ready to go. All right. Welcome everybody. Uh I'm my name is Kurt Johnson. I'm the chairman of this uh park and rec commission and I'm going to call to order the regular meeting of the March 9th of March 9th, 2026 city of New Alm Park and Recck
Commission. Um, this next on the agenda would be the roll call of all commissioners. Um, Dave, >> uh, Dave Christian, uh, city council liaison to the board. >> Annie and excuse me, Annne Earl, commissioner.
>> Amy Johnson, commissioner, >> Jim Jensen, commissioner, >> Cheryl Corman, staff, >> and Joey Schugle, staff. >> All right. Thank you all. Um, attached in your packet, you should see the the
agenda for our March 9th, 20126 meeting. U, I need a motion to approve or amend or approve the agenda for this regular park and wreck meeting on >> today, March 9th.
>> Motion to approve. >> A second. >> I have a motion to second. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I >> opposed. Motion carried. Item number three, approval of the agenda you have or no, approval of the minutes. Item
number four, approval of the minutes uh for the park and rec commission regular meeting of February 9th, 2026. Uh >> I'll move to approve the minutes. >> All right. Is there a second? >> All right. There's been a motion in a
second to approve the uh minutes for the meeting of February 9th, 2026. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. Item number five, the city council
meeting recap. >> Thank you, Chair Johnson. Commissioners have a few items to go over this month. All right. At the February 17th meeting, the Johnson Park scoreboard replacement was approved. Uh, also at that same
meeting, temporary camping uh for River Valley BMX in South German Park was approved. Uh, donations at that meeting were were approved. There also was a work session after uh the regular council meeting and at that work session, the council discussed uh the
National Guard Armory along with the field maintenance shop discussion. The reason I bring that one up uh in front of all of you is one of the uh potential options if the city would take control of the field shop is potentially moving our maintenance shop to in that area.
Now, there are other city needs as well. Um but our current shop is located at 6 North Front Street. Uh and we're probably getting close to the end of that uh building's useful life. So, we'll have to look at doing something. So, this could be a great option for the
parks and recreation department for our our maintenance operation. More to come on that one. That one uh potentially is coming back to city council for some additional direction very soon. And then at the the March 3rd regular meeting, uh year-end transfers
and encumbrances were approved. So, that is open purchase orders. Uh, parks and wreck had um a few open purchase orders from last year that were carried over uh just for projects that weren't fully completed. Uh, and that was all approved and moved into the year 2026.
>> All right. >> Any questions? >> Thank you, Director Schugle. I would have a motion to uh receive and order file the uh city council past action report. >> So, move. Is >> there a second? >> Second.
>> All right. There's a motion in a second. to receive and order file the park and rec or no the uh city council action past action report. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I.
>> Opposed? Motion carried. Thank you. >> Uh we move next to item number six, the uh old business. Director Schugle. >> Yes, Chair Johnson. Commissioners, uh talking about our master plan. So each month there's a there's an update on
here. Not any real huge updates this month. However, staff cons continues to work on phase three, which is that implementation stage. This is our final phase of that master plan. Um and a big part of this phase is park specific recommendations. So, what we'll see when
we get that draft report in and what you would have saw the 50% plan, you didn't have any specifics in there yet, but there's recommendations in the next 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10, 10 to 15, and those specific recommendations are a heavy
part of this phase. Uh again, timeline uh has shifted a little bit later, but still anticipate a potential April time frame for uh the 100% draft to be >> 2006 or 20. >> Yeah. As soon as next month, we we
potentially have the consultants here at our meeting if all goes as planned to um present that 100% draft to all of you. Uh and then city council potentially in May. Now again, those timelines might have to shift just depending if everything can um get completed in the
next month or so before our next meeting. So any questions on that? >> What was the original due date on this? >> We were shooting for April. >> So we're we're really close. >> We're on target. We're going I think we're moving along fine. >> All right. Thank you, Director Sugle. Um
I would entertain a motion to receive and order the order filed. the park and wreck master plan update. >> So move. >> There second. >> Second. >> All right. There's been a motion made and seconded to receive and order filed
the park and wreck master plan update. All those in favor signify by saying I >> I >> opposed. Carried. That will be done. Thank you. Now we move on to new business. Um Director Schugle.
