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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes 10-01-08 deadlines for this event. ' Motion was made by Chairperson Seeley, seconded by Vice-Chairperson Amundsen, to approve the September 3, 2008 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes with the above corrections. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. v. COMMITTEE BUSINESS YMCAlWar20 Pro2rams At the September meeting the committee made a motion to request Council consider funding an additional $693 to the YMCA for costs incurred with the 2008 Park Play Days. At the February 2008 Parks & Recreation meeting the committee made a motion to recommend that City Council authorize up to $1000 to support the youth activities of the YMCA and Wargo Nature Center for the 2008 Park Play Days at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park. The February motion was approved by City Council for $1,000. Council was not willing however, to approve the additional $693. Chairperson Seeley requested the committee consider asking City Council again to support the additional $693, as she did not want the YMCA to operate in Centerville at a loss or not be willing to continue with the Park Play Days in the future for lack of funding from the City. The committee discussed the financial support of the program over the last few years which began with $300 the first year and in 2007 the City contributed $750. The majority of the committee felt $1,000 was more than adequate to subsidize a program in Centerville. It was originally stated the YMCA would keep the committee informed if there were low registration numbers for the program and the committee would review the proposal. The YMCA did not come back to the committee requesting more funding until the program was over. The skate park portion was cancelled due to low registration. The committee feels comfortable with funding the $1,000 portion which was invoiced to the City following the council meeting and has been paid. Ms. Liz Guimont from the YMCA asked via ernail whether the committee was interested in the program next summer as they were currently putting together their program guide. The committee is certainly interested. Ms. Stephan will pass that on to Ms. Guimont. Chem-Lawn I Tru-Green In response to the discussion at the last committee meeting regarding the City employing Chern Lawn and the possibility of phosphorus being put on the City's parks, Mr. Palzer contacted the company representative at Tru-Green, which is actually the company the City uses, not Chern-Lawn. The representative said that Tru-Green only uses phosphorus in their lawn starter and not in any of the applications they applied in Centerville this year. The committee was satisfied that there is no need to change companies or do further research if the company the City uses is not using phosphorus. VI. UPDATES Tracie McBride Memorial Park Renovations Additional Lighting Request at Tracie McBride Memorial Park This item was discussed under appearances and will be included on the next Parks & Recreation 30f6