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Home My WebLink AboutFebruary 27, 1991CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PARK BOARD MINUTES FEBRUARY 27, 1991 The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Bill Hollom at 6:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Members present: Bill Hollom, Jim Fowler, John Murzyn, Veronica Schlagel, Gary Peterson, Robert Ruettimann, Mark Casey, Director of Recreation, Fred Salsbury Director of Public Works/City Engineer Member absent: A1 Kennedy CONSENT AGENDA The following items were on the consent agenda. READING OF THE MINUTES Moved to approve the minutes of the January 23, presented in writing. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT OF BILLS 1991 meeting as Moved to approve payment of the bills as listed from the proper funds. REQUEST ROOM/COLUMBIA HEIGHTS GIRL SCOUTS Moved to reserve the Mathaire/McKenna rooms for the Columbia Heights Girl Scouts on May 30, 1991 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to hold their "Bridging Ceremony"; and, furthermore, to waive the rental fee for the same. REQUEST HALL/COLUMBIA HEIGHTS LIONS CLUB Moved to reserve Murzyn Hall on the evening of April 2, 1991 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. for a Fishing Seminar and to waive the rental fee for the same. Moved to reserve Murzyn Hall on April 12, 1992 from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the Annual Pancake Breakfast and to waive the rental fee for the same. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA Motion by Fowler, second by Peterson to approve the consent agenda as presented. Ail ayes, motion carried. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PARK BOARD MINUTES FEBRUARY 27, 1991 PAGE TWO GLEN BAGGENSTOSS A copy of a letter from Fred Salsbury to Mr. Baggenstoss with regard to reserving Sullivan Park was given to the members for their information. RESERVING OF PARKS After much discussion, the members agreed that they did not want to get into the policy of reserving parks. The expense and the potential problems of reserving the parks were the main reasons for their decision. Therefore, they agreed to continue the present practice of "first come - first serve" in the parks. LABELLE PARK WATER QUALITY PROJECT The Grant for funding the water quality study will not get approved until July 1, 1991, however, they do want to start the study before th~n to cover the spring run offs. There are dollars in the budget to cover this primary study. LABELLE PARK RETAINING WALL Salsbury informed the members that he is going to submit a design along with the grant application to control erosion on the east bank. The proposed wall will be a Keystone wall. SKATING RINKS Salsbury gave the members a copy of the average daily use of the skating and hockey rinks for the last five seasons. Hollom felt it was a good idea in case any of the hockey rinks were asked to be closed they could tell which had the lowest attendance. PARK BUDGET Salsbury stated that we will be cutting back on purchasing new equipment and installation until the later part of the year in order to get a feel for what new improvement dollars will be in the budget. Hollom stated that we want to continue to maintain the equipment we have - to keep the equipment safe and in good working condition. We should be prudent and not spend capital dollars on new equipment at this time. Ail members agreed with , Hollom. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PARK BOARD MINUTES FEBRUARY 27, 1991 PAGE THREE VIEW PARKS April 6th has been set as the date to view the parks. The members will meet at the hall at 9:00 a.m. and travel to each park.* REVIEW OF 1990 JPM INCOME REPORT A discussion was held regarding the Income Report. Salsbury stated that approximately $20,000 to $30,000 is not identified in the report. The approximate cost in excess of revenues is $108,105.23. According to the report we are receiving 1/3 of the operation back on 10% of the hours used. DRAFT ORDINANCE DEALING WITH PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION After much discussion, motion by Fowler, second by Schlagel to recommend to the City Council the following Ordinance : Section 3.301 (3) (e) The Park and Recreation Commission shall have the power to establish rental, participation and use fees for facilities in the parks and programs conducted in the Recreation Program subject to review and modification at any time by the City Council. Ail ayes, motion carried. LIAISON PERSON - CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT Ruettimann requested that a member of the Park Board act as a representative liaison person between the School District and the city. The Commission will not have a budget and will meet apprximately 3 to 4 times a year. Ruettimann will bring more information to the next Park Board meeting. REPORTS The Recreation brochure should be ready for mailing about March 20th. Suggest we put the July 4th Celebration on the agenda for March. Casey is requested to get a cost figure and the Organizations in the Heights that would be willing to help. Fowler informed the members that the Wojack Award dinner is being held on April 3, 1991. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PARK BOARD MINUTES FEBRUARY 27, 1991 PAGE FOUR ADJOURNMENT Motion by Schlagel, second by Peterson to adjourn. motion carried. Ail ayes, Nancy French, Park & Recreation Secretary *Telephone survey on March 7, 1991 changed the date to view the parks to April 13, 1991. 2171 GRAINGERS 2171 ACE HARDWARE 2171 ACE HARDWARE 2171 WW GRAINGER JPM BILLS, MA/~CH FURNACE FILTERS $95.52 ALUMINUM CHANNELS $9.98 SPACKLING, ROLLER 34.03 PLUG, OUTLET, HANDLE BLADES SEAL KIT $55.36 $194.89 2990 COCA-COLA 2990 COCA-COLA PRE-MIX $57.50 PRE-MIX $57.50 $115.00 4100 AMERICAN LINEN 4100 AMERICAN LINEN MOPS, TOWELS MOPS, TOWELS $30.32 $34.15 $64.47 4100 Commers Conditioned Water 4100 Leer Brothers 2171 Apache Group 2160 Bacon's Electric 2171 Ace Hardware 2161Wojack Welding 4000 Wojack Welding 2171 Ace Hardware 2171 Ace Hardware 2160 Newman Signs 2171 Crown Fence & Wire 2171Goodin Co. 5180 Cherokee Hardware 2171 Ace Hardware 2160 Cherokee Power Equipment 2171 Cherokee Power Equipment Monthly cooler chg. Coveralls, mops Toilet Tissue Lock offs Anchors & rivots Oxygen Repair cutting torch Paint Brushes Paint Various Signs Aluminum Fence Ties $13.98 $11.28 $12.56 $2o.oo $13.1o $10.75 $38.50 $10.98 $3.29 $1,496.29 $27.00 Urinal kits, vacuum breaker kit, handle repair kit various hardware Snapper Lawn Mower Echo Weed Whips Lag bolts Parts 21" side discharge $514.74 $1,433.96 $1.20 $40.14 $39.98 Total $6,011.92