041789 PK MINCITY OF SHOREWOOD
PARK COMMISSION MEETING
MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1989
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THE PARK COMMISSION MET
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THINGS THAT WERE NOTICE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
7:00 PM
M I N U E S
IN FREEMAN PARK TO CHECK OUT THE FIELDS.
THE FIELD WORK DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
D AND DISCUSSED WERE:
- ROCKS AND BLACKTOP TO BE REMOVED
- GRADING OF NORTHEAST FIELD - FILL NEEDED
- GROUND ON ALL FIELDS NOT LEVEL
- FIELD TO WEST HAS APPROXIMATELY 1/3 TO 1/4 OF INFIELD WASHED OUT
CHANGE IN DRAINAGE PATTERN NEEDED?
- GRASS COMING UP WELL
- POSTS PUT IN BY PUBLIC WORKS BY TRACK ON WEST END OF PARK LOOK
GREAT.
CALL TO ORDER
VICE CHAIRMAN CHRISTENSEN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 8:10 PM.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: VICE CHAIRMAN CHRISTENSEN, COMMISSIONERS LINDSTROM, VOGEL,
ANDRUS, AND WEATHERLY; COUNCIL LIAISON GAGNE AND PARK
STAFF REP NICCUM.
• ABSENT: CHAIRMAN LABEREE
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
LINDSTROM MOVED, WEATHERLY SECONDED, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF MONDAY,
APRIL 3, AS WRITTEN. MOTION CARRIED - 5/0.
SOCCER USE - BADGER FOOTBALL FIELD
MARK SENN APPREARED BEFORE THE COMMISSION TO REQUEST USE OF BADGER
FOOTBALL FIELD FOR PLAYING SOCCER. HE SAID HE HAS ALREADY TALKED
TO THE FOOTBALL PEOPLE AND ITS OKAY WITH THEM. THE PLAYERS ARE
9 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER AND WILL BE WEARING TENNIS SHOES, NOT
SPIKES. THEY PLAY MAY THROUGH AUGUST AND THE SCHEDULE DOES NOT
CONFLICT WITH THE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE. THE USE TIME IS MONDAY
FRIDAY.
LINDSTROM MOVED, WEATHERLY SECONDED, TO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO
APPROVE THE REQUEST PROVIDING A LETTER IS RECEIVED FROM TOM BARTSCH
OF THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION STATING THEY APPROVE OF THE USE. MOTION
CARRIED - 5/0.
SIL VERWOOD PARK DISCUSSION
LINDA TILTON OF 5620 COVINGTON ROAD, KAREN HENIFF OF 5705 RIDGE ROAD,
AND JULIE DAUGHERTY OF 19670 SWEETWATER CURVE APPEARED TO ASK WHAT
THE SITUATION IS REGARDING SILVERWOOD PARK, AND TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS
ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PARK.
COMMISSION EXPLAINED THE BACKGROUND, COMMISSIONER WEATHERLY VOLUNTEERED
TO CALL A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING TO MEET WITH ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY, THEN SHE WILL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION WITH SUGGESTIONS,
INCLUDING A SUGGESTED PLAN.
PARK COMMISSION MINUTES
MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1989
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i FREEMAN PARK DISCUSSION
CHRISTENSEN REVIEWED HIS REPOT
FREEMAN PARK.
kT CONCERNING WHAT HAS TO BE DONE AT
LINDSTROM SAID HE TALKED TO ENGINEER NORTON ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND
NORTON SAID THE WORK WILL BE DONE.
CHRISTENSEN WILL ATTEND THE COUNCIL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE PARK.
NICCUM WILL SUPPLY DISCUSSION MATERIAL.
MAY COUNCIL LIAISON
WEATHERLY WILL BE THE LIAISON FOR THE MAY SESSION.
PARK COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION
CHRISTENSEN MOVED, ANDRUS SECONDED, TO HAVE STAFF SEND LETTERS TO
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS TO SEE IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THE VACANCY.
APPLICANT INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD MAY 15, 1989. MOTION CARRIED - 5/0.
MATTERS FROM THE FL OOR
FENCE ALONG EASTERN SIDE OF CATHCART PARK
THE QUESTION AROSE .... WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FENCE THAT WAS TO BE
10 PLACED ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF CATHCART PARK AS PART OF THE
EASEMENT AGREEMENT? STAFF IS REQUESTED TO CHECK THIS OUT.
BOND REFERENDUM
ANDRUS SAID ALL THE MONEY RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSION SEEMS TO BE
USED TO PRESERVE WHATS BEEN DONE ALREADY (I.E. FENCING FREEMAN
FIELDS TO PREVENT VANDALISM). THE CITY NEEDS TO MAKE MONEY FOR
THE PARKS. HOW? WHAT ABOUT MAINTENANCE? HE DISCUSSED THE NEED
TO HIRE SOMEONE TO FIGURE COSTS FOR ALL IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE
IDEA OF THE CITY HAVING AN OPERATING BUDGET FOR PARKS.
AT THE COMMISSIONS REQUEST, ANDRUS WILL DO THE GROUNDWORK ON A
SOLUTION.
MEET AT THE COMMONS
WE WILL BEGIN OUR NEXT MEETING AT THE COMMONS IN EXCELSIOR. SUE
IS REQUESTED TO GET A KEY FOR THE CONCESSION BUILDING.
ADJOURNMENT
LINDSTROM MOVED, WEATHERLY SECONDED, TO ADJOURN AT 9:56 PM. MOTION
CARRIED - 5/0.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED
SUE NICCUM
PARK STAFF REPRESENTATIVE