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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: 2J1KYSKrR9w):
- 00:00:00: Introductory Banter: Aviation Costs & Meeting Start
- 00:01:06: Park Board Roll Call, Pledge, Agenda Approval
- 00:04:04: Public Forum: Hydro Seeding Update Requested for Park
- 00:06:24: Presentation: Community Education Parks & Rec Programs
- 00:17:59: Discussion and Approval: Skate Park Application Process
- 00:25:29: Discussion and Approval: Park Board Calendar Creation
- 00:28:32: Discussion and Approval: Ski Loons Pavilion Agreement
- 00:30:51: Discussion: Draft Park Maintenance Policy Review
- 00:42:20: Directive Approval: Staff to Finalize Maintenance Policy
- 00:42:39: Staff Reports and Board Member Reports Discussion
- 00:47:15: Motion to Adjourn: Meeting Concludes


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Oh, >> son-in-law was >> sure. >> Um, there's no facet of aviation that correlates to the word discount because it's all extremely expensive. >> One of my f good friends. He was a pilot

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I don't know back in the 70s or whatever street. >> I think he's trying to start. Good job. Sorry. No, you're good. I didn't want to interrupt you. Didn't want to interrupt you. >> Uh we will call this May meeting of the

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park board to order and start with roll call. >> Burns >> here. >> Mickelson >> here. >> Powell >> here. >> Miller. >> Sh >> here. Uh next we have the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it

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stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Old state. >> All right. Next, we have approval of the agenda. >> Mr. Chair, uh just a real quick question just as a point of order. I'm not sure

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if I'm supposed to be sworn in today, if I'm here as advisory, if I'm a uh what exactly my role is today, just so I know I'm taking action. As far as I understand, I think this is the legally correct answer. The swearing in is more of a formality. Yep.

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>> So, I would feel free to vote on whatever you want. >> I swear I'm here to do the parks works. >> But you're a voting member right on this board. >> I just want to ensure what my position would be or not be today. >> Okay. >> Non voting member >> because some leaison vote, some don't. Non voting.

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>> Non voting. >> You're here to look good. >> Okay. I can check that box right now. >> Uh, Mr. Chair, I would make a motion to add a park maintenance policy under new business. So, that would be 9B.

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Sounds good. Anyone? >> I'll second that. Thank you. All right. Um, any other discussion on the amended agenda? Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I.

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>> I. Oppose. Same sign. That is amended. I do have copies of that too. I can hand out when we get there. Oh god, we're at thunderstorm morning. That's exciting. All right. Um, approve the agenda. We

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have our consent calendar. Um, notice to the public. All matters listed are considered routine by the board and will all be enacted by one motion. There'll be no separate discussion of these items unless good cause is shown prior to the time the board votes on the motion to be adopted by a roll call.

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Um any questions on the consent calendar? You want to pull anything out or a motion to approve it? >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Second.

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>> Any discussion on that hearing? And uh we will uh all in favor say I. >> It's roll call. >> Yep. Sorry. Go ahead, Lisa. >> Burns. >> Yes. >> Mickelson. >> Yes. >> Powell. >> Yes. >> Shite. >> Yes.

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That is approved. All right. Uh next we have the public forum. Uh time allocated for citizens to bring matters not on the agenda to the attention of the board. Time limits may be imposed. David O, executive director, Brainer

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Community Action, 321 South 7 Street, sweet 105. So, I just am here to ask for a quick update about the hydro seating in Gregory Park. We are fast approaching the date of our event and the last time I was here a

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month ago I said please don't let us move forward with this if we're not going to hydro seed in an appropriate manner and I feel like we're getting close. So I'm just looking for some kind of update and if not do I need to get out there with a hose and start spraying that dirt off there. What do I got to

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do? So, don't need an answer right now, but I don't know if you will recall, but at my last time I was here, I said, "Please, if we're not going to get this done in an appropriate manner, can we let me know so we can put a halt to it, cuz I would rather not put down a bunch of black dirt and have it not get taken

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care of." So, if you can get a hold of me in some capacity or another, I would greatly appreciate that. Thank you. >> Thank you, Lisa. I have an update for that. Um, so the parks I talked with the parks foreman

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today and he will be getting that done this week. >> This week? >> I don't know exactly which day, but I'll talk to him tomorrow and it will be done this week. >> Cool. Is there any I know you're playing telephone here. Is there any reason the dirt's been down for two weeks and it hasn't been seated yet?

