Park Board Minutes 2006 03-23-06 UNITED CITY OF YORIMLLE
YORIMLLE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT BOARD MEETING
Parks & Recreation Administrative Offices Riverfront Building
Thursday, March 23,2006
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER:
Meeting was called to order by Chris Rollins at 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Chris Rollins, Ken Koch, Van Truman (arrived at 7:06), Tanury Smock, and Gary
Golinski
GUESTS/CITY OFFICIALS/STAFF:
David Mogle, Executive Director
Scott Sleezer, Superintendent of Parks
Barb Reisinger, Staff
Dean Wolfer
Ryan Walter, Cemcon Ltd,
David Peregrin, Ocean Atlantic
( Drake, Dylan, and Diana Riedy
Betty Lento
Mike Schoppe, SDA
Rose Spears,Alderwoman
Kelly Kamer, Ocean Atlantic
Valerie Burd, Alderwoman
Greg Stevens
Mark Harrison, Schoppe Designs
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Valerie Burd indicated that people are going through Jim and Judy Vermont's yard from
Gilbert Park. They would like to know if there is a possibility of us putting up a fence to
stop this. Unfortunately, the fence that.Judy wants is against city ordinance. We do not
allow fences in the parkway. Scott Sleezer has been working on resolving this. Since the
sidewalk originally dead ended at their property, last year he tried resolving the problem
by bringing the sidewalk to the street. Their hope was that the children would then
follow the sidewalk. This did not solve the problem. He can put a tree at the corner, but
he is not sure if this will solve the problem either. He will set up a meeting with Judy to
discuss this.
Rose Spears wanted to know why there was not a water fountain at Rice Park The
general policy is that a water fountain is only put in a park of five acres or more. The
l reason is because if there is a water fountain, then people will want a bathroom. Water
fountains are high maintenance and cost approximately $5,000. Sewer and water
connections are also needed. Unless there is going to be structured play such as baseball
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and soccer fields, it is too big of an expense. Houses are close enough where the children
can go home to get a drink or can bring one with them.
Rose Spears also asked if upgrading Cobb Park was in the budget this year. Both Cobb
Park and Hiding Spot are in the budget.
PRESENTATION:
Phone System Presentation—Barb Reisinger
Barb Reisinger indicated that the cordless phones at their office are going out. Currently,
they are down to one phone. She has been doing some research and received some bids.
She had provided three possibilities. She is proposing to go with the twelve mailboxes.
This phone system will connect our two offices. This system will enable us to leave
messages regarding cancellation of programs and when we are open and closed. This
phone system would be mobile and it will enable us to transfer calls even to the city
offices and cell phones. It will be compatible with the city system and can be installed in
a couple of weeks.
David Mogle indicated that for an additional $430 they could quadruple the number of
mailboxes and will be prepared for the growth. There would be sixty functional
mailboxes if'we added more SBC phone lines. We would be able to expand the smaller
system at a later time, but it would be at a higher cost.. There are a lot of uses for
mailboxes that don't necessarily have to do with individuals. For example,Van Truman
( mentioned that we can collect interest to dedicated mailboxes.
Van Truman motioned to purchase the phone system for 48 mailboxes at the Bridge
Street location and 12 mailboxes at the Hydraulic Street location using outlay from our
budget account number 22-610-75-00-7009 for the current fiscal year budget 2005-06.
Ken Koch seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Chris Rollins—Yes,Ken Koch—Yes,
Van Truman—Yes, Tammy Smock—Yes, and Gary Golinski—Yes. The motion was
unanimously approved.
Wesibnnr�y South Village—PUD Amendment
'Phis property is approximately 130 acres south of Comeils Road and west of'Route 47.
It is made up of single-family homes ranging in size from 10,000 to 14,000 square feet,
active adult homes that are 6,500 square feet in size, and courtyard homes and
townhouses. The Yorkville and Plano school districts bisect the site. There will be 448
units and a 2 %z acre clubhouse amenity. There are 38 acres of open space that includes
the pant site, the Rob Roy Channel,miscellaneous areas of detentionhetention, and an
existing wetland. The neighborhood park worrld be four acres that would be located on
the east side. Half of this area would be preserved with a woodland area. The regional
trail comes down the west side of the creek and will connect down to the clubhouse site.
A pedestrian bridge to cross the creek will be provided to get the trail back to the east
side of the creels. The trail will then follow the creels.
