn’t necessarily for you, Amy. It might be more of a question for Chuck, but I noticed on your thing, uh, your calendar of upcoming events and you talked about the Maple Grove Days parade is on July 16th, which again falls on our meeting date that night. So I don’t know if we’ve discussed that. Have we moved that. Board member firm? Yeah, we decided at a previous meeting to move it to the following Thursday. So I think that’s the 23rd or 23rd. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Thanks, John. Anybody else forget? Thanks. And if anyone would like one of the the flyers that PD is currently handing out because again this is what our currently this might change but this is our our current policy our ordinance at this time. I’d like one before I leave because there’s somebody that could use that in my neighborhood. I’ll just say so Mr. Stifter. I would you know, I appreciate Amy’s report and I encourage her to bring this forward because it is a pretty complex issue, not only for Maple Grove, but for many communities. And Amy has a great network of peers out there that she reaches out to to find out, you know, what’s going on in their communities and how are they dealing with these things. And and she does a great job of, uh, sharing that with PD. And they’re doing the same too, right? I mean, they’ve got colleagues and peers out there as well. Um, but my point is, I think we’re best if we’re aligned with the state laws, you know, otherwise we are really creating a regulation, a nightmare. Um, for PD, who is already taxed with a challenge here about trying to implement new rules and laws to a public that has no idea, honestly, that and that’s probably not fair. But I think generally, um, they’re not they’re unaware of the rules and regulations around this. And, and um, as Amy mentioned, and it’s important I mean, it’s taking additional staff time PD for sure. But even our field management has to address this because people are aggressive and creating safety issues. So this is a big issue. And I think, uh, you know, may lead to a work session that we sit down and really talk about this deeply. But I work with the city administrator about that. And the chief of police. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. And to the point, because again, Chuck and I just I emailed him today, but basically there’s three options we could continue as is. We could follow the state statute or we could create or, you know, something different to. But right now, again, all of our marketing really has been about the e-bikes. So we really haven’t been promoting too much about the scooters and the Segway, but those are the two things that possibly we might want to look at. Yeah. Very good. The term unnecessary uniqueness seems to fly here. Thank you. thank you. Yes. Let’s move on to Parks and planning. Superintendent report. Ben, thank you. Floor is yours. Thank you, Mr. Chair. This back up. It’s kind of an awkward height. Uh, board members, thank you. Uh, board member Siri beat me to it. I did want to thank staff and Stantec for their work at the Vets memorial. Uh, last month, I had reported that, um, we were preparing the site, the area, getting it cleaned up for the Memorial Day weekend. But that Stantec was going to prepare a design and then have their community Volunteer Day on June 11th, um, to ultimately do the planting. And so that’s what we did. So thanks to Stantec for that. Um, we did plant some perennial shrubs, um, sort of behind the monument wall and then added some annual gardens, um, along the main wall there and around the, the corner to the, to the east as well. So it turned out really nice. Followed the red, white and blue, um, sort of motif. And if you haven’t had a chance to get out there, um, it’s looking really good right now. So please do that. I did want to touch a little bit on the, uh, Weaver Lake master plan. As the board is aware, this is part of the budgeting process. Uh, council had directed staff to begin a master plan to start to understand the scope and the funding of the Weaver Lake Community Park renovation project. And so I put together just a quick timeline that’s likely to change as we develop our RFP and ultimately select a consultant. But just kind of wanted to run through, what a typical master planning schedule of this, uh, would take. So, um, planning for next month and board member firming out the only one that, um, didn’t know about the meeting being changed because I have July 16th on here as well. But, um, we’re planning on next month having the board review the RFP. Um, that would ultimately go out to our consultants, um, through the rest of the summer, uh, plan to come back to the board in September, uh, hopefully with the consultant, um, recommendation and authorizing agreement. After that, we would kick off the project, do some background research, um, analyze the existing conditions. Um, from there, later in the fall into the winter, we’d be looking at community gathering, stakeholder interviews, um, site inventory, uh, maybe identifying constraints and opportunities for the site. Uh, beginning in 2027, likely head into some sort of developing preliminary concepts and alternatives. Um, then March, we would have the board and council review those