HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000 [10] Oct 16 ST. JOSEPH PARK BOARD
St. Joseph, Minnesota 56374
Minutes of ineeting held 16 October 2000
Meeting called to order by Lonnie Abbott at 7:33 pm.
Members present: Lonnie Abbott, John Walz, Bruce Berghorst, Marge Lesnick, Cory
Ehlert, Jennifer Wirz
Approval of Agenda: Motion by Lesnick, seconded by Walz
Approval of Minutes from 25 September 2000: Motion by Lesnick, seconded by Walz to
approve with changes:
*Changed St. Wendelin to St. Wendel
*Changed names Snide to Schneider and Klint to Clint
*Changed gift certificate or plaque to gift certif'icate and plaque
*Changed mayer to mayor
*Changed 20001 to 2001
*Changed familys to families
Liaison Report: A 24x48 2-sided sign for Northland should be done by the end of the
week. It will be blue and white. We discussed placement of the sign.
Cory ordered the plaques for Mr. Schneider and Mr. Bogard. They will be
presented at the November 2, 2000 City Council meeting. (Bruce will represent
the Park Board. Thanks, Bruce, for doing this!)
No word from the Summer Recreation Director about the attendance of students
in St. Wendel township.
Chair Report: Chief Gary Will joined us to discuss city bike rules. He presented a lot
of helpful information, including:
*Bikes are only prohibited on sidewalk of the block along MN Street
between College Avenue and lst Avenue NW (business side only).
Otherwise, there are no restrictions about riding on city sidewalks.
*Bikes must always yield to pedestrians
*We discussed parking vs. "bike route" designations. Chief Will gave us
several ideas for options along city streets.
Michael Doyle, committee chair for a MNDOT committee on bicycling, joined
our conversation to share ideas for funding and support of the trail. He
provided grant information and offered to connect us to more resources.
Michael can be reached at 363-1311.
We also spoke with the Chief about issues regarding the safety and security at
the ice rink. Chief Will clarified the difference between legal/criminal issues
and community guidelines. The Park Board (with Council approval) can
propose guidelines for use, with consequences for violations. An example:
violation of park guidelines could result in loss of the privilege of using a
park. Violators could be asked to appear before the Park Board to have their
privileges reinstated.
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Old Business: The Board needs to work on community guidelines (rules) for park use.
At our January 2001 meeting, we will decide what we would like to post and
how we would like to handle violations. We may do some extra advertising of
this meeting so that residents can submit their ideas for keeping the parks
safe and enjoyable for the community.
New Business: We discussed the BMX track in Millstream.
Lonnie has requested that the mayor place an ad for an additional Park Board
member. (We currently have 1 unfilled position.)
Family Fun Day will be January 13. Some of the places that we will approach
for support are listed below. We have some money to spend, and plan to spend
it in businesses that have supported us in past endeavors. Donations sought:
Scheels, Gander Mountain, Dunhams Sports (Lonnie); St. Joseph area
businesses and the Rod and Gun Club (Marge); Cashwise, Petter's, and Archery
Country (John); Hockey Zone, Play It Again Sports, SCSU (mascot), Centennial
Sports (Bruce); Target, Shopko, Kxnart, Media Play, Big Lots, and Barnes and
Noble (Jennifer).
We will discuss the City-wide Trail layout at the next meeting. (Please bring
your maps.)
We have money for the light on the sledding hill. We still need to decide
exactly what we want and who we want to contact to install it.
Other:Email addresses for some members follow:
ollie@netlinkcom.com Marge Lesnick
ltabbo@aol.com Lonnie Abbott
bruceb@marconet.com Bruce Berghorst
sjtrucky@lycosmail.com John Walz
jmwirz@att.net Jennifer Wirz
Lesnick made the motion to adjourn (seconded by Walz) at 9:30.
Next Meeting: 20 November 2000
Submitted by: Jennifer Wirz