WEBVTT 00:00:01.250 --> 00:00:08.259 - Right. I'd like to call to order the September meeting of the Bloomington Board of Park Commissioners. 00:00:08.259 --> 00:00:14.792 - And could we start with the roll call, please, Kim? Kathleen Mills. Here. Israel Herrera. Here. 00:00:14.792 --> 00:00:21.869 - Jim Whitlatch. Here. And Ellen Rodkey is absent. OK. Ellen is absent. We do have a quorum this evening. 00:00:21.869 --> 00:00:28.062 - And we've moved just a little bit from our usual time to make the meeting work this month. 00:00:28.546 --> 00:00:37.416 - So first off as always we have the consent calendar so Some things that we are used to seeing pretty 00:00:37.416 --> 00:00:46.198 - much every month and then also some smaller agreements or addendum or update to agreements. So do I 00:00:46.198 --> 00:00:55.068 - have a Motion to approve the consent calendar move to approve the consent calendar All right, and Do 00:00:55.068 --> 00:00:58.142 - we need a roll call vote? Okay? Oh 00:00:59.074 --> 00:01:08.588 - Virtual, okay. All right. So all those in favor of the consent calendar Hi. Aye. All right motion carried 00:01:08.588 --> 00:01:17.834 - And then next up in Section B our public hearings and appearances we have quite a few staff intros but 00:01:17.834 --> 00:01:22.142 - first a Bravo award that goes to Kate Smith and 00:01:30.818 --> 00:01:36.312 - Good evening everyone Emily book community relations coordinator and I would like to recommend Kate 00:01:36.312 --> 00:01:42.136 - Smith for the September Bravo award I would like to recognize Kate with this award She began volunteering 00:01:42.136 --> 00:01:47.960 - with us in July and has already amassed almost 36 hours of volunteer service She has been involved across 00:01:47.960 --> 00:01:53.675 - all facets of our volunteer programs weed wrangles community events bugfest Leonard Springs nature days 00:01:53.675 --> 00:01:59.554 - and more myself and all of our program staff appreciate Kate for always arriving on time for her scheduled 00:01:59.554 --> 00:02:00.158 