All right, thank you for your patience everyone I will call to order the March meeting of the Bloomington Board of Park commissioners and we have the roll call, please Kim Yes, Kathleen Mills here. Ellen Rodkey Here Jim Whitlock here Okay, but we do have a quorum and Go ahead and start with our consent calendar section So we have some things that we see every month in here and then some Recurring or smaller sort of partnership or service agreements and let's see in One of them is a 12 which is a long-standing Agreement that we usually have with the Monroe County Civic Theater Yes, and do you want to come up and yeah, come on up and speak before we do this consent calendar? Thank you Thank you all for doing this on a yearly basis working through the approval with this partnership We greatly appreciate the the concept of being able to work with you all. My name is Kenny hurtling I'm the current president of the board of directors for Monroe County Civic Theater We really appreciate being able to offer this at no cost to the community This will be our 36th year running with love labor's lost We really look forward to being able to put that on for the community end of May and early June Okay. Thank you. Yeah, it's been a great partnership All right, and just to mention it's a few other little partnerships on here as well pickleball club Returning and also cicada cinema showing some outdoor movies So do we have a motion to approve the consent calendar? Second okay. Oh, yeah, we can just yeah and all those in favor. I Okay Motion is carried for the consent calendar and then in section B We usually see Emily Boock. Yes for the Bravo award to recipients. Yeah All right, good afternoon everyone Emily Boock community relations coordinator and we would like to recognize Paul Howe and Annalise Stolenga with the March 2025 Bravo Award So on behalf of Brandon Olson and the entire adopt a stream program staff I am happy to recognize these two with the March of Bravo award According to Brandon the dedication and passion of Annalise and Paul for our parks and streams has made a lasting impact on our community as The adopt a stream volunteers for Latimer Woods Paul and Annalise have totaled 45 volunteer hours of service both at Latimer and elsewhere They are also the first and only adopt a stream of volunteers in Brandon's tenure who have submitted their job form report every single month since they have started their commitment to this program as well as their attendance at other weed wrangles and various nature programs have provided a Remarkable example for all of us their hard work and dedication is greatly appreciated and we couldn't be more proud to have them as part Of our team. So I'm very happy to recognize them with this award Okay. Thank you, Emily and thank you to Paul and Annalise Yes Hi, I am on Elise of the slide. Okay. I Just wanted to say so I'm what people call a bloomering like I Came to Bloomington for grad school intended to leave did leave and now here I am with a Indiana drivers license And one of my regrets upon coming back was that I hadn't gotten involved in the Bloomington community before and Bloomington Parks and Rec has been like the thing that has helped me connect with Bloomington now that I am a resident The weed wrangle is the adopt a stream the naturalist programs. I've met a lot of people. I've learned a ton So I just really appreciate this opportunity and I feel like this award kind of sums up a very nice experience and relationship I've had Paul would agree with me, but he can't be here today. He's an Indianapolis. Okay, so thank you. Thank you. We're glad you came back. Yeah I Okay, and then moving on into section C other business Tim Street first is up with the general fund budget updates Yes, good afternoon commissioners Tim Street director of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Staff recommends the board endorses appropriations changes To the 2025 general fund budget before they go to City Council for review I know the board has been roughly apprised of this process We've had reports before kind of indicating where we were heading with this but late in 2024 after we had approved our budget We were notified that we would have the opportunity to use some additional American Rescue Plan Act funds And the capital bond was issued by City Council Allowing for some expenses to be moved from the general fund budget to the capital bond Because of those developments we wanted to reprioritize some projects that otherwise Didn't make the 2025 budget or were cut from the 2025 budget these are items that are safety maintenance and operational related a total of 543,000 will be de-appropriated the majority of that is because our security expenses will be covered by ARPA and 430,000 900 and new projects would be authorized Still resulting in a net reduction to the 2025 expense budget of about a hundred and twelve thousand dollars There's a full list of the changes that was with the staff report And just a reminder procedurally so it is City Council that ultimately approves our general fund budgets The the Board of Park Commissioners has final authority over the non reverting But the Board of Park Commissioners recommendations on budget Certainly mean a lot when it comes to the general fund happy to answer any questions Well happy to see this possibility as it came up rather suddenly So and to get security covered by ARPA funds, especially nice. Does anyone have any questions for this about this for Tim? Nope, okay. All right That there's some good things you