Baseball Stadium Authority

Minutes for Norwich Baseball Stadium Authority Meeting minutes Wednesday February 8, 2012 (6:00 p.m.) City Hall, Norwich 1. Call to Order by Chairperson, MJ (6:00 p.m.) Members Present: Michael Jewell, MJ; Thomas Cummings, TC; Peter Slocum, PS; Sean Ryan, SR; Bob Demars, BD; Gary Schnip, GS, Gary Carignan GC; Peter Maneri, PM. Members Absent: Emmett Riley, ER Also Present: CT Tiger Representative, CJ Knudsen. Roger Moss, Director of Recreation. 2. Review of January 11,2012 NBSA meeting minutes: Motion made by GS to approve minutes as presented, seconded by TC, passed unanimously (8-0). 3. Public Comment: None ~. 4. Chairman's Report z~ -l 0 .,., .:.d .;rn ~ . 'm' 0-:;" A. Correspondence ::0­ ~o. c:D ~' 0 o~ 6 rri 1. Sent: None. ::Co or- 1) < 2. Received: None. --1m ::0 ::x- ­ w m '0 MJ represents to Board that he spoke with Corporation Counsel, Mike Driscoll, who shared with MJthe fact that a lawsuit has been brought against Trackmaster's Mobile Kart Racing, LLCand the Senator Thomas 1. Dodd Memorial Stadium. This matter does not affect the Authority, it will be turned over by Corporation Counsel to the City's insurance company who will handle the matter from there. B. Budget Committee: PM reviewed the NBSA balance sheet through December 31,2011 (attached). In addition, there was discussion in reference to the difference in two separate City statements received by PM. PM will discuss the discrepancies with the City Controller's office and report back to the board. Motion made by GC to accept treasury report as presented, seconded by PS, passed unanimously. (8-0).  C. Operations Committee (GS/Connecticllt Tigers' Representative) 1. Stadium Update: a. GS received proposal from VanZelm Engineer~ to provide services for Dodd Stadium fire protection project (attached). GS recommends that we proceed to evaluate the fire alarm and sprinkler system. Motion by GS to proceed with the proposed evaluation of our fire alarm and sprinkler system. PM seconded the motion. After discussion it was passed unanimously. (8-0) b. GS will follow up with Tom Lemmons from TLA re: adjustments to the field lights and report back to the board. c. Grease Traps: CJ reminds the board that there remains three grease traps that need to be replaced. Three were replaced last year, however he feels we can buy a year if we have three cleaned this year, vs. replacing them. That option will be researched and reported back to the Board. C2. Connecticut Tigers' CJ Reports: Tickets are selling extremely well and sponsorship is going extremely well. CJ represents that the Tigers are planning on turning on the water at the end of next month. CJ reports that they continue to schedule additional events throughout the year. When at home, the Tigers plan to have activities at the ballpark seven days a week. 5. Old Business: MJ will follow up with Wireless Solutions proposed lease agreement. SR will follow up on the possibility of construction of a windmill. 6. New Business: Roger Moss, Director of Recreation stated that he is working with CJ in order to bring a bluegrass festival to Norwich, similar to events which Roger Moss has participated in the past. He represents that he will be working with CJto schedule dates and times. This would be a great feature because historically these bluegrass festivals can bring 3,500 to 4,000 people into the stadium. It would create great exposure to let people know about our stadium. 7. Adjournment: A motion was made by PM. Seconded by GC, motion passed unanimously (8-0) at 6:40 p.m. Next meeting: Wednesday, March 14,2012.