with uh roll call. >> Miller, Sandy, Schaefer, >> yes. >> Shri >> here, >> Burns >> here. >> Uh pledge of allegiance. If you would join us, please. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation for all. >> Thank you. We will move on to uh the agenda. The approval of agenda. >> I would like to make a complicated motion if I may. >> Okay.
>> Um I would like to move item 9B to between the public forum and presentations. And then table 8 A, 8
C, and 8 D. to our next meeting. >> 9 C and 9. You mean >> that? >> 8 A 9C 9D. >> Okay. So, we are going to move the motion would be for moving 9B after the
public forum and tableing 8 A 9 C and 90 to next month. >> Correct. >> Okay. Do we have a second? >> Yep. I second that >> motion and a second. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor say I. >> I oppose. same side. Motion carries.
Number five, consent calendar. Notice to the public, all matters listed are considered routine by the board and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless good cause is shown prior to the time the board votes on them. On the motion to be adopted by roll call, do I have an approval for the consent
calendar? >> Um, move to approve. >> A motion. Sorry. >> Second. >> Motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, Lisa, if you could do roll call, please. >> Miller, Sandy, Schaefer, yes. Stripe,
>> yes. >> Burns, >> yes. Motion passes. Public forum. This is time allocated for citizens to bring matters not on the agenda to the attention of the board. Time limits may be imposed. And I will open the public
forum at 4:02 p.m. You can come on up. You could state your name and address, please. >> Hi. Uh, I'm uh Pete Bloomer. Uh, uh, 15721 Patterson Road. Um, I'm a retired
teacher and a businessman and I play tennis with about 25 awesome seniors at Gregory Park. Um, six hours a week. There's a four 350 to 400 ft of cracks that need to be filled. Um,
Mike has already offered his services, so he said, "You guys are busy. I can just work with him." I wanted permission to just fill them myself, but he he's he's got to kind of guide the project. I I know I don't want to need any budget
money or anything. I just want to deal with it to make the courts better. So, um, if you guys are okay with me working with Mike, um, that's, uh, all I'm asking for.
>> Yeah, I would I would say get in touch with Mike, work with him, and then he'll bring anything necessary forward to us. But we appreciate the generosity with that. >> Sure. >> Thank you so much. >> Retired. I got a lot of time and energy. >> You got You got time. >> Appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
Is there anyone else for the public forum? Seeing none, we will close the public forum at 4:04 p.m. Okay, moving on. Item 9B, approval of 2026 campground host agreement.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, each year the city enters into an agreement with the campground host to assist with the campground operation. These hosts, uh, provide general support. They monitor the site and provide light duties in exchange for the campground for that
season. We are entering into the 26 and before they leave, we would like uh to confirm that these two individuals would continue with the operation as being the campground host for 2026. And with that, we can take any questions. >> Um, from what I saw, looks like this is
the same contract that we've had the past few years with them. There's no changes to it. >> Correct. Any questions, Andrew? >> I assume everything went well with them this year. I know we didn't hear anything. >> Lisa works with them on a regular basis and they're awesome to work with. Very
communive. They took one weekend off and we posted a sign for emergency contact and they're just great to work with. >> Love that. Seems great. >> I just have one comment or idea. Um, so when someone checks into the campground,
um, can can they get like a welcome packet to Brainer or like, you know, hey, here's like our maps or visit Brainer might have stuff or like here's an event that's coming up. I mean, maybe that might be a lot of work to do like every weekend, but you know, I was thinking that would be a great way to
partner. I don't want to make more work for you guys, but like the great pumpkin or, you know, everyone in August gets the great pumpkin or everyone in September, you know, just like a way to like help advertise our things. And if we're like, you know, talking with each one, we could make a little packet up, >> right?