can add in there So I'm I'll make a motion to approve Just the latest appropriations changes to the 2025 general fund budget Okay, and all those in favor. I Right that see one motion is carried and then Tim will stay with us for C - which is the sheet metal and roofing roof repair at project school Yes, as the board is aware we've been working with our two partner organizations for which we essentially function as landlord The Buskirk Chumley Theatre and the project school On some inspections on the roof. We're in a cycle of that right now Right now that the ductwork repairs that the board previously approved for the roof of the Buskirk Chumley Theatre are wrapping up At the same time the board authorized an inspection of the project school roof which revealed Around $11,000 in necessary repairs there to protect the investment in the envelope of the building As well as while we were working at the Buskirk Chumley Theatre another gutter issue was discovered for about $1,800 so in total Staff recommend approval of a contract with P&L sheet metal for roof repairs at these two locations for a total of $12,790 coming from for the Buskirk Chumley Theatre the annual allotment we put in our general fund for theater repairs and For the project school coming from the non-reverting line into which their lease deposits are placed It sounds like there weren't any particular issues this was just a routine inspection Correct, but catching issues before they become big issues that are emergency and a lot more expensive. Yeah, okay, that's good With the project school cause for us to take care of the roof. Is that correct at least agreement? Basically, we are responsible for the envelope of the building including the roof Okay Contract with B&L sheet metal All those in favor aye All right motions carry. Thank you Tim and next up Mark will tell us about the agreement with Oscars contracting for Bryan Park shelter roof replacements Mark Maratz operation superintendent and I'm recommending approval of a contract with Oscars contracting to replace the three roofs of the Bryan Park shelters this originally started with just the woodlawn shelter The sheathing decking underneath is a tongue-in-the-groove that was starting to rot and deteriorate caused some leaking through the process we Budgeted twenty five thousand for this and he come in at a pretty good price So we looked into doing all three of them the other two shelters north and Henderson Shelters are both a shake roofing which through those last storms We had last year have started to kind of rip them up so we want to upgrade that to a pro-rib metal roof on all three of them And I know a couple the ones that are what did you describe it as shake? It's just like a wood Yeah, I noticed sometimes there's like kind of mossy stuff. You're growing on there, too Which yeah, definitely by the the Henderson side. Oh, yeah wouldn't be the case with the battle. Yeah, so, okay All right any questions for mark The agreement with Oscars contracting second all those in favor I All right. All right. Thank you. Motion carried and then Joanna Sparks will tell us about the tree planting with Bloomington Montessori school Hello, Joanna Sparks urban green space manager here today to recommend approval of our memorandum of understanding with the Bloomington Montessori school to utilize Winslow Woods Park for as a location to Have educational events with their students and their parents. I'm Doing on tree seedling care and litter pickup and invasive plant removal Sounds good. Yes any there's any questions for okay I'm a commotion to prove that I know you as Bloomington Montessori school Second all those in favor. I Motion carry. Thank you, Joanna And then in c5 we have the alcohol permit for Lotus in the park with a that had included a fun map Did you put those little things on the map? I did not. Oh, okay. I'm the one who makes sure they do put up on those Yeah, all right The Lotus and Entertainment Arts Foundation have requested to sell beer as part of their park special use permit for Lotus in the park on September 27th at Walton Hill Buskirk Park Staff recommends the park board approve this request. They did include an impact statement Adding a beer garden to the free Lotus in the park event on Saturday during the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival Would enhance community engagement and create a welcoming space for attendees to relax and connect By partnering with local breweries the festival can showcase regional craft beer supporting local stakeholder businesses All fostering a deep sense of community these these breweries as invested stakeholders can draw a larger and more diverse crowd Engaging more people to spend the day downtown enjoying live music interact parts cultural experiences a beer garden Would not only provide an inviting social atmosphere But also serve as a gathering place that strengthens connections between artists audiences and sponsors ultimately making the event even more vibrant and inclusive Parks would have received 10% gross sales as a fee that is part of the park special use permit This is not something in the I took over Permits in about 2019. This is the first time I brought this type of agreement here the process has always been that for Alcohol at parks other than switch yard. We would always bring them before the board This is the first time this is one has come this far. So happy to answer any questions Okay, any questions for Sean about this? How well does the process of taking 10% of gross sales, how do they