Park and Recreation Committee

Village of Weston, Wisconsin MEETING MINUTES OF THE PARK & RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, June 27, 2016, at 5:15 p.m. Yellowbanks Park A. Opening of Session. 1. Meeting called to order by Trustee Ostrowski at 5:15 p.m. 2. Recording Secretary Meliska took attendance and roll call. Roll call indicated all Park & Recreation members present. Members Present Ostrowski, Kevin YES Clark, Katrina YES Esker, Rodger YES Lewitzke, Lindsey YES Porlier, Mark YES Village Staff in attendance: Guild, Osterbrink, Mroczenski, Donner, Crowe, Village president Ermeling, Trustee White along with one resident in the audience. 3. Request for silencing of cellphones and other electronic devices. Ostrowski requested the silencing of cellphones. 4. Correspondence and comments from the public. B. Presentations 5. Donald Mezei (5704 Hidden River Circle) - Mezei came to give information on the property the Village has purchased. He has been watching over the pond. He gave information on how to maintain the pond, etc. He discussed that he feels the pond should be open to fishing, as people will fish there anyways. If so, he would suggest to put signs. C. Consent Business Items 6. Approval of previous meeting minutes from: May 23, 2016. Motion by Esker, second by Clark. Yes Vote: 5 No Vote: 0 Abstain: 0 Not Voting: 0 Result: PASS Ostrowski, Kevin YES Clark, Katrina YES Esker, Rodger YES Lewitzke, Lindsey YES Porlier, Mark YES D. Business Items for consideration, discussion, and action. 7. Discussion ADA Requirements. President Ermeling rented the park for a party and didn’t realize the park/shelter was not ADA accessible. The park was built back in the 60s and the Village took it over in the 90s and we have not made many improvements to the park. All of our other parks are ADA accessible. Osterbrink discussed there are a lot of requirements to make all aspects of a park ADA compliant. This is something that we may need to Village of Weston Park & Recreation Meeting Agenda for June 27, 2016 Page 1 of 2  bring in someone to assess then the village can discuss and budget for improvements. Discussion was made on the bathrooms for the future- Males, Female, Family bathroom etc. 8. Discussion Yellowbanks Master Plan. Discussion on what we could do with the space at Yellowbanks. Guild discussed some of current ideas for the park. The committee took a tour around the property. 9. Discussion Pool Closing Protocol. Osterbrink discussed the incident at the Wausau pool, where a body was found in the pool and what would be our protocol. Wausau asked if we could open our pool to Wausau residents who have passes. 10. Discussion and Recommendation to Board of Trustees on Teen Night age limits. Discussion on an age recommendation for Teen nights. We promote it as a teen night and encourage students in grades 7th – 12th to attend. The age gap may be too wide and possibly should be ages 12 to 15 and call it “Tween Night”. Possibly have to show your school ID to get in. 11. Discussion former Crane Meadows driving range property. The village received some feedback on the driving range at Crane Meadows being shut down. The question is, should we reopen the range until we do something with the property? Crowe tried to contact Intercity to see if they still had golf carts, golf balls, etc. Possibly have Crane Meadows run the range if they would like to. E. Reports 12. Aquatic Center Manager – Brad Mroczenski • Between June 17th to 26th sales were over 22,500 and almost at 40,000 for the month of June. • There is a current incident where a teenager was using his family pass to let his friend in. The parents were notified and the teens have been asked to leave 2 different times. • On June 29th there will be a drill. The lifeguards will have to experience a real life situation where 911 is called, etc. • Concession stand has over $20,000 in sales for the month of June. Live remote will happen around the 3rd week in July. 13. Parks Director – Shawn Osterbrink • The Village closed on the Prohaska Tree Farm property on Thursday, March 17th. • Central Wisconsin Engineers provided staff with drafts of the Master Plan for Yellowbanks and Kellyland Parks. • New staff member David Phelps started on Monday, April 18th. F. Report from Administrator on matters related to Parks & Recreation. • Next meeting – July 25th will be a meeting at the Prohaska Tree Farm. • Discuss to move meetings from 5:15 to 4:30. • Schedule for Canoe/Kayak Launch ribbon cutting will be set soon. G. Remarks from Committee; discuss items to be included for the next Park Committee agenda. H. Set next meeting date for Monday, July 25, 2016 I. Announcements J. Adjourn. Meeting was adjourned 6:34 p.m. Heather Meliska, Recording Secretary Village of Weston Park & Recreation Meeting Agenda for June 27, 2016 Page 2 of 2