>> And that packet could actually be, you know, versus a print out, it could be like a website or something that we could have electronically so that they could do that. No, I think that's a great idea. But it might be fun for them to like know where trails are or even if it is like sending them to Cailluna but like here's a pub onion trail. Here's
>> here's parks. Here's all of our parks, right? >> Uh Fourth of July event like what if they're here and they don't know about it. Like it would just be another way to reach people that are coming in from out of town and tell them how great Brainard is. >> Great idea. >> I think it's a great idea. I think that
we should have staff work on something with that and maybe find a partner in the community to help with that. Mr. Mayor. >> Yeah, I think that's a great idea of finding a partner. I think Visit Brainer would be a perfect opportunity for that. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah,
>> they are of course the marketing agency for both Brainer and Ambaxter. >> Baxter. Yeah. >> Oh, I didn't You have marketing. That is literally what they are. >> That Yes, that is that is their job. >> I thought they were just like an independent. Okay.
>> Yeah. >> Cool. They are they are to bring people to our community and spend money in our community to help our businesses and residents. >> Sounds like it sounds like a great partner. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Yep. I I'll move to approve the 2026 campground host agreement.
>> Second that. >> I have a motion and a second to approve the 2026 campground host agreement. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor say I. >> I oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Moving on to seven. and the presentation
7A. We will begin with the YMC annual presentation. Shane, the floor is yours. Good afternoon and can you hear me well enough? I can speak loud. I have a camp voice. Thank you for having me. It's always great to be able to show up and
share all of the great things that are happening um with our sports program during the summer. and not just the summer, but we brand our entire sports program as partnership with the uh city of Brainard. Um, but before I start, I want to say that just like the gentleman that was here earlier, thank you for the
parks. This summer, I got out to uh Lumpart quite often and I've been here eight years now. We've been doing a lot of disc golf together. So, it is an awesome resource and I have had a blast out there playing disc golf with my son. I do want to ask though, is there any
kind of repayment for lost discs in those swampy areas? Because I've lost four so far and they're not cheap. >> But it's just reminds me when I get out into the community how awesome it is to be um not just, you know, a business
that is part of Brainer, but a community member as well. So, um, with that spirit of gratitude, I'd like to share a little bit about these this summer with our sports and rec program and that it's not just a sports schedule, but together
we've built opportunities for kids to grow and learn and connect and and thrive together through sports because that's what we want out of sports. It's not just that skill acquisition and that competitive aspect. It's bringing families together. It's letting kids
have the opportunity to succeed and develop skills that are with them for life beyond just the sports. And also um I'll share it in just a minute, but we provided healthy snacks to kids um each and every session that we're out this summer. And I'll share a little about
more of that in a minute. So um I'll share some program highlights, some impact on youth and families, and then next step. So this summer we reached about 500 just a little bit shy of 500 youth in sports across Brainer and they were flag football, basketball, soccer,
te-ball, softball and lacrosse. And we've had this steady increase from year to year. We were down just a little bit this year. Um and what we're attributing that with is a price increase that we did. I think we raised our non YMCA
member rate just a little bit too much. Um, so we've actually lowered prices for those as well as swim lessons so that they are attainable for everyone in the community. We do offer financial assistance, but that price point, that price sensitivity, um, I think we just
got a little bit too high this summer, but we did still have really great participation, but we were hoping for, you know, more than we did last year. So, just explaining that a little bit. Um so highlights and outreach. Uh we um
did WJJ Y interviews. We had the summer sports program marketed through the community ed guide which was mailed out to about 24,000 households. And then we also had it on Y platforms where we reached thousands of families, Facebook um and other social media platforms. So
the visibility translates directly into kids showing up at our parks. They become familiar with the parks and they show up there um with their families. So, some of the impact that we uh were able to gather this summer, every year we do an impact study, which we send out to every family that has participated.