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>> I was just made aware of the dirt last week. So, and I talked to Troy on Thursday when I found out that the the black dirt was down. Um, they were at the moment busy working on a couple of things uh that was um urgent. Uh, and

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then we talked this morning and he'll get that done this week. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. Any other items for the public forum? Seeing none, Max, I'm assuming nobody's online. Oh,

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>> perfect. I could have looked up there. You got it pulled up. Everything amazing. >> All right. Uh, with that, we'll close the public forum at 4:06 p.m. Move on to uh presentations from uh community education.

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>> Good afternoon. A little shorter here. Um, my name is Ann Marie Locker and I'm the community education director for Briner Public Schools. We run parks and recck programming for um the cities of Briner and Baxter through a joint powers

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agreement with the city of Baxter and an agreement that's annually renewed with the city of Briner. Um, I shared a couple of things that I think got in your packets. Um the thing I'll point out first is uh participation that goes

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way back to 2014. The numbers in the 2026 column are a little bit fluid as we're still taking registrations for um several of the activities that haven't started yet. Um

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we um are kind of right in the midst of everything starting right now. We've got a bunch of parent meetings next week. We've got um our older kids playing baseball and softball already um before school gets out here. So, they've

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started with practices. Um we finished up spring tennis already. That went well. Um and then spring soccer is done as well. Um the soccer and flag football programs we run for the city of Baxter.

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And then for you guys, for those of you that are new on the park board, we do baseball, miracle league, softball, youth softball, and um and the tennis program. So, any comments or questions on the

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participation numbers that I've got up there? >> I I like the numbers. I as they sit right now, it looks like we're going to be decently close to last year, which is impressive with the declining birth rate. So, I I think that >> yeah, >> it's a positive sign.

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>> With the younger kids, it's still been great. Um, with those older groups that play Bronco, pony level baseball, we find that they're just not signing up for recreation anymore. They're either going straight to travel, they're quitting. Um, we did allow kids that are

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13, which normally would be in that pony league to play down at Bronco this year. Trying that out. We only had a handful that had registered that were in that age. There was two 14year-olds that wanted to play pony. We had a total of six kids register for pony this year.

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Um, we offered those 14-year-olds jobs cuz we need helpers with all the younger kids. Um, I don't know that either of them took us up on it. I am not ex I have I need to follow up on that. But anyway, um so far we're staffed pretty well for the year too. I think you know

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it's always great to have those um young teens that are kind of not playing anymore working with our little kids and trying to inspire them and uh have fun. So um I was a little bit worried when I got that thunderstorm, but I think it's

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supposed to be over soon. So I think all of our practices will be okay tonight and no games yet. So anyway, >> and I do have one comment on Miracle League. Um the in the book it was maybe

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slightly confusing. It said to text Sam and then he said to go sign up online. So I think there might be some numbers still coming there. >> Oh, okay. >> I know. I just went through that and Yep. >> My wife just told me we need to go online and register my daughter. >> Register for that. >> So there there might still be some coming there.

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>> Okay. Okay. Yeah. I and typically since that doesn't start till June, we do get a lot of lastm minute registrations or even kids that show up, kids or adults who show up that we need to register kind of after the fact and we always take those

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registrations too. So, and then the other thing that I shared with you, we had a joint powers meeting um a couple weeks ago with the city of Baxter and at our spring meeting, we always um approve preliminarily approve

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our our finances. we have to take this report to both, you know, the school board um will be approving something at the June board meeting and then the city council of Baxter as well. But this is the numbers that we're looking at um trying not to increase our costs as far

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as staffing goes. Um and hoping to be able to collect a little bit more fees this year. So, we're asking for the same contribution amount from both city of Baxter and city of Brainard, which is um

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15,000 from Brainard. We get 23 from City of Baxter. So, any questions or concerns on that? >> I one just about the salaries and the benefits. Yep. >> Looked like it jumped quite a bit last

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year and then you were kind of projecting that's coming back down this year. >> Yeah. Um we're trying to scale back a little bit back to so we don't have as many um kids playing and so just trying to make sure we're right sizing it

