REGULAR MEETING                                                                                                          February 23, 2006

 

Call to Order – Meeting was called to order at 5:02 PM

Quorum –. Board members present:  Frank Scafella, Bob Clonch, Donna Sanders, Edward Cordwell, Ron Justice.  Board members not present:  Denver Allen, Greg Good.  Staff members present:  Mark Wise, Ralph LaRue, Melissa Burch, Marissa Travinski, Gordon Shilling.

Minutes – No changes noted in draft of minutes.  Minutes stood as presented.

Delegations and Guests –  None

Correspondence – A thank you note from Marissa Travinski’s visit to the Parent’s Place group was included, as well as an overview from Mark Wise of an update letter on the Salvation Army project.

Financial Report – The financial report and summary submitted by Denise White was reviewed.  Ed Cordwell motioned and Donna Sanders seconded for the acceptance of the financial report.  Motion passed unanimously.

Staff Reports – Staff answered questions as needed regarding their reports.  Specifically, the Board inquired as to the meeting about the Summer Break program and the allocation that would be received this year from the Board of Education.  Mark Wise, Melissa Burch and Marissa Travinski reviewed the discussions from the preliminary meetings with Kaleidoscope and indicated that the program was requesting 300 participants, while from a staffing and park standpoint BOPARC was more comfortable with a lower number, leading to an indication from Kaleidoscope that funding would need to be prorated to reflect their agreement to a lower number of participants.  Last year’s sign ups were somewhere in the range of 250 to 270 and BOPARC had recently put together a cost analysis of additional services provided to the program, such as pool, shelter, park and canopy usage.  Ron Justice made a motion that BOPARC request $30,000 from the Board of Education for this year’s funding.  Bob Clonch seconded the motion.  Motion passed unanimously.

Director’s Report – Director Wise discussed sponsorships secured to date for the upcoming concert season.  He also reported that the price for revising the BOPARC Master Plan would be approximately $28,000.  This would include additional survey work.  He then reported that the fee to add the Krepps tennis courts to the resurfacing plan would be approximately $12,000.  Lastly, with regard to our tennis program, he reviewed information on the new tennis center on Baker’s Ridge Road.  Director Wise has met with Mike Tompkins, our instructor, who also runs the new center.  Mike will continue to provide grass roots tennis instruction to the public at an affordable price through BOPARC by continuing to serve as our instructor for beginner/intermediate youth tennis programs. 

OLD BUSINESS

No Old Business   

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Shirt Factory Realtor Agreement – Director Wise met with Jerry Hall concerning the possible rental of the shirt factory as a lease space.  The realtor would take 5% of the rental agreement, which would be $2,000 per month.  Ed Cordwell motioned and Bob Clonch seconded to accept the agreement.  Motion passed unanimously. 
  2. Bid for Platform – Mark Wise and Ralph LaRue presented information on the proposed platform around the rock at Dorsey Knob.  The project will need to go to bid and the information presented was to give the Board an overview of the material and outlay.  The platform itself will be aluminum and can be done in any color.  Ed Cordwell motioned to move forward with the plan and put the project to bid.  Ron Justice seconded the motion.  Motion passed unanimously.
  3. Bid for Signs – Director Wise reviewed the proposed plans for signage at Hazel Ruby McQuain Park and Dorsey’s Knob Park and requested Board approval to bid for the construction and placement of those signs.  Ron Justice motioned to bid the project for both signs.  Ed Cordwell seconded the motion.   Motion passed unanimously.
  4. Dasher Board Bid Package – Mark Wise reported that BOPARC would like to install the new dasher board system at the Ice Arena in mid summer.  In order to accomplish this, the project would need to be bid expediently.  Ed Cordwell motioned and Ron Justice seconded to move forward with a bid package for the dasher board system.  Motion passed unanimously.

Director Wise also reviewed updates to the quality of life list that he has been working on with BOPARC staff.  This list will be finalized and presented at the March meeting.

Adjournment – Ed Cordwell motioned for adjournment and meeting adjourned at 7:03 PM. 

 

                                                                        Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

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                                                                        Mark Wise, Secretary to the Board

 

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Frank Scafella, President

 

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