this conference will now be recorded All right we'll go ahead and uh call this meeting to order Uh look at the agenda and get a motion to approve the agenda for tonight Do we want to add the restrooms and
stuff at the ballpark to a minute or be a discussion i suppose you could just as a discussion there already No I mean otherwise just talk to I don't know the guys going to have it open then's the answer We're good Second
Uh motion a second to approve the agenda All in favor i I opposed Carries I got you Uh looking for a motion to approve the minutes from March 3rd
Make a motion to approve the minutes from March 3rd 2025 I'll second I have a motion and a second to approve the minutes All in favor opposed carried Accounts payable
Does this bathroom supply last us the whole year um No I think they have a couple of things that they end up buying but I think for the most part it it does when Ronnie does the the big
purchase for the bathroom supplies for the parks I was going to say I don't see too many invoices come through from the public works for Tigan during the summer And if anybody ever has any questions on these you know it just says supplies you
can come in and see the invoice too Yeah Let me just pull it up for you Cool Pretty cool I'll make a motion to approve accounts receipt I'll second Okay A motion in a second to approve the
accounts payable All in favor i oppose Carried Uh it doesn't look like we have anybody for public comment so we'll just keep on trucking along here Uh unfinished business pool update Yeah Burbach's not going to be
here today There's not a whole lot They're still working on structural for the pool itself Um they're going to do a few more borings out there just to make sure they know exactly what they've got so we don't have to do so we don't run into any surprises Should save us money
hopefully in the long run cost another three I can't remember what it was three grand 3200 bucks to do more borings but was something they recommended and something that I can see the advantage of it uh for the portion of the pool that does not fall where the old pool
was and they know where the bedrock is where the pool is now and they know what corrections or what they'll have to do on top of that for the zero depth entry for part of it but um I believe we received five grand from Comcast Miranda
is that Right We'll we will Yep And then um Paul Peterman's working with Mayo to see if he can get some more there It's not looking good He's also got a meeting coming up with Quick Trip We're waiting on um Prayer Island Community Uh I put
Paul in touch with their lobbyist to try and finagle some there Um uh we're working with Mo several of us have been talking to uh Monourir out at Mosaic and and uh well we'll have to talk to Steve Johnson again to see where
his donation is at $5,000 over five years if he just wants to give the whole thing at once Maybe he wants to get more after his sale Yeah because he's done Yeah So I'll have Paul talk to him as well Um trying to think brother was
talking to somebody too somebody Oh I can't remember We haven't had pool committee meeting for a while have we i saw Brena in the parking lot Yeah I saw Brena in the parking lot at baseball just a little while ago but I couldn't catch it Any updates i missed last month's
meeting Have any updates from like the town hall meetings or township meetings oh we received How much did we get from uh Minola um was it $500 might have been I think it was $500
something like that or $300 I can't and Zabro Township I haven't heard back from them They were having a spirited discussion when Brea and I left We said well we'll just take off here and you guys can talk about it Last thing we heard we walked out the door is one of the residents say does
anybody's kids even swim in Zabona we're like well yes to your grandkids and your kids everybody swims in Zabona [Music] So so we'll see what comes about there Um those were the only two we we stayed
away from The committee wanted to stay away from Pine Island Township because of the Pine Island pool Yeah So and then Rosco I don't think anybody go to Rosco meeting to the ones I was asked to go to
but we had two the one day their annual meetings is when they do the allocations So gotcha We could get the other the other two next March as well We need to ask so they can go name can go on the record Um Jay that's online
virtual uh can you uh identify yourself please judy Hol Oh okay Welcome Judy All right Is that it thank you Um little update I think so Just still working on design We haven't had a design meeting for a couple weeks either
Um because there wasn't a whole lot to update while we wait on structural So all right But still getting donations and moving along So yeah So we need to still bring in a couple hundred thousand Yeah Next month and a half So let me just pull
that out of my pocket Cool That'll help We're going to hold you to that Get get that in the minutes Miranda You're set Could give you this That's in my uterus That will calm down Oh she might Does she not have my
uh All right Uh then we'll move on to disc golf and pickle ball court discussion So I still have some uh residents asking about the disc golf how we're going to go about um I guess getting the tea boxes set
up and um I I guess I don't know where we left off on that but tea boxes and I guess some kind of marker that works So um and then pickle
small court discussion is apparently the basketball court's too slippery and there's been a little bit of talk about doing a pickle ball court