>> Yes. Uh Mr. Chair, commissioners, uh before you is uh we're going to talk about the pollinator park and we have our our very invested volunteers with us today who would like some of your time to give you a recap on what happened in
2025 and plans for 2026 and then I'll come back in and and uh give some more updates on where we're trending in the future for that area as well. >> Good. Well, all right. >> Come forward. Yep.
Welcome. >> Good afternoon. Deb Steinberg here. I am a longtime resident of New Alm and a passionate pollinator park. >> Harrah. >> Good for you. >> Um, we just wanted to talk a little bit about the pollinator park. Since
becoming stewards of the New Pollinator Park in 2015, we are honored to build and restore the habitat and continue prepping the land to serve as a hub for pollinator conservation, education, science, and community education.
Um, a little highlights from 2025. We purchased two quality signs showcasing the monarch butterfly and we also conducted several educational and volunteer events for the public of all ages.
Um, we did start to track our hours spent at the pollinator park and we surprisingly contributed over 500 hours of volunteer work which included weeding, trimming, seed collection, planting seeds and pollinator plants,
soil prep, maintaining the bird feeders, conducting events and photography. So, a lot of time spent out there but well worth it. We did m major brush Joe did major brush control by clean
cleaning out Canadian thistle, wild raspberry, grape and honeysuckle. We did an addition of the Zena and sunflower garden which was very popular. Um had a lot of nice comments from the public on that. Wonderful pollinators
also even though they are annuals. And we found that we have the perfect location for our park. There's thousands of drivers and walkers that drive by, walk by the Pollinator Park. And while we're working out there, several people
have come up to us and given us compliments and thank you for this park. So, that really is a boost for us. Last summer, we had really timely rains, mid to late summer, and we had a fantastic
show of color. It was like a a spring bloom, a super bloom. With that towards the fall, we had a wonderful surge of monarchs at the pollinator park this late summer and early fall. And um we think it was due
to our continued efforts of deer and rabbit control. We've had those little critters were just very busy and we put a lot of fencing around some of our most popular like Meadow Blazing Star. It's like a monarch magnet. We've been
putting fencing around some of these areas and that really contributed to our super bloom. So, we've we're really happy to see that. And also, I'm not sure if you guys have received or looked, there is a pollinator park brochure.
>> Should have been in your packet. >> Yes. >> Well, I guess it was. >> Okay. And make sure to take a look. We have a nice little brochure talking about the pollinator park and what we all do and what's included and what we are hoping for for the future. >> Good. Thank you.
>> Okay, that was 2025 and before and I'm 2026. So, and she mentioned a little Deb mentioned a little bit about that. My name is Joe Gardner. I live in New Home here. And wow, I went for an explore out at the pollinator park this morning. And
in addition to the pollinator park, the city has hundreds of acres of of flood plane. >> So I walked the flood plane. It's pretty dry, you know. And I saw this bald eagle and I was watching it and then I Oh, there's a nest right there on your land
on the city land um next to the river which is maybe a half mile out from from the um from the nonfloodable land. And u I heard some sandill cranes in past days.