preliminary concepts through that spring, we would begin our community engagement process. I wouldn’t hold tight on these dates. We’re likely to have multiple rounds of community engagement. But, um, after that, you’d go back to a refinement process, prepare a draft of the preferred master plan concept. Um, review that concept. Uh, do a probably another community engagement. Final revisions, and then we’d be really looking for this to come back to the board at the end of 27 and going to council in early 28. So it’s a it’s a process that’s going to take some time and community engagement, um, is vitally important in this master planning process. And I think that is where we want to make sure that we have the right amenities and follow that that process, um, from start to finish. So, uh, the board will have an opportunity next month to weigh in on the scope of the RFP, and that’ll sort of kick off, um, this tentative timeline. And I’ll just pause right there if there’s any comments or questions on the Weaver Lake master plan. Board member Shelby, thank you. So on the RFP release, if I recall, when we did our last master plan, did we send that out? Was that like a public release or did we send because we had like 5 or 6 that we looked at and didn’t we interviewed three or something? Did you? Was that a targeted release of that or did you release it? Did you publish? I guess for. What I remember, Shelby, that was a more targeted release. The public RFP is a possibility. If that’s the. I mean, I guess, I mean, we have over the years and I think we’ve done a good job deviating or not deviating makes it sound negative. But, you know, exploring other consultant opportunities because I think a lot of consultants have a lot of great ideas. So, I mean, I’d like to see as broad a swath of our, you know, proposals as we can. I don’t want I don’t think anybody wants to sit and review 20 proposals. I understand that, but I think we should try to get a good pool, you know, and I don’t think we want to interview a million either. But, you know, 2 or 3 again is perfect. But I think we want to I think each consultant that we interviewed last time specifically, I thought, brought some kind of unique thoughts to the process. And I think that would be nice to see again. So thank you. Anything else for being at this board member? Mielke Ben, I like your schedule. I mean, it looks like it’s about a 16 month, 15, 16 month, just over a year type of thing. Um, this is another big endeavor. Uh, 2 or 3 hours ago, I had a conversation with, uh, some colleagues at work who live in Maple Grove, and they’re like, well, what what could you guys all be doing? I mean, everything’s everything’s awesome. You know, the community centers in their mind, it’s done. And I said, no, I’m like. And then I mentioned, I said, well, Weaver Lake’s going to be next once, you know, I said, construction starts this fall on phase two. And we were like, I mean, there’s there’s a lot of stuff going on here. And so I appreciate your patience to kind of look at this on a, on a 16 month or whatever it is, year plus process, because there’s a lot here to, uh, chew off. And it’s another really crown jewel. I think Deb made some great opening remarks tonight. And, uh, this is another one. So thanks. Okay, Ben. Proceed. I will move on. Um, just about finished with the, um, Thorson Eagle, a community building remodel. We’re substantially complete. The last piece is the, um, the permanent countertops. We did put in some temporary countertops to get us through the next few weeks of rentals. Um, but if you look at the picture on your right, that was taken just before this remodel began, we had, Um. Panel wood paneled walls. Dark stain. Um, old flooring. We had a wall that sort of separated the kitchen from the main room. That wall was removed. We removed the wood paneling, went to a sheetrock wall. Um, vinyl plank flooring. Sort of simplified the the kitchen, made the room much more open and inviting. You can see the old kitchen there on the left with the wall that sort of separated the main room from the kitchen. This is a view from standing in the kitchen, looking towards the back of the room. Um, if you look on the right hand side of the after image, um, we added two sliding glass doors to that wall that go out to the deck, adds a ton more light in. That turned out really nice. Um, view kind of from the opposite side. There. Bathroom was remodeled as well. And then, um, we ended up taking the completely dismantling the deck and the, the privacy walls that were on each side. We added 4.5ft to the width of the deck as well. Kept it the same length, but, um, and put in a new rail. Uh, that turned out really nice as well. So I think there might be an opportunity to, um, go there on our park tour in September, so we’ll keep that on. We must go there on the path to these before and after picture. I’m sorry. I didn’t even say if anybody. Any comments? I’m just going to say, wow. Turned out nice. Yeah. Uh, the working with the rotary group, they have about $6,000. They want to donate and trees to the park system. Um, they really wanting a pollinator tree area around the community garden at Lakeview Knolls. Um, our intern, our park and planning maintenance