Granger Parks and Rec Board Meeting, Monday, June 22, 2015

Call to Order: Vice Chairman Moats called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm at GCC.

Roll Call: Present – Kurt Moats, Tim Nowatzki, Lexi Diersen, Don Teague. Absent – Jeff Nardini.

Members of Public in Attendance – Jennifer Harned, Mike Greif

Approval of the Agenda – Teague motioned to approve agenda. Diersen seconded. All ayes. Agenda approved

Approval of May 18, 2015 Minutes: Diersen motioned to approve. Teague seconded. All ayes. Minutes approved.

Public Forum- none

Board Discussion Items:

  • Activity Coordinator’s Update: Harned reported that Ryan Buch delivered the 2 foldable picnic tables and benches he built for the Parks for his Eagle Scout project. The tables turned out very well. Ryan will be getting the plaques for the tables showing the donation soon. The Board thanked Ryan for volunteering to do this project.

The updates to the Parks and Rec website have been completed and should make the site more user-friendly.

Harned discussed flag football t-shirt options. Discussed getting black and white t-shirts. Planning on having 4 flag football teams this fall.

Harned recommended that the Board consider re-locating the pop machine in GCC to the front entry way to increase useage. The Board agreed to give the entry way a try and if sales do not increase, we will likely get rid of the machine.

Harned reported that Movie Night in the Park is currently scheduled for July 25th (Saturday) in Centennial Park (after the meeting, this date was changed to July 24th via email due to scheduling conflict on the 25th). Start time will be 8:30pm. Harned will email out 3 movie options for the Board to vote on. Harned will also contact Partners of the Park or Fire Auxiliary and ask if they’d like to run the concession stand. Grief reported that the Granger Fire Department might also want to participate. Harned will reserve the picnic shelter for this night.

Teague motioned to approve spending up to $350 for movie licensing fee for Movie Night in the Park. Diersen seconded. All Ayes. Motion Passed.

Harned shared a first draft example of the Granger Parks and Recreation Programs newsletter. She is planning to mail out the first edition this fall. Discussed mailing this out twice per year.

Currently there are 80 kids registered for Bam-Bam baseball this season. All coaches have been identified and will plan to have 8 teams. Games will rotate between Centennial, Assumption, and GCC fields. Two sets of teams will play at GCC with one set on the ballfield and one set on the grass.

  • Concession Stand/Ballfield Update: Greif reported that the GCC concession stand is coming along well. One thing added to the building included heated floors so the restrooms can stay open longer into the fall season. Will also plan to fill in some holes on the flag football field with black dirt this summer.
  • Playground Update: The Board reviewed options again for the new playground equipment. Currently planning to do the installation in September and have it completed by September 15th. Diersen also asked if the sand could be replaced with pea gravel as it would be cleaner and safer. The Board discussed options other than sand and asked Greif to look into cost estimates for pea gravel.

Moats motioned to approve the purchase of new playground equipment for Centennial Park – Option 1 with the swingset (4 belt swings and 2 toddler swings) for a total of $35,900 installed from Boland Recreation. We would just be required to prepare the site. Teague seconded. All ayes. Motion passed.

  • CCRA Parks Report: Parks budget was 82% spent and GCC budget was 79% spent. Both budgets are in good shape.
  • Budget Updates: None
  • Grants Update: None
  • City Council Updates: Report out on plans for playground equipment, concession stand construction update, and plans for Movie Night in the Park.

Board Action: none

Old Business: none

New Business: Next meeting July 27, 2015 at 7pm at GCC

Teague motioned to adjourn meeting. Diersen seconded. All ayes. Motion passed.

Moats declared the meeting adjourned at 7:58 pm.

Submitted by Tim Nowatzki, Secretary