they've seen an otter running across the field there. And I thought, "Wow, this is very a very special place." And the pollinator park or garden kind of sets it off, but there's more to it than just that. So, um, but what do we want to do
in 2026? We want to increase the number of volunteers. Uh, we've had some pretty good volunteer help. last week or so, I had a couple people that approached me and said, "We really want to be volunteers and do stuff." And I thought,
"That's great." Um, we're planting some non-native stuff just because they're really good for nectar plants and um they're a little less likely to be uh attacked by the deer and rabbits. the deer fence. If
it's this high and and it's like a 4 foot distance between the fence, the deer won't go into it. Um I'm thinking about we need some rabbit fences about this high. Uh we you wouldn't think milkweed would be very edible, but in
the spring it must be like candy to critters because they do eat it. And then in the fall when it dries up, they'll eat it too. And it's that we want milkweeds because that's the food supply for the monarch. So, we'll we'll try to figure out a way to uh protect
them better. We've got a hillside below the pollinator park that that goes to uh faces the the east that had nothing on it and now it's pretty rich with pollinator plants. Uh every year we
planted a new strip and uh we're getting near the end of the strips because we've covered the whole hillside, but there are other areas within the the park and the garden that would be nice to have some some u plantings and we we would like to continue to do that in a big way
the next couple of years and then maybe sit back and just enjoy it and not do so much planting. We we probably need more volunteers now than what we would need in a normal year after all the plantings have been done. But part of the
plantings is to generate seeds that we can donate or that we can use to grow plants right right at the park. Um we've updated signs. We're looking at some way of getting water to the site.
Uh continue with the children and adult programming. Um, I worked for 17 years at the Morhead State Regional Science Center and one of my jobs was to lead school groups into the our forest and prairie that we had there. And I thought
it would have been a great day to see that eagle's nest and and hear the cranes. Uh, so we need we can do more of that. And we want to promote our park the uh locally, regionally as as big as
we can because it is a special thing. If you go to other cities and you ask them about their pollinator park, a lot of them have them, but they're just a small little area, you know, outside the first national bank or, you know, some little
bear spot they could find. But we have u a park that ultimately people would drive some distances to see I think and enjoy the rest of the city too which is part of it. We want to make um the pollinator park part of all the sights
and sounds that the city already has. So that's it I think. >> Good. Any questions for the >> I I was just curious. I' I've driven by there and I stopped a couple times. How How many acres are How big is that piece of property? >> About Well,
>> about >> 20, right? >> But but the flood plane that um is next to it is, you know, hundreds of acres. >> Yeah. >> So >> that's kind of like being out in wide open country out there. You mean >> Yeah. It's like you get you get out of
the the wooded area and you step on that flood plane and it's if it wouldn't be for the big high lines out in the distance. You would think you'd be out in the wilderness somewhere. >> What might be the biggest challenge you you see going forward or your park
volunteers? >> Step up to the microphone, please. >> Oh. Oh, okay. I I don't see that many challenges, but you know, the more volunteers the better. and um you know financing for you know some
improvements that would be nice. Uh but m maybe Joey can address that more than I can. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Our big dream is to enlarge the pollinator park. Right now it's 2 >> 64 acres and there's a lot of flood
plane land and um whatever that sure could be incorporated into the pollinator park and that would only make it much more of an attraction. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much for coming here today. It's a very special place. There's no doubt. >> Thank you.
>> Director Schugle. >> Yes. Thank you, Joe and Deb. I I do have a couple more comments on that. I kind of wanted to show a little bit of what um myself and our our volunteers have been working on and our our staff. Um there is a a concept that's been put
together in your packet. >> Mhm. >> So currently when we talk about the developed area right now the 2.6 acre 64 acres is this square here. >> Mhm. >> When we look at this square we're
focusing mostly on that. That's an additional 20 acres right there. That's city-owned land already. Um um looking at potential expansion or future um amenity enhancement out there.