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>> kind of scales with the number again. >> Yeah. >> So hopefully we can stick to that. It's hard to know till the season gets going but >> Oh sure. Um I think just one other question. Have you seen any other like opportunities

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for new programs coming down the line like demand or requests for things that don't exist? >> We haven't. Um I I would love to explore like a youth pickle ball league >> um in the future, but we haven't we

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haven't done that yet. I um actually I have a new person next year that will be coordinating the program. So, um I do any of you know Josh Force? He's going to be coordinating our parks and wreck program and he's got a new kind of role

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within the district next year. So, that he'll be doing that. Um Tim Search has helped us the last couple of years, but it's in addition to several other things that he does for the district. So, uh with Josh's connection with, you know, youth sports that he's already got, I'm

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hoping that we can do some more planning. Is there anything that you guys have heard that you'd like to see increased? >> You're just over there scratching. Looked like you had something. >> I feel like there's, you know, a little bit of a lack of space for pickle ball

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right now between the two cities. And I think there's plans in the future in Baxter to add some pickle ball. And for kids, we could probably, you know, utilize, they're probably not as picky as the adults as far as utilizing tennis space temporarily, you know, but I think

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it'd be something fun and different for those kids who aren't playing some of the other sports that are offered in the summer. We do a lot of programming through the school district too that our varsity coaches plan for kids and kids are busy in the summer.

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You know, uh they've got weightlifting. They've got, you know, if they play a school sport during the school year, there's kind of an expectation that they participate in some of the summer training and skills camps that um that varsity coaches put on. But then I also

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think there's those kids who aren't fitting into that bucket that we're seeing some of them that are participating in our program, especially those younger kids that are just kind of trying things out. And really that's our goal. Um, one of the other things too that we talked a bit about at our joint

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powers meeting that I kind of wanted to bring up with you guys is is kind of trying to define like our purpose. like the city of Baxter contracts with us to pro provide programming for what purpose? And we really kind of talked about like

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how do we differ from like an association or some of the other programs that are offering youth? And we we haven't settled on anything yet that as a group between the those two entities that we um have approved, but

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we were kind of I've got a kind of going along the lines of, you know, providing safe, accessible recreational programs that promote physical health, mental well-being, environmental stewardship, and social connection opportunities that allow all

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local youth to connect, participate, and discover a lifelong love for healthy living. So, we don't do it to necessarily specialize or to, you know, develop a player for a future

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program. We do it to get kids out having fun, trying something, you know, playing with their peers, appreciating the city parks, you know, cuz we're doing it a lot in the parks versus just on district property. Um,

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and so once we kind of have that finalized, I was hoping that we could meet with you or maybe a, you know, I think we have some work to do on our future agreement yet, too. So maybe some future meetings coming up to kind of see if all three entities could have the same

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kind of goal because I feel like I mean, we're sharing programs. So, I don't know if you guys have strong feelings right now from what I just read or thoughts that go a different direction or not, but I don't want to put you on the spot, but I don't know.

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>> Yeah, I think generally we want people in our parks and specifically right for your case, kids in our parks. Yeah. So, if it's >> pickle ball, if it's a disc golf, you know, skills camp, if it's >> whatever thing they're into that we can help support,

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>> disc golf would be cool, too. And we have a disc golf at Forest View. That would be that might be something like even just a very casual league that is organized by an entity versus just some kids that try to play on their own. >> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. A little structure. I think the one at Memorial, they change the the basket locations and they make like three different courses over the course of the song. >> There's like >> easier levels kind of. You mean or what? I think just to change it up,

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>> you can use the same general spaces we have, right? You're throwing to different places. >> Yeah. Anything we can do, I think, to get kids in our parks, we're on board with. So, that >> generally sounds like it lines up with >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Yeah. I think anything we can do to work

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together more. I do want to apologize for the the chaos of the contract in January. >> That's okay. >> Not how we want to operate. >> Yeah. >> So, yeah, the more we can do this. >> Okay. Well, once we kind of get it finalized that, you know, our group is is fine with it and then we'll bring it forward and see if you have input or

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want to I mean, maybe we can all come up with something that we can all say, yes, this is why we do what we do. So, that'd be great. >> Be great. >> Any any other questions on our programs or >> I got nothing.