intern. Aidan, um, designed this and put it together to be able to show the board what that might look like. Of course, this is after those trees are mature. When they’re planted, they’re going to be much smaller. But this is ultimately what we think we could could accomplish for, um, that $6,000 donation. Um, any feedback on that? I know they’re looking to do that quickly here. So we would probably support, um, with the planting on that in the next few weeks. All right. Director Ben, do you mind just sharing a little bit about Aidan? And, you know, because that’s a new internship for us. Yeah. So we, um, this year, we have an intern for, uh, the park maintenance. And the planning side of things is the first year that we’ve done that. He has some experience in landscape architecture and have some access to some nice tools. You know, this is a level of design that we’re usually getting from our consultants that, um, you know, Sam and I don’t really have access to. And so, um, he’s doing a great job. We have him doing a lot of different things. I mean, he’s been in a more, um. He’s been out to job sites checking things out. He’s been putting up signs when we’ve asked him to. He’s been doing a little bit of design. He’s gone out. Um, reviewed some garden area, like landscaping beds. Found what plants, you know, didn’t survive and what would survive and has done some of that. So it’s sort of a mix of, you know, getting your hands dirty, but also, um, sometime in the office and, and doing some of that admin work as well. And he’s doing a great job. So we really appreciate having him. Uh, board members asked about the Lions playground going in that started last week. Uh, they’re just about done. This was, uh, images from Wednesday or from yesterday. Um, they’re just about done with the structure. Then they’ll pour footings and I’m expecting concrete to go in next week. Um, Pip would follow that, so I’m really hoping to wrap that up here in the next two weeks. Um, so that’s looking really good. Last month. Uh, the board approved the contract with new line skate parks for the new skate park at the community center. Um, the question came up about the temporary skate park, and, um, where we where the board ended with that. Um, I’m just going to zoom in here real quick. There. Now we can see it. Um, so just a little chronological order of of where we’ve been and where we are today. So August 2024. The board approved a consultant agreement for the feasibility study with ArcGIS. Um, at that meeting, the board did provide feedback on the possibility of a temporary skate park. In my conversations with KGI at that time. We talked about a skate park that was temporary in nature, but similar to the size and scale of what we had, and estimated that to be around 50 to 100,000. Um, at that time, I think the board had some concerns about, um, spending those dollars on something that was temporary and not likely to be used. Um, you know, in the new skate park, um, at the March 20th, 2025 meeting, the board approved the skate parks, uh, feasibility study, which was a selection of the site at the community center. Um, in working with hCG, I at that time, um, we knew the the projected completion of the skate park was going to be sometime in 2028, as it was going to follow the construction of the community center. Um, and the report did include, an a possibility or a recommendation by KGI to build a temporary skate park for around $25,000. This is a much smaller scale than what we had, but it was intended to provide, um, something for residents to have. Um, some of the comments from that meeting were, um, location and not so much on the cost. On May 1525, we did have a resident, um, from Corcoran sent an email that they wanted hand-delivered to the board. So that was delivered as a printout to the board advocating for a temporary skate park. Um, beyond that, we have not had public feedback since that feasibility study. And that brings us to, um, the board, uh, approving the design build contract with New Line last month, um, where you ask staff to come back with this history and then maybe with, um, of maybe costs and options there. So we reached out to third layer. They put together some quick examples of what, um, what they felt could be build for, uh, something in the 25 to $50,000 range. And so that’s ultimately where these images came from. They’re not intended to be a specific design or something we could purchase, but just an idea of what the skate park might look like, look like. If the board had decided, you know, to spend 25 to $50,000 on something that was temporary. Um, again, um, you know, even on a quick timeline, um, if the board did want to move forward with something, we’re likely looking at a fall install, you know, probably September or October before it would be completed. Um, so just something to keep in mind that, um, you know, if we’re building that at the end of this year, we’re having usage for next year, and then the following year, um, the permanent skate park at the community center would be built. So, um, I will take feedback on. On that. Let’s talk about this a little bit. Comments, reactions from the board. Well, I’ll lead with directionally. I still think it’s the right thought for us to have something to