Park and Recreation Committee

Meeting of: PARK & RECREATION COMMITTEE Members: S Jaeger {c}, K Ostrowski, R Esker, T Kollmansberger Location: Weston Municipal Center (5500 Schofield Ave) Date/Time: Monday, September 28, 2015 @ 5:15 P.M. MINUTES Chairperson Jaeger called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. Members in attendance included Kevin Ostrowski and Tina Kollmansberger. Roger Esker was absent and excused. Village Administrator, Park Superintendent Osterbrink, Aquatic Center Manager Mroczenski and Recording Secretary Heather Meliska, were also in attendance. There were 5 people in the audience. • Call to order Parks and Recreation Committee. • Comments from the public on matter pertaining to committee business. • James Langkamp (4508 Twin Pines Lane; Weston) stated he was concerned about the trailer parking at the canoe/kayak launch. • Approval of previous meeting minutes from: June 22, 2015. *M/S/P: Kollmansberger/Ostrowski • New Business. 1. Discussion and review of the Lower Eau Claire Vision Plan. • Looking for input and review of the document. *M/S/P: Kollmansberger/Osterbrink to recommend and forward to the Village Board for approval. 2. Discussion of modifications to the Ross Avenue Canoe/Kayak Launch. • Osterbrink discussed the topic of adding a privacy fence, which would be on the East side of the parking area and lighting options were also brought up to light up the area for safety reasons. 3. Request from Town of Weston to add equipment to Machmueller Park. • Osterbrink attended the Town of Weston meeting. The Town of Weston has some Park Land Dedication funds they would like to invest in a park property. Since the Town of Weston was a joint partner in purchasing approximately 17 acres of the park, they are looking for some ideas to improve the park. They have $4,400 dollars. 4. Joint season pass shared revenue. • Osterbrink discussed what we did last year with the joint revenue. He stated that the joint passes have been working out great. A few options were discussed on what we can do with the joint revenue – joint marketing, and possibly the idea of joint managing. 5. Aquatic Center and Park Seasonal wage rates. • Osterbink mentioned that they are looking at different types of incentives for staff to return the following year. The idea of having the Aquatic Center manager re-certify the lifeguards at a reduced cost or possibly be reimbursed for the cost of their re-certification if they stay the full season. We would like to include the incentive plan in the budget for 2016. 6. Aquatic Center Season Report 2015. • Guild reported on a possible future program - Chris Fisher – Rib Mt. District Executive for the Samoset Council of Boy Scouts contacted him. A new requirement to earn a Swim badge now is  the facility that they use needs to have staff trained in Safe Swim Defense Training. It would be nice to be a facility that has this option. 7. Park Department Staffing for 2016. • Discussion took place regarding staff not being able to get work done, due to the lack of staff. Guild mentioned we may need to think about hiring a full time staff member for Parks. • Department Reports. • Report from Aquatic Center Manager Brad Mroczenski. • Report from Parks Director Shawn Osterbrink. • Memo in the packet, touching on the main projects currently taking place. • Canoe/Kayak Launch • Prohaska Property • Park Master Plans • Concession Stand Proposal • Municipal Center RFP – condition, future needs, etc. • Working with a scout on his Eagle project • Report from Administrator on matters related to parks and recreation. Budget Workshop Dates: 9/28, 10/14, 10/28. – Joint meeting of Board of Trustees and Finance Committee. Final budget presentation on November 16th • Communications and recommendations from Committee members. • Next meeting date is scheduled for: October 26 @ 5:15 p.m. • Adjourn. • Jaeger adjourned the meeting at 6:27 p.m. Heather Meliska Recording Secretary