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>> Okay. Thanks so much. >> Thank you for having me. >> Thank you. All right. So, we'll move on to item 8A. Uh, application for the Memorial Park skate park, which I think is James. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, so the skatepark association has raised about

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$120,000 through local donations and events for the construction of a 15,000 foot regional skate park. Uh there was also allocated $750,000 in a bonding bill. Uh in order for distribution of the allocated funds, the park board and city council must

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authorize the submitt of an application to deed. Uh so this is a reimburseable grant once the funds are spent. Um it's really can be done once a month, but really any time during that month once uh expenses uh are incurred. Uh city council will also need to approve a

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resolution once park board approves the application. Uh there was an issue when the park board packet was published. Uh Lisa did send out kind of an updated application to the park board members. I believe printed copies are there as well. Uh so with that uh staff is looking uh for a motion to approve the

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attached application. Uh also wanted to note uh if the city does move forward with the um application, the next step would for the for the park board would be to hire consultant uh to begin the uh design process. the skatepark association. You'll notice in the schedule uh in the application, we like

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to have a contractor in place um with a to be able to build the skatepark in late fall, early winter and then begin construction of the skate park next spring. Uh I believe Jake and Paul are both online if you do have any questions for them and I can certainly answer any questions as well.

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>> Perfect. Did everybody get the updated? I know it's here in front of us. >> I got it here. >> Perfect. Uh, any questions for James or skate park folks on teams now? Oh, upgrade. Oh, side grade. I don't know.

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Uh, that's beside the point. >> Oh, Kevin. Yeah. >> Oh, thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, no questions at this time. Just a general comment. So, I guess when everyone else is done, I'll just come back in unless there's nothing else. Uh but I just I did have a general comment that I wanted to uh bring up before we take the next

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step to hiring that consultant on the design work. So if you want me to do that now, I can do it now. If not, if somebody else has something, let's go or I can I can wait. >> Go for it. >> All right. Perfect. Here's what I do. Here's basically what I want to say. So uh first of all, super excited about the

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skatepark. I was a part uh of this board when it very fir was very first born and I would love to see it 100% built in the city. Um, as this begins to progress through design work, ultimately construction funding on all of that, I think that now is the right time to

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begin to be thinking about our greatest risk in this skatepark, which in my opinion is the concrete product. So, when we pour concrete, we can test to lots of different levels of performance for that concrete and we can also hold

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our vendor accountable for different levels of warranty. So I think that as this begins to take the next step uh especially towards that design I want to make sure that we don't aren't progressing forward with too thin of design money for the level of testing

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that I believe we should have as a city to mitigate the risk on this long term industry standard can be like you know one year on workmanship 10 year on structural I think we should hold to a much higher threshold for that as well as the testing so uh don't need to solve

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that today but I do think that Because this is basically a gigantic concrete box, I think we want to be very very careful and fixing concrete is ridiculously expensive. Ridiculously expensive. So, um, that's all I want to say. So, uh, I'll be, you know,

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obviously I'll have some input or have some some some future thoughts on what the testing what I think the testing should be once the scope of work is a little better identified. But that's all I want to say. So, super excited about it. uh just want to make sure that we all understand the risk and mitigate it to the best of our ability for ourel,

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our park. We don't want to see it shut down. We don't want to see this turn bad. So that's all >> good insight. Thank you. >> I don't have any questions. I am just excited about how this is continuing to

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progress along. Um and really proud of the work that the group has done too. They put their minds to it and they have shown up really good. >> This is going to be a big draw to the city. I mean, fast food places and stuff. There'll be parents, you know,

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take bringing them from maybe as far as Pine River or whatever. But uh yeah, I'm super I being a novice new person to this uh looking through and the plan I it's amazing to me and how much planning

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and all the work that's been done with it and then to add what what you're talking about adding makes total sense to me. Yeah. I I would like to see it as long as I'm on this earth. I'd like to

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see it nice and safe and and fun. Um, so thank you for your update. Uh, just one question probably James. So when right the design starts that relationship is between

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the city and contractor, right? Or we have to we're applying for the money but then the skate park is owning the construction process. >> No. So it would be between the city. Yep. It's a city park and it's uh city funds. So it would be between and and

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there's um potentially a consultant that can help you through the design process and do and and obviously there's the design process and there's a potentially a contractor that would be um you know the build contractor could be a design build. So there'll be be things to work out kind of in the future. So first step

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is to essentially get awarded or allocated um this funding. Again it's a reimburseable grant. Um so that's kind of the first step and then once that's in place um kind of go forward with that uh um some additional design as well as uh potentially construction contracts as

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well. >> Thank you. Just wanted to clarify >> uh Oh, Kevin. Yeah, >> just to clarify, James, typically our testing requirements would be in the RFP. >> Yes. Or >> I believe so. Yes.