And here's a little bit about what it told us this summer. Parents overwhelmingly rated our programs as excellent. In fact, 92% um praised the staff quality. 85% said it helped their family lead a healthier lifestyle. And every single parent surveyed agreed that
the Y is an important resource for nurturing the children's potential. Um, but the best proof comes from the stories. One T-Bo mom shared that her shy four-year-old found his voice and confidence on the field this summer. And that's what this partnership is all about, creating environments where kids
discover their strengths and build lasting friendships. There are a few other quotes in the report that you can read through. Uh, a few more data points as well. Um, but I think just to sum it all up, we're proud to work alongside the city of Brainard using community
parks as a classroom uh for teamwork, resilience, and confidence. The collaboration shows what can happen when we align resources with well-being for youth. Um, looking ahead, we're requesting continued support. Again, this is an important part about what we do at the YMCA for youth development,
healthy living, and social responsibility. and hopefully we can continue that partnership um well into the future. And I know we're talking about some deeper and bigger partnerships with the city of Brainard. Um but having this foundational to building that relationship with the
city, I think has been important for us and hopefully we've proven that we can do good things together. So again, thank you for the partnership and allowing us to reach more and more youth throughout the community. Do you have any questions? >> We have any questions,
>> Andrew? got two. Um I'm curious do the total number of participants. Do you have a sense of like how many kids are in multiple activities versus like I guess unique children maybe if that makes any sense. >> And this is anecdotal just me digging through the rosters and what I see. I
would say probably about 20% of them are doing more than one of the sports. They're signing up for quite a few. Yeah. Which is good. And if you go to the Wise Facebook page, there was an awesome um article we printed about why
recreational sports are important that kids, it's just get sifted out when it's all competitive. Kids get sifted out. But it's really important these life skills that we focus on at the Y. They stick with kids and we need kids to engage in in these types of activities
um you know beyond when they typically do when they get sifted out of the you know the football and the baseball. That's travel. >> Uh just a second question. Are you able to break down I think we ask this every year and I'm not sure it's possible. The
participation not just by zip code but by state of Brainard versus their city is Brainard for mailing purposes. >> You know what? I don't I I would be interested to find that out though. Yeah.
I suppose I could probably work with Lakes Printing or something to do an analysis on that, right? Maybe. >> Any ideas? >> You know what I have done in the past um not for this but for other programs? Um a plot map. So I can take addresses and
plot them into a map and that way if I had >> I guess I could overlay that with like a Google Earth or some kind of >> mapping tool. >> Yeah, it'd be very interesting to see where they come from. >> I'll do it next year or sooner. >> And for me, I just I really want to like
one thing I'm going to highlight working with the city at the last minute and putting that softball skills on at the end of the year. Um, that just shows the the great partnership and the ability for both sides to say, "Hey, how how can we make something happen?" And everyone just does it for the kids.
>> I will attribute that to having awesome staff. Um, you know, I I we found out and that's what partners and friends do, right? When there's a need, you sure, we're going to help out as best we can. So glad we could. >> Dave, yeah. Do you have any idea what your plans are in terms of the like
T-ball program because you had moved to Gustoson which as a softball or a T-ball parent I will say it actually works great over there. However, the city has identified that as potential redevelopment. Um >> we'd like to get back to JC's. >> We'd like to get back to JC's. Okay.
>> Yeah. In fact, we were looking, we also popped over to a memorial park that green space that I know um the Brainer United has striped for um some soccer pitches. >> So, we are going to look at maybe
>> if possible, you know, we haven't done the schedule yet, but running some programs over there, maybe soccer over there and then but yeah, whatever works. Um, I do know just the heads up looking at JC's Park, the parking is going to be tight. So, we'll need to really map out and
communicate with parents so they can park, you know, and use that walking path to to get over to the to the practice. >> Yeah, that was definitely going to be my conversation because we, this board knows and the council's aware as well, we're a couple years offset from what that project was planned for in terms of
the parking on the road on Pine Street, which is still at least five years out. So, um, we're gonna have some headaches for a couple years. I just want I want everybody to be on the same page about that so that we're not creating a problem and then trying to solve it. >> We're thinking about it already. Yeah.
