HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001 [03] Mar 19ST. JOSEPH PARK BOARD
St. Joseph, Minnesota 56374
_ , Minutes of mewing held X 9 March 2 001
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Meeting called to order by Lonnie Abbott at 7:04 pm.
Members present: Lonnie Abbott, Kyle Schneider, Bruce Berghorst, Marge Lesnick,
Jennifer Wirz
Members absent: John Walz
Approval of Agenda: Motion by Berghorst, seconded by Lesnick
*ivloved City Council Liaison's report to end; moved "Hiring Of Summer Recreation
Director" to Chairman Comments section
Approval. of Minutes from 22 January and 26 February 2001: (Lesnick, Berghorst)
Chair Report: Mary Kay Gapinski has agreed to be the Summer Recreation Director.
She can be reached at 255.5563. We briefly discussed the budget and some ideas
with Mary Kay. Motion by Wirz, Lesnick to hire Mary Kay was approved.
Laura from Resurrection Lutheran. Church spoke with the board about the
groups wanting to help clean up the parks and plant flowers. Motion by
Lesnick, Wirz to include these groups and set a date at a future meeting.
Motion approved.
Ted from Lumber One showed plans for phase b in Northland and talked about
how the park may be impacted. They have a plan to increase access to the
park with their new development. We had a lengthy discussion about this.
Old Business: There is no news on the light/timer for the bill because of unforeseen
complications. It may be installed this summer.
New Business: Softball tournament is getting good publicity. It will be held May 5 and
the Park Board will do a fundraiser at the event.
We tabled discussion of the Healthy Conununity Partnership's involvement
with the city-wide trail.
Summer projects list (FYI): VB court at Northland; Millstream campground
upgrades; Signs and park rules; benches and picnic tables (possibly having
them at the campsites); Memorial Park backstop fencing (in by fall);
Millstream Park frisbee golf landscaping.
Liaison Report: there is an applicant for the vacant park board position.
Steve Dehler's bill has been dropped in the state legislature.
St. Wendell has approved reimbursing our Summer Recreation program for
$2,200 owed in 2000.
Bruce and Kyle will look into the Welcome Center (a joint effort comprised of
local civic and volunteer organizations).
The St. Joseph Recreation Association has paid a bill. for the Park Board We
~ will need to reimburse them. (Summer Recreation budget}.
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Berghorst made the motion to adjourn (seconded by Lesnick) at 8:48 pm.
Next meeting: April 16, 2001 at 7:00 pm at City Hall Submitted by: Jennifer Wirz