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>> Yes. That's all. Thanks. >> Cool. Any other discussion? Otherwise, looking for a motion. >> I would make a motion to approve the application. >> Second. >> Any further discussion?

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Hearing none. All in favor say I. I. >> Same sign. That application is approved. Thank you, James. All right. Then we have item 8B, approval of the completed park board calendar. Um, oh, Nick, sorry. Yeah,

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>> thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, a a yearly calendar for the park board has been created to uh assist with agenda planning, kind of guide recurring discussions, seasonal season seasonal projects, agreement reviews, and key decision points throughout the year. The calendar is attached. It's intended to

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improve organization, support long-term planning efforts, and ensure timely review of projects, agreements, and operational items. Since the initial draft was presented, updates and revisions have been made based on board discussion and staff input. Proposed calendar is now being brought forward to the board for review and potential

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approval. Um, review the review of the finalized parkboard yearly calendar and allow for any final comments and adjustments prior to the adoption. So really this is just an opportunity for you guys to provide any final comments to the calendar. You can approve as is. You can approve contingent upon some

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changes based on discussion that occurs tonight. But um staff is looking for some type of a motion to approve the proposed annual calendar as presented. >> Thank you. Sorry for throwing throwing this on you last week while you're on vacation. Felt bad about that. Uh

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so yes. Um any thoughts? I just broke out the calendar a little bit from the draft Lisa had made. Um it's a little longer, but then everything we get to tick it off. I know that makes my brain happy. Um as we complete stuff. So thought is we approve it today and then

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next month we go through and we assign folks to different park partnerships um and kind of run with it June onwards. So any thoughts, questions, concerns? >> I love that we have this. I think we've discussed it since I've been on the park

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board. >> I have a quick thought or just question when you have a sec. Thank you. Uh, awesome. I'm so happy to see this. This is fantastic. Great work. Uh, I just had and forgive me if I just missed I've tried to catch up on a lot of the meetings, but I may have missed it. Did you do you guys have just a basic policy

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of when you're uh systematically going to review the master plans? Is it 3 years, 5 years, or how did those dates for the master plan reviews come about? You don't have to answer now if you don't know.

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>> Um, the original schedule I just made up. >> Okay. >> And we were all like, that seems fine. >> Okay, that's a perfectly fair answer. I just wanted to know what the basic policy was, right? So, >> um, the goal was our larger parks, so the Rotaries, the Gregories, the

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memorials every three years. Okay. smaller parks every four years. >> Okay, perfect. >> Gustoson. >> Okay, that's all. Thank you. Good work. >> Perfect. Um, anyone interested in a motion? >> So moved

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to approve. >> Have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. same sign. We have a calendar for the first time in many years that I've wanted an even longer version. Sweet.

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>> Uh that we'll move on to item 9A. Uh the skioons agreement for the pavilion in the shed. Um Lisa. >> Oh, or I'll start, Mr. Chair, and then if I have questions, I can answer, you know,

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I can I think it's important too. I'll just say right now from a housekeeping standpoint, um, from a staff perspective, I'll be the staff lead going forward until we get the public services director hired. Um, I'll be working closely with Chairman Chip. So, if there's any issues with staff, let me know. If we have anything we discuss,

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we'll discuss it. But Lisa will certainly bail me out here if I get in trouble. But, uh, the Briner Ski Loons have proposed constructing a new pavilion in a separate storage shed at Lump Park following the demolition of the the pavilion structure. The proposed project would be completed through donated labor materials and coordination

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with the ski loons. The proposed structure and pavilion design have been reviewed and approved by the city building official and they're consistent with current park board standards for park pavilions. Furthermore, the agreement defining the project scope, responsibilities, liabilities, and additional project related information

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has been approve, excuse me, has been reviewed and okayed by the city attorney. Skioon's organization has also reviewed the agreement to express no concerns or issues with the proposed terms. Staff is seeking parkboard approval of the attached agreement between the city of Brainard and the Skylons for pavilion storage shed

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project at Lump Park. And Lisa or I will try to answer your questions if you have any. >> Any questions, thoughts, comments? I was excited to see this came up at the the meeting which is in the board or the staff reports but that was I think a big

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concern on this. >> Yeah. And this is this is just the final agreement from us already approving them to do it. It's just the agreement. Correct. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Nothing stood out to me. I Oh, >> I would make a motion if you're ready.