Uh we have come up with working with uh this is a concept plan from ISG on some potential improvements and we've asked for funding from uh the state lottery funds on this. It's called LCCMR funding and um our we'll be applying for that as
well this year, but last year we we were denied on that. Very competitive. There's usually a hund and some million dollars worth of that, but there was $300 plus million dollars of requests last year. Uh we're asking for a small piece of that because some of the enhancements we're talking about are
naturebased play area, uh using the topography of the park already. Uh so whether it's a manufactured playground piece with some natural amenities at the same time for for children to play on. >> Where is that funding coming through? >> So it's a state lottery fund is where
that LCCR money. >> Is it coming through MHS or is it coming through the DNR? >> DNR. Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Um and then shaded gathering space would be part of that next to the playground. uh some more uh trail options and then native prairie restoration is some of
the things we're focusing on early. You know, we do have some invasives out there. Joe's done a fabulous job on getting some of that, but this would be a good opportunity to use some funding for that as well. Um, so and another thing with our master plan, you know,
coming to a head here soon, um, I envision us coming back to you really soon and asking for this additional 20 acres to be dedicated parkland is is one of the things we'd be looking at um, um, for that area um, under city control
already. So, it would be um, and is usable. we're using it now for that that um very reason, but it technically is still um not considered parkland. So, that's one of the things we're working on. Any questions on on any of that? And
to get to the challenges a little bit is it's funding and volunteers. So, um these three in the room right now do a lot of the work uh that that's into that and do it with really little funding. Um so most of all the improvements that
they are talking about are small donations from um Isaac Walton League for example or New Almaria Foundation. Where is the nearest city water source if we were to put one in just for the Pollinator Brook? I would think that for
the larger scale the 20 acres you would need definitely water sources coming in and that would be part of the development plan. But if they wanted to put it in now, where's the nearest water? >> Do we have water in the fire and the police department building down there? Yes, we do.
>> Yes, we do. But that's a ways away from, you know, if if we were getting it to where our area right now is up here, um, this existing garden, >> but it it's doable. I I don't have the
exact answer where we'd pull for a water source. I mean, we talking 20,000 or 200,000? >> I'd have to get some numbers and come back to you for that one. Yep. >> Thank you. >> So, yeah. So, I we wanted to present today on, you know, what happened in
2025 and and what the plan is for 2026 and then some bigger plans here in the future for that area. >> Good. Thank you very very much for being here. It is a special place. Um, I'd look for a motion to uh file the uh 2025
recap of accounting of of the activity and the 2026 plan for the pollinator park. I would also encourage people to volunteer and help. >> Before I make the motion, I do want to thank the pollinator people. It does
look nice. You do an excellent job. Thank you. I'll motion to receive an order and file the report. I'll >> second. All right. All those in favor signify by saying I >> I >> opposed. Motion carried.
>> We will now I will order or we will receive uh and file the 2025 recap of activity in the T 2026 plan for the Pollinator Park. And again, much thanks for being here.
Item number 7.2. Uh, Director Schugle. >> Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair, commissioners. Uh, this is a request uh to approve um to for to recommend city
council approve New Baseball Association to submit a lease for lawful gambling activity at Johnson Park for the 2026 baseball season. Um, so I just wanted to give a little bit of um, detail on this and also uh, representative from Mr. Flor from the Newm Baseball Association
is here to answer any other questions potentially that this group has as well. Uh, so currently the Newm Baseball Association does have a state of Minnesota gambling license. Um, and this request is for the 2026 baseball season
and it's coming before you because it would be using the premises of Johnson Park for um for that gambling activity. Uh, New Alm Baseball Association has an approved liquor license. So, if you don't know much about the state gambling regulations is you can't do one without
the other. You must have an approved liquor license to uh then offer um gambling as well. So, and then one of the things the state does, it has many regulations to this, but per state statute, 20% of gross profit for any
