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HomeMy WebLinkAboutATF - April 18, 20121685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. • ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 • (763) 755 -5100 FAX (763) 755 -8923 • WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US Andover Artificial Turf/Dome Task Force Meeting Agenda April 18, 2012 Andover City Hall 6.30 p.m. 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of Minutes (March 22, 2012) 3. Discuss Field Options, Cont. 4. Other Business a. Reminder of Joint Meeting with City Council/April 24th © b. Schedule Next Task Force Meeting 5. Adjournment Note: This agenda and meeting date has been posted in the Anoka Union and at City Hall. The meeting is open to the public and other City Councils members that are not members of the Task Force. L J X X ARTIFICIAL TURF TASK FORCE MEETING April 18, 2012 Meeting Minutes The Meeting of the Andover Artificial Turf Task Force was called to order by Chairman Ted Butler at 6:30 p.m., at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Andover, Minnesota. Task Force Members present: Ted Butler (Park Commission member), Commissioners absent: Also present: APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mike Knight (City Council member), Sheri Bukkila (City Council member), Sean Beggin (North Metro Soccer Association) Bernie Knox (Andover Huskie Youth Hockey Association), Brad Schotzko (Andover Baseball Association), Tony Kowalewski (Park Commission member), Todd Blake (Andover Area Lacrosse Association), Twila Hauck (Andover Football Association) Lee Brezinka (Assistant Finance Director), Todd Haas (Assistant Public Works Director /Parks Coordinator) The meeting minutes of March 22, 2012 were tabled until the next scheduled meeting of the Task Force due to the lack of members present at the meeting. DISCUSS FIELD OPTIONS Chairman Butler led into the discussion on regarding a number of items that he would like for the Task Force to consider as part of the presentation as to the thoughts of the Task Force. Chairman Butler presented slides with information on the following items: • Background of the Task Force since they started meeting back in January. • Very preliminary demographics of the Andover Sports Associations (some of the associations to date had not responded back with the information). • Proposed information regarding indoor versus outdoor facilities. • Preliminary conclusions of having an outdoor facility. • Information on surface material and preliminary costs for an outdoor facility along with estimated hours of use. • Information as to the advantages of having artificial turf. • Information on possible outdoor field locations. • Information of an indoor facility. • Information regarding the opportunity cost of inaction as to what the benefits the associations and businesses would have an indoor facility was available in the City. © Artificial Turf /Dome Task Force Meeting Minutes — April 18, 2012 Page 2 There was a lot of discussion by members on each of the slides that Chairman Butler presented. There was some discussion that some of the information being proposed may not be necessarily the representation of a couple members of the Task Force members. Both the North Metro Soccer Association and Andover Football Association expressed in seeing both additional outdoor fields built and an indoor facility (seasonal or permanent) of some type. The members did agree to make some modifications to the presentation and discuss each in detail with the City Council to see what their thoughts are before a final report is completed by the Task Force and presented back to the City Council in June. OTHER B USSINESS It was reminded by staff that the Task Force will be having a joint meeting with the City Council on Tuesday, April 24`h. It was agreed by the Task Force to schedule the next meeting on Thursday, May 10`b at 6:30 p.m. It was also agreed that if an additional meeting is necessary to finalize and to determine the recommendation of the next Task Force, that meeting would be scheduled for Thursday, May 7`}` at 6 p.m. The goal of the Task Force is present a final recommendation to the City Council at their workshop meeting on Tuesday, June 20. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Bukkila, Second by Knight to adjourn. Motion passed 4 -0 (Knox, Schotzko, Hauck, Kowalewski, and Blake were absent). The meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Todd J. Haas S