either say yes or no to, which means bringing back a proposal for us to look at in July. I do think that, um, although we haven’t heard anything from the public, I don’t know that we’ve sequestered anything from the maybe not sequestered the right word, but maybe we’ve not really asked for comment, and that’s okay. That’s just fine. I would like to see what’s possible. One question I would have is the funding and where that might come from. That’s probably, again, something that staff would have to think about. What the recommendation would be on where the moneys would come from. But that’s my opinion to start with. Other thoughts, reactions. Board member Hansen. I. Just agree with your thoughts. I think it is an important thing, even though it’s just going to be maybe a year’s use. I think it’s important. Thank you. Remember MLK? Yeah, I think we’re all saying the same thing. I mean, it’s it’s striking that balance of cost and usability or functionality and, and I guess, you know, Ben and whomever else, you know, staff does a great job at that. So I guess I yeah. Further explore that is is my you know, I think you know where that that’d be my there’s a balance there. Thanks, Andy. Board member Harvey. So I guess I’m going to deviate a little bit. And unfortunately, I’m the guy that shook the trees a little bit last month on this, but I’m sorry. Sorry, Ben. And I do think it’s I think it’s something we should look at, but, I mean, $50,000. I mean, I think we have some more facts than we had when I asked the question last month. I mean, $50,000 for something that will get put in six weeks before it snows, and then we’re going to have one summer of it. I mean, I think I think it would be nice to have it. I think it’d be great to have it. But I mean, I think we need to think about that. And I’m and I feel bad because I’m the one that, you know, rattled the trees on this. But, um, you know, as I’m seeing this data and you’re talking about the timeline again, I think it’d be awesome to do. But, I mean, I think we got to think carefully about whether that’s the best place for us to put, because it’s not going to be 25. I mean, I think we can all agree that it’s going to be 50, right? By the time you’re done. So, I mean, I think I think people would get $50,000 worth of use out of it in one summer, but is it enough? I mean, I’m kicking myself for not talking about this more. Back in August of 2024. You know where you have on your you know, when we started this. So that’s that’s kind of where I am at, I guess on it. So thanks, Ken. Vice Chairman Fern. I guess, um, I agree with everything that’s been said and but I resonate a little bit more with kind of Ken’s comments on this. Um, I have a so as popular as our pre-existing one was with the community, where are all these people going now to enjoy their that form of recreation? I mean, are they going to alternate communities or are they going to I don’t know where the rest of the skate parks are. You know, in our neighboring communities. So are they just transferring over there until the new ones built? I they’re obviously skating and scooting and whatever else they’re doing. Um, somewhere. So are they finding that alternative for the two year span somewhere else already? So does that warrant not that we want to push this off on somebody else, because I think it’s a great idea. And I agree, we probably should have looked at this two years ago. I think we did. But kind of weren’t sure what direction the whole thing was going back then with the different properties and things like that, but it seems like if we aren’t getting a lot of feedback of, you know, what’s going on, when’s is coming and all that, that the users of this of our previous facility must be finding a resource somewhere else to temporarily fill that, that void. So it seems like a lot of money for a, a year and a half. Um, project and not not saying that it’s not worth it, but it’s, it’s a lot of money for something that what are we going to do with it then in a year and a half as well. So, um, I think there’s probably other alternatives where they’re looking, looking at or currently using would be my guess. And I don’t know, facts on that. But um, so I guess I’m, I’m a little more hesitant about moving forward with something like this at that kind of price tag for something like that. Thank you. Board member Siri. As this is a temporary skate park, where would it be established in that temporary timeline? I don’t expect you to have an answer to that right now. Just as a question that I’m asking myself and, um, with that, if it’s going to be a temporary one, can we find a location where it wouldn’t have to be temporary, where we could put this lesser park at another park utilizing, um, space that’s available? Weaver Lake or something at. And then it would not have to be dismantled and destroyed, and then they could have the larger skate park that we’ve had planned all along at the community center. Thank you. Deb, board. Member Hansen. I really like that idea, and I don’t think we’re going to hear feedback because it’s younger people. I don’t know that they’re necessarily going to reach out and, you know, or come to a board meeting and tell us that they need a skate park. But I really like