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Go for it. >> I would make a motion to approve the agreement as written. >> I'll second that. >> Any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Sign. That is approved. Uh item 9B, the

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draft park maintenance policy. >> I'm going to pass Got one for you. Terrible job at this. Yep. >> There you go. >> We just need one, huh? >> All right. So

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the goal here was um I feel like this is a topic that's come up for us as a board in different ways for years. Um and so I wanted to start writing it down so we could communicate more clearly with staff and set some expectations about hey didn't we say a year ago this is

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what we wanted with the grass with garbage things like that. Um, so this is just my brain dump of here's things that I remember conversations happening about. Um, right, even all the way back to before we had a stump grinder. It's like, hey, when do we get rid of tree

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stumps? The answer was when we can borrow a stump grinder. So, we got a got a stump grinder. It's better. But, um, just trying to document everything so that we can be clear both with our new public services director, but also, um, all of our staff. So this is just a

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starting point from things I could remember. Uh my goal for today I think is twofold. One is to capture other ideas that we have things we want on this list. And second would be I think hopefully to let Nick and Lisa and Troy

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run with this um and come back with here's why this does work, here's why this doesn't work, here's concerns, things like that. My comment is I I love this idea. I'm sure Lisa gets sick of me sending emails or phone calls about things that I

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notice in parks that shouldn't be happening. I feel like that are kind of obvious. But um I appreciate Lisa getting that to maintenance right away. I feel like some of that should just be general practices though. >> Kevin Oh, sorry. He's got one.

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>> Sorry, J. I missed you. >> I guess I feel kind of the same way. It's like, you know, um it's stuff that should be done and it's just now it's in writing for them. Be like, hey, we don't need to be told to do it. We should just automatically do it. So, >> yeah. And I would assume that staff

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would probably work through, you know, agreements and stuff to make sure that it doesn't violate any employment rules or union stuff. But, you know, the biggest one was when you asked in the staff report to move the tree in Gregory Park instead of plowing around it for a

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few weeks. >> Yeah, that was kind of some of the genesis for this. Yeah. >> Yeah. Go. >> Awesome. I love this document. I think you guys are 100% on the right track with this. There's I think there's a couple things that I noticed that I

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think should be maybe talked about and I think the timing is perfect. We're getting ready to hire a new public services director. Obvious that that positional uh rec that position hire doesn't come before us or before you guys as a board. That's something that that Nick can can perform administratively. But I think now is the

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perfect time to kind of establish, okay, this is the type of guy or a person, male, female, that we're looking for. This is what we expect them to how we expect them to lead the people that are underneath them and the people that are underneath them that work for us as well

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as them. Understand who they work for, who they answer to, and so on. So, I think the timing is all perfect on this. So, a couple things. Uh, one is the backpack blowing of uh court spaces, um, sidewalks, that type of I didn't necessarily see it specifically on here, but one of the issues we have is we have

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bellies in a lot of our b in our basketball courts. So, if we get rain, some of those bellies will hold water for days. And if it's humid, it'll hold them for weeks. So, obviously, aside from fixing the belly, you got to get out there, you got to squeegee it or backpack that water off so that it can

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go ahead and dry out. Uh, that's one thing I would mention on here. And boy, based on what I saw today, there is still a lot of confusion on whether or not we can drive in the parks with our work trucks. I thought this was solved. You guys have done an amazing job. I will say, by the way, it seems as though

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uh you guys have pretty much solved the public driving in the parks. I very very rarely see the rogue car, truck, van, whatever, just randomly in our parks. Hands, you know, hats off to you guys. Handshakes all around because that that

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is awesome. However, it it does still appear to me based on what I saw happen today at Gregory Park for three hours that there's still a lot of confusion on when our staff should be conducting a task inside the park with a vehicle versus bringing the tools, equipment,

