03-08-06 PRCITY OF OTSEGO
pARK & RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
MARCH 81 2006 7:00 PM
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at
7:00 PM.
Roll Call: Commissioners: Deputy Chair Mike Brumm,
Virginia Goughnour, Kathy Roberts, Russ Langer, and
Peter Torresani (arrived at 7:15 p.m.)
Absent: Aaron Stritesky and Rose Cassady.
Councilmembers: Jessica Stockamp & Mark Thorsted.
Staff: City Administrator Mike Robertson.
Others: Lincoln Caldon of Youth Baseball.
Agenda Approval: Commissioner Brumm, seconded by
Commissioner Roberts, moved to approve the revised
agenda. Carried 4-0.
Approval of minutes from February 8, 2006 meeting:
Commissioner Brumm, seconded by Commissioner
Langer, moved to approve the minutes as presented.
Carried 5-0.
Budget Update:
Administrator Robertson reviewed the 2005 and 2006
budgets. Robertson noted that in 2005 the City
spent $15,072.05 on the City's Recreation program
and the special events the commission put on like
Santa Day. $9,921 of that cost was the fee charged
by Community Education to administer the program.
The total costs for each event were Santa Day
(2004) $565.32; Santa Day (2005) $1,133.13; Easter
Egg Hunt $1,622.58; and Pumpkin Day $1,830.02. All
of these events were well under the budget of
$21,000.
In 2006 the budget has been increased to $31,000.
commissioners discussed possible improvements in
the events, including hiring a "professional"
Santa.
Non -Conventional Park List:
Administrator Robertson reviewed the list of park
requests that he said did not tend to fit into the
standard neighborhood park. He noted the list
included every request that the City had received.
commissioners had the following suggestions after
reviewing the list.
Consensus was that building a full sized baseball
field was the top priority.
They asked if uses like ball fields and an ice rink
could be combined in one place so that only one
parking lot would have to be built.
They suggested the City take a look at establishing
a Dog Park.
They asked that the city look in to the possibility
of obtaining additional land adjacent to the yet to
be proposed new schools at 80th Street and MacIver
Avenue for additional ball fields.
They want something to block the west wind at the
Prairie Park picnic shelter.
They would like a porta-pottie in the middle of the
Prairie Park ball fields.
City Update:
Councilmembers Stockamp and Thorsted updated
commissioners on City items such as SuperTarget.
Easter Egg Hunt:
Commissioners reviewed the planning for the Easter
Egg Hunt. They were in consensus not to team up
with the Jaycees this year because the event was in
its final planning stages.
Adjournment: With no further business the meeting
was adjourned at 9:42 p.m.
Michael Robertson
City Administrator