Park Board Minutes 1994 04-25-94 (Special) TO CITY COUNCIL:
PARK BOARD MEETING
APRIL 25, 1994
A special Park Board Meeting was called to order after Dave
Dockstader recieved a letter from Dr. Engler about lights
for the High School Tennis Courts. (See attached letter) .
The Park Board will agree to pay $7000.00 to Yorkville School
for the lights at the tennis courts with an Intergovernmental
Agreement for Co-Use of the courts.
Steve Bridge motioned to pay the $7000.00, Dave Dockstader
seconeded, Cindy Davidson voted yes, and Dave Schmelzle
voted yes.
Meeting Adjourned at 9: 30
Beck,v Johnso
Secretary Pro-Temp.
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YORKVILLE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT#115
"Positive Attitudes Create Success"
Administrative Service Center
507 W.Kendall,Suite#4
Dr. Thomas D. Engler P.O. Box 579 Ph.708-553-4382
Superintendent Yorkville,Illinois 60560 Fax.708-553-4398
April 20, 1994
To: Dave Dockstader
Yorkville Park Department
Dear Dave,
I am sorry for this short notice,but, as per our telephone conversation, the School
District is in the process of putting up additional lights on the high school tennis courts.
This project has seen several false starts over the past two years due to either the lack of
money or unavailable equipment. We entered into the project, again, about one
month ago, feeling we would have the funds to complete the project. Due to other
unexpected costs in other projects we might have to put the project on hold again. The
equipment is available at this time (special lighting fixtures for such a project) and our
funds are short. We will be lighting the remaining three courts and upgrading the
lights on the other courts. We also want to upgrade the lighting controls which will
turn the lights on and off on a timer (push button lighting control). We have had all the
preliminary work completed for the project and are waiting to begin. The overall
project will cost us between$12,000 and$15,000. The School District has also taken over
the responsibility for the upkeep maintenance and lighting costs from the city as of last
summer. The School District completely refinished all the courts last summer.
The courts are used by hundreds of students and citizens from March to October each
year. In fact, I believe the courts are used by more people than some of our other
athletic facilities. I realize that this is somewhat of a short notice,but time is of the
essence if the project is to be completed this year. I would appreciate it if you would
approach the Park Department Board on our behalf and ask them to help us complete
the project with a contribution of$7000.00.
Sincerely,
Dr. Thomas D. Engler
Superintendent of Schools