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JUNE 8, 2020 RAMBLING RIVER CENTER
ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
1. Call to Order: Chair Joan Moes called meeting to order at 9:30 am.
Members Present: Marjorie Koski, Joan Moes, Blanch Reichert, Pennie Page, Pat Hennen and
Gina Smith
Members absent Ken Schumann
Others Present: Parks and Recreation Director Randy Distad, and Recreation Supervisor Missie
Kohlbeck
2. Approve Agenda
Motion made by Reichert to approve the meeting agenda and seconded by Koski. APIF. Motion carried.
3. Approve Minutes
Motion made by Hennen to approve May 11, 2020 meeting minutes and seconded by Smith. APIF.
Motion carried.
4. Presentation
None
5. Business Items
A. 2020 Waffle Breakfast and Silent Auction Fundraiser
Advisory Board members discussed the difficulty of offering the fundraiser due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Motion by Koski to cancel the 2020 Waffle Breakfast and Silent Auction and bring back in 2021.
Seconded by Smith. APIF. Motion carried.
Page requested staff put information in The River, the RRC newsletter, and other city publications
letting people know of this decision.
B. 2021 Rambling River Center Fees
Staff informed Advisory Board members that the only fee being recommended to increase is the annual
membership fee because it has not been increased for two years. Staff is recommending a $1.00 increase
in 2021.
There was also discussion to extend current memberships for the time that we have been closed. Motion
by Page to extend current memberships for the time that we have been closed and to propose an increase
in the membership fee of $1, which increased the fee from $37.00 to $38.00 in 2021. Motion was
seconded by Smith. APIF. Motion carried.
C. Organize City Council Meet and Greet
Advisory Board members discussed the difficulty in offering a council candidate meet and greet due to
COVID-19 restrictions. Motion by Hennen to cancel the meet and greet and seconded by Reichert. APIF.
Motion carried.
Page asked that people be encouraged to get out and vote.
D. Park Facilities Tour with Parks and Recreation Commission
Advisory Board members discussed the parks and facilities bus tour with the Parks and Recreation
Commission. Because of the COVID 19 restrictions, a bus tour would not be possible. Staff suggested
each member could drive separately during the tour of the parks and facilities. Advisory Board members
were not in favor of this because some members do not have a vehicle and they felt there was value in a
bus tour because of the exchange of information that occurs while on the bus during the tour.
Motion by Koski to cancel the physical bus tour and reschedule it to 2021 and instead do a virtual tour.
Motion was seconded by Smith. APIF. Motion carried.
6. Discussion Items
A. Tour Other Senior Centers
Advisory Board members discussed the tour of other area senior centers. Recreation Supervisor
Kohlbeck made Advisory Board members aware that some of the senior centers identified to be toured
will not open until this fall and she wasn’t sure what kind of restrictions would be in place in these
facilities. She also shared it would be difficult to practice proper social distancing on the bus when
driving to these facilities. Motion by Hennen to postpone tours until 2021 and seconded by Reichert.
APIF. Motion carried.
B. Committee Reports
Committees have not been able to meet due to COVID-19 restrictions. These meeting are on hold until
COVID 19 restrictions are removed.
C. 2020 Work Plan
Parks and Recreation Director Distad provided an update on completed items. The RRCAB By-laws were
approved at the May 4, 2020 City Council meeting. Goals 5, 6, 7, and 8 are postponed to 2021 as they
are not feasible due to COVID-19 restrictions. Goal 9 relating to the parks tour will be changed to a
virtual tour instead of a physical tour.
7. Staff Report
a. Informational Updates
• Building and program preparedness plans are being developed that will address being able to
reopen safely the building and this includes: one-way hallways, smaller room capacities, the
wearing of masks, installation of hand sanitizer stations and program adaptions.
• 2020 RRC building improvements including doors and ADA recommendations will not happen
due to budget constraints.
8. Advisory Roundtable.
Page – Would like to have a brown bag lunch outside in parking lot.
Koski – Glad we are meeting in person because it’s depressing because of group size restrictions. She
welcomed everyone back to having an in-person meeting.
Reichert – Shared that wearing masks is the new normal.
Smith – Things are just routine.
Moes – Didn’t have anything to share.
Hennen – Didn’t have anything to share.
9. Agenda Items for July 13, 2020 Meeting
• review 2020 work plan
• review RRC preparedness plan
10. 10. Adjourn
Motion by Koski and seconded by Hennen to adjourn the meeting. APIF. Motion carried. The meeting
was adjourned at 10:33 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted
Missie Kohlbeck, Recreation Supervisor and Recording Secretary