report that to you? They were curious about that. They would report that after the event. It is kind of a Honor honor system. We have other events at switch yard where we use similar mechanisms and we haven't had any problems It's always been very prompt. So Check IDs and do wristbands or something part of the park special use permit There are sections that include security. Our requirements are that they can only serve beer and wine, which is category one There has to be an enclosed area which on the map you would see that there's an enclosed area on the map and that they Do have to have security to check IDs and make sure that alcohol does not leave the enclosed area. That's the similar Restrictions guidelines that we put on all events with alcohol including our own I Make a motion to prevent alcohol permit for a lotus in the park Second all those in favor. I Motions carried. Thank you, Sean. Thank you. And then in c6 we have some cracks at the Winslow tennis court, which Kido will tell us about fixing subtle skid off long sports division Stuff recommends approval of resurfacing and repairing cracks the six tennis courts at Winslow Sports Park The tennis courts at Winslow Sports Park have some cracks and lines are fading In order to the best serve for the community tennis tech will repair the cracks and the resurface the court the project total amount is forty thousand three hundred seventeen dollars and fifty fifty percent of of This cost will be reimbursed by matching donation held by Parks Foundation It will be completed by July 31st do you have it like to tennis tech give you an estimate for how long the Courts will be out of commission while they do the resurfacing Resurfacing usually a week to ten days So will they I guess line that up for you so that because I just know tennis courts get really popular in the summer so just thinking about how we're Communicating that to tennis players making sure that You know, there's just other Places for them to play everything like that. Yep. We do have a plans to put on a social media put up signs So people know and we're gonna close North coach first then go to South Good so one will stay open. That's great All right, yeah To prove agreement with tennis technology for tennis court resurfacing Second all those in favor. I Motion is carried and then keto will also tell us about c7, which is the Any future aquatics facility repairs agreement with Spear? Staff recommends approval of the service agreement with Spear This service agreement is to provide maintenance to the aquatics facilities at both Brian Park pole and municipal This agreement is to cover preventive maintenance along with necessary emergency repairs Spear has been provided Quality service for us for many years This Is just one of those on-call sort of situation if something comes up and we need a immediate repair Yes, that is correct. Okay. All right Make a motion to approve agreement with Spear for poor pairs Second all those in favor. I All right motions carried. Thank you. Thank you mosquito. And then Haskell has a whole lot of tree things C8 is the agreement with native view for bicentennial tree planting round three Good afternoon, Haskell Smith urban forester. I do have several things in a row here. This first one is the approval of the Contract with native view LLC for tree canopy replacement and expansion project Staff recommends the approval of this contract to plant 380 trees and the public right away all around Bloomington This is the third round of the bicentennial plantings This contract focus on tree planting area is not targeted in the last two projects All together now with the bicentennial funds. We've planted just under 2,000 trees And Ben hurdle is here. He is native view Happy to answer any questions either of us here Hmm, and is this the final I can't remember is this the final round it was intended to be but we came in under so I anticipate a fourth round Okay, okay And I guess my only question was just about the selection of the types of trees. I See no no awful calorie pears or whatever they are on there. Yeah Nope this all come from the UDO Plant or tree lists that myself and the Tree Commission and members of planning developed in 2022 I think Okay And what's best for the location where because I went through the list and you've got This this plot is gonna have this kind of tree Those are all based upon what's best for that plot Is that what and what's based upon what the homeowner wanted? Sent out almost 300 letters to the homeowners to work with them to find a tree that where they wanted it and what they wanted Okay, that's good The other thing with the trees are Would you call all of these trees native species or how does that so they're all there's all trees We would see around here. Even if we weren't planting them. There's nothing that's coming in No, these are all native trees. There is the caveat that they're native are so they're Naturally occurring hybrids basically, okay All right. That's all I've got. Thanks. Well, I get a tree at my house Do you have public right? No Come see me at the farmers market here coming up and I'll give you some seedlings. All right Okay. All right. All right. Yeah make a mission to approve the contract with Native you for bicentennial tree planting round three second. Okay, all those in favor. I All right motion is carried and then Haskell also has c9, which is the agreement with IU urban forestry research for a planting survey Again with the Prior Hang on. I'm sorry got ahead of myself there staff recommends the