ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP PARK BOARD
Meeting minutes for August 8th,2010
In Attendance:
Glenn Martin and Dana
Clark also were in attendance.
The meeting was called
to order at 7:03 p.m.
The minutes of the July
meeting were accepted with the correction of one typo.
Supervisors report: The
supervisors are in the process of finalizing bid specifications for the
pavilion/restrooms.
The current design will
incorporate the restrooms into the end of the pavilion, with a wet wall shared
by the kitchen facilities. It will utilize a Rigidply prefabricated post and
roof assembly. It is similar in design to the pavilion at the
We would anticipate
putting the project out to bid sometime this Fall with a expected completion
date sometime in the spring of 2011.
It was suggested that
the bid documents include trenching and installation for an electrical line to
power the lights for the flagpole.
It was suggested that
work on the drain field be scheduled so that heavy trucks can access the site
from the adjacent farm field rather than the trucks having to cross across the
existing ball fields.
Eagle Scout projects:
Cody Diem will be working on a project in Warwick Township rather than at the
Elizabeth Township park.
Bradlee Garman (age 16)
is interested in constructing a “ga ga pit” at the park.
Lisa has a materials
list for the structure and Bradlee will work up a cost estimate for materials
and seek a funding source.
Memorial Bricks:
Sale of the bricks is dependant on moving the existing Veterans Memorial
into the park site adjacent to the flagpole. The memorial bricks will start
around the flagpole and adjacent to the relocated Veterans Memorial.
A
question was asked about the status of installing a basketball hoop and
backboard. Glenn believes that he has a source for a used set. He will check on
the availability and suitability.
Rental of Soccer Fields:
The request by an out of area soccer club for the use of a field has
raised the question of whether we should charge a nominal fee for use of a field
by a organization that is not within the WRRC.
It was recommended that a $25 fee be charged for out of the area
organizations.
Dana Clark from
He stated that currently
the group will be scheduling practice session on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4
p.m. until dusk. Games will be held on Saturdays and Sundays.
Their under 10’s will
start practicing next week and will go through the end of October.
Mr. Clark presented the
board with some photos of storage sheds that are available to his group. They
would like to place a shed somewhere on the site to store a tractor and
equipment to be used to maintain the ball field.
Several locations in the
park were discussed and the consensus was that the shed should be placed in the
vicinity of the backstop.
Lisa
made a motion that we should allow Warwick travel baseball to place the shed
designated as Option #1(a 10 X 12, painted shed)at the site, also contingent
upon Warwick traveling baseball obtaining a
building permit for the shed, providing a letter of responsibility for the shed
and proof of insurance coverage.
The motion was passed
unanimously.
LYSC will practice
Monday through Friday from 5 p.m. until dusk, commencing on August 9th
and continuing through November 19th.
It was suggested that we
consider changing our meeting date so that is occurs before the Supervisor’s
monthly meeting. This would increase the throughput of a recommendation by the
Park Board, from 4 weeks down to one week.
It was also suggested
that since the bulk of the work on the park project is completed that it might
not be necessary to meet on a monthly basis and perhaps change to a bi- monthly
meeting schedule.
It was stated that we
are committed to maintain our schedule for this calendar year, but that we could
consider a schedule change for 2011.
The meeting adjourned at
8:15 p.m.