basketball court kind of like playing mask now that gets expensive we definitely have to budget for it but I think plane island I don't know how many courts they have down there but I think they spend somewhere around $30,000 to get that etched in there Well didn't
they do it once there and it all peeled off and they had to redo it that's what I heard I guess I don't know Are you thinking this would be a separate slab or it would be on this slab on this slab they would would attach it I don't know
exact from what I understand they etch it and paint the lines in but it's some different kind of a paint too that's not supposed to be so slippery Yep I think there maybe there's a grant maybe too we can look at
I was going to say there was pickle ball going on in Troy's driveway yesterday I drove by My kids are addicted Everybody over there driving down all the time I had to buy my kids an extra portable pickle ball that just like this one the
city bought because they didn't have access to one So hurry up and get one Yeah they're addicted Front patio too Yeah They have mentioned though that like when they go to Pine Island to do it that textured kind of surface that they have it's kind of like a rhino liner if you will It's a little
bit orange peel type kind of finish to it gives it a lot more grip It isn't as slippery I have played with them down there It does get kind of dusty and slippery It's not a bad idea from a safety perspective If we could spin it some way to get a
grant there would be I think make that space as good as it can be Yeah I mean it was a heavy lift to get the cement down there How long did it take us to do that i mean yeah I mean we finally got that So let's finish it right getting
even if we have to I think we should get some even better nets down there too I mean I don't know I think it's a great area of the park and I think it's well used and I think it would be very money well spent however we can make it happen
I think it's a good draw when people drive by that aren't familiar too to see kids down there even they're shooting basketballs or doing their thing Yeah it's good advertisement for the park Do we know is there really a grant or are we just going to have to hunt for a
grant we'll have to hunt Okay I can I can talk to Elizabeth in Pun Island too Um they just got a big grant They're going to redo all of their park playground equipment in their park The one right off the Holy smokes
Now they sold land and had like a $1.7 million treasure chest of money to do a lot of this a lot of this stuff So when when people ask well how come Piling could do that how come you know that's why we don't have to sell
there'd be a dog We have a lot We have We have a couple of lots left but but yeah I mean we can look and see if there's a grant I can have the I think we still have some CEDA hours I can just cut CEDA loose or I can cut Kurt loose for that matter
looking for a grant for that to see if there's you know I know P Island it's a it's a 50 I think it's a 50 I can't remember what it is pretty big grant they got for their park equipment but another request from some of the new
pickle ballers was do the lights get shut off when the hockey rink is closed for this season or does that get is that powered off or whatever because they were wondering about having lights and because the park stays open till 10 right they were asking about that if the lights could ever be set up on a timer
or there's a switch in there isn't there i think there's a switch on the floor Yeah the kids usually turn on and off right could we get that on a timer of some sort because I see that they sometimes get left on too Actually
they moved I think Shane ended up moving that off Oh sure be good to have the timer just so that it shuts off not automatically comes on So if they forget to shut off like you said it goes off Well the police can cruise down there and shut it
off too They do rounds down there They lock they lock up the bathrooms at night down there So we just tell them lock it up or shut them off if you see them on Although I'm sure they don't mind having them on right keep things lit up down there right just in case And we're going
to have a camera in the park Have I told you that yeah So over by the playground which will see that whole area as well Nice Very good That's smart Um circling back to the disc golf I can look back at the old emails
from a year and a half ago or whenever we were looking at those signs and doing that and get some pricing as to what it do to put in the temporary tost signs that we were talking about I did have a donation suggestion It was either a
$5,000 donation from Comcast or donating 18 slab custom concrete teapads for the disc golf thing which he thought was equivalent to about a $5,000 concrete thing if they're going to do it And I said "Put it towards the pool I mean
we're so far off on the pool you might as well finish that." So but we did originally Yeah we did originally right we did originally talk about leaving the disc golf for the last year just to make sure that the locations of the basket So now that that
year is over we should circle back and do something just to finish off because that is a very popular outlet as well Yeah Not on the board during that discussion but yeah it's it seems very well used I
mean people enjoy it Are we talking about how many holes are down there now nine 18 There's a full 18 We went from 9 to 18 And then the discussion was to add T signs to show you where you are and where the basket's going to be located
and then adding a small concrete slab so it's not slippery or muddy or anything Is there like I don't know the right way to say this but is there like regulations that would make it like an official type of course or So we had a gentleman and I can dig up those emails
