HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998 [07] Jul 28~T. TI~fiFPT-~ P~4RK R(IART~
St. 9ose~~, 1Viant~aesota 5h~7~
=IV~.~n~tes o~neet~ng ~e°d ~t~y 28, 1~~8
Meeting called to cyder by ,loe Braun at ?.00 p.m. in the City 1-1«11.
~vternbers present: Chuck Muske, John ~rVal~, Jce ~raun_ ionnie Abbot, Cory Lhlert
and Marge t-.esnick.
'vlembers Abseni: John Bonacci .
Approval of Agenda: Motion to approve Agenda by Mare ,seconded by Sohn `.:r.
Motion passed.
Approval of Minutes: Motioned by !!lame and seconded by Jchn W. Metion Passed.
L.ason deport : Cc~ Y reported on ?projects that he thought the board should stet
involved with. One is the ~dtinnesota Project. ?'he ~'~ Project is basicallsr for
the St. Joe Parks. The ?nd is rl'he Central ~'Iinnesota Re?ional Parks and Trails
Plan. :his is for connecting the St. Cloud Area Parks. The ti't` Droject is free
to get involved with. The Central ~tN l~eicnal Darks and Trails Plan is asking
for a ~ 100.00 donation. ~rlotion by T onnie, seconded by `~lar?e for ~ 100.00
to the Central MN lte~ional Parks and ~l'rails Plan. 1~•Iotion passed.
Millstream Park sign ~,vill be goin<~ up at the campground. ~~totion by Jce.
seconded by ~'tar~e to send Cory's dad a ~~5.00 gift certif~cate~fcr 7 ee~s :~_ce
ard~:vare for his donation for the materials and labor of the si~Tn. ~.'loticn passed.
Chairman Comments : Joe received a letter from a citizen thankin, the Park- oard for
their efforts cn Klinefelter Park,. Joe ~~as ~.vcnderin<> ~~vere our fi:ndraiser and
camp~~reund money shows Grp in the buduet. l`_ar2e ~•~~ii1 ci~eck ~•.vith .ud~.•.
+~ld Business:
Bulictin Boards: Chuck vathln~` done.
~'lillstream: Need to add a si<7n that the box for donations is emptied daiiy. Cor,~
will ask the Police cr the maintenance department to empn~ the box daily.
>rundraiser ~A%ra -u}~: Bonnie said eve made ~ l X0.00 eff the last brat sale. The
total for all 3 sales is 5-17 0().
St. Joseph., Minnesota 56374
Klinefelter Park: We need a crew to fix the bridge on phase II. Joe, Chuck,
John and Bob Loso will. do it Friday, July 31 at 5:30. Spring toy broke, Joe
will get it replaced. Bathrooms -Cory will order aport-a-potti for the rest
of this year. Lions intend on putting. bathrooms out there in the future. Motion
by Chuck, seconded by John to have the bill for the port-a-potti sent to the
Park Board. Motion passed.
Mick Schneider stated that the shelter was nice and the Klinefelter Foundation
would like to landscape around it. -They want the Park Boards okey. We
thought it was a good idea and they should check with the maintenance
department for any concerns they may have. Cory will contact the Klinefelter
Foundation about this.
W e need. to add to the. size of. the sand hox.. Phase II comes. to close to the
end of the sand box. Joe will contact the maintenance department to see if they
can extend the- sand. box.
Northland Park:. 1st Phase, Council approved it. Lonnie showed us plans for the
parking lot. He got 3 bids. He felt the bid from Joe's Excavating was the most
professional and he felt comfortable withthem_ Motion by >Viarge, seconded by
John to accept Joe's bid of X6,257.14. Motion passed. Lonnie will trv to
negotiate the price down to $6,000.00. John said it would be $100.00 a tree.
He will get a plan from Huls Nursery for approximately 20 trees. Fence will be
put in after the parking lot is done.
(' nt n_nial Park: John suggested we use a 1/4 inch steel plate to fix the grill. He
got a bid for a custom cut sheet of steel from Ivlidwav Iron for S3 5.00_ Motion
by Marge, seconded by Chuck to okey John to buv steel for the Grill and not to
exceed $35.00.
New Business:
fit. Joseph Softball Fields`_. We were showed a plan for the new concession stand
and bathrooms. Plan looked good. We gave the okev for the Recreation
Association to go to the City Council with those plans.
1998-1999 Budget: Went through our rough draft of the budget. We really
crunched the numbers. We will submit our budget by august 12, 1998 to
Corv so he can take them to the Citv Council meeting.
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1~~rnin ~ P r c• . Treeswere damaged by the last storm. Marge will need
$400.00 to replace those trees. Motion by Joe, seconded by John to replace-
the trees and not to exceed $400.00. Motion passed.
o ,ot : Maintenance cut down treesthat the 4 I-J'ers planted- as a project.
The Park Board realizes what: they went through to do this project and how
disappointed they were that this happened. Joe has it in his budget to make
amends to the 4 H Club and give them our apologies.
Partner or P ks: Joe showed us a form that we could fill out to have
Bauerly Companies donate a concrete project for Qur parks. We thought it was
a good idea. Joe will fill out the form.
W'nter Tce Skatin~_ Tabled to next meeting.
her: 3oe was contacted by Dave Hiedman to ask about a raise for the 1998
summer rec. program. The board thought the raise should be at the beginning. of
the year. We will consider a raise for next year after checking with other area
parks programs. / 1
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Next Meeting is scheduled for August ,1998. Show up for a good time!
Motion to Adjourn: Motion by Chuck and seconded by Marge, motion passed. 14:30.
Submitted by:
Chuck Muske, Secretary_