>> Just before just before we're thinking on that. So, >> yeah. Well, the good news is Jess is so involved with softball and even the baseball community now. Um, we've got good relationships. So, that spirit of sharing and collaborating on space, I think we're we're pretty good at that. >> Yeah. Yeah. One of the big things from the city side of things is going to be
figuring out wayfinding for that and getting people to to realize that okay there's >> it is a large park with multiple places that we can park. So it's not just the parking lot that we've created. >> It's not it's not the parking lot that's not at the front of the park. >> Just the parking lot. We've got to just
got to direct people in the right direction. So that that but that is a task for us as well and and not just the park board but the council as well is aware of that. So we're working on it. We're just we got a little bit out ahead of ourselves with some of the funding. So, >> it looks great. I mean, it was a really
nice event to to relaunch and glad to be there. But, yeah, >> it's a good problem to have is what is what I will say. It's a good problem to have. >> Cara, >> um, I just want to also say thank you for the softball thing because I have a couple friends kids that >> were able to participate then and um,
that was cool that you did that. And then the lacrosse, do you is that a new program this year with the 17 kids? Still 17's great, but like is there a plan to make that bigger or you know will you keep that program being at 17
kids only or >> Yeah, we'll definitely keep it and we're looking at you know at the Y um we're always looking ways to grow revenue and sports is something that you know membership and sports childare camp um we are
looking we this year source well we had their intern grant so we had an intern with Reese this year and I think we built a good foundation So building a a model where you know if you add this many participants you can bring on x many staff and having those types of
ratios. We do we would love sports to be you know 30% of our revenue mix at the Y. Um right now it's probably like 15%. Um but it's something that parents love. I think there's just more
and more of a call for parents to get their kids involved, particularly in programs where they're physically active and they're learning good things. So, we think we can provide that. We just need the space. >> Okay. Thank you, Shane. You're welcome. Thank you. >> All right. We will move on to 7B,
Community Education Annual Presentation. It's the presentation meeting this week or this month. >> Yes. I've got Tim Serge with me. He is uh our community ed coordinator who kind of oversees our parks and wreck programs. So, he can probably answer
some questions with a little bit more detail than myself. Um I presented a packet for you guys last week. I hope that all got on everyone's agenda. And I pulled the um usual reports that I've been sharing annually. We do have a participation report um that just kind
of goes all the way back to 2014 showing um numbers for all of our specific sports. Um we run a you know our parks and recck program also has a joint powers agreement with the city of Baxter. So you'll see those programs on this list as well. We do fall soccer,
flag football, um and then spring soccer as well in addition to um the baseball that we collaborate on, softball that we collaborate on with you guys, and then the tennis and t-ball, I guess. So, um
participation numbers with those older kids in baseball and softball have continued to be a problem. I think, you know, most of them are choosing to either specialize and go into a travel team or they're just not doing it
anymore at that age. So, unfortunately, this year, I think I shared in the spring when we came, we weren't able to uh get enough kids registered for Pony that we had to cancel it. Last year, we were able to uh work with some surrounding communities and play some
games. And this year, they had all made different choices. either they'd gone like >> Yeah, they kind of went their route of Babe Ruth Travel, all of them. And I'm sure some of that was budget related, too. >> Yeah. >> On their smaller communities. >> So, we weren't able to make that work
this year. So, unfortunately, we had to we had to cancel on them and kind of, you know, closer to when they were going to start than we would have preferred, but we were hoping up until the end to make something else work. Um, and then also same with the slow pitch juniors.
Um I think some of those were able to transfer into the 12U >> or the 10U or the >> Yeah, we didn't have enough >> at the 12U level and we wanted to have 12U. So with those juniors, we gave the
option of either going to 12U or upping to seniors. So there was still a slow pitch on a fast pitch. >> So I think most of them chose to move to one of those two at least this time. So, >> but I foresee that continuing to be an issue in the future with those older
kids. It kind of makes me sad, especially with Pony because I know there are a small group of kids that that's what they want to do, but we can't do it with one and a half teams. So, >> yeah, we even offered this year when we knew we had to cancel, we were going to do kind of like a
pickup game like but we wanted people to commit to coming so that there'd at least be so we kind of did like a registration for it and we didn't get enough No, but we were we kind of offered to facilitate that and if people would
commit by signing up. So anyway, um and then right now we have our fall soccer and flag football going gang busters. Um again, that's a program we run with Baxter, but we have lots of Brainard kids participating in it as well. I
didn't have I guess I do have it broke down I think in the um parks and recck breakdown by city sports but again this is just by zip code not necessarily by street address here. So
um anyway spring tennis went fine. Um we were able to add some kids that were on the wait list because we ended up having enough courts. So, we only had 18 total, I think, this year. But,
um, I can't think of anything else for participation numbers. Do you guys have any questions on our numbers report that I shared here? What? Go ahead. Oh, so for the I guess the older kids and kind of the
recreational, not competitive baseball, softball leagues, >> do you have any ideas long term? Like the skills camp seem to go well or any ways to get those kids doing something or is that just it's too small >> to really make anything? >> Maybe. I don't know. And that's
something I have on my list to talk about is trying to do a little bit more collaborating because we've got different groups kind of doing different things and can we pull some things together and maybe offer programming a little bit more planned like trying to target some of these different groups.
