Parks and Public Works Committee

CITY OF PRESCOTT, WISCONSIN MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2019 PARKS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a meeting of the Parks & Public Property Committee was held Monday, March 4, 2019 at the Municipal Building, 800 Borner St. Prescott, WI 54021. Call to order/Roll Call: Alderperson Bailey Ruona called the meeting to order at 5:45 pm. Members present were Galen Seipel and Rob Daugherty. City Administrator Jayne Brand represented staff. Seipel/Ruona motion to approve the minutes for January 21, 2019 passed without a negative voice vote. Alison Ennenga, Abby Nawrocki and Mindy Allsop representing a non-profit corporation call Healing Play Inc. and Pat Ptacek from Ptacek’s IGA presented a proposed lifesize “Fairy Wonderland” park. The “Fairy Wonderland” is to honor three children for the community who had passed away. They had been working with Pat Ptacek for the parking going next to the IGA. It appears the project has gotten bigger than first expected so it was discussed if the park should be placed in existing park. It was discussed that St. Croix Bluffs would be the best park. The group has been doing fundraising for the park. They are looking at doing the park in phases. The first phase is approximately 90’ X 120’. They are looking at creating pods and there would be three pods. The estimated cost for the first pod would be $260,000. The estimated total cost of the project is one million. Alderperson Ruona stated it does look like St. Croix Bluffs would be the best existing park for this project. There was discussion on maintenance on the park and how that would be handled. Alision stated they would continue with fundraising to help with maintenance on the park. Alderperson Ruona stated that a memo of understanding should be drawn up between the city and the non-profit corporation. The recommendation of the committee is to move the “Fairy Wonderland” park proposal to Council. Seipel/Daugherty motion to adjourn passed without a negative voice vote. Respectfully, Jayne M. Brand City Administrator