too from like St cloud who wanted to come down and make it so it was an official UDISK sanctioned type 18 so that other places could use it as our thing But if it's free to use we wouldn't really be banking any money other than bringing in
all those people to town to play on it do whatever So well maybe if it's sanctioned like that maybe at some point somebody even have an event or something down there you know well they could incorporate an event with like Coverbridge Festival They could have correct tournaments Yeah Yeah Lots of
possibilities Absolutely So I'll dig that all back up I'll take that in action Have some information for us next month All right Well I think it's safe to move on to uh new business here Uh we'll start with a vendor request in Covered
Bridge Park Picnic tables Did I miss it did you talk about picnic tables i was I miss not on the agenda I'll just have that Oh okay Sorry It was not rolled on my paper So
apologize I have the You have the updated version Yeah I guess so Okay What is it picnic tables Campground picnic tables All right Well we'll start with that then That's the under unfinished business See okay Sorry That's all right
So some of discussion with staff is um the cost of adding 10 new picnic tables We're either going to have to phase it for a few years or maybe the campers can get their own
tables or something You know I it gets to be it's over $11,000 just in tables We just don't have the money for that now I mean we could phase one or two picnic tables in a year
but I I I guess um the tables that we do have the wood ones down there are you know we have them for the tent people and they do get used but it just gets to be a lot all at once You know
we're spending quite a bit of money in that campground yet this year too So just something to talk about I had a seasonal camp site and I didn't get a picnic table I buy my own Just bought one of those plastic ones that
fold up Yeah Actually ended up selling it with my camper on the site when I sold the camper So are we replacing tables or are we getting ones in addition to 10 gotcha
So what kind of picnic tables are we looking at putting in this the campground are we looking at putting the same kind that we have up at East Park yeah we're going to get the the metal ones Okay They just hold up much better That's what I got prices on
anyway Is there a volume discount or something where if we were to buy all 10 at once we could get a discount versus No I mean the price he gave me is and I got
two quotes One one was for,63 and one was for,100 That was knowing what we were purchasing and that was about the best price they got to buy a thousand to get a discount Right I saw if you got a dozen
and they cut you 10 or 15% it might be a buy nine and get the 10th one free type I think that what they've got there now is was the cut in the deal He he reworked that quote once and I think he marked it down from 1,400
to,00 but then then we still have shipping in them If they could get to Earl FS we could probably pick them up ourselves but I don't they might get shipped direct too and shipping gets to be expensive Sure But I think we're
adding because of the new seasonal sites right and I think the discussion should be should a picnic table be provided for seasonal sites it's a good question You have a seasonal site you kind of set up
yourself typically What do other campgrounds do i had one at Shades of Sherwood for a few years and I had to provide but I could build a deck and everything out there Mhm Um yeah we didn't get a picnic table There was one out in the
courtyard or two that we could go sit at but not a person And each of does each of the um other camp sites have a picnic table right now they do Yeah
So the seasonal people will go and grab one and just move it Well if we're going to switch them all out to metal uh you know maybe buy a couple of those put them down and give the wood ones Whoever wants the wood ones get put them up for grabs for the seasonal ones Seasonal
sites I'd do just the opposite Wouldn't you don't you don't want to put your new expensive ones down closer to the river in the flood zone Well they're metal They're not going to um Plus then who who do you give the two new ones to the season you know I agree
Otherwise I would say I would say I would say the seasonals have to bring their own they can bring their own picnic tables We'll provide picnic tables for everywhere else if you want to start replacing those I'm not much of a camper but I like your perspective that when you're renting that lot that's you're kind of like
you're renting that empty lot to hang out with and do whatever I mean we got some stipulations in the rules about you have to use your own fire ring You can't create and build and do whatever but I would think that if you set up your own patio furniture and you bring your own table and chairs like you're set up all
summer long there right so I don't think maybe just table it for this first inaugural season just to see how it goes and see who brings them in and who doesn't and if there's a big shortage and we get some feedback from Don and Judy saying "Hey half of them don't want to grab tables or bring tables in It was
really bad this summer then we could start looking what the prices are next year and buy a couple at a time." And how many are we trying to transition in every year well doesn't that's what he wanted to do a couple would you know in the past for even for the shelter out
