Park & Recreation Board

AGENDA PARKS & RECREATION BOARD MEETING Tuesday, February 4, 2020 Christensen Field Meeting Room – 7pm 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Open Meeting Law posted for public review. 4. Reading of the Parks & Recreation Board Minutes, November 5, 2019. *Note: No scheduled meeting in December. No meeting in January due to lack of agenda items. 5. Recreation Report – Schwanke *2020 summer hiring process *Summer activities *Summer activity brochure *Overall prep work for summer 6. Director’s Report *City Auditorium renovation update. *Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) projects update at Friendship Center. *JCF Park Splash Pad Bid Award *Johnson Park Playground Update *Recent/Upcoming Retirements 7. Next Meeting, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, Location TBA, 7pm. 8. Adjournment Agenda posted at City Hall and distributed to the Park Board, Mayor and City Council on Friday, January 31, 2020. The official current copy is available at City Hall located at 400 E Military Avenue, Parks and Recreation Office. A copy of the Open Meeting Law is posted for review by the public.  MINUTES OF PARKS & RECREATION BOARD MEETING Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Christensen Field Meeting Room – 7:00pm Present: Matt Bechtel, Dian Christensen Hillis, Wendy Eairleywine, Connie Giese, Kim Koski, Tammy McKeighan, Dan Moran, Nate Schwanke. 1. Call to Order: Meeting was called to order at 7:04pm by Chairman Moran. The agenda displayed at City Hall, 400 E Military and was distributed to the Park Board, Mayor and City Council on October 30, 2019 and is open to the public. The open meeting law is posted continually for public inspection. 2. Roll Call: Roll Call showed members Hillis, Eairleywine, Giese and Moran present; Prince and Washburn absent. 3. Open meeting law posted for public review. 4. Reading of the Parks & Recreation Board Minutes, September 3, 2019. (*No meeting in October due to lack of quorum.) Motion was made by Giese, seconded by Eairleywine dispense with reading of the minutes and approve as sent. Motion carried. 5. Fee waiver request by Fremont Horse Arena Improvement Association (FHAIA) for fundraising event for improvements at Christensen Field. Motion was made by Eairleywine, seconded by Hillis to approve and forward on to City Council for final approval. Motion carried. 6. Recreation Report – Schwanke *Men’s slow pitch softball fall league wrapping up. *Setting up winter break activities. Will offer FreeSkates, bowling at 30 Bowl and movie at Fremont 7. 7. Director’s Report – Koski *Renovations continue at City Auditorium. Please see photos. Motion was made by Hillis, seconded by Moran to enter the photos provided by Koski into the record. Motion carried. *Senior Center CDBG Projects Update - Floor, windows, restrooms, hallway tile all completed. Upcoming projects will include awning at entrance and sidewalk replacements. Final projects will include ADA drinking fountains and code clean up in the kitchen. *Downtown Christmas Decorations – Parks crews will be installing wreaths and garland. *Winterization – this is complete in parks, restrooms and cemetery. *Holiday Craft Show – Saturday, December 7 at the Christensen Field Main Arena.  *Community Gardens – Gardeners were required to pay a deposit equal to the cost of their plot. If the plot wasn’t maintained, they would lose their deposit. This worked fantastically! Plots were very well maintained. *JCF Splash Pad – Request for proposals are due by November 27, 2019. *Johnson Park Playground - $24,000.00 from goal for installation. 8. Next Meeting Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 7pm, Christensen Field Meeting Room. 9. Adjournment – Motion was made by Giese, seconded by Eairleywine to adjourn. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:34pm. Respectfully submitted, Kim Koski, Secretary I, the undersigned, the Secretary for the Parks and Recreation Board, Fremont, Nebraska, hereby certify that all of the subjects included in the attached proceedings were contained in the notice of said meeting of November 5, 2019 kept continually current and available for public inspection at the Parks & Recreation Office; that such subjects were contained in said notice for at least twenty-four hours prior to said meeting; that the minutes of the Park Board of the Parks and Recreation Department, Fremont, Nebraska were in written form and available for public inspection prior to the next convened meeting of said body. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. Kim Koski, Director of Parks & Recreation January 31, 2020