approval of partnership agreement with IU Bloomington urban forestry research group For two rounds of surveys at post and pre To gauge public interest in trees and tree planting projects and other valuable data that we'll use to include in the next round Funding not to exceed $6,500 and this is being paid through the bicentennial bond, of course They they've done two two surveys for us now for the two last projects Some really good feedback and the post surveys that both of our that I use and IU will use What kind of Data they look at is it like are they Yeah, I don't do it's usually a one-page Survey five to ten questions just depending on if it's pre or post Questions, like how does this you know, do you think this improved your neighborhood? And how did you feel about trees has your knowledge of urban forestry increased after the program is pretty basic yeah, and the questions really about like human interaction with trees then How well trees are growing? Yeah. Well, that's that's something just kind of in the house. It's more about the socioeconomic right, okay Move make a motion to approve the agreement with Bloomington urban forestry research group second all those in favor. I Hi Alright motions carried and then Haskell has c10, which is the agreement with canopy Bloomington for the tree tenders program Staff recommends the review approval of the 2025 partnership agreement with canopy Bloomington to continue the tree tenders program this is not to exceed $15,000 and is fund from economic and sustainability department the green partnerships Program we've partnered with canopy Bloomington over the last Two or three years now for this program They've taken excellent care of over 600 trees and switch yard last year. They expanded to RCA and lower cascades Just doing mulching and some Form pruning for you know, better growth over time Do we Like pay this Students like this is a job for them. It's a summer job. I'm usually yeah, I can't remember exactly how many hours I just wasn't sure it was like the money was for equipment or if it's like Yeah, some of it is for sure, but I'll it is also to pay them. Yeah, that's great. I Remember this one. Yeah. Yeah I'll make a motion to approve the agreement of canopy Bloomington second all those in favor. I All right Motion that motion is carried for c10 and then c11 is since we're going to policy updates and changes urban forestry principles and reporting Staff recommends their view approval of the urban forestry principles and reporting policy you one three two seven zero This policy outlines urban forestry's efforts and guiding principles as well as quarterly tree reporting document, which you will hear from next We've long been operating with best management practices in mind for the urban forest. This policy just continues that we bring that high-level commitment Yes, it's like pretty small changes. Yeah, okay. All right make a motion to approve policy one three two seven zero urban forestry principles second Okay, all those in favor. I Finally think Haskell yes has the urban approval or approval of urban forestry quarterly risk report This is the one where I can get on the weeds on here Staff recommends a review approval of urban forestry March quarterly tree risk and reporting document this document outlines and Prioritizes tree risk that we are currently aware of and working toward eliminating As well as other tree related risks and hazards such as tree great maintenance in the current tree removal list I Don't know if you've had a chance to look at it Just kind of outlines all the different things that we try to do in a quarter in a year I went over twenty twenty four at a glance. We pruned almost a thousand trees removed for ten planning eight hundred and twenty five Just several other other things that I do and that we do One number that I did want to make sure to be known was that out of our 15,000 200 trees that have risk reports. None of them are extreme hazard or extreme risk At the time I wrote this document 47 were high risk. It's actually closer to about 30 now And then four point one percent are moderate at 800 trees and the rest are low risk Trees become Known as a risk. Is it based upon the public reporting to you or you or your staff driving around and looking at things or it's a lot of that but when we have a tree inventory from Davie Resource Group or whoever does it comes down and does An inventory they have a risk assessment that they do when they're looking at the trees I'm a property owner and part of I have trees in front of my house in the right of way Dude is if somebody wants to report a tree they've got a concern about Is that something they talk to you about or is that something you might come by and see or yeah? Absolutely. I try to get out and look at any report you report email phone However, you can get a hold of me. We'll come out and take a look at it. Okay so just so I remember and I know we've had this when somebody is we don't really want people cutting trees down that are in the City property line is that right or not without permission not without permission and Generally speaking on many streets. That's pretty easily defined because it's in the tree plot Is that correct? Yes, but for instance, I live on High Street and High Street's got You know, there are no tree plots really and at least I live on the west side of High Street and so Part of those trees in front of the front part of my lot may be in the right-of-way, but there's really No, that would be something we'd have to talk to you about