gambling on a on a leased facility goes back to the owner of that facility. So, 20% of that would come back to um the city of New for uh potential use as well. Um I will add in there is uh Newan
Park and Recreation is a benefit of um gambling activity not uh at all the different locations of uh from New Baseball Association and some other user groups as well. So we do see uh donations um in many different ways down
at Johnson and Miller Parks due to activity at different establishments through town. Um, and Al could for sure talk more about that as well. Uh, that's that's my staff report for you today. Um, I'm happy to answer any questions or as I stated, Mr. Floor is
here as well. >> Is this electronic or pull tabs? >> Yeah. What are we talking about? What kind of what kind of gambling? >> Right. So, uh, Mr. Floor would better answer all of those questions for you. Thank you, commissioners. Um, my name is
Alan Flor. Um, I am >> I am the gambling manager for the New Baseball Association. Um, what we're looking at for there is, you know, mostly it would be pull tabs, a
bingo event potentially. The pull tabs aren't going to be there permanently. Um, it's more like a one-off thing. Um the new video board we can run a race is what it amounts to be on there. It's like a raffle. Um that's mostly what all
of it entails is to be able to do maybe three to five events a year of a raffle or like we've talked about having like bingo at the park. Um >> it's not going to be then every every game or anything? >> No. No. Um I would say it's probably three to five events. It's only going to
be at games for would be either New Alm Brewers or select New Alm Legion VFW. Um no no high school events it can be at. Um we wouldn't we don't allow that. We would not want that there. Um that's
>> Have you done this there before? >> There. So there's been raffles done there before and things like that. Um but legally I want to do it the right way. So I this is why I've come to you. Um, we did this back in 2024. Um, we didn't we got approved. Um, we didn't
need it at that time. We were going to do an event. We let it we let it expire. Um, and that's why we came back. >> Why do you need it now? >> Um, well, because we're putting in the new video board and we would like to, you know, we want to do bingo. Uh, we would like to do like a bingo at the
park one night. Um, and then we'd we I want to be able to do one or two raffles. Um, I'm sure you guys have seen the events that go around at other places where they do this 50/50 raffle. Um, technically you have to have a gambling license. You're supposed to
have a premises permit. Um, all those pieces are supposed to be involved. And I would, like I said, I want to do it the correct way. I'd like to give some money back to the city or the park and wreck for doing that. Um, it isn't going to be a huge substantial amount that we
do. So, uh, that's that's kind of where I'm sitting with that. I just wanted, like I said, I want everything to be done. All the paperwork was filled out by Joey and I believe our city attorney and our city
manager and things like that. So I said raf even like raffles you're supposed to technically have a premises permit to do all that stuff there and I I just assume like they give a piece of that pie back to the park and wreck or the city of New
whichever they it goes to the general fund and they can do it whatever they >> do you have gambling at other like bars or anything like that? >> Yeah, we I have like it at five or six other establishments. Um so >> so why baseball? I guess I'm just asking
>> because it's it's kind of goes hand in hand. You go to a lot of baseball games. I mean, you go to the Twins game, they do a massive 50/50 raffle there. Um, some nights it's $100,000. So, uh, you know, I'm not going to be anything on that type of a scale, but I
just want to be able to do it right. And that's the right way is to get this premises permit, um, get the lease signed, um, get all that parts correct before doing it. So, I have no intentions of doing it at,
like I said, the high school events, anything like that. That's just that's why I'm here asking that. >> I mean, personally, I'm troubled by the gambling in and of itself, but I'm more troubled by the gambling at a baseball park. I mean, there's kids, there's mom
and dad. We're coming there to watch baseball, not to gamble. With all due respect, you guys are great. I like you. I like the association. It's a really good thing. But my opinion is I'm not sure we need you got other places. I'm not sure we need at the ballpark. That's
just my opinion. >> Yeah, respect that. >> Anybody else have questions or comments for all? >> No, I didn't. >> I basically was concerned if they were putting paper pull tabs or anything as someone who lives across the street from
the park. And believe me, I love the food. It's just a great place to go besides the baseball, but I didn't want all of that stuff all over the neighborhood because it would if I, you know, paper is paper and it goes everywhere. So, electronics were fine.
>> And I don't the bingo. I I don't think it would create any more noise for the neighborhood than a baseball game or anything does. In fact, it has to be done by 11:00 at night. So it's >> to me the activity
is more enhancing to me personally than an unused baseball park. So for three or four events a year, I don't think it's a problem. Yeah, like I said, I think the raffles, like I said, you see them around other
places, too. Um I'm not sure about those other locations. I mean, there's parks in our area that do the same thing. Um, I don't know if I can't speak for them that if they're doing it the correct way. That's why I'm here doing it this way. And that's, you know, the
everything would be on the up and up. >> Yeah. >> For here. No, >> basically, it's for the raffles and the bingo. >> Correct. The raffles, the bingo. Um, there is a video race that we could like to be able to use like which is it takes a place of the 50/50 raffle at the game,
but that would only happen at the Brewers games and we only really technically have 12 games there and I don't see them happening at every game. Like I said, three to four games is going to be about it. Um that's Yeah. And going back to what Ann
is talking about, we're not going to have boxes of paper pull tabs like we've seen at other events and have them all over the ground. No. Um as I don't want to add more I don't want to add more work to my park and wreck facility people already. So
>> it's bad enough listening to them blow pop cans through the grand stand when they're cleaning with their air blowers of paper would be everywhere. Yeah. And that's we try we've tried to address that with like our sunflower seeds and peanut shells too, trying to limit to that.
>> Any other questions? >> Oh, I was just curious. I feel like this has come before us in the past. Like this isn't new, right? >> It did in 2024, right? And it got approved. Um Joey just wanted to make just bring this back again because like I said, I let it expire at that time. We
didn't have to host them those two events that year. Um, and so I wanted to go back for the commission and then back to the city council for approval. >> Yeah, I do think that's important to point out that we've done this before. This isn't the first first time that this has happened. So,
>> all right. Very good. Thank you. >> Thank you, commissioners. >> Any other questions or comments, counselors? >> All right. There have I have a proposed motion. Is that right here? So, Mr. Chair and Commissioner, so we would need a roll call on this one because this
would be um asking the city council to offer a resolution for this activity. So, it would go to a vote. >> So, what >> do you have a motion? >> Okay, we have to recommend city council. Huh? >> Oh, are you asking for a motion?
>> I'm asking for a motion. >> So, move. >> Second. >> All right. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> No, I think there's got to be a roll call. That's where the roll call comes in. I jumped the gun a little bit. My fault. >> Okay. >> Okay. I'm going to call for the vote.
>> Chairman Johnson, >> no. >> Amy Johnson, >> yes. >> Jim Johnson, >> yes. >> And Earl, >> yes. >> Dave Christian, >> yes.
>> And the other two are absent. So motion is carried. >> Motion carried. All right. Motion carried. We'll receive uh and approve the Nor Baseball Association to submit a lease uh for lawful gambling activity at
Johnson Park during the 2026 baseball session. Thank you for coming out. All right. Uh, item number eight, commissioners reports. Anything? Director Schugle. Anything from you guys?
All right. 8 8 item 8 number 88 83 the staff reports. Director Schugle >> department activity >> 8.2 2's activity report. >> Do you want to do A2 and not A3?
>> Oh, A2. I'm sorry. I missed that one. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Commit commission >> department activity report. >> Uh so, uh before use the February activity report. Uh I want to highlight just a couple things in here. Uh February was a uh was tournament season
at the the recreation center. So we are very careful about how uh we offer tournaments there just so it doesn't impact the membership and uh daily use. But uh we did host the new basketball association tournament and then a new tournament the following weekend was the
Manora volleyball tournament and this is a huge tournament that um is hosted in many different communities and both tournaments went very well. Both uh >> both really big. >> Yeah. Yeah. So both user groups uh did did a nice job with that and uh kept the
impact minimal to our to our daily users there. Um otherwise it continued civic center had their continued run of tournaments every weekend out there. Um and a lot of activity in in February. So any questions on anything in the report?
No, I just wanted to to thank the people of the city at the park and wreck department, especially the maintenance people because after these tournaments, it's a huge job and you really don't notice anything by Monday morning, right? >> It the all the facilities are clean and
the everything is is ship shaped. So, they must I don't know if they're working all night or what they're doing, but they're doing a heck of a good job. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, I agree with that really a lot. Yes, thank you for bringing that up. >> I will uh I will let echo that to our our maintenance team and custodial team.
So, it does require us to shift our our um scheduled shifts for staff and sometimes double shifts on the weekend to make everything >> people at the desk. I I mean, they're doing a great job. So, we'll just need a motion. >> Nothing more on that. I'd
>> ask for a motion to accept the uh park and wreck uh department's activity report for February of 2026. >> So, move. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> All right. The motion's been made and
seconded. Uh all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. opposed. Same sign motion is uh passed and so I will accept uh the park and wreck I pass the motion and uh the
park and wreck department's activity report from 2026 and thank all the staff and maintenance people for their good work. Item number 83, staff report. >> Yes, Mr. Chair, commissioners, a few items here. So, uh, civic center, we
talked about just briefly, but, uh, the Civic Center currently is preparing for dry flooror season. So, the south rink is um, melting right now and will continue to melt until that is uh, ready for dry floor show. This weekend's the farm show out there. The north side will
see ice throughout this week and then that ice will come off on Sunday of this week in preparation for the camper show, double sh double-sided camper show, home show to follow. There's a career expo, garage sale, um, and a month of preventative maintenance that helps us
um, do some things that we can't do while the ice is on. Uh, and we're we are seeing some more mechanical issues out there. So, it it's a time for um us to get some of our preventative maintenance vendors in and do some some of that additional work we can't necessarily do with the ice on uh to
continue to make that system move on. Uh, additionally, seasonal employment applications closed on March 1st. Uh there are a few extras or a few more reposted um but we did see really good response for a lot of parks and recreation positions. uh and we'll this
month will be very heavy in the hiring of staff uh for those seasonal part-time positions. Uh hopefully next month I will have a a further report on Herman Monument cost estimate draft. So, um, we just received that over the weekend and
staff will be meeting on that and and presenting to council in April and and this commission as well, uh, for and those are that um overall cost estimate to um deconstruct and reconstruct the monument for that and we'll need that
>> construct also. >> So, yes. So deconstruct and and pieces that our historic architects feel that are able to be reconditioned focusing on that. We know a lot of the materials won't to try to save some cost that way
and and the state historic preservation office has indicated that that is an avenue that they'd accept as well. So, and then uh staff in South Point had a walk through uh just at the end of last week to finalize kind of signage
locations within the recreation center. Um and that went well as as that uh continues to move forward. We'll see an RFP out for that signage um work at inside the rec center. So, >> good. Any questions of Director Schugle
about staff reports? >> I was just wondering I didn't see it in there. and any update on the aquatic supervisor position. >> It's a great question. So, we um we myself and our our new program supervisor who was in the aquatic
position, Mr. Doden and Assistant Director Corman all uh went through that job description and made some um slight uh changes to that. Anytime we have an opportunity to do that, we do that. Um and HR has approved those. So, I'd expect that to be posted really soon. Uh hoping to have someone over the next few
months fill that position. Very good. Good. >> Good. Thank you, Amy. Um, I'd have a motion to accept and file the park and recreation department staff report. >> So move. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> All right. There's a motion and second.
Uh, all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carried. I we will accept and file the park park and recreation department staff report. Uh, thank you, Director Schugle.
Anything further that needs to come before us today? >> Date of the next meeting, >> huh? >> The date of the next meeting. >> The date of the next meeting. >> Oh, yeah. No, I will do that. But, all right then. Thank you all uh commissioners very much. The date of the
next meeting will be April 13th, 2026 at 4 p.m. That's the second Monday of each month. U I'd have a motion to adjurnn. >> So move second. >> Motion carried. Motion is adjourned. Thanks.