( Caledonia Park is within the half mile radius service area so the development on the east
side of the creels will be serviced by the Caledonia Park. The development on the west
side of the creels does not meet the half mile radius.. Caledonia Park is a five acre site
with a fourteen acre site adjacent to it that has wetlands.
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The land cash obligation is approximately 14 '/2 acres in which four acres will be for a
park and the rest will be in cash. The trail is in the flood plain, so it would not count as
part of the donation. The Board does not want the regional trail to be flooded out so if it
must deviate away fiom the creels to stay out of the flood plain this would be preferred.
The park standards are that there should be a roadway on two sides of the park and a
minimum of 450 feet deep. Ihis park does not meet our standards for a park Chris
Rollins,however; lilted the idea of preserving the trees. The access to the park,parking
for the park, and patrolling the park will be very difficult though. If'this becomes a
passive park,however,parking would not be as much of an issue. A tree survey has been
taken but has not been reviewed yet. The other option would be to ask the developer to
develop around this span of trees..
Each neighborhood in this development will have its own club house which would cover
the lialf mile radius. We will still need to have a park on the west side of the creels,
however. It was suggested to connect the park to the club house. This was fine with the
Board as long as the park was out:of the 100 year flood and is four to five acres on the
west side of the creels.
The approved preliminary plan for the area with the elementary school site was
presented. The park site was increased to a little over six acres. A few of the areas
( needed to be reconfigured, so two options were presented. Option one has a small cul-
de-sac. Option two had a longer cul-de-sac. Option two would benefit the park site a
little more because it gives more street frontage. The Board agreed that they liked option
number two also.
In East Village the property next to the park is owned by the McCarthy's. Because the
park backs up to where her horses are, Ms. McCarthy is concerned about the safety of the
children and her horses and would like for us to put up a fence. The Board usually
prefers to put up something natural instead of a fence. With livestock the county usually
recommends a five foot welded wire fence to keep livestock in and children out. It is low
maintenance and non-climbable. Currently, Ms. McCarthy has a split rail fence to keep
the horses in; unfortunately,this does not keep the children out. Ocean Atlantic is willing
to install the fence. The Board really didn't like the idea of having this type of fence in
the park as it is not real appealing and has sharp edges. It was decided that Ocean
Atlantic will suggest to Ms. McCarthy installing the fence on her property at the
developer's expense, but she must maintain it, This will give her some choice in the type
of fence installed as long as the Board agrees with the choice.
Park D Concept Grande Reserve
Marls Harrison of Schoppe Design is ready to put together the finish documents for
pricing and bidding. He gave a preliminary view of the playground equipment. Before
they complete the construction document he wanted to show it to the Board because it
does vary from the original prototypical plan. They have changed the configuration and
the location of the playground. Originally the playground was in the northeast corner of
the site but was moved to a closer proximity to the school. The playground is focused
primarily on five to twelve years old age group as it will also be used by the school
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children. The park will have a school theme. There will be a small sixteen toot square
shelter. They chose equipment like the space net climber that would enable a lot of
children to be on at the same time and would build upper body strength. They also chose
equipment that would enable wheelchairs on the equipment, and there will be four bays
of swings. There will be a concrete wall that will retain the mulch and earth.
Scott Sleezer spoke with Brian and the future principal of the school to find out what
their needs are. They indicated that they definitely want soccer and at a later date
installing a backstop to utilize some of the open space. They will use the fields for gym
classes so they will do a trail connection to the school so when they come out for gym or
recess they will have a trail from the school to the park. The soccer field is 165 by 270
which is a little smaller in order to keep the 75 foot buffer between the field and
backyards. The hundred year overflow will go fluough the field.
The school would like to have the park completed by September 1, 2006. There needs to
be two cool seasons of turf growth in order to use the field„ They would, therefore, like
to seed it before June 15, 2006. The filling of the site is almost completed. The grading
should be finished by May 5, 2006 and possibly seeding by May 10, 2006. Parks and
Recreation will assist MPI to meet these deadlines. They can use the water fiom the
water tower since it needs to be used anyways so it doesn't get stagnant to help make the
grass doable. The soccer field will probably not be utilized this fall so that the turf can be
built up before it gets trampled on. This park will be hydro-seeded, but it usually takes
( three seasons to have a good athletic field. They will consider siding a fifteen foot radius
around the playground so that it can be used without tracking mud everywhere.