that idea, especially since Weaver Lake. It’s going to take a while before we, you know, are going to revamp that. That might be a really good location for keeping it. Um, Mister Chair, I think that’s a good thought. Um, I think in the temporary aspect of this, that would likely wind up in a parking lot somewhere. Otherwise we’d have to pave something. And then you’re. Then you’re really getting into some cost because we’re, you know, we’re talking 9000ft, probably, which is, you know, the size of a few of our smaller parking lots. So I would envision this likely ending up in like, you know, Kerber in a, in a part of the curb or parking lot or part of the Weaver parking lot. Um, obviously I don’t have the cost for paving in front of me, but I do think, you know, if we were looking at moving this on site, there would be additional costs because, I mean, finding a location even for something this size right now is going to be somewhat of a challenge. We probably only have a few locations, Weaver and Kerber being two of them, that it could fit with all of the other uses we have in the park as well. And so something to to keep in mind on that. Go ahead. We’d also have to look at, you know, the longevity of wood structures. You know, used outside. I mean, is that only a, a few years? I really don’t know at this point, but something to look at if the board wants us to dig deeper. Remember, Milky. I like the idea of trying to get a longer use out of it. Bennett I wonder if there’s a like a user group or something that, you know, seems like I know you referenced a Corcoran resident that had given a comment. Is there some liaisons or something that to to to board member firms comment about where are they going now and what you know to try to get some input to like satisfy that or you know, I don’t know if there’s anybody that we could talk to, you know, and a lot of other projects we go to these different agents, for lack of a better term, to get input. And board member, Mielke I think, um, Mark over at third layer has a has a good gauge of where people are. And I know that Plymouth has a skate park. Champlin. New Hope, crystal. Um, I think there’s one in Golden Valley now. So there are some, you know, somewhat close. But, you know, we could reach out and see. But my sense is they’re in that general area. Yeah. I figured you had a plan. I was kind of board around operations. I should stay out. So. Good call Ben. Well, I’m thinking about some direction here. I think that there’s more to to vet, but I’m also cognizant. How much more time do we want staff to be spending on this? If there’s not a high will from the board to have something to chew on? I’m hearing there’s possibilities of it being more of an investment to have a second spot. Not maybe as elaborate, certainly, as the main one. I don’t hear that, but I guess I would welcome the chance for us to have some things to consider. Um, the funding. How does that happen? How do we, I think board member Harvey’s probably right. It gets more expensive than it gets cheaper. Isn’t that just about how everything is but something for us to come back and not a lot of time on it, but maybe a cursor, because if we’re not going to get into even constructing this until September or October, the usage this year is probably minimal anyway. So something to consider, but I don’t know what I’d be saying no to at this point or yes to. And I know that’s not what you’re looking for. You’re looking for some feedback. Does that sound agreeable to the board to have at least a little something to, to look at and chew on at our July meeting? Would that be possible? Uh, Mister Chair, you saying you’d like a, um, staff to find somebody to do a design with some cost estimating in a location? Yeah. Help me. What? I’m trying to say. That is it. I’m trying to think about where would it be, where would the cost from? And a high level, high level like we’ve never seen before. That is, you know, and that is sort of what I was trying to convey here with this. I mean, this, you know. That teaches me enough to want to know more. Yeah. What I was trying to show was, you know, this is probably on the high end of that 50, you know, if you spend all of that 50 and you, you put it in a parking lot that’s paved right now, this is likely, you know, the best it’s gonna get. It’s probably not going to get a whole lot better than that. Like I like board member series approach. What could we use this for rather than just one year? Is it got some legs to maybe be down the road? Okay. Director Stifter. Yeah, if I can just add a few things I heard. So I mean location is important, right? Let’s we can, we can do a little study internally to better understand where we could fit something like this. We have a pretty good understanding of the parts to hit the budget that we’ve talked about. Um, and working with third layer. And I think we can easily come up with a design similar to what you’re seeing here. Um, the other thing is, uh, I wrote it down, and I got a longevity, right. How long is this going to last us? You know, if we’re going to invest 50 grand, is it going to last us five years? Ten years? Whatever. Let’s let’s find that out. And then how are we going to pay for it? Right. Those those are three, I think critical things that are missing from today’s report that I think we can provide for you to help you give us some direction. Yeah. Very good. All right. That’s all I have for you today. That’s all. Okay. Well, this is actually giving board member Mielke more to talk to his colleagues about what we’re doing up here, instead of just being bored. Right. But thanks, Ben. Let’s move on to the community center manager report. Angie. Floor is yours. