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. , MAY 4, 2011 6:30PM
Monthly Meeting
RECREATION CTR - CONFERENCE ROOM
Russ Schulze
Teresa Edmondson
Russ Schulze, Janine Schueppert, Sona West, Leah Ragiel, Teresa Edmondson,
John Cadena, Kathleen Colt, Kevin Boyle, Tim O'Connor (staff)
None
I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:33 pm by Chairman Russ Schulze.
IL Review and Approval of Minutes of the April 6, 2011 meeting: Approved
III. Citizen Comments: none
iv. Friends Board Report: Friends Board Liaison to the Parks Board, Leah Ragiel - See
Attachment #1
V. Colonial Pool 2011 Season Update: Tim O'Connor - We are at 32% of revenue projections
11 days into operations. Membership sales are already ahead of last year. Concessionaire
is very happy with food sales, Staff is doing a very good job. Second group of lifeguards
are graduating this Saturday. John Cadena suggested that many people are not aware they
can rent Colonial Park on Saturday evening - consider increasing PR to raise awareness.
VI. 2011 Easter Eggstravaganza Activity Critique: Janine, Kevin, Sons, Tim: - Between 300-400
people attended this year. One of the key challenges was parking for the event - next
year we will look at having Scouts serve as parking assistants. A recommendation for next
year is to plan a "come and go" Easter Trail with "stations" that are staffed by different
sponsors giving out goodies. This approach would allow us to expand the window of time
for the festival, give families more flexibility for when they come, and remove
'competitiveness' from the event. Discussed having additional activities next year such as
face painting, caricature artist, balloon animals, petting zoo, "train", etc. Discussed selling
West U branded towels, hat, blankets, sunscreen thru the Concessionaire at Colonial Park
as good PR for Friends and as a service to customers. Discussed starting the 4m of July
activities at 9:00am instead of 10:00am due to heat.
VII. Parking and Private Party Issues in Neighborhood Parks Update: Tim O'Connor - Previous
efforts to put up signs re: parking and having an ambassador pointing out ruses to visitors
have not worked. Sona indicated, however, that neighbors would like to keep the current
signs for awhile longer before going to "No Parking" signs that are enforceable. Sona
indicated that there has been some decrease in the number of cars parking on the street
next to the park, and neighbors are hoping that when the nearby parking lot opens up,
that visitors will park there. Also discussed was the idea of giving residents living next to
the park dashboard signs for their cars indicating "Resident Parking Permit" to try and
deter others to not park there.
VIII. Board Reports: Park Ambassador Reports - Kevin Boyle mentioned that Park goers tend to
leave gates open at the various Parks. He inquired if self-closing hinges might be an
option to increase safety. Tim indicated that a couple of parks already have self-closing