A wheelchair swing will not be at the playground because it is considered a hazard if it is
used wrong. There is equipment like a teeter-tauter that a wheelchair can go on so that
handicap and non-handicap children use. This can be considered for future
developments.
The only concern with this park is that the swings are too close to the roadway and the
need to make the field usable as soon as possible.
The budget has been lowered for this by $10,000. We will save$25,000 by doing some
things in-house. This will include spreading mulch in the playground, electrical, and
planting shade trees.
"There is an area for expansion on the playground. Sometimes PTOs like to do
fundraisers for new equipment. There was also a suggestion that there be a contest at the
school to name the park and to give a sense of community.
The first step for all of this will be to meet with MPI. They will get manufacturers
involved to get ideas for equipment.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
In the minutes it was noted that Van Truman, as treasurer;was recommended by the
Board to attend COW and budget meetings, which is fine with him He did want to
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l mention that he has made a commitment to coach baseball which may conflict on the
days he can attend. He will attend when he is able,however.
The minutes from the February 23, 2006 board meeting was approved on motion by
Tammy Smock and seconded by Gary Golinski. The motion was unanimously approved.
BILLS REVIEW:
Cash Analysis & Bills List
Gary Golinski questioned the Hoover holding fees. These fees are out of Parks and
Recreation's hands. There is no fern agreement other than the agreement that Parks and
Recreation will pay 50% of the holding as long as needed. David Mogle has a meeting
set up to get as much clarity as he can. Basically,the Board would like to know at what
point we can use the property. It is believed that Scouts has it for one more year,
There is a conflict of interest for one individual who was collecting referee fees who
should not. There was still a payment to this person, The city attorney stated that this
should not continue, but he could finish out the basketball season. Chris Rollins just
wanted to make sure that this was just the final payment. David Mogle will check with
Sue Swithin about this.
David Mogle will get the forms for Gary Golinski to get signature authority for the
accounts.
( Ken Koch motioned to approve the bills list and was seconded by Gary Golinski. Roll
call vote: Chris Rollins—Yes, Ken Koch—Yes, Van Truman—Yes, Tammy Smock—
Yes, and Gary Golinski—Yes, The motion was unanimously approved.
OLD BUSINESS:
Special Recreation Ser•nices
Diana Riedy came on Dylan Riedy's behalf. She explained that Dylan needs structure
and routine in his life which makes summer very difficult for him. A child advocate from
Circle Center Grade School recommended that Dylan enroll in special recreation summer
camp that is for children with behavior disorders. This camp would give him the
structure and routine he needs. Last summer Diana did enroll Dylan in this camp and
Dylan felt he really fit in and came home very happy. In the past Dylan had attended the
YMCA camp but this did not suit Dylur's needs because the counselors there were not
educated to handle children with special needs whereas the special recreation summer
camp counselors had Bachelor and Master degrees in this area.
The special recreation summer camp helps campers retain their school year academic
skills that aide in increasing attention span, language skills, and self-expression;
encourage socialization and making friends; create, stimulate, and develop interest in the
world around them to increase environment awareness; to improve fine and gross motor
skills; to improve swimming abilities; to promote the value of education in a recreational
setting, self-help skills, mind development, and increase self-esteem. This is a
recreational camp but it is also a camp that focuses on children with special needs.
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Last year, Parks and Recreation was able to help financially with the cost of the camp
Dylan attended. Subsequent to that a policy was put into place that would prevent Parks
and Recreation from absorbing those costs this year. Last year when that they received
the initial request fiom Diana Riedy in which they offered some support to pay the non-
resident fee for the program Dylau attended, Parks and Recreation had not ever received
a request like this. A policy was put in place because they did not know how many
requests of that hind that they might receive. With a limited amount of budget that was
available to them,they could not meet subsequent requests if they came to them. As a
resrdt of that, they decided to take a look at what they thought they could do with the
limited budget they had and how best they could serve people who might have requests
of the same nature. They looked at categories of assistance that they might offer to
people. As they looked at the categories, some clearly were more expensive than others.
In order to help the maximum number of people who might come to Parks and
Recreation seeking assistance they decided to limit some programs. 'The programs they
chose to limit were solely based on the expense of the program, not the benefit or merit of
the program.
