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AUGUST 14, 2017 RAMBLING RIVER CENTER
ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
1. Call to Order: Meeting was called to order by Schmidtke at 9:32am. Quorum was present.
Members Present: Marilyn Briesacher, Roger Wood, Kay Bennett, Fred Schmidtke, Marjorie Koski
Pennie Page and Blanche Reichert
Members Absent: None
Others Present: Parks & Recreation Director Randy Distad and Recreation Supervisor Missie
Kohlbeck
2. Approve Agenda
Motion made by Wood to approve August 14, 2017 meeting agenda and seconded by Bennett APIF.
Motion carried.
3. Approve Minutes
Motion made by Bennett to approve July 10, 2017 meeting minutes seconded by Wood APIF. Motion
carried.
4. Presentation
None
5. Business Items
A. 2018 Rambling River Center Fees and Charges Recommendations
Motion by Koski to eliminate membership referral incentive and keep all other charges the same.
Seconded by Reichert. APIF. Motion carried.
B. Financial Support Program Review
Requests for the third quarter are currently at $377. This leaves a remaining balance of $7,123. There
was discussion re: lowering the amount that is available to each person. The reasoning being this would
allow more people to access the funding while not depleting the funds so quickly. Motion made by
Bennett approved by Koski to Reduce the per person amount that is available on a yearly basis from $50
to $35 starting 1/1/18. APIF. Motion carried.
C. Garage and Jewelry Sale Fundraiser
Board members requested to have staff bring out and set up hanging racks. Sign-up sheets will be
available soon for volunteers to sign up. Briesacher and Reichert are co-chairs and will be meeting
soon to discuss pricing and promotion. A reminder was given that RRC members should be made aware
the RRC will not start accepting donation until Monday, September 18.
D. Waffle Breakfast and Silent Auction Fundraiser
Bennett has already started collecting baskets and will chair the Silent Auction basket creation.
Schmidtke will talk with Train Club re: set up and clean up at the breakfast. Staff will mail Silent
Auction request letters right after Labor Day and volunteer sign- up sheet will come out after the garage
sale. Board members will contact business for Silent Auction donations.
6. Discussion Items
A. 2017 Annual Work Plan
Several goals in process or completed. Board members voting during business items to reduce the
annual amount a person can access to $35 beginning 1/1/18. Director Distad will update the work plan
to show the recent items that were completed.
B. 2040 C omprehensive Plan Update
A review of the Recreation Chapter Public Input Questions was done by staff. Board members like the
revised questions regarding self or family member participating in RRC programs and questions
referring to future wants/needs of the community. More information will be provided after the public
open houses that will be held this fall.
C. Café Idea
Reichert would like to remind people that coffee and treat are available for people to just come in and
connect with each other without being involved in a specific program. We will be hosting Café Day
Fridays 1x a month November2017 through March 2018 inviting people to just come and relax and
enjoy a treat. A volunteer will bring in a coffee and treat cart to the Empire room. We will publicly
promote and encourage community members to attend.
D. Dementia Friendly Community
Board members looked at the first step to becoming a Dementia Friendly Community as laid out in the
Act on Alzheimer’s toolkit. A subcommittee was created to meet and take the first steps of inviting the
community to participate in community wide initiative. The Rambling River Center will host a training
called “Become a Dementia Friend” on Tuesday, September 12 at 6:30 p.m.
E. Family Fresh Market Receipts Direct Your Dollars Program
The RRC will be collecting Family Fresh receipts and when $150,000 in receipts are collected, the RRC
will turn them in to Family Fresh and then Family Fresh will donate $1,000 back to the RRC. There is
no limit on the amount of receipts that can be collected and the amount donated back to the RRC from
this program.
7. Staff Report
The following items were shared by staff:
The Aging Mastery Program will be held in conjunction with Rosemount at the Steeple Center
this fall
The trip planning committee will be meeting soon to plan both smaller tours and extended travel
A new dance fitness program call Xa Beat has begun and is getting a great turnout.
8. Commission Roundtable
Page – Is interested in the volunteer description re: the communication volunteer
Koski – Didn’t have anything to share.
Briesacher – Has limited room to store donated garage sale items, but she cannot transport the items to
the RRC.
Schmidtke – Reminded everyone of the membership social.
Bennett – Working on getting the “save the date” cards out for the Arts and Craft and Jewelry Sale
Fundraiser.
Wood – Didn’t have anything to share.
Reichert – Excited for Café idea and is willing to serve on the ACT on Dementia sub-committee.
9. Agenda Items for September 11, 2017 Meeting
A. 2017 Waffle Breakfast and Silent Auction Fundraiser
B. 2017 Jewelry and Garage Sale Fundraiser
10. 10. Adjourn
Motion by Bennett and seconded by Briesacher to adjourn the meeting. APIF. Meeting was adjourned
at 11:05 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted
Missie Kohlbeck
Recreation Supervisor