So that's a good idea. Uh unfortunately we lost our baseball um coordinator. He took a job with Pine River as the AD. So, he will be looking for someone else to fill those shoes um for this upcoming
summer. So, that might kind of depend on >> I know also with conversations with Kyle before he took his new role >> um since we were not part of that baby charter anymore with our sports. We do have some flexibility to adjust the ages maybe a little bit
>> so we can kind of fill the gaps for those older >> instead of having no options for them because our goal is to have an option for everybody. >> You know, at 15 you have an option for VFW and other things. We're really keying in on those 13 and 14 year olds and maybe adjusting ages for all the
>> all the different leagues so somebody has options. Mhm. The biggest concern when we've kind of looked at that in the past, especially moving kids once we've already taken registrations is size differences, you know, varies a lot at that age, although it could vary a lot
with a 13 and a 13. But yeah, >> just for safety reasons. So, yeah, it's >> and that's why we would look at adjusting maybe the age instead of just, >> you know, letting 12y olds go up to the big or having 13-year-olds go up to, >> right? Yeah, >> I would even encourage you guys to like
work with the Brainer Baxter Baseball Association because I know that they actually encourage a lot of kids to play both park and wreck and theirs >> and maybe share information about hey here's our signups are open >> because a lot of kids they may not get to play at that level and they say you
should go play at that so you get more time in the game >> and we do have good dialogue with Ashley Gillson there >> their coordinator. >> Yeah. So that's I appreciate that. >> Yeah. And you know in the past it used to they used to require it. So and that was probably what about three years ago
I think before you were in this role that they removed that requirement which I I understand that but yeah that's affected our older kids numbers I think too. So >> um one positive to the summer we did apply for a Brainer Public Schools
Foundation grant to upgrade some of our um both baseball and softball equipment. So, we did receive $1,000 for each of those programs or I guess we split it equally between the two. So, we had 2,000 total to spend. Um, doesn't go
real far nowadays for equipment, but yeah, it was nice. We had some stuff that needed upgrading, so we were able to do that. Um, and then again, we um market our program. We send out our guides. So Shane was mentioning they
advertise in our guide as well. Um goes to about 23 24,000 households. Um we also started this year put in that guide. Um we get like a it's called a flip book version that has links to registrations in there. So we'll do that
ongoing and then sending out messages. We have a new communication tool at the school district called Parent Square. I don't know if any of you have kids in the district and have heard of that yet, but anyway. So, we're messaging families when those guides come out just to make sure we're hitting them and they're not
missing the guide in their mailbox. So, trying to get the word out a little bit more about all of our programs, not just parks and rock. But, um, anyway, I also included some information about who we had for support this year from
sponsorships. Um, so >> yeah. Do we have any other questions for community ed? >> I know my daughter's done some community education stuff, not necessarily summer stuff, but she really enjoys it. So, you guys are doing great things for kids and
>> I I sit up here and I say it's all about kids and people being out active and healthy. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Yeah. >> All right. Well, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Let me know if you have any questions. Send me an email. >> We'll do. >> Thank you. All right, that wraps up our
presentations. We will move on to 9A um approval of concrete path from parking lot to the restroom at Lions Park at Buffalo Hills. >> Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. As you know, we put in uh two parking stalls at
that gravel parking lot. And to continue with the AD accessibility, we have two bids, one for a 5ft wide path and another one for an 8ft wide path. Um, at the last board meeting uh Paul Sandy was indicating the 4ft wide was just too