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whatever they're doing outside into the park by hand. And that was a power washing event that happened at the fountain today. So, we got a backpack or we got a power washer that was in the back of a truck and they didn't unload it at the road and bring it in and hook it up to the to the to the stop. They drove the truck in, backed it up to the

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fountain, hooked it up to the stop, did the power washing, left all the paint chips all over the park. By the way, you can see it on the way home. Uh, and then unhooked the stop and drove off. To me, this is the exact type of institutional resistance that the new person needs to

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take headon and end once and for all. It's an institutional resistance. It comes from the bottom up, not the top down. It needs handled. It needs fixed and needs to begin with the new person. Nick, unfortunately, that falls on you. Uh that's all I have to say. This is awesome.

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>> Thank you. I think that's disappointing to hear that uh the fountain is not far from the street and our expenses that we approved has a $28,000 gator >> that was supposed to eliminate some of this. So that's also disappointing. Um I think you did highlight another

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thing. Um when Triangle was mulched in April, um a lot of leaves were removed from right as kind of a sunken play area and then there's like two 2x4 4x4s, whatever stacked up. >> A lot of leaves were removed as part of

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the mulching, which was good, but they were just left in a pile on the corner of the playground and then they proceeded to blow back in. And so it's like this debris from completing a task isn't being cleaned up and that right paint chips I feel like are much worse

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because generally paint is not uh something we want in our parks. Well, we don't want paint in places where paint should not be. Um you know we say to our favorite bridge. So that's I added that while we were talking debris from activities removed after complete right

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the paint chips the leaves it's great they came out. Let's get them out of the park instead of leaving them in a pile. So, that's a good one. Standing water, also a good one. Um, yeah. Other thoughts, things that you've seen like, hey, let's just make sure we're on the same page. I didn't

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put vehicles on here because it hadn't been a problem. Clearly still a problem. So, um, we can put that on. I feel like we already passed a policy though about that. >> We did. >> Okay. Couple times. >> Sure. So maybe we'll leave that off this

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Well, I guess I would ask maybe Nick, do you want having sprung this on you um because I don't want >> more into you last week is the vehicle situation would do you see that fitting with this sort of stuff or is that a separate

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policy? >> I don't see any problem codifying it in some document somewhere. Um, so I'm I'm fine if that's what the park part wants to do and I and I'm I'm enjoying this feedback. I will uh and I will take it and run with it and we'll make some

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changes. >> I like Andrew, I like your last one. Regularly walk through the walkable parks. And I in my mind it's treat it like you would your yard that you keep in a nice neighborhood and make sure

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that if a fence is broken, fix it. Don't leave it there for two weeks. If there's a big tree branch down, if a picnic table is leaned up against a tree, let's put it back down so someone can sit at it. Stuff like that. >> Yeah, that one came about. Um,

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we had done a a cleanup event in Gregory Park a few weeks ago and there was what appeared to be projectile vomit on the wall of the warming house. >> Oh. >> And like I don't want anyone to have to clean that up. That's dumb that somebody did that. It's g It looked real gross. Like I don't want to ask our staff. Oh,

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>> to have to clean that. But like it's, you know, it sucks. Um, but it also sucks that it's been there for weeks. And so like getting our staff into the parks to identify that. Um, I'm in the park regularly, but I have a 2-year-old that likes swings and so we're not

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warming house playgrounds. So like I do my best to find that stuff, but um, yeah, that's not scalable. So that's where that one came from. And I this one I think is harder. You had shared JD the Facebook post that there was vandalism

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inside the the cave of the playground. >> Like I'm not thinking our guys are >> climbing under the the cave in the playground to look for graffiti like that, you know, that's harder to find. But um >> some of it you're just not going to find. But when we do when we are made

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aware of it and I do appreciate staff does get on it quick when they're when they're told to. For sure. >> I just wish we didn't have to tell them every time. I guess a quick quick question on maintenance on the parks. Are we still contracting to have them sprayed or weed

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controlled at any point? I know years ago they were. We have a budget item for it. Um, do we know if the spring treatments have happened, the weed and feed program?

