PR 01-22-91 MinE~s~~?t~~IFtEGf~E~,T I C}t`d f--DV I SC}~Y H~#~F~D
~r''..ESEf~t..~: "•iaryl i~~sl;enin~g -~"hair-ma:n
Curt r•=~yer°herm
1_isa Fir-ist
tl/ i. r a c e 4,d a r r e ~rr
L~ I ~ ~ ~J C} F' L1 e
Bret Begrest
;dim Ulmer-
.fhe meetin4~ was calf°~d tc; o;-der- b~~~ Ids. ~.toi!:ening at 7:1~ ~'.!`'l.
i°'s. Vol.kening welcomed M~ F:r-ist, a rreev member to the board. i~1s.
`~oli•;er~ing inquired as to ~:izc~ ,joii-:ed ~~ir. ~oeh=l for the tour- of
the city par4~:s ors Saturday, January i9th . Mr . Warren, Ms . k:r i st
and i`'~r-. '~egrest ~.Fver-e able to atter-rd the tour. ~~l=. Vol~::ening
char-ed pictures that she had taken several years ago of the par~:s
,r!ith the board n,ember~==.
i"is. Volkenis-rg opened the floor fcr suggesi;ior-rs and/or goals for-
tt~re comirzc`, year.
h`;s. i:r- ist suggested t:zat the city needs to pub I is i ze the 1.ocat ion
of t:he parks, i"ls. ~~rist stated that she did not b:now of many of
the iocations until z'Er. oebel `s toazr-, sus. Kr ist suggested that
a brochur-e vroi!Id t;e ~/ery useful, and offE=r°ed to donate her time
to writ~-~ and fr~rmat. S;;e azso suggested ti-;at we could produce
a standard format that r_ould be ut~ed for many publications such
as rzosrzenwner- as=_~oc. ar;d city t~ewsietter~s. i`^r. 4n:ar°ren remarF;ed
that:, showing a map of the exact loco°i;,•ion would be helpful. All
menz;:~er-s agreed tizat this was arz excel lent idea and would also
looE, into prir:ting donations. The board also decided that signs
were needed on the hic,•hways i.ndicatir-rg that a park way= IC:Ca.ted 1rr
t~la't a~"E-'c~.
~'~r•-. P~tar-r-~n =_tated his recoazzmer-rda.tior-rs for eaci-z parr. at this time;
f~~?'?`F_R ~A~F:-needed rror-e deTlneC°s area of ~ar~;ing, replaceme:-rt
o f t!-ze fence around the vo i I eybal i s=our t.
~-?iLJE-r~..~^ll~.~~:j---L'eeds al-A L~;'P_i-gr'R4y?-r f?~= the d~ lch~ hro~=:t~rr ~~nCe
needs reE~lar_emerrt on the nortt-r side.
r-ilG~-iLA?`!u HIt_~`~--nlov~e thL~ izedgr=s, extend the basi:etball court
to a full court. h1s, Krist agreed, S°is. ~Jolkening expressed
concern that the tree roots may prevent this.
~t-9~~~JW H.i!-L--replace wocsder? picnic tables ~ai.th c-or-?cr~e~,e
ores,tc reduce vas?dalisrrr. ?u.n cable through the poles tF;at
are there. Thy-~ Ins i~-? t!-ie b~cF; is not acce~~sible. ~~?-.
Gnebe i stated that '°h is :Jas a?°; easement . I~1r . 1~Jarr-en
suggested that rr?a~~~be the k~oe?reownet-s waa.~ld conside?- t.aki.r-3c~
aver... the maintenance. h'lr. Goebel said that he :~;ould have= to
C;-~Sr lr {;o see f tI"? i s v'1a~-s a C Z ~:~j~ caSE" f?iE'n t .
L!gT AT ~uC~ cry?-ly!r . Wa?-rerr quest toned if the C;. ty owned tC-? i s
Int . l'it` . Goebel a.'nswer~ad that we d i r~ ?-?r~ t owr-r the lot but
this p?-opert•y was the third choice of the Parks/R.ecrea~L-%on
Board for° future 1Gr~d acq:.~isitic;?-?. The past admini.str-atn?-?
a?-?d Cnrrrrr?i~=,sion favo;-ed this piece when ?-edevelopment of
downtowr7 f.as acing tor,side?-ed. C'~r. l~oebel per sona~ly doe<~
not ti-iir'-?i< it is a good idea, beta:use of the busy highway ar?d
tC'Te esthetS.t.s of tl-;e surr•oundir?g buildings. In additin?a, G~
much larger site is needec++, at Ieast t~eenty-1~ ive to seventy
arses. '-!-re ~itv r-cally dawn' 3:, need smaller pa:-!~;s. The
board agr-ped wi~tt-? {"Cr. Goebel.