Parks and Recreation does understand the benefit of the program and would like to still
help Diana Riedy. If Diana would like, the Board would be more than willing to go to
the people in the business commrmity, individuals who express interest, chinches, and
other organizations in the city and ask if they would like to donate funds on behalf'of that
program. 'The Board can also ask for an increase in the budget that we have funds
( available for these types ofprograms, but Cluis Rollins personally feels that a survey
should be done fast so that the Board has a better idea on what to reasonably expect in
requests for assistance of this type so that a reasonable request can be made for an
increase in the budget. Last year, Diana Riedy's request took the majority of the budget.
So as a result, only one person received assistance. This is why the Board feels
comfortable with keeping the current policy but does understand the impact it puts on
Diana.
Because Yorkville's Park and Recreation does not offer anything for children with
special needs, Diana Riedy would like to be the voice for the people of children with
special needs who are crurently in Yorkville and who will be moving into Yorkville. As
Dylan's mother and advocate,Diana needs to find the avenue to meet Dylan's needs and
the needs of children like him. Diana understands that for a yearly fee of$32,000.00
Yorkville can become a member of the Fox Valley Special Recreation so that any number
of people can attend at a resident fee.
The Board has had the discussion regarding seeking membership in a special recreation
district. The cost for this,however,is extreme for not knowing the number of people
who would benefit from that expenditure. After they do research and have a better idea
of how many people might be helped by this type of membership then it is easier for the
Board to make a cost to benefit determination about joining. "Ihere is a fine line to
examine the trade off between the cost of joining a special recreation district and the cost
of'offering orn own programs. At this time we do not have enough information to make
such a decision, Without altering the policy,the Board would gladly like to help seek t
any type of relief for Diana.
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Alderwoman Rose Spears questioned why a survey was not done last year. David Mogle
indicated that the idea of doing research was discussed at the budget meeting that bad
City Council present. The idea was to work with the community relations of the city and
the media to get the word out that we are looking into this and see what kind of response
we receive back. This has already begun and we should get some information back in the
month of April.
Alderwoman Valerie Burd feels very sad that we cannot meet the needs of this child. She
would like for the finds to be administered as a first come first served basis for this year
to send Dylan to camp. She also indicated that they have cut finds from their budget that
may be able to be used for the funding for this child if Parks and Recreation requested
additional funds. She feels we should use the surveys for next year's budget to use as a
good solution to handle this, but should meet the needs of this child this year.
Cluis Rollins feels that we do have ways of offering assistance to this family without
altering their policy. He does not feel that a first come first served policy is well
reasoned. It is early in our budget cycle this year and we already have twice as many
requests. He would feel very badly if we offer money to one and not have any for anyone
else. As these things gain attention through the media, it stimulates a great number of
people to come forward to inquire. The range of possibilities is very broad of what
people can legitimately seek assistance from Parks and Recreation. This is why the
policy was put in place, so we can serve the largest number of people with some degree
( of assistance. He feels we have some other options that we should explore first, such as
sponsorship,to help people directly. Because she received the finds last year, she has the
advantage of being fast to ask for the funds again this year. He does not want to turn
someone else away later because he helped someone now.
Alderwoman Surd suggested having a deadline to apply before the budget goes before
the City Council so that they know the needs for the year. She feels if Parks and
Recreation turns everyone away who has special needs for these outside programs,then
I nly the preschool needs will be met. Ken Koch asked the alderwomen what the
possibilities were for getting more money in the budget for this year. Alderwoman
Spears hopes we can find the funds somewhere. She does not feel that as a city we are
addressing the needs of people with special needs and this is something we really need to
work on, She feels we should move on this quickly and find out how many are out in
our community that needs assistance,
As an additional resource, Van Truman brought in an article from the March 9, 2006
Beacon Neuvs about the Second Annual Family Resource Fah. It provided some good
information for some resources that can be used and some sponsorships that can be
looked into. Van Truman,too, is reluctant to go to the fast come,first served policy as
he is aware from another article of a woman who is in a similar situation and needs
similar help.
To join the Fox Valley Special Services would cost approximately$32,000.00 annually
with some possible additional fees. This would enable Yorkville residents to attend any
of their programs at a resident fee. This would not necessarily cover all special needs, as
it is just for the programs that Fox Valley Special Services offers. There are many
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different types of special needs so it is doubtful that it would cover all possible special
needs that people might have.
David Mogle indicated that some communities levy a joint handicap program tax to raise
the dollars to pay for the contribution. Alderwoman Burd would like to identify the
number of people who need such a service in order to decide how to find it. If there are-
only three,we may not want to join,but if there are twenty, we probably would. If this is
done quickly, additional funds could be put into the budget to cover two or tluee kids
going to camp. At least we can try to do something for them since it makes such a big
difference in the children's lives.