narrow and uh so we went with a 5 foot wide and 8 foot wide path and we have bids there before you. Um, and we have those two options with if the board chooses to go with the eight foot wide,
the Lions Club has uh indicated that they would pay the difference of the cost and that would be roughly about $3,000. >> Do we have questions for staff? >> Andrew, >> are there any ADA improvements? I guess
accessories like truncated domes or grade concerns with the sidewalk like transitioning from the paved parking lot to >> No, it would part of the bid would be that they would have the slope. The grade is adequate for ADA for the slope. So, there wouldn't be any concerns with
that. There's no trees that would need to be removed. Um the only concern is that on the back side as the diagram shows there's currently already a 4 foot wide uh strip of concrete and it's just not
advisable to do a 1 ft uh path of concrete. So we went with two feet get a little bit more strength with that. So there would be a little bit difference with that grading with that. Did we look at like the master plan? Um
for 5T versus 8 ft. Um we have where that path is going to go. It splits the future pickle ball courts in the master plan. >> Is there enough room for 8 ft in there? Because I know we're kind of tight in there already. If we looked at how much
room we have. No, the master plan is is is um a rendering of that and uh so we didn't go out there and measure with those specific measurements. Um it would just really be what we want that feel
entrance going into that park to be like >> Dave. >> Yeah. So we're constantly talking about driving in the park. So, if we go with the 8 foot, what what are the what are the measures that we're looking to put in place and what are the costs for those in order to keep this from
being something that people are driving down at 8t people are going to drive down it? >> Yeah, that's my concern too. >> Yeah. What are what are the costs and what are the implementations we will be putting in place with that? So we could put a ballard in the middle of that and that ballard we could remove, take out
um if we needed to have a emergency vehicle go in or whatever, but we could put a ballard in there. They have them where they're just uh versus the 6 in. We could have a 4-in one. There's multiple measures that you could ensure that vehicles wouldn't be driving in.
Do we have any other questions for staff? >> I have a question. Yeah. Um, are we like rushing this? >> There isn't. The big thing was just getting that ADA parking stalls there.
So, that's done. That's completed. And, uh, with the concrete, we could when we're pouring now at the late of the fall season, we'd have to do measures so that it would cure properly. And, uh, we're still in that season that we could do that. It might be a tick up uh from
that. We have $25,000 as you know with ADA improvements. That parking stalls was $2500. So we have plenty of funds available for this fiscal year to get this completed if we choose to.
>> Okay. I'm just like if we're rushing to put it in just because it's October and is it going to mess up our plans or is it you know I I feel like but I understand if we already have the ADA parking spots like they need we need to then have a way for them to get into the
park. So, like maybe we're not, but I just um I just don't want to have to like remove that or move it or but I guess we can just plan our plans around that when we make the pickle ball courts. >> Yeah. And I think the pickle ball courts
are a few years out potentially yet. So, >> so it wouldn't be that big of a deal to just move around those. I I mean I personally I don't I don't like the eight foot path for all the reasons that Dave said. So
>> what's a Ballard? Sorry. What is that like a gate? >> There's a Gabe Johnson special. Councilman Gabe Johnson is a fan of the Ballards. Ballards? Yeah, just a pole. It's a uh a deterrent pole. Let's call it that.
>> It's like what got put on the sidewalk at Holiday on South Sixth Street. Gabe Johnson special. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Just drive around that. >> I would entertain a motion. >> Oh, yes.