SC"I~iLL C~SC~FiLD-replace the chain I it?k fence. f~1r. Goebel
informed the board that bids were being processed through
t`~e Purct-~asirlg Dept. for rep lacemert of the ;~ence with t!-?e
green vin;~i f"encing used at G'andyland. C~lr. l~€arrer-i suggested
that t!~e tennis courts also be Tented.
CE~~~T~P'Y'--us`~ c,?°eG?-? '/zr-?yl fer?c:.r;g with tc:rne?- pnsr,s of or:ccC:,
life the front e•s~tr->~nte.
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'tvii.r_: f~%, rsa ren o m me ~h~,~ ,.h, p .r>o~;e~
i:,er?-'ific. ~~~ suggested rep lacir;g the taunter at the snack
bar- unit{~~ a cnr~crete one and ?-eplacing the glass wi.?-rdow~s wi tl-1
late:; ones in doers, this would p?-event vandalism. The
ferrc.in~ should be tied down at the bottom.
RPF3uP P~sR{~-tress that ar-e down need to be removed, ma~,~t~e
citi~errs z~r~der- sup~rr•4~:.sinr-? cot~:.ld ~_ut up and .-emov~ fo?-
?-ew:~cd . i"Sr . Croebe I suggested that tF~ i s would be a gc?od
Job f (~?- iuhC-' C'J!!'1(r:U,r12 t ;> 5cY' V I C.'e wn','kel' 5. ~~i?- . Via?-1'en COfltrrter-t tef{
'~!~'~t t"C'-~r~ puz p-;. a!s~ nee^ ;a;hs '~i-,enl~;les c;?'-~~ p;nac t:=,b le5s
although r-,o+:!~ir7g to p?-o~~~ote fires.
af'1'LF?RC-:-use poles a?°rd ca!~les or telephor-?e poles -for fenc_ir~g.
C'"r. t~ta.r-ren prefers tr-~/i?-sg to use ?natural t?as--r•-ier-s instead of
chairs I i nk -a er-?ting ;her?evL'r possible.
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char tune. i~lr-. tr!arr-e?°i suggested operating the irrigation system?s
at trig!-? to cut cior~~rr ors '~arrd.~.Iisrrt. i`r-. ~Doebel thaugf-rt that t;ris
L"~1 a =.• a ?"'? e :s; C ~~ .;. 1 e r? t 1 rW~', E' a ~! lJ t C C !,'•-- ;° e )°i 'f' .' ~' ~. a~' n ~'{ ~. and 3 s t {`? e O n 1 v p c# :° ~~;
that r.S on a trmer.
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pi~~rr~t= sL.t:- tFte ~~-~.;-1`;=,. `~t?- ~C~'i=?`~'! said t~1at i~ cC,Sr3""enty be:T-r Ca
dc.~ne far- the mer- id i ans ~ rr CR 4c t .
E`1s. ~.~al`':E?ning hGs bees°r a,,~proacrled b}~ s1~uderrtt froar the Or~iverli~r~y
^'r C;_~r~tral Elo`E-ida about ~a'rcrgr-.rms that:, they are willing to
vo'lur~teer for suct-r as art rtdapt-F~-Parl; or L'~dopt-~•-Read. 'ss.
~'olkening has :zsr-d tt-rear services far the +_:h:rastmas €€~arade.
