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071222 Park Minutes CITY OF SHOREWOOD 5755 COUNTRY CLUB RD PARK COMMISSION MEETING SHOREWOOD CITY HALL TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2022 7:00 P.M. MINUTES 1. CONVENE PARK COMMISSION MEETING Chair Hirner convened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. A. Roll Call Present: Chair Hirner, Commissioners Schmid, Heinz, and Cohen; City Council Liaison Johnson; and Parks and Recreation Director Grout Absent: Commissioner Gallivan B. Review Agenda Cohen moved to approve the agenda as written. Heinz seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Park Commission Meeting Minutes of April 12, 2022 Heinz moved to approve the minutes of the April 12, 2022 meeting as written. Cohen seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0. B. Park Commission Park Tour Minutes from May 10, 2022 Heinz moved to approve the minutes of the May 10, 2022 Park Tour meeting as written. Cohen seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0. C. Park Commission Park Tour Minutes from June 14, 2022 Heinz moved to approve the minutes of the June 14, 2022 Park Tour meeting as written. Hirner seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0. 3. MATTERS FROM THE FLOOR There were none. 4. NEW BUSINESS A. Recap of Park Tours Chair Hirner expressed his appreciation to City staff because, overall, he thought the parks were in fabulous shape. The Commission had a general conversation about what they had noticed on the Park Tours, the increased park usage over the last few years, the possibility for installing cameras in some locations in order to deter vandalism, the fee schedule, and the possibility of allowing inflatables. PARK COMMISSION MINUTES TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2022 PAGE 2 OF 2 Commissioner Heinz read aloud from the Shorewood Parks Goals Statement from August of 1996 that he had found. He noted that although the document was old, he felt it was still relevant. Park and Recreation Director Grout gave an overview of the CIP information for the upcoming years. Chair Hirner stated that he would like feedback from staff on whether the trailhead project will be shifted to 2024 and if so, whether there was some other project that could be pulled forward into 2023, in its place. He asked if there was a way for the City to track the usage of the park as far as local residents versus people coming from outside the City, for example, individuals using the adaptive playground. He asked about the possibility of signage opportunities to help direct people to some of the City’s parks, if they were coming from outside of the City. Parks and Recreation Director Grout noted that she would be able to see where people that are renting the picnic shelters were coming from and noted that there may be other ways that she can try to determine if the park users are from within the City or from the surrounding areas. 5. OLD BUSINESS 6. STAFF AND LIAISON REPORTS / UPDATES A. City Council Councilmember Johnson reported on recent Council activities, including the City’s donation to the Excelsior Area Chamber of Commerce fireworks. B. Staff a. Reminder August Park Meeting – August 23, 2022 b. Update on Silverwood Park Park and Recreation Director Grout stated that Planning Director Darling heard today that the installation at Silverwood Park should be finished up by the end of the week. She noted that it rained during the Music in the Park event, but she felt it still went very well. Councilmember Liaison Johnson stated that he felt this was the first time that he had seen people with beer bottles in the park and was very happy that he did not see that kind of any leftover rubbish following the event. He stated that he wanted to commend Park and Recreation Director Grout and Communications Director Moore for doing such a fantastic job putting this event together. He stated that the band, brought down the house with an epic encore performance of the Devil Went Down to Georgia. Park and Recreation Director Grout stated that this was also the first time that they have had a food truck at the event which was very well received. 7. ADJOURN Cohen moved to adjourn the Park Commission Meeting of July 12, 2022 at 7:41 p.m. Hirner seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.