>> Yeah. I I guess I'm a little torn on the value this provides until the playground is done, right? Because like ultimately we want to connect the parking to the playground and so does it make sense to have that done? Like yes, we're giving people
access from the new parking to the building, but did we have a a big need for that until we have more amenities in the park besides, hey, you can park here and go to the the restroom? I don't know how much value that's
giving versus potentially some other things we could do in our parks that exist that are maybe in disrepair. So that's kind of my hang up, but I'm totally 5 feet or bust. >> Yes, I the senator with the state of Minnesota was involved with this ADA
concern. I have informed uh them of their ADA compliance that we're doing with that parking stalls. they were completely pleased with our progress of that and as long as we're moving forward and providing ADA improvements. Um that
is what the state is requiring for just liability and and we're moving in that direction. So there's no hurry to get this done. We could easily wait till next year. We are moving forward. We have a plan. We have a master plan and there's no rush to get something
together. I know the Lions Club is meeting and they're moving forward as you know with grant applications to get their uh playground done and that would have the master plan completed. So again, the state of Minnesota is pleased
with our progress and uh they are happy with that. So as long as we're showing progress and moving forth and and moving forward, they're happy. What is our responsibility to the state? Like did we use a state grant? >> Well, it's just that the state No, it's
no grant. It's just that the senator got a few complaints and was inquiring on from our office saying, "Hey, what are you doing?" When you do an improvement at a park, you have to take into consideration ADA compliancy. And if you
do an improvement, there should be some measures of ADA compliancy. and there really wasn't with just a gravel parking lot. So with us moving acting quickly and doing that ADA those two parking stalls, we are showing good faith and
moving forward and that's all that they are requiring at from us and now they're satisfied. We're moving forward. >> So someone turned us in. Is that what you're saying? No, just an individual called the state senator and complaining
that they could not see the baseball games uh with this new gravel parking lot that they had a park there and they could not see the games >> and I'll push back a little bit and I and I understand you know that we need to be proactive in in ADA and we need to
make sure that we're we're making concessions to that but was always a part of the talk to have to come up with some kind of parking stalls like we did. So, it's not like this would just all of a sudden sprung out of nowhere. That was always a part of your guys's conversation about that. Um, people get
weird when when we make them park farther away, and we've learned that. And and I I want to be accommodating to everyone, but at the same time, we have to work within what our limitations are in terms of making sure that we're building a park that is functional. And um, you know, those parking stalls
turned out great. Turned out great at JC's as well. and those were in the conversation the entire time. So, I appreciate that that got done. So, I I wouldn't put too much credence to that. There was a complaint from someone who wanted to park closer to the baseball game and was unable to do that. But, as
a parent that has attended hundreds of baseball games, I cannot tell you how far I have walked on a regular basis to get to baseball fields. They're just that that's just the nature of the beast. So, Do we have a motion that we'd like to make?
I don't know if there's a motion. I think I'd like to compare this against some other projects we could do with the We said we had about 20,000 left. Do you want to make a motion to direct staff to bring alternatives?
>> Yeah, I'll I'll move to direct staff to explore other improvements we could make yet this year with our ADA budget. >> We have a motion and a second for directing staff to bring alternatives for ADA budget for this year. Do we have
any further discussion about that Dave? >> Yeah. >> Would would that be with the understanding that this would be moving forward when the next piece of that is moving forward? So next year the goal would be to have this as a part of the next piece.
>> Yeah, I think just >> Yeah, I think if we had a playground project happening then that makes sense to do that connection. >> Gotcha. >> Any other discussion? Okay. Yes. >> I guess I would just add if this is the
only thing that makes sense to do, like, let's do it. But I just don't see a pressing need since it hasn't existed yet. And there's not a ton of amenities that someone could use this for in the winter, but you're probably not having a a picnic in January. So, like, you know,
um versus June, we pave it and the playground happens. So, that's kind of where I'm coming from. >> Yeah. All right, we have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed? I. Motion passes.