about whether it is or isn't in the right-of-way. Yep Thanks Wondered that I mean whenever I read about the climate change impact in our area it usually references not so much like higher temperatures, although that sometimes too, but like You know more thunderstorms more rain like higher winds and I feel like we've been seeing some of that I don't know if that gets factored in I would assume to trees that maybe aren't a hundred percent hardy that if if a Windstorm came along. Yeah, absolutely when I look at trees and that every tree has kind of its own species profile So it's more likely red maple for instance is more likely to fail in a wind event So if I come across one that's showing those signs it gets a little bit more notice than You know a nice red oak that doesn't show those same or have the same species profile Any other questions for Haskell Statistics that you share about just kind of how many emails phone calls your report all of that that you get Because that's quite a lot and for anyone in the public Who is not reading page by page of a park report? It is one every 25 minutes so That is just kudos to you and your staff for being able to manage all of that And I guess I would just be sort of curious of like total number of you reports Submitted how many are well really parks? I mean in general, you know, cuz I think that's like a big Second year commendation of the response on the public I would say half Approximately of all you reports we get Seasonally, especially are probably tree related once we get into the spring summer canopy A lot of the new reports we get are tree related and are handled by the urban forestry department So this is the first report of its kind. So you know, we're gonna evolve this as we go just an effort to be transparent and keep the board informed on our efforts and Certainly if you all have feedback on format report things like that moving forward you can let us know It's great and yeah, just That you were able to get on there, you know look at over a quarter of your inventory You know, you're 37. I mean on for a third of your total of the total urban forest. That's really impressive in a year Yeah other feedback or questions I'll make a motion to approve the Urban forestry quarterly risk report second all those in favor I all right motion. Carried. Thank you for all those Haskell and then Continues One person update to my groundhogs day up here Policies in the Parks Department. So tell us about these Hello, Leslie Brinson Recreation Services general manager here to recommend some approval of some policies as you know, we continue to go through our policy manual, especially right now as we're headed into our Accreditation and reaccreditation process as we fix one we find I feel like three more that have been updated so hopefully we're getting to the end but Today I have six or so for you The first one is just an elimination of a policy 90 60 fee waiver and scholarship guidelines last month I brought a new fee waiver policy Below I'm going to talk about a scholarship policy change So essentially we're just combining info into one policy instead of this being three policies. We're going down to two So we're just eliminating We're not eliminating any of the words. We have just moved the words to different policies The next one is policy 2030 program facility report forms Jim I think this is where you saw the information last month that had Incorrect information and considering accident and incident forms We've just cleaned up those that language highlighted both employee and vehicle accident as well as more participant and Incidents we also added information to include our city works, which is how we now do maintenance requests So that was a change that needed to take place. So that's really just a Administrative cleanup on our end Policy 6100 is a new policy. It's a concussion policy This was a request of our risk management department that we had a specific policy on how we were handling concussions the policy outlines Guidance for youth sports coaches which see the majority of our concussions obviously in youth sports coaches in both hockey and basketball are Required to go through online training that talks about concussions We also then highlighted how our staff are trained within our CPR first aid training. There is a piece on concussion So any staff that goes through that they do have a concussion and some protocols of what we do in the process Policy 9050 is that scholarship criteria again? We've just included some of that info from 9060 So that there was one policy that has all of the information needed Policy 13040 rentals and permits. This is to the effect of Sean's What he brought earlier about alcohol in parks This policy didn't highlight that you approve alcohol in parks outside of switch yard in that the manager of switch yard Approves alcohol within switch yard. So we just cleaned up that language to make sure that it was clear to people if they wanted To have alcohol at an event Policy 13 110 land acquisition policy. This one had quite a bit of work done to it Mostly to guide us through an accreditation standard But really now increase the detail concerning land acquisition How we do it what process we go through before we acquire land and then also what we do in the process We do before we develop it into something Outlining the staff responsibilities as well as steps to take with their contracts contracts or construction takes place I'd be happy to answer any questions Going through and cleaning up and explaining all those All