052080 PK MINCITY OF SHOREWOOD
PARK COMMISSION
Minutes
Members present:
Members absent:
Shorewood City Hall
Tuesday, May 20, 1980
Chairman Don Goettelman, Gordon Lindstrom, Roger Stein,
Bob Nygaard, Irene Chanin and Councilman Keeler
Conrad Schmid
Meeting called to order at 7:35 P.M.
Minutes of May 5, 1980 corrected as shown on attached. Approved as
corrected.
Jim Pederson, director of MAA Football and Jim Jones of Community Services
attended this meeting. The park commission presented to them Shorewood's
problems as to park maintenance and asked for their feelings on the subject.
Jim Pederson informed us that his organization is currently operating
for approximately $7,000 per year; $5,000 for equipment and $2,000 for
officials. This amounts to a charge to the kids of $17 per player.
The player must also provide his own football pads and shoes; approxi-
mate additional cost of $20 to $30. This group is made up of 5th, 6th,
7th and 8th grade boys. There are about 200 boys in the program that
would consider Badger Park as their home field. Jim felt that MAA
could help with the maintenance costs but also expressed concern that it
may hurt his organization. Right now he relies entirely on volunteer
coaches and he is concerned that these people may not volunteer if
raising funds becomes part of the job. If he can provide some money
toward these costs, he would express concern that the field would be
used for football only during the period of their season. No soccer,
as it damages the field considerably.
Jim Jones hated to see this type of thing start as he felt it would
spread through all cities and it may lead to less participation if costs
become a large factor. Jim also felt that some organization just won't
have money toward this cost such as flag football, girls and womens teams.
These groups are very loosely organized and may not be able to raise money.
Jim felt Shorewood should consult Court McFarland as to coordination of
the East and West baseball organizations. Bill Keeler mentioned that he
had already done so.
This discussion ended with both Jims recognizing the need for providing
a portion of the maintenance costs to Shorewood but both concerned as to
the impact on the organizations involved.
The planner and developer of the Amesbury Development made a presentation
to the Park Commission. Land for park purposes seems to be out of the
question in this development and a cash dedication was briefly discussed.
It was felt that a trail to Manor Park is needed. There should be a
way of connecting this area to our park site. Further research will be
needed in this area.
Meeting adjourned at 10:00 P.M. Next meeting to be June 2, 1980.
Respectfully submitted,
Don Goettelman, Chairman