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Joint Parks Commission and Council Meeting Minutes Parks Commission Meeting Minutes June 9, 2003 Page 11 1 No Report. 3 C. Sports Booster 4 5 Mr. Zurbey stated that the Sports Boosters recently did a study to determine the dollar amount for their 6 community involvement activities over the past seven months. He stated that the results showed that the 7 Boosters contributed $80,000.00 to various programs that benefit the Community. He explained that 8 approximately $10,000.00 was contributed to the Sports programs and $70,000.00 to various community 9 programs. He stated that the Boosters provided funds for band instruments, community service needs 10 and senior programs adding that the benefits would be felt throughout the community. He expressed 11 concerns regarding a shortage of funds for sports activities and how the shortage would be handled. He 12 explained that he has managed the in-house and traveling baseball/softball teams stating that he no 13 longer has the time. He stated that they are going to have to look for funding for someone to manage or 14 look for a volunteer. He stated that this should be addressed adding that residents are getting aggravated 15 with the amount of travel to get to a game. 16 17 VI. OTHER BUSINESS 18 19 Commissioner Jenson stated that he would like to acknowledge Mr. Koechlien's efforts throughout the projects. He stated that he came into the program late into the project and has taken on some very difficult tasks. He stated that he has been very responsive to the Commission's concerns and has been 22 very forthright with his updates. He stated that he wants to be sure that Mr. Koechlien understands that 23 the Commission truly appreciates his work and his efforts. 24 25 VII. ADJOURNMENT. 26 27 Motion by Commissioner Gebhardt, seconded by Commissioner Hallada to adjourn the meeting at 8:45 28 p.m. 29 Motion carried unanimously. 30 31 Respectfully submitted, 32 Bonnie Sullivan 33 Timesaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.