~`~s fem. ;- :S =.,t s;..tgCy ms's y:e~ T}t`ra t '~!-se Cnar ..., ;tiCr ES Cr-r C> oat 3~, 1 r?g a ~ ~.)'-~.
race ar bi~:e ride. !°1=_.. k~:rist personall`, par-t acapa,tes it'1 area
r-cznr:ir;g e:~'ents ~.tzc1 st.aggested ZtSing a route ;nlrere par-tici.p:~rrt~,
c ould use the par.;s a:~ stgppar~rc3 paints fvr- t-efreu.hments. ?~s-ea
bt.:sinesses could be err-,,tatted for spar~sarship ar~d donations. (pls.
i~~rist pointed oul; that all age groups can participate in tl-rerse
events. Sl-re also suggested r_antacting area sthaols and day care
centet-s to ir-rfor-rr ther~r of our- par-ks 4~ai-;er-e t;ie r_?-r i idren could ta~::e
field trip:. Mr. Goebel said t`rat Reiter Ra.rl< is used frequently
by day cure schoa is and l!es'G Lake l-{osp i tal . He has sta:-red
sz-'~'.'.r;~ ?~~1'§d;'~a'ri~ tl~,eit t~,n;-`°-, GL!?"3~14 the r-~';~ {"lC~a..27"'_ b'',r ~}~e~~ Ca:"e
i ac..I Lt'~es..
~1s. ~Joli;ening used L_al';e Eo1a let Fair as an example of a fun
event ast-rere money could be raised by entry fees and concessions.
~'ftt ty L- » i r-r a. ?- i e tV - - .c i ~ ~~r c n ~ r ~
9 4'~ . c1 1 , .. e < g q r_.f. ~ ., a n 11 u ~~ E' C e 1 L : . e t +~ F ! Q p 1.1 t rt '.~' l ~ C=
? and C Li ~; 's d e '~ rr ~' i i '~• ;' ~ 3 rR I '~ ~: s L~ r p ct r %;; S ' ;`'~ ;- '.~ C e €.t e 1 =. a i d t ~' cs t
wr~uld cause trio mar-r'{ problems, borderi ire prapev-ty possibly caF.~ld
be considered. The board decided tl-rat the Island ? akc pr-oper•ty
si-rould t~~e ir:vestiga{ved °~ar future park land. ler. 4larr-er~
s~.:ggested that crgani.~atiorrs s~tct-r as t!-re r~;uctt€borr Bocaety be
apps-oached for c~u••rnmen is ors tf~e I and .
Mr. Warren c;uestioned of mot,ey was raised where dues it ga into
tl-re budget. l`1r. la~zebel a.rr,sw+-~r.ed that the money wor~:td go into the
c3eneral fund. l"lr. Goebel also e~:plained at tl-~is time the change
to the O.hart'er that just passed at the Iasi election. Any 1-and
acquisition 4Jauld have to g^ to referenrJum if financing would go
over one budget year- .
The board. discussed in general differ°ent everts that the board
could a-ga;-ra e; l~;ate festi~,~a1, er~pa.rrsion o-F Easter- Egg Hunt, jazz
festival. The baar-d decide; tl-,at a fun day shol~ld be planned fat--
3uly 4th at Candyiar~d Park. P~1r. Coebei remanded the members tl-rat
~±i.s budget 1•aa.s cut ten percent ar,d could neat offer arE~{ assistance
ir•~ funciir;g or o•,aert.!.me fl~r employeF°s ^f his department,
l''I`a. ~1olr:.e:~irrg informed the= boar°d `.:ha#,; ~r,e had been contaci:ed by
the Orange County °arl,s Board and our board has been invited to
attend a. joint meetir-rg t~aith rlther counties and cities. ~ Tri-
County commi tree is bt:ing organized where one ;merrtber would
represent tl-~e city at these meetings. WaFh the agreement of the
~~x%2/~'~=tee F;~;~;- ; ~. ?
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tr=ir si.s.~;~oi~-t o~ tf-?i~ committee.
6''fs. ,te~ke~nir-rg r-ec~~:es~Wvd t?-?~,t tFre r:e~;t meeting be mop.-ed -fr-«m t~?e
usua? d~.te, the t~o.~~ c.i agr-eed i_s~:ar-i tt~e ~~?eet ing being E~eld 2/ 3 2i 91 .
t~?s. ~l;~ii~::er~ir.-ta:~ r-egi~r-sled t.~;~~t: tr~:~ bo3.-d wo€-u: r~r-? tzre Jw.rl;~, 4•tf~ evcr-?t
b~;~ ti°yi?-?g to get sgonsa;-s 3.nd ti~~.t .'is. ~~.r-i~~i.: cbec:l=: into
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