Presque Isle Recreation & Parks

Advisory Board Meeting

Minutes

March 8, 2010 

 

 

 

-Meeting started at 4:00 PM at the William V. Haskell Community Center

 

-Present: Chris Beaulieu, Kevin Sipe, Judy Perkins, Terry Hale, AJ Cloukey, Mike Patenaude    

& Mark White

-Absent: Rick Graves

 

Minutes:

January 11th meeting minutes were approved.  Perkins/Hale

 

Financial Report:

1.     January & February 2010 financials were provided.  Perkins/Cloukey

 

Parks & Facilities Report:

1.     Indoor Pool

a.      The bid for the Indoor Pool slide was awarded to Slide Innovations.  The company is currently building the unit which will be shipped and installed by our staff.

b.     The bid for the Indoor Pool flooring was slightly higher then the budgeted amount.  However, since the slide bid was under its budgeted amount, the Council approved re-allocating the difference from one to the other.  The bid was awarded to S.W. Collins Company.

c.      Chris provided attendance records for the Indoor Pool for January and February of this year.  Compared to previous years the number appear low, however the count accuracy is much better then in years past and is showing a more true count of users.

2.     Riverside Park

a.      Chris reviewed initial plans for future changes to Riverside with design work by Archipelago.  Due to budget cuts, no funds have been allocated in 2010 to immediately continue this process. 

3.     Non-Residents

a.      After several discussions with the Mapleton Town Manager, Martin Puckett, and approval from his boards, those communities are now paying the non-resident fee for its citizens throughout the year for our programs.

4.     We are thankful to have Patty Jandreau now back after being out approximately one month after recovering from back surgery.

White/Perkins

 

Recreation Report: 

1.     The Father/Daughter Valentine Dance took place last month with over 100 couples attending.  Chris is still trying to work at getting the photos taken to be more professionally done.  Board members offered up a few names for him to contact with possible ideas.

2.     Basketball for grades K-2 have begun their seasons.  Numbers are good.

3.     Travel basketball for the 5th & 6th grade kids continues until the end of this month.

4.     The second session of the Arts Program is now underway.  The first session was very successful and all involved were pleased with the program.

5.     The summer brochure is currently being laid out with registration coming in May.  Changes this summer will be that arts & crafts will now take place at Wintergreen two days per week, where previously it was at the William V. Haskell Center everyday.  This will also free up the gym for possible use for rainouts for tennis. We are also adding archery this summer.

Patenaude/White

           

Other:

1.     The new City Manager has now started.  Chris anticipates some minor and major changes throughout the City.

2.     Chris handed out the updated Board Member Contact List.

3.     Other

a.      The Department has set up the George E. Mills Scholarship Fund to financially assist families in participating in our programs. The fund is in response to donations made to the Center on behalf and following the passing of George E. Mills.  Mr. Mills was a common visitor of our facilities as he had three grandsons that took part in many of our programs.  The fund already has assisted several families for the art program and we hope to have it completely implemented in time for our summer registration.  The Board discussed possible guidelines and criteria for whom was granted the assistance.  Currently children that receive reduced or free lunch receive partial payment assistance for the art program.  Due to the shear numbers of children receiving reduced lunch, the Board determined to limit the funding for those children receiving free lunch only, until we can get a better handle on the number of families that need assistance and how much the fund can support. 

b.     Chris has been asked to present at the Brownfields Conference in Augusta in early April to share the City’s experience of the program.

c.      Chris will also be giving a presentation on Mantle Lake Park to Rotary at the end of this month.

 

-Next Meeting:   May 10th, 2010 @ Indoor Pool

 

-Meeting adjourned at 5:19 PM.  Perkins/Patenaude