2010-10-06 P & R Minutes Approved

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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes 10-06-10 Mayor Capra provided the committee with an Eagle Project Status Update from Mr. Phillip Capra which will be included with the minutes. Mr. Capra has inventoried the trees in Tracie McBride Memorial, Laurie LaMotte Memorial and Acorn Creek Parks for identification purposes and will do the same with Hidden Spring and Royal Meadows Parks as time permits. VI. UPDATES Movie in the Park Review Committee Member Peterson supplied the committee with a Program Review of the September 18, 2010 Movie in the Park event which will be included with the minutes. Overall the committee felt the event was well received with about 45 people in attendance. Schwan’s Skate Night Review Chairperson Branch reported there were 18 people at the event, but unfortunately it was committee and council members with family. The residents of Centerville did not take advantage of this free event. The committee will rethink different ways of using the yearly free skate passes and block of ice time. Trail Project Update Correspondence from Mr. Mark Spitzmueller: I read a blurb in the paper and I was wondering what cutbacks in scope they were referring to. I guess I would still like to attend a meeting soon to carry on the dialog and hopefully set the ground work for the future. We have many members with varying experience in excavation and landscaping in addition to member manpower that may be able to at least start bringing things into shape. We are also in the process of pulling together a short presentation to inform the committee of our needs and concerns for the potential new site. Let's postpone our appearance until the November meeting. This will give us a chance to schedule a board meeting to discuss and be better prepared. Reply to Mr. Spitzmueller from Mayor Capra: Just wanted to let you know the city approved the trail project, but it does not include the trail side park unfortunately. Due to the cost we had to cut several items out of the project these cuts include the trail side park and hopefully we will be able to add these alternates in sometime in the future. Mr. Spitzmueller will be added to the November Agenda. Update from Mr. Paul Palzer, Public Works Director: Some drain tile work will begin on Monday, October 4, 2010 in Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park. The excess dirt will be piled in the area of the proposed volley ball courts. Update from Mr. Mark Statz, City Engineer: Bids were taken again for the trail project. This time around, the low bid (including all alternates) was about $80,000 less than the original bid. Last time the low bid was about $1.36 Million, this time it was about $1.28 M. The bigger change was that, with more work put into the alternates, the base bid was 4 of 7