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AGENDA
Brooklyn Center Parks and Recreation Commission
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Community Room #221- Brooklyn Center Community Center
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
1. Call to Order 7: 00 p.m.
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Approval of Minutes- November 20, 2007
5. City Council Liaison Report
6. New Business
- Election of Officers for 2008
- Scheduled 2008 Park Improvements
- Mayor's Round Table Discussion- Youth Development
- 2008 Agenda Items
7. Old Business
- Kylawn Park Shelter Building- Update
- Three Rivers Park District, Trails- Update
8. Other
9. Set Next Meeting Date and Agenda.
(February 12, 2007)
10. Adjournment
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Capital Improvement Schedule
Park and Trail Projects
September 17, 2007
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PARK & TRAIL CIP SCHEDULE
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Program
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Estimated
Project
Year
Cost
lKylawnPark Building I
2007 I
$255,000
Shingle Creek Trail - Central Park to CR 10
2008
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$90,000
Arboretum South Parking Lot Reconst.
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2008
$19,000
West Central Park Trail Improv.
2008
$135,000
69th Ave Sidewalk Replacement
2008
$25,500
Northport Tennis Court Resurfacing
2009
$18,000
West Palmer Park Tennis Court Resurface
2009
$18,000
Riverdale Open Picnic Shelter
2009
$65,000
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Willow Lane Open Picnic Shelter
2010
$70,000
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Kylawn and Firehouse Trail Replacement
2010
$60,000
West Palmer Park Building
2011
$270,000
Northport Park Building
2012
$275,000
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Evergreen Park Fence
2012
$77,000
Evergreen Athletic Field Lighting Replace
2012
$105,000
Baseball Backstop Replacements
2013
$20,000
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Central Park Tennis Courts Resurfacing
$75,000
Willow Lane Trail Replacement
2014
$40,000
Baseball Fence Replacement
2015
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$35,000
Freeway Park Trail Replacement
2015
$28,000
ii-ions Park Trail Replacement
2015
$57,000
Evergreeen Park Trail Replacement
2016
$50,000
Brooklyn Blvd City Entrance Signs
2016
$12,000
69th Avenue Greenway Fence Rehab
2016
$36,000
West River Rd Trail Replacement
2017
$115,000
Central Park East Trail Replacement
2018
$98,000
(Park Playground Equip Replacement
2019
$203,000
Park Playground Equip Replacement
2020
$207,000
Park Playground Equip Replacement
2021
$211,000
Contact: Matt Norris
Youth Planner
Phone: (763) 488-6388
Email: matt. no rris(&brooklvnoark.orq
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAYORS' ROUNDTABLE BRIDGES YOUTH CONNECTIONS
Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center Leaders to Discuss Teen Initiatives
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Brooklyn Park, MN - What's the best way to make sure Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn
Center's kids stay out of trouble? Brooklyn Park Mayor Steve Lampi and Mayor Tim Willson
of Brooklyn Center want to know and are hosting a roundtable discussion to discuss just
that. It will be held Tuesday, January 8 from 3:30-5:00 p.m, at the Brooklyn Park City
Council Chambers, located at 5200 85th Avenue North.
In addition to city representatives, there will be lots of other government, school district and
post secondary leaders joining in on the information free-flow.
At the roundtable discussion, the mayors and city staff will present the idea of a joint powers
agreement between the governmental agencies in attendance. The agreement would
bridge communication, collaboration, cooperation, and engagement for youth initiatives
across all boundaries of government, school districts, and neighborhoods in Brooklyn
Center and Brooklyn Park ...a sort of "Brooklyn Bridge."
This comes on the heels of a Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center Violent Crime Summit held
in December, sponsored by the Police Executive Research Forum of Washington, D.C.
One finding addressed at the summit was the fact that at a majority of crimes in both cities
were committed by teens in the hours after school.
If you would like more information on this topic or other youth initiatives, or would like an
interview, please call Matt Norris, Youth Planner, or Pat Milton, Planning Coordinator,
at 763-488-6388 or e-mail matt.norris@brooklynpark.org or pat. milton(abrooklvnoark.orq.
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A "Brooklyn Bridge" Overview
Youth Development
• Youth Development stresses the importance of assisting youth in becoming
healthy, self-confident, independent adults who have a sense of their futures.
Focus
• Youth development focuses on strengthening the competencies and confidence
of young people, developing character and connectedness, and nurturing the
talents young people already possess.
Shared Concerns
• Youth development occurs in families, schools, neighborhoods
and society - suggesting that we all play a role in the well being of
our city's youth.
History and Need
• Having four school districts within two cities has made the challenges of building
partnerships and communicating for youth development across all boundaries
seemingly insurmountable.
• Additional community partners, such as the library and colleges, are poised for
increased continuity, collaboration and progress.
A "Coalition for Youth" within Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center can serve to create
ongoing "action" for positive youth development. The Coalition can serve both cities
or could be developed individually within each city... but a governing board
representing all entities serving youth would be essential... a "Brooklyn Bridge'
PURPOSE STATEMENT:
To bridge communication, collaboration, cooperation and engagement for
youth initiatives across all boundaries of government, school districts
and neighborhoods in Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center.
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A "Brooklyn Bridge" and it's coalition(s) for youth would not provide services directly to
youth; it would serve as a capacity-building group and pursue its goals through a set of
overlapping strategies for:
1. Building Partnerships
2. Communicating
3. Convening
1. Building Partnerships
■ Supporting, coordinating or leading responses to concerns, and promoting
effective policies and strategies for adoption across the area.
2. Communicating
■ Analyzing and Disseminating Information: collecting, synthesizing and
communicating accurate and timely information concerning issues facing
youth and families between agencies of the city, school districts and all
stakeholders. This can be achieved electronically with little or no cost.
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3. Convening
■ Gathering key stakeholders to facilitate improved coordination, cooperation
and collaboration for youth engagement across all boundaries.
Coalition members meet monthly in group, and teams also meet
monthly to pursue and achieve goals. Teams include: Development,
Sustainability, Communication, Action, and a 36-member Youth Advisory
Commission (youth representatives between the ages of 12 and 18 from all
schools) also serve as liaisons on each of the teams (and vice versa).
■ Governance Board would meet quarterly for policy development and
organizational decision making.
o The "Brooklyn Bridge" Governance Board would consist of
policy-makers within the following youth-serving agencies:
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➢ City of Brooklyn Park
➢ City of Brooklyn Center
➢ 'Hennepin County
➢ Brooklyn Park and Brookdale Libraries
➢ ISD 279 Osseo Area Schools
> ISD 281 Robbinsdale Area Schools
➢ ISD 11, Anoka-Hennepin Area Schools
➢ ISD 287 Intermediate School District
➢ North Hennepin Community College
➢ Hennepin Technical College