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And board members. I just have a few things to share today. So, um, um, as Chair Lewis said, the parking lot looks great, but still a lot of construction. So does stuff in the arena. Even though we get lots of comments on how amazing everything looks every day, there’s probably something that has changed. Um, one of them is our, um, display cases. Finally have the peg boards in the back, so I will be reaching out to Omega that they can, um, purchase the brackets and shelves and put their trophies in whenever they are ready. So those are down on the lower level on your way between rink two and three. So those are complete. Um, staff got creative. Um, these lights that you see that are on the side of the building, um, no longer work and unfortunately would be, uh, cost prohibitive to fix them at this point when the facility will be closing in a year. So in order to bring some light to the banquet room patio, we’ve added some cafe lights, which is very common in events like this. Outdoor events. I think it looks gorgeous. Um, we’re in our wedding season now, so people have really been utilizing that, so that’s great. And some of those events that we have had in the Baker room have gotten very elaborate. So I just wanted to share a couple, um, recent ones that we had. We had a two year old birthday party that I this is incredible on the stage. I’ve never seen anything like that. Um, and then we had a wedding just, uh, two weeks ago. Um, that’s here on the left. Um, that was gorgeous. So, um, still, we’re still busy. Our, um, weekends are, uh, booked up pretty much throughout the summer, so that’s awesome. Um, on Memorial Day, um, we had our highest attendance that we have ever had in the last few years. Um, this is all paid. Admission. So paid to come to the pool, the playground, the gym, or swiped their membership card that day. So we had just over 1200 people this year. Visit on just Monday, Memorial Day. Um, last year was just over 400. I will give a caveat that the weather was really not kind last year, so indoor pool and outdoor pool weren’t utilized like they were this year. Um, and then 2024, we didn’t quite reach 1000 people. So, um, very busy day for staff. Um, but that’s awesome for all the people that we were able to support. TCO construction is still continuing on. Um, what you will see here is they’re they actually poured this week. The cement that brings the rink in so that 15ft that the rink kind of moves in along this. What is that south wall there? Um, has been poured. So you can kind of see that here. And then they laid the, the side on the right side here, um, just yesterday. So that’s caring. Now, um, I, we are waiting for an updated schedule to kind of see where we’re at in the scheduling process, but everything’s trucking along and looking good. So, um, that feels good. Upcoming events we have. Um, next week we got a blood drive. We have a shooting stars, um, summer camp performance. Uh, we also have a hockey tournament next weekend. Um, in July, we host the Maple Grove Days volunteer night, and then the the monthly senior meetup will be in July 16th. That’s what I have for you today. Thanks, Angie. Questions, reactions to miss Dean. Very good. Thanks. Thank you. Let’s move on to the next item on the agenda, which is consent business. Are there any items that a board member would wish to lift for comment? Hearing none. I’ll take a motion on consent, please. Motion to approve. Second. I have a motion from board member Hampson. A second from board member Mielke to approve our consent business. Any discussion on the motion itself? Hearing none. All in favor say aye. Aye aye. Opposed? Motion passes. We have one item under old business tonight. This is regarding the 2026 trail stair replacement project. We’re looking at both an award of the bid and approving a change order. We’ll be looking for motions on that. Ben. Thank you. I see you have this for us. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, last month, the board authorized bids for the 2026 Trail Stair Replacement project. Um, at that time, the engineer’s estimate was $300,000 to replace both the stairs. Uh, last week, on June 10th, um, five bids were received, with urban companies submitting the low bid of $473,037.22. Um, significantly, over the budget that we were expecting. Um, a little bit on the estimate that was based on, uh, some quotes that we had received, uh, late in the year last year. Um, and then, uh, we were simplifying the steps, um, from what they were originally, which is what led us to expecting the the bids were going to come in around $300,000, unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Um, the three low bids of the five, though, were all within 8% of each other. So I think the general