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PR 01-08-91 MinPr!!=~;'~;G;=pECt;;EA:'"' v}~v ~'~Dt,~ ~~ ~iiR`:~ BUARD Jan+..rary ~J, i9`~?'1 PRE~~}~? . ['~ar-Y~ lia 1 ke'r?'i ng - Cha' rman Gary Parker - Co-Lhair°man Curt Pever-i germ Bret Sege-est Jarnes U 1 mer +Jir~ce Warren P,BCE~T. Li=_.a !~';rist - E~;cused Bi 1 I Goebel - E~;cused 1. The r;reeting ryas called to ar-der- by ?"is. ~1o1~-eni»g at 7:C?s P.l•~i. }pis. Voikening requested that Me. }Veisler introduce i'~r. Warr-en, a newly appointed member- of the board, to the other members. 2. There were no invited guests scheduled for the meeting and no public participation. 3. f°Is. Volkening began-t the meeting by explaining to the boarr~+ their obligation as members, that they are strictly an advisory board and need to work faith tt?e Cit~,~ Cor-nmissipner-s and City Administratar to enhance existing prcgr-ams and cammunicate the needs of the citizens. }'ls. Volkenir-;g stressed that the board should not invol~re themselves in the running of the Parks and Recreation Department, that is f'!r-. Goebel `~ jab. wis. Volkening spoke of the need of a.dditior-tal park grounds, even with Candyland Park, the City is chart of par3-;s by the existing population. Ms. ~Jolkening requested that members of the board review the Rules and Regulations a.r-?d to remind members if they are unable to attend they must not~ty t}-~a ChaarmaC?~ Ca-Chaarrr?an pr secretary. T}"?e r+Jfses state that if a member is unexcused two meetings consecutively they will relinquish tE?eir- seat. }'~s. Valkening would like the board to be invalved in planning activities around some of the holidays other than Christmas, such as Raster acrd July 4th. Ms. Vp1N:ening used tt?e Easter Egg {-lent as an example of expar7dir-+g to include games where t{-;e community could Frave a planned day of activities. C~;s, ~,`olker?ing also mentioned that µae migi•?t want to get i;~pu-t from citizens and area cFri.ldren, a sub-committee of teens may ~~ant to be organized t;o plan activities t`s-!at wauld fit t}?eir needs. ~'is. ~Jolkening opened the f Igor- for ideas. P'lr . Ulmer- said t~-rat Highland Hills Par}; ha.d been refurbisi-?ed this past year, ar?d had turned into a 1©vely Park. i`1r . lJlm~~r- said f:hat beir?g a new member he didn't feel qualified to give a.ny major suggestians at this time. ilr. Parker said tE?at he had tried to Eta to Candyiand Pa,-i: or-r iVew v'ears Day a.t ~i:3Q A.t`1. and the park .•~as not opened. He wasn't sure of the problem, Par-~s Recrea:3.nrr Page •: wa { ~~ > bu+~ the City should have ai-•r-ar-rgements made during ar,y ho 1 iday, as to wi?en the park; ~^+auid be ope*?ed . i°1r , Segrest added that the hnui-s didn`t seem to be standard, this may be because of staffir-;g. E`ir. Segrest questioned if the F'arks acrd Recr-eatinn department was ful.iy staffed because of the budget cats. i`1s. tWeisler replied that €~1r. Gnebel had hii-ed the part-time staff f~vr Car?dyland, the or?ly =tafF that haci been cut was the tennis ir~struct;or. The Board had a general discussion of acquiring additinr-ial park lard and tyre cnnditian of the e;:isting parks. !'~fs. Valkening requested that Ms. PJeisler inquire if the land ad;acent to Reiter- Pa;-k is still far sale. The Baarci decoded +:.a sChedfJ.ie a. tour nT L1°"se parks an ~at{ur'dcdy~ Jar`rlUar`~' 19th a.t 9:!~O A.h's. , members ar-e to meet at City Hai I . It was alsn decided to hold a worF.: session an Tuesday, January 2End at 7:C3r7 P.iv3. for t;?e Board to decide gnals for the ne±<t year. Each member is to come to the work session prepared to submit ideas!~nals fnr the Board. t~1s. u'oiI-:eninq will not be able o attend -ne tour , but urgeo a~.:. r?ew memaer ~ to make a special effort to attend. his. zweisler addressed the Board In hi r- . Gaebe ~ s a'~-~sE".-',C~ ti lnqu;.r~' if the bn-ard has an;r ir-iput for the grand oper-rir,g of Candylai-id which 9.s scheduled for- Januar•r ~q',~z~ 1941 from 1r~:G0 A.f'E. to noon. hlr. Goebel ha=_. planned tE?at there will be several speeches and cake and soft drinks will be served after the ribbon cutting. Mr. t~Jarr°en inqu:.red if invitatior-is wei-e mailed. h1s. IVeisler wa.s not sure bu+.: would checFr. with Mr. Goebel. h1r. Parl-:er mer~tinned that someniEe may want to contact Bates amusements to see if they could set up some booths ai-id r-ides to have that day. after discussion, the Hoard decided it was too late to really Ulan fnr the opening and wnuid rather work nn scheduling a community event at a later date after the goals fnr the ,gear ha~:'e been determaned. ~-~-. '."lotion fnr adjniJ.rnment by f'~r-. :Jlr~er%Secnnded by i'1:-. Peyerf-rei-m . °i he meeting aCi j ourned at 8: 1~] P . h1 . l~espectfull.~f s~uctm~.tted, ~Va i'•felsler, Secretary