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MINUTES
FEBRUARY 5, 2014 6:30PM REC CENTER- CONFERENCE ROOM
TYPE OF
Monthly Meeting
MEETING
CHAIR
Melissa Pifko
ACTING
David DeAnda
SECRETARY
Melissa Pifko, Kevin Boyle, Tracy Larson, Wayne Franklin, David DeAnda, Joan
Johnson ( City Council )
ATTENDEES
Tim O'Connor (Staff)
VISITORS I Mr. Ramsay Elder (West University resident)
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:35 pm by the chair, Melissa Pifko who
noted that there were not enough attendees to establish a quorum. Melissa asked new
board member Dr. Wayne Franklin to introduce himself to the group. Dr. Franklin informed
group that he was a cardiologist that had lived in West University for six years.
II. Approval of Minutes: Approved by consensus, no vote due to lack of quorum.
III. Friends Overview: Amanda McGee not in attendance so Tim O'Connor gave a quick update
on Park Lover's Ball. He stated that it was sold out and that $300,000 had already been
raised.
IV. Board Member Updates:
-Tour of Parks & Facilities: Tim asked group who had attended tour to comment on tour. Kevin
suggested that another tour be organized for those board members who were not able to attend.
Wayne asked about the colonial pool concession and Tim informed Board that Princess Burgers had
just renewed their contract and that they were planning more member only activities at Colonial
for this summer. Firehouse Subs and Chick -Fil -A also expressed an interest but ultimately were
not able to move forward as Firehouse Sub is unable to modify their standard menu and Chick -Fil -A
is unable to accommodate Sunday hours. Tim stated that he came away with 14 talking points
from the tour which he distributed to the attendees and also addressed the holly -berry concern
that had been brought up during tour by Tracy Larson. Kevin inquired about the rogue palms that
had been planted at Huffington Park and Tim stated that he was working with forester to have
them removed.
- Program & Events Planning Sub - Committee: Sub - Committee members discussed the most recent
meeting where committee primarily focused on upcoming Easter celebration. This year the Easter
egg hunt will be replaced by a trail type event were kids will be able to collect trinkets /prizes from
various vendors. Tim stated that they were going to shy away from providing food as in prior
years there has been a significant amount of food left over after the event. Cupcake food truck is
still planned. It was discussed that another spa day was being planned with priority registration
to be given to those that had Colonial Pool memberships. Also discussed was the July 4th event.
Committee was looking for a mom -type contest to be paired with belly flop contest that is geared
to dads. An inquiry was made as to whether there could be additional movie nights scheduled.
Tim stated that it would cost an additional $1200 to have another movie night due to the licensing
fee of each movie. Appropriate level of movies discussed and Tim suggested that future movies
be approved by the Programs committee members.