Chris Rollins does agree that it would be great to help everyone and it is important to
help as many people as we can help. But he does believe it is important to keep a rational
policy in place that does allow us to help the maximum number of people with whatever
the available finds are. The policy is that there is a maximum of two requests per season
and we would pay only the non-resident portions of fees fbr these people. We excluded
certain categories of programs fiom any reimbursement because the expense of these
programs can be extreme and would very quickly reduce the amount of funds that we
have available to help people. The items that were chosen to exclude were travel trips,
vacation trips, contractual camps, and overnight and-weekend trips. It was not that the
Board thought that the programs would not have benefit.
( In the regular preschool program,the only way for a person to seek assistance is based on
a demonstration of financial hardship. This is also a program that we operate, not a
program outside of our control. In does not include special needs preschoolers because it
would be too costly.
According to an article,there are 131 lids with disabilities that attend the Yorkville
schools. We do need to generate revenue for special needs. If, for example, we used the
Golf"Outing,the sponsors would have a purpose. Possibly,we can do a second Golf
Outing for this purpose to address some of these long term funding issues.
The only thing that the Board could to tonight,however, is to agree to make every effort
to try to help find sponsorship or other means to find funds so that we can offer them
something this year.
Chris Rollins is always grateful when people of the public come forward and express
thew concerns about policies, and it is important to be sensitive to the people who are
impacted by the policy. Policies are subject to change if the circumstances change
funrdamentally that lead to the development of the policy. In this instance our
circumstance are not different. They are still the same with all the same issues of why we
made the policy originally. When we had the discussions prior to Laura Brown's
departure, she always was very quick to point out that joining a special recreation district
represented a solution, but it always had to be weighed against the possibility of what we
could do to service the people here directly.. It is not just a numbers thing—we also need
to know what the needs are. If the vast majority of the people are with physical
handicaps, then that is what the money should go toward. If the vast majority is mentally
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j handicapped then the money should go there. We need to know the spectrum of people
we are trying to serve.
Tammy Smock wished that the Board could have communicated better to Valerie Buid
and Rose Spears that last year one person was turned down and the funds were granted to
Dylan because the Board thought it was the right thing to do. The reason why the policy
needed to be developed is because of the person who was tinned down. It is not about
serving one—it is about serving all and serving the basics. The policy was approved by
City Comicil. Parks and Recreation will truly look for a sponsor to help Dylan go to
camp and will research where the needs are and what the statistics are. They will also
look into having a yearly event to raise funds for special recreation.
City Treasurer's Request
The City Treasurer, Bill Powell, was interested in having internet read-only access on the
Park and Recreation accormts. He had first asked to be on the signature list for the
account and then asked for internet read-only access. This confused the Board why lie
needed to be on the signature list. It was later found out that he needed signature
authority on the account in order get internet access. The Board then wondered if he had
signature authority if there were anything.to prevent him from accessing the accounts.
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There eally wasn't anything that preventd this other than the need for a second
signature. If any money were tried to be pulled fiom the account, it would need to come
before the Board. The Board only wanted to make sure that there were some safeguards.
j After all of this was figured out, the Board had no problem with him having access.
Unfortunately, the City Treasurer must not have received this information. David Mogle
will let him know that the Board did give their approval.
Draft of Parks,and Recreation Dept Budget 2006-2007
David Mogle basically wanted to see if there were any responses to his e-mail on the
budget. Chris Rollins questioned the purchase of a preschool van. Sue Swithin envisions
the proceeds from the golf outing over time will build up to a level to pruehase a van.
The van will provide more field trips for the preschool children. Scott Sleezer noted that
the driver must have a chauffeur's license to drive this van. David Mogle will have Sue
Switbin give some more information on this. Tammy Smock suggested that this possibly
could be an area where we can rise the proceeds for special recreation.
The need for new employees,the two promotions, and the 25%mechanic seemed to be
understood, One alderman, however,was concerned about the rapid additions of the
parks and how the city would be able to keep up with maintaining them. In the plan for
Parks and Recreation, the incremental costs associated with adding acres means an
additional equipment budget, additional maintenance budget, and additional beadcount.
