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Council Agenda Item 12(a
July 21, 2011
Park Funding — Sales Tax Request
Administration
BOARD /COMMISSION /COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: At the June Park Board meeting the Park Board
requested that the Council allocate 10% of the available funding annually to Park Activities.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: The Council approved the request form for use of sales tax funding as
developed by the Sales Tax Committee. After the committee developed the form, the Council agreed to receive
request for consideration.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
BUDGET /FISCAL IMPACT:
ATTACHMENTS: Request for Council Action ................................. ............................... 12(a):1
Extract of Park Board Minutes ........................... ............................... 12(a):2
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: Consider the request of the Park Board.
12(a):1
Extract of June 27 2011
Park Board Minutes
other teams it was requested by Pat Schneider that teams playing on the field maintain the
90 -foot base pad distance as to not damage the infield. Pat then said that scheduling
conflicts was the main issue concerning other local team using the field. The other
discussion was about funding and if the baseball team should help pay for the scoreboard
or if all funding should come from the 1/2-cent sales tax, a motion was made by Lonnie
and 2nd by Andrew to approve moving forward with the application for $18,000 from the
'/� -cent sales tax to fully fund the purchase and installation of a scoreboard. Motion
passed 5 -1, John voting "nay ".
c. Consideration of Funding for Pedestrian Trail (County Road 2) — John developed a letter
for the council to review about funding by the park board for the trail. After a discussion
and slight changes to the letter a motion was made by John and 2nd by Marguerite.
Motion passed 6 -0. The letter stated; The Saint Joseph Park Board believes that the
development of walking/jogging/biking trails are a great benefit to the residents of and
visitors to Saint Joseph and the Park Board is willing to dedicate a portion of the local
sales tax monies to the development of these facilities with the balance paid for from
transportation funds. The board is, however, quite concerned that the dedication of the
total cost of this improvement may reduce the ability of the park board to make other
needed improvements to the park system. The Park Board supports the development of
the County Road 2 trail with the provision that the City Council structures the financing
of the improvement to allow the needed improvements to the Park system going forward.
As the Park Board has received no monies from the general fund for many years and has
relied on dwindling park dedication funds for all improvements, it is requested that 10%
(ten percent of available local option sales tax be made available to the Park Board on an
annual basis to make improvements to the park system as identified.
d. Availability of Schneider Field; A discussion was had on the subject of more teams
having the ability to use Schneider Field for games. A motion was made by Marguerite
and a 2nd by John. The motion stated "The park board would like to require Pat Schneider
and other potential local user entities to develop a field use schedule in advance of the
baseball season to improve availability of Schneider Field. Motion passed 6 -0.
Adiournment; Motion to Adjourn — Lonnie, 2nd- Chad, Passed! Meeting adjourned at 8:00pm.
Next Meedge. , July 27a' beginning at Klinefelter Park and progressing to other parks as time
permits.
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