Minutes Park & Rec 5 9 06
PRESENT:
OTHERS:
MINUTES
APPROVED;
VOTE:
APPROVE
REQUEST TO
INSTALL GATE IN
FENCE AT
MARSHALL
PARK; VOTE:
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PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING
Tuesday, May 9,2006
4:30 p.m., Snack Bar, Bunker Hill Golf Course
Tom Blocklinger, Kim Daykin, Chuck Duggan, Gary Harjehausen, Paul
Hoffmann, Karen Lyness and Evelyn Nadeau
Staff present: Gil Spence, Pat Prevenas and Eileen Trimble
It was moved by Lyness, seconded by Blocklinger, to approve the minutes of
the March 14, 2006 meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
Leisure Services Manager Gil Spence explained that about a year ago the
Arboretum Association requested to put a fence along the west end of Marshall
Park to control snowmobile/ATV access and keep out deer. Plans call for an
eight-foot black vinyl coated chain link fence to run 1,100 feet from the gate
north to the north property line.
On April 25th, Mr. Spence met with members of the Arboretum Association and
three adjoining property owners. Mr. Mark Manders was opposed to the fence
because he had planned to transition his lawn into the park and wanted open
access to the park for his children. After discussion, it was agreed that a gate
would be put in at the Manders property with the following conditions: . that
anyone in the neighborhood could use the gate; . and it be locked from
October 15th through April 15th. The agreement needed the approval of the
Arboretum Association Board of Directors and they did not approve it.
Mr. Manders is here today to request that you approve the installation of a gate
at his property, and he would be willing to split the cost with the city. Mr.
Manders explained that he bought the lot because it bordered the park, and he
just found out about the fence a few weeks ago. He said that twelve lots
border the Arboretum which could act as a block for ATV and quad runners.
II was moved Qy Duqqan, seconded Qy Lvness, to approve staff's
recommendation to place ~ qate in the fence at Marshall Park Qy the Manders'
property. Anvone in the neiqhborhood would be allowed to use the qate, j!
would be locked from October 15th throuqh April 15th, and the cost would be
split with Mr. Manders. The motion passed unanimouslv.
UPDATE ON . All C.I.P. projects from last year have been accepted by the City Council and
C.I.P. PROJECTS: are officially finished; . Phase II of A.Y. McDonald Park has been awarded and
construction begins in a couple weeks; hope to have completed by mid-
September except for landscaping that would be done in the spring. . Phase II
of Highway 20 has been bid through lOOT and will hopefully begin in mid-
August; . lots of smaller projects are also in progress.
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PARK DIVISION
REPORT:
RECREATION
DIVISION
REPORT:
OTHER
BUSINESS:
ADJOURN;
VOTE:
Attest
May 9, 2006 meeting
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Park Division Manager Bob Fritsch reported:
. Parks opened for the season May 6th; · new rest rooms are completed at
A.Y. McDonald, Marshall and Bergfeld; · new notice board has been installed
at Miller-Riverview Park; . repaired open trenches at Flora; · south end of the
Pet Park has been seeded - will hopefully be able to open that area in the next
ten days; . Kevin Grace filled the Foreman position left by retirement of Tim
Kelly; . flowers will be planted in the Grandview islands in about a week and a
half.
Recreation Division Manager Pat Prevenas reported:
. When the detention basin work is completed at Allison-Henderson Park, they
will be working on the storm sewer adjacent to Grandview. · Twenty-eight
percent of our summer registration business has been done on the Internet. ·
We are offering a new non contact youth rugby program this year and the
youth triathlon has been changed to be a "family" event. The Dubuque YMCA
swim club will help promote this family event. Walk a hound, lose a pound at
Bergfeld Recreation Area is a new special event this year. · Uptown
Recreation programs are offered again this year in cooperation with Four
Mounds and Dubuque County Extension. · Repair work is completed at Flora
Pool; cleaning will begin next week. Cleaning began at Sutton Pool this week.
Pools open Memorial Day weekend. · 174 softball teams registered this
year, down 9 from last year, but last year was the highest number of teams in
ten years; volleyball teams were down 19 from last year. · We will be using a
new POS computer system at the golf course starting next week; April golf
rounds are down from last year - lowest April in three years; sold less
individual season passes and more weekday individual; raffle tickets are being
sold for the playing spot in the Western Open Pro/Am and the four, single day
sky box tickets to attend the tournament;
Commissioner Duggan asked if we could put portable rest rooms at Valentine
Park. Mr. Spence said that a new rest room building is scheduled to be
constructed this fall.
It was moved by Blocklinger, seconded by Daykin, that the meeting be
adjourned at 5:07 p.m. The motion passed unanimously.
Chairperson