right, any questions for Leslie Think I'm good. Do we have to it we can do this all in one motion. Okay, but Make a motion to approve updates to policies 2 0 3 0 6 1 0 0 9 1 5 0 1 3 0 4 0 and 1 3 1 1 0 Second and all those in favor. I Motion carried. Thank you. Leslie and then Amy Lane Beck has another policy change seminary Cemetery procedures and guidelines and cemetery decorations Yes. Hi, Amy line back operations coordinator and I am recommending that we approve the cemeteries Policy and procedures or the the new policy 13 to 60 cemetery policies and procedures This is to go in our policy manual the external facing Policy that explains, you know the locations of the cemeteries that we manage who's in charge and general care and outlines And then it references a more complete document of procedures. That is really our Full set of operating procedures. So there's kind of a complicated little Stair step here, but we I realized we really only had policies relating to the decorations that were allowed and not allowed And there's a lot of other things that we do and don't do and you know need to know how to operate And it's already come up For in my learning of how things go here. There was a policy of the way something was done and then People change hands or you know people different people come into the position and things change over time So the policies are really helpful to have it all written down and formally adopted so that we know Regardless of who's doing the job how it needs to be done. So that's what we're doing here the cemetery Decorations policy that we're eliminating is now part of the bigger procedures document. So nothing's changing there We're just taking that out because it's now part of the other policy So any questions? A couple questions one's totally unrelated to this these policies But are there stills are are we selling? Cemetery plots. Yes, we have lots of plots available in white oak And then I get that question almost every week about Rose Hill. Lots of people still want to be buried at Rose Hill I have I am in the process of going through our records and we're going to create a list of spaces that are actually available And we're gonna then check and make sure that they are really available and empty and and then Release that that'd be good release those plots for sale. So yes, Rose Hill is a really sought-after place For people a lot of people have a special connection to it and lots of family members buried there So and is there a is there a secondary market for Rose Hill plots in other words, and is there a record somewhere? Sorry There actually is there I have a list of third party contacts They want to sell their plots and so when right now when people contact me, that's what I give them I give them a contact and that that sale takes place completely outside of me They just give me the records so that I know for sure and when I had to update the records of who owns that plot After the sale has taken place So do we we have a master record of who owns each plot is that it or does that go to the recorder's office or? We have we have records we have plot books and we now have an online database that tells us who owns the deed for each plot So usually that's pretty easy to figure out With any system of records, there's definitely mistakes And so that's actually what I'm really interested in as I'm going through to see what plots might be available it's been interesting to find mistakes and Update those and then little gems of history too about who's buried there. So it's been really interesting Okay, great. Thank you. I've got a couple questions about the policies in general Are there hours for the cemetery when it can be visited and not visited and what are those hours if there are? Yes, so that is part of the longer procedures document and we actually used the placer AI data To look at when people are using the cemetery. When are they there? That's the the cell phone data that we use to see what kind of usage there is and the peak of use is 7 a.m. To about 10 p.m. So the rest of our parks are I believe 5 a.m. To 11 p.m. I think that's right. I don't know for sure but and so we decided to shorten that a little bit because The cemetery is a special place It's not just any park and so we want to make sure that people are there During daylight hours and and not engaging in anything that would be disrespectful or nefarious So we we looked at the hours that people are generally using it and and decided to keep it to that Yes, that'd be something as a park commissioner, I guess I'd like us to think of and I've kind of been Trumpeting the hours of parks regularly and I I see the cemetery even being different than the parks from the standpoint We're not going to be showing movies there late at night and we're not going to be doing other things I guess I would it sort of seems to me that I would Like for us to at least consider that it's open daylight hours and not so in the summer 10 o'clock may be fine in The winter I'm not sure 10 o'clock is reasonable so I'm wondering if we could at least give some thought to that and Part of that and this is not at all. I'm a supporter of beacon. This is not at all a Slide of beacon But I think with beacon moving in close to there We need to have a clear policy about what our hours are going to be and I don't think we want people coming in there after Dark in that scenario and I guess in the same light and again not picking on beacon, but just generally Speaking about a cemetery is a different place and location I think we