02-06-2003 Parks Commission Minutes

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MINUTES Parks & Recreation Commission February 6, 2003 .:E CREAM The Director stated that he has contacted the Canadian Days Committee to ask them about SOCIAL scheduling the ice cream social on the Wednesday or Thursday before Canadian Days. The Director stated that he wants to make sure that the event would not cause a conflict with Canadian Days. He indicated that he has not heard back from the Committee yet. The Director asked for a Commission Member to serve as chair for the event. It was mentioned that Steinert maybe interested in chairing this year's event. The Director stated that he has talked to Little Canada's A&W Root Beer and they are interested in being involved again. RONDEAU The Director stated that request for bids will be going out on this project mid-February and PARK construction should start this summer. Sackett Glaser stated that the park was originally scheduled to be completed over atwo-year period. However, since the park was delayed a year, she wanted to know if the whole park project will be completed this year. The Director stated he thought that the funds from last year were probably carried over to this year in order to complete the project, and that he will verify that information. The Director stated that once the bids are received, we can schedule a neighborhood meeting to discuss the project. Depending on timing, we may have to hold a special meeting to accomplish this. TRAILS Due to the absence of the Parks Consultant, this item was tabled until next month's meeting. JDGET Due to the potential budget cuts that the State may be handing down to the cities, staff has held a couple of meetings to identify items that could possibly be eliminated from the budget. The items related to parks and recreation are as follows: ^ Close down one of the skating rinks for the winter. ^ Lights off at one of the tennis courts. • Seasonal staff cuts. • Reduce irrigation in certain areas. ^ Reduce soccer field repair to just the center section of the field. ^ Eliminating Canadian Days fireworks contribution. Sackett Glaser suggested just reducing the hours at the rink instead of shutting it down completely. The Director stated that flip-flopping days at both rinks has also been discussed. He also indicated that staff is looking at ways to increase revenues to help the budget situation. DIRECTOR'S The Director reported on the following: REPORT Summer youth activities registration for t-ball, pop-up, softball, baseball, after school tennis, and floor hockey will be held on February 27 and March 6. Adult Softball registration begins this Monday with the same number of league offerings as last year. THER Schabacker stated that he will not be able to attend April's meeting. The Director stated that this meeting maybe able to be rescheduled depending on the outcome of the Rondeau Park bids. Page2of3