consensus is that, um, this is the price of the project after it’s been vetted from, um, from our general contractors. Um, because of that, we had in our CIP, we had $340,000 sort of earmarked to get these two sets of stairs done. Um, we are over that. And so staff was thinking about, um, you know, how do we move forward with, um, one or both of these projects? And we did survey the neighborhood on the West Finchley steps. Um, I think it was 78% or something. Um, thought the steps were important to them. Um, we started looking at other options for the West End lane and 72nd place steps. Um, there is an opportunity on those steps to maybe replace in-house some of the aging timbers. Um, that might buy us some time. Probably a couple of years. There’s also, um, approximately six acre property in that general area that likely will be headed for development. Um, down the road. And I’ll just bring up the map real quick so you can see that. Um, I have the cursor on the future development opportunity. That piece of land is just under six acres. There’s plan to have a road, um, to connect. I forget the name of the road there, but that would connect to the road off of, uh, Weston Lane. Um, so that would be an access into the regional trail from there. That would likely be accessible. Uh, versus having additional steps. Um, you could see that’s only, um, a block or so away from their current access to the regional trail. We don’t know the timing of that development at this time. There have been some rumors and some phone calls to our community development department, but no formal applications have come in yet. So, um, still could be a couple of years down the road. But again, if we do some maintenance of the 72nd place steps, that might buy us some time to to look at that and wait for that development to come through. Oops. So with that, the board has two options. They could approve the, um, the bids as they exist. Uh, staff and consultant did work with urban companies. The low bid to produce this change order that would decrease the unit costs for the 72nd place stairs and allow us just to replace the the west fish stairs. Um, as mentioned previously. Um, so staff is actually recommending that approach that we accept the I’m sorry, approve the bids for the trail project and also change order number one. And with that, I’ll stand for questions.. And I’ll start with just a quick question. You and I talked previously about some of the things we would still be doing at the, uh, is it the fish like one where we would make some improvements from a safety standpoint? The Medicine League. Medicinally. Would you make a couple comments to that, please? Yeah, I think, um, I haven’t done a full review there, but my memory is that there’s probably, um, a dozen or more timbers along the path of the steps that would need replacing. Um, I think we could do that in-house for, um, you know, probably a few thousand dollars. Make it safe and clean, um, and remove any of those tripping hazards. I think we would do some, uh, tree trimming in the area to open it up and get a little bit more airflow in there, um, so that the area can dry out a little bit more. And again, it would be something that would buy us some time to either, um, read, you know, reorganize our CIP in the coming years or wait for that development to come through and see what kind of trail connection we could make at that time. Great. Thank you. Other reactions. Questions for Ben on this item. All right. Kennedy. Jefferson. Okay. I’m going to need two motions here. Let’s go ahead with the first one. If someone could offer up regarding the project itself. I’ll move to approve the bids for the 2026 Trail Stair project and award the contract to Urban Companies, LLC. Second. I have a motion from board member via second from Vice Chairman firm. This is related to approval of bids for the project and awarding the contract to urban companies. Any discussion on the motion itself? Hearing none. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. That motion passes, and I’ll take a second one regarding the change order, please. I’ll make a motion. I’ll make a motion to approve. Change order number one to reduce the project scope to the west. Fish Lake stair replacement only. Second. I have a motion from board member. Mielke. Second, from board member Hansen. This is to approve a change order. Uh, number one, to reduce the project scope regarding the West Fish Lake stair replace and making it only the West Fish Lake stair replacement only. Any discussion on that change order. Motion. Hearing none. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed. Motion passes. Thank you to staff for working on this. And now we wanted to see come back to us by way of bids. But we certainly, I think, still have a quality project. And we’re also going to be addressing some safety and some possible other things with the other one with Madison Lake Trail one. Thank you. Um, we have no new business this evening, so I’ll take one last motion on the evening. Please move to adjourn. Second. Have a motion for board member Harvey. The second is from board member Mielke to adjourn any discussion on the motion itself. Hearing none. All in favor, say aye. Aye, aye. Opposed. Motion passes. We are