want to make sure that we have very good policies on what can and can't be done in the cemetery What structures can be used or set up in the cemetery? When people can be there, so I think this is a great timing to do this But I would encourage us to give a good look at that to consider all those things So thank you for doing this. Thank you for starting that process. Yes. Thank you And yeah, those things that you just mentioned are in that longer document We also recently had a request to build above-ground mausoleums we looked into that and decided to Not allow that at this time So there's just a lot of things that come up with cemeteries that are different than other parks And so that's why we really need this procedures document. So I'm happy to hear more feedback on the full document Seems like there's a gate on Rose there is not any longer there used to be a gate but it's open now So we do have Have we given any thought to reinstalling the gate or why did we remove the gate? I don't know that was before my time I'm not sure and it hasn't come up so it's it's a public thoroughfare now really with the access to the sidewalk that was Created when the car went through the wall, we created a pedestrian access on that side So it's connected to the sidewalk So a lot of people actually just use it to get from that site, you know instead of having to walk all the way around but Okay. Yeah, I share your concerns about making sure that we keep it because it's a really special place and there's so much history there and we would not want to see vandalism or Any damage come to the graves and memorials there. So, yeah, thank you. I appreciate that Ready for a motion and yeah see 14 Make a motion to approve policy one three two six zero So yeah, oh and the elimination of one three two zero zero second. Okay, all those in favor. I Motions carried. Thank you. Amy. Thank you. Yep, and then our section D reports Leslie will give us a season preview for community events 2025 No, just given the time that we go to D - oh sure and then we will hold item D one until next month Okay, sounds good So instead we'll have Julie Ramey to tell us about the draft 2024 annual report. Good afternoon. I'm Julie Ramey the community relations manager for Bloomington Parks and Recreation And in front of you is the draft of the annual report for 2024 there is no action requested of the park board at this time This is strictly a document intended for your review You'll notice some bits and pieces that are clearly marked and it doesn't mean I don't have the information It means I just haven't gotten an opportunity to lay it out yet division directors collect information program highlights from staff over the last couple of months and I take that information do some fact-checking and add in all of our unaudited financial data. It is our document of record for activities and programs and things for the calendar year 2024 and If you have any comments feedback anything you'd like to share about it then you can certainly let Kim know via email let me know directly by email and I'll make those changes with the intention of having a final copy of the report to you at your regular April meeting All right, thank you appreciate the look chance to look at the draft Julie And then I don't know if we have any public comment here online or in person Online would like to make a comment, please raise your hand icon No, okay and anyone here in person All right, then we will turn it back over to Tim for any last announcements Sure. Thank you again board for a productive meeting. Appreciate it Leslie was going to talk about the mini events that community events is getting ready to ramp up with for the season I'll just give a couple highlights of what's on our imminent horizon here as we get into April and we get into the busy season Corazon de Haropeyo is this Saturday At Switchyard Park Pavilion that a Saturday evening and then once you get to the next weekend We we start to get really busy. So that'll be the first food truck Friday at Switchyard Park the first farmers market First day for Griffey Lake Boathouse on Saturday, April 5th. The International Festival is Sunday, April 6th And then from there. Well at least have a chance to have another park board meeting before you hear about the rest of the events That are to come Few other things coming up the pool liner project we expect to start next week Which is exciting to get the new pool liner in at Bryan Park pool, which is a big need We are also starting our master plan efforts The next session for the park commissioners will be Thursday April 10th It will be a work session at 6 p.m. Here in City Hall. We're going to do that in the Allison conference room That will be joint with members of City Council Depending on how many are available and who comes that may be noticed as a work session for them as well And that will be talking with our master plan consultant about our needs We also have focus groups coming up starting next week with a whole lot of the community which we're looking forward to Then our next regularly scheduled meeting will be Thursday April 17th at 5 p.m. Here in City Council chambers, so thank you everybody At 5 p.m. Okay Okay, all right, thank you Tim and with that I'll adjourn the March meeting of the Bloomington Board of Park commissioners (orchestral music) (orchestral music) (orchestral music) (orchestral music) (orchestral music) (orchestral music) (orchestral music) (orchestral music) (orchestral music) (orchestral music) (orchestral music) (orchestral music)