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>> I'll confirm. I don't know for sure, but I'll confirm. Cool. Thank you. I think Widge Parks I feel like we have discussed that in the past and I don't know where we landed. >> Last year we did um make a motion because the Weed and Feed was at College Drive in the middle and we made a

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motion. I think it was in November December to switch that to Lyman P. >> Yeah, that sounds okay. >> But the rest of them I'm not quite sure of. I would need to d go back and double check. Cool. Thank Yeah, just for next month

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that would be okay. Helpful. >> In the past it was sport fields first and then as the budget extends into the park spaces as I recall. >> Oh, >> but not 100% positive of that. But I >> I know Gregory's on the west too.

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>> Okay, >> that makes sense. >> Yeah, >> as much as the budget will allow. I would make a motion to direct staff to finalize this draft policy and bring it back to us at our June meeting.

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>> Second beat you too slow today. >> Any further discussion hearing? None. All in favor say I. >> I. post same sign that passes. Uh move on to staff

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reports. >> I think the staff reports are all attached. I just read through them recently. Um but if you have any questions, I will try to answer them. Lisa can try to answer them, but all the staff reports looks like are attached. I don't have any. >> Nothing.

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>> Cool. Yeah. Um, all right. We'll move on to board member reports. Uh, start with Mr. Joerger. >> Hey, I just want to say uh I'm happy to be back. So, um, you guys are doing great work. I'm huge supporter of the

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parks and the staff and all you guys and I'm happy to be here. as you know just I'm sure as Dave has mentioned the role of the liaison is uh is is to mostly communicate uh to you guys uh what I think the uh the the message coming from

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city council is and vice versa. So uh that that's really my role is to is to go back and forth uh between the two and and uh service as a as a liazison between the two. So that's what I'm looking forward to. So appreciate being back and looking forward to it. Thank you. Uh, I guess it'd be a question a ways

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out. I know the one meeting uh been approved to make a permanent sign by Wayne Hitch Park and I was just curious any guesstimate on time. I'm just really looking forward to that. Was that one on their expenses this

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month? >> There was some there was a sign. I forget which one it was though. We'll check on that, sir. I don't have an answer for you right now. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yeah. Park sign hitchway and park. We

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paid for it. So, >> yeah. >> Should be coming. Uh May 6th is when it was Well, we were invoiced April 1st. I was paid the 6th of May. Soon, probably. Yeah. I trust staff more

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than me reading our invoice ledger. So yeah. >> Cool. Anything else for you? >> No. >> Awesome. Um I have two things. Um first like to wish a happy first birthday to

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the graffiti in Gregory Park on the center steps and then there's a bench by the Southwest playground. Um, >> I know, Nick, this was not your job last summer, but u it came up several times. Uh, I would love I know cement is kind

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of a pain, but it's a the other one's a metal bench. I feel like if it got spray paint in the first place, we can maybe hose it down. Um, and second, this just occurred this afternoon. Um, I was out walking my dogs, headed to

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Triangle Park, saw park staff pull up to the garbage can in Triangle. Got out, opened the garbage can, walked away, didn't think anything of it, then a dog poop in the park. I went to put it in the garbage can, and the garbage can was like a third full, and there were

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tons of flies buzzing in around it. And so I'm just a little I guess disheartened that we took the time to drive over there with the it's a very cool truck with the garbage collection apparatus in the bed. We looked inside

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and then thought it wasn't full enough. I guess if we're there, I'd love to see us empty the can. Um just garbage stinks when it's 85 and a D point of 70. So, um, just some feedback on that was kind of I didn't I wasn't like out looking

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for like I'm going to get park staff. I just had a dog that pooped and then I was like, oh, it's the dilemma, right? You're like, do I put dog poop in the bottom of an empty garbage can? It's like I want it to stick and they're like that's no good. Um, and then it wasn't full so or it was not empty. So, that's

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all I got. Um, yeah. Anything you JD? >> I don't have much. Lisa, I appreciate all of my texts, phone calls, emails with things and getting on them. Nick, I'm happy to see that you're jumping in right now. Welcome to our mad house. And Kevin as well. Welcome to our mad house.

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Enjoy the fun. >> Yeah, welcome Kevin. Um, yeah, I mean excited for the summer and the stuff that is happening at the parks and uh, yeah, that's all I got. >> Perfect. Anyone interested in a motion to adjurnn?

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>> I'll make a motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> We're stick around. I'm going to give you guys