Part of Scott Sleezei's responsibility as superintendent of parks is to see what the most
cost effective means is. When he feels that we cross over the expenditures and need to
hire out services to preserve our budget, we will consider these things. We cannot stop
developing parks.
j The budget goes to COW on Tuesday and then there will be a 30 day display. Traci
Pleckham balanced the budget before she left. She used the general fund transfer to help
do this Recreation was able to have their half thine person go full time. There are still a
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couple of unresolved issues—Sue Swithin had requested two vehicles.. We will more
likely get just one. The money was not in the first round of budget discussions though.
Inadvertently, there was an $18,000 part time custodial wage that was left out. They are
working on getting this reestablished. There are some adjustments in the rental. The
rental goes to other departments of the city now.
The golf course proceeds will be called a reserve and was not an issue with Council.
There was some discussion regarding the money set aside to rehabilitate the garage on
Riverfiont Park. Mayor Prochaska was very supportive. Anything that we can do to
make use of an existing structure versus building something new is well reasoned. Also,
the location is prime. There may be some additional funds from the Riverfront
formdation too. The mayor does want fagade work done on the building, including
residing where the garage doors are and shingling the roof: Program space is highly
needed, so the sooner we can get the building at least usable the better.
The$16,000 for a new park planner position will be corning out of land cash for one
year. It will be a regular salary line item after that. This sets a bad precedent, though.
The reason why it is this way is because when we talked about this,half of the budget
was aheady decided so for that crurent year we were going to pay the person out of land
cash because we had already reached the budget point. Because we got delayed on hiring
Us person the schedule got pushed back. We are doing budgeting now so it is now
( possible to just put it in the general fund.
Ken Koch motioned to approve the budget pending further discussion of the vehicle.
Van Truman seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved.
NEW BUSINESS:
Scope of Servicefor Prairie Meadows (Alenard Park Site) (2006 OSLAD Application)
The conceptual design cost would include the program phase,research and analysis
phase, concept phase, and preliminary plan phase, This cost would be $10,500. An
additional $3,000 would be needed for the grant administration phase. The total cost
would be $13,500. This would not be spent all at once but as services are rendered. This
is for our 2006 OSLAD Grant Application. It is located east of'Menards and is a seven
acre site, It will be adjacent to the proposed maintenance facility. The Board gave a
unanimous consent for Scott Sleezer to bring this forward to the Committee of the
Whole.
Scope of Sernice for Raintree Park Site
This was tabled at this time and may get withdrawn.
Park Naming Letter
The proposed name for the park does not keep to the criteria of our policy. The Board
unanimously agreed.. A letter will be sent with a copy of our policy.
Consideration of'BoardRetreat
Although the idea of a Board retreat is good,the challenge will be working it in
everyone's schedule. David Mogle suggested maybe a Friday night and a Saturday
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morning retreat. With anew director coming in, it gives everyone time to get to know
each other and to set some goals and discuss some issues. They could get someone to
facilitate the meeting. David Mogle has some professional colleagues that can do thus.
Some of the issues to be discussed would be the update of the master plan, the joint site
issues with schools, and the history of the issues that come before the Board. David
Mogle will email some possible dates. They will try for early May.
Neighbor ConcerrrlRequest Regional Ball Fields
One of the adjacent homeowners has raised a few concerns about the regional ball field.
Scott Sleezer had offered landscape buffers but the homeowner would like an eight foot
fence put up. Scott Sleezer met with an MPI Grand Reserve developer and brought it to
his attention. He had stated that if we put up a fence for one, we will have to put up a
fence for all the other homeowners. The cost of'such a fence is $23-$25 per foot which
would be very costly. There would also be a cost of maintaining the fence. The
developer is willing to put up some evergreens to help screen their property. The lights
of the ball field are directed at the field. Private property signage will be put up. And if
people are hanging around that should not be, then the homeowner should call the police.
Scott Sleezer and David Mogle feel this will be an ongoing problem. A policy will
probably need to be made regarding this. Parks and Recreation is not in the fencing
business as it creates as many problems as it solves.
REPORTS
( Parks and Rea•eations Repods
The reports were presented as read.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
The Board had a imanimous agreement to send the letter to Dr. Engler regarding the Park
Board and Community Development Department liaison.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting adjourned at 10:34 p.m. to Executive Session following the motion by Van
Truman and seconded by Gary Golinski, The motion was unanimously approved.
The meeting reconvened from the Executive Session and adjourned at 10:4.3 p.m.
following motion by Ken Koch and seconded by Tammy Smock. The motion was
unanimously approved.
Minute Taker—Jeanne Arbet
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