Okay, moving on. Item number 10, staff reports. Do we have any verbal updates since the packet was sent out? >> No, we do not. I don't have anything. I think Lisa is also working on a grid, but I know um Lisa can talk of that um
just briefly. Um so recently um the park depart uh the parks department is conducting a detailed uh review. We kind of discussed this last uh meeting of what you guys want to how much does it take a staff person to mow the lawn to
uh complete the fields for lining and all of that. Um so right now what we're doing is we're doing a comprehensive uh duty grid um developed uh to document specific tasks um for all of the parks. So um the duty grid will include park
mowing, athletic field preparation, pretty much anything that we do in the fields is on the list. Um, so the guys are marking what they're doing daily. Um, putting their hours down and then we're putting that in the grid, uh, to hopefully come back and see what it is,
you know, how long it takes them so we can put that forth into fee schedules or whatever you guys want to use it for. Um, it's good to have anyways. Um, just to know, um, it'll be kind of standardized of what they do daily. It kind of already is. they each do
specific things uh work on specific things. Um so this will hopefully um project um a clear record of what they all do during the winter, summer, spring, fall months. Um and granted it
will um there's some things that you have to take into account, rain, snow, all of that. It'll take extra time. Um, but we'll be plugging that in to just kind of see what the average um, from snow to rain, how long it will take them. >> Great. Thank you, Lisa.
>> Awesome. >> Any other verbal updates? >> Uh, so the flyer it shows um that we have more sponsors and vendors that were added to the Great Pumpkin Festival. Um, so we're at 13 now. Uh, we are still
looking for some volunteers to take some of the activities. >> I love extra sponsors. I love the event. If you are watching at home, please volunteer. >> I like seeing that super one right there. That's a That's a good one.
>> Good work. >> Thank you. Okay. >> Not that any of them are not good ones. I would Let me fix that statement real quick. All of them are great. All of them are great. That's a new one. That's a new one.
>> We like the new sponsors joining us. >> That's a new sponsor. Let's reward that. >> Okay, moving on. Board member reports. I will start down with Cara today. >> Oh, wow. >> Thank you. I don't have anything. Sorry.
Andrew, >> um, I was out of town this past weekend. How did the concert at Memorial go? >> Yes, the Lonfest went great. We had set up, they canceled Friday and Saturday went great. The the vigilant an antel
um, they were the crowd control individuals and they were awesome. They were really spot-on. the fire and police uh were very active in organizing and helping with their respective uh you know duties and it turned out really good. There was about we haven't got the
final numbers yet about 4 or 500 individuals and we got a couple complaints regarding noise from the actual neighbors but uh comparatively with everything it turned out really well. >> Awesome. >> Dave, yeah, can I follow up with that?
Just a couple of questions. Uh, one the neighbors was that the lake lake view drive or was that further in or >> he was a mile out and yes >> impressive. Okay. >> Okay. Well, it was loud.
>> You know, such is rock. >> Uh, secondary. Uh, any issues with the field? No, we actually purchased plywood and they drove on the plywood out there and the field was immaculate. It was They turned out really good.
>> Yeah, they Yeah, I didn't see any issues. Did Did our staff bring the >> Yes. Okay. Yeah. And we were able to do that with through that small opening right next to the shed. That That's great. That turned out much better than I anticipated. We didn't have to knock down or open up two different portions, just one spot.
>> They were happy with how that went through there. I was surprised that it worked getting it through there. >> And the big thing, we did a walk through on Monday and it was really well cleaned. Um, even the cigarette butts, that was one of my hidden things and we
walked it and Troy was there. He walked it and they did a great job cleaning up. It was really impressive. We charged them to use the field. We indicated that uh in the years to come, we would be charging them for lights. the full number of hours that they use. We just
charge the daily rate. Um, you know, going till midnight was something that we didn't really want to nitpick too much, but as years progress, we'll be charging them a little bit more. >> Yeah, I'd like to was to find a way of making it work. It it it's a fantastic venue. I was very surprised once get
once I got in there that the venue was it it works. I that was my big question was how would it work? Now, you know, are we going to have a million concerts there? No. That's probably not in the best interest of that field. But at the same time, I was very impressed with how the layout functioned that we're able to
get food trucks inside there. Um, and I think we should probably look at that spot that we opened up. We should probably look at maybe gating that or coming up with a better solution than rolling the fence back every time. But, um, just in looking at it logistically, I was very, very impressed by it. So
hats off to everybody involved. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Great. Um any other thing, Andrew? Okay. Board member report for me. I don't have anything. So moving on, I will entertain a motion to adjurnn.
>> Move to adjourn. >> Motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I. >> Meeting is journed at 4:46 p.m.