there we've replaced them and we phase them in as a couple each year And do you go so far as to add it in as a amenity to the seasonal site and say for $100 we'll give you a brand new metal picnic table to use that's yours for the summer
that somebody can't take away like you've paid the extra money for it to help offset those costs Then somebody may say "No for $300 I buy my own patio furniture and I'll just do it this way." But honestly be nice to have I would say if you need a
metal one you can rent it from us Correct To help offset that additional capital expense Maybe I'm wrong Maybe they are provided typically at seasonal I'm just doing a because you know a AI knows everything
Of course it does So how many do we have east Park Are there two at East Park metal table Yeah I think we've got most of them We They're all Yes Everything in East Park is metal But how many total do we
have do we have two or four up there i think there's four Four I was going to say at least four I would think Because you know we could probably take one from there you know if we needed to for the summer and put it down at the park and then just add another one there as time goes
by You know it's not a bad idea Kind of just shift things around a little bit But you're right There's some that are not going to want them there because they're going to want their own patio set out there with an umbrella and whatever else which is fine
Judy do you have any input on this hi Yeah I know of three that have their own picnic tables right now I'm not sure with Dean and Carol I think they have a patio set that they take out there
So that's I would for I would if I was staying on chair pulled up to the dinner table every night versus a hardwired Yeah Did you hear me yes we Thank you
Yeah Okay That leaves about then six that don't have their own Well maybe maybe possibly they may have them So what kind
of options do we have if we want to buy some of these or buy all of these or from a money standpoint do we is it like something we can't do right now or is the cash there or Well you can take
it from somewhere but it's going to something else won't happen then right you know maybe disc golf's got to wait more longer than Right more longer I just I thought a little longer Yeah I just thought the question beg to be asked that can we if we would just want
to do it could we do it you know there's always a way well true but some are more painful than others it wouldn't be advisable to buy them all right now I wouldn't think right know we've got quite an investment out there at this point
that's why I guess I brought it up as either phasing it or checking in to see if there's an option that those seasonals could have their own You know I you know you they I mean they do get used but I think of even
just a plastic table you know for setting stuff on You don't see a lot of people using them to eat but they're more of a space for storing stuff on sending stuff Yeah I think the prudent thing to do is just
continue with every buying a couple every year and just phasing it in And if they want to have their own picnic tables they're by all means able to bring their own table in the seasonal people
I agree Yeah that would be a good motion I will make a motion that we will just continue with the phasing in of two tables a year and seasonal campers can supply their own picnic table if
they so choose or lawn furniture whatever So these tables Mary you're saying would just go for replace the wood ones replacing the wood ones and then the seasonals the new seasonals would bring their own in
I think if we have wooden ones that have to be replaced I mean if they in the situation of that they need to be replaced that they're dangerous then yeah replace them If we don't have any then have the option of putting it at this you know just make the best
decision you can at the time But for the 10 new spots we're allowing them at least for this season to bring their own Yeah And you want to Can we afford to yep I don't know What do you think Miranda couple thousand bucks come
from somewhere Like 3,000 bucks We got to discuss a little bit of shipping I don't know That typically gets expensive Like I said if we can get them delivered at in Lakeville we can pick them up ourselves Would help on the shipping Well you're going to start
bringing in more income this year too down there So at the camp the campground Yeah So should we say not to exceed $2,300 if okay with Kim i would just buy two
bigger tables I would go was $2,38 How much How much are they $1,000 I've got a quote for $1,100 for all that plus shipping Okay
I was along with me through there You need a second though You got a motion Well we got it done Second All right Uh so we have a motion and a second to approve getting two picnic tables per year to replace the wooden
ones that are out at the campground All in favor i oppose Carried I almost voted Old habits I was like I don't know if I said that right but I think we're fine Yep we're
good All right Now let's uh move on to new business So vendor request in the covered bridge park We have a request from Stephan Chen about bread for to sell pizza on Saturday mornings when the kids are playing
soccer I think he I don't know if it was included but he had asked about electricity too He did Yep Yep And that's strictly up to you but I don't know
where you know then we then we open it up for anybody to go down there and use electricity other than festival time So he does have a generator He does Yeah He said he can use a generator if he has to but if electricity is available and he can use it I'm sure he'd be willing to
pay for it even He does have a valid pedler license within the city too All that we put up right on the road there for covered bridgefest Are those live like year round we don't turn No they're shut off
in the breaker Okay Yeah I think that's a great idea There's tons of people down there Keep people from having to run around and do their thing Why say no to that it's just a nice amenity to have down there for sure And then how about the
electricity have you use the generator or use electricity or pay for electricity whatever we come up with I suppose just what four weekends for a couple hours on a Saturday or something Let
them plug in I mean I don't think it's a big deal or it sets a precedent I don't think people are going to come running just because they can use free electricity in the park when they're selling a hamburger or pizzas or something right
no I think it's okay for him to do that Plus it'll be quieter I mean I don't know how quiet his generator is but it'll be quieter and people are playing soccer and Yeah always revisit it if it gets to be a
problem Yeah exactly Usage and if it's exorbitant then next year we charge for electricity Yeah I'm just thinking it wouldn't be that much for his setup I mean I'll make a motion to allow Fire Brick
Pizza to sell pizza for soccer I'll second I have a motion and a second for fire to allow Firebird pizza to sell pizza on the weekends for the soccer games All in favor i opposed Carried
Perfect I'm starting to lose my mind over here All right Uh wedding in the covered bridge park request to use the covered bridge for a wedding on
517 at 2:00 and she understands that it's public space and she won't be able to close it down And we've had that request and have approved it I make a motion to approve the wedding
request I second I have a motion and a second to approve the wedding request All in favor i opposed Carried All right Uh Upper Highlands basketball court request Yeah Was that that was me wasn't it yep
I was like there's no I can't remember who called me paperwork on that Um anyway a lady called talking about maybe a basketball a slab with a basketball hoop up there in that park Her husband does excavating and so she
thinks she can get a lot of donated most of it donated and then um or fund raise for the rest of it So it wouldn't be any cost unless the park board wanted to put some money towards it um if you're okay with or trying to fit something in up
there And go ahead Mike Just just to comment on that So that becomes city or park property after that's in there So any maintenance of the park Um in the past there was
and we've got a few of these in the other developments and they chose not to put in the passports at that the upper highlands there would probably be space
part but then again somebody would I think they would almost have to put up a fence walls because We don't know Yeah And there's not a ton of space up I mean there's there's some but I was kind of looking at the other day going and
that's park space So then are we responsible if somebody gets hurt yes Yeah It's the umbrella library or umbrella liability covers that we've got for it's like any other park Um I don't we
do offer I mean we got basketball courts offer I get that they're not down My only concern is I like Well the pro is I like the cost if they're going to raise all the money and stuff but we don't know what the quality of
the work is going to be you know going in maybe he's a great person with cement and all that stuff but we're going to be responsible for it after it goes in So you know I don't I wouldn't want them just to put it in and say "Here you go."
I think there needs to be some steps and safeguards where Mike could get up there or say you know no you can't do it like that or you know or say they're totally doing something they shouldn't be up there just to have some guard rails in
place and not just want to run with it Oh sorry I could go lay cement but it isn't going to last Correct Right Yeah Maybe you just want to send it back and say you know we need more information like to see a layout of where this
um and u yeah we just credentials on who's doing the work right that type of stuff Yeah And we got to see some like you just said Brian like a drawing even or a schematic or this long by this long
because Yeah before it can even We'd want it to be aesthetically kind of at least similar to the other ones in We don't want the whole parks cement either you know right Because if we say go h go for it then we've lost control then Yes Correct Yeah And then we'd be
responsible Mhm So you can have something that they're going to follow along to It's a nice offer but we need to see more Makes perfect sense And there's two really nice ones in backyards
There you go This one won't be nearly as nice as those I'd still like to repurpose the one we got over next to the memorial Still want to turn that into a padding cage [Music] It's for your next term on the park
Sounds like another quins grant to me I'm being run out of town Then I come back just like to come back hit over here Yeah this is my second term We're getting old fast
Why you come back i did two and was off one and came back again Seasonal camper Yep Yep I'm just standing up cuz my belly is driving me nuts
Yeah For different reasons So the seasonal camper deposit refund request It's only $200 right give it to I make a motion to give the refund back I second I got a motion and a second to refund
the camper All in favor i oppose Motion carried No reports Nothing No Cool Time to be entertained I was like Troy's ready to entertain something I'll make a motion to adjourn I'll
second I have a motion and a second to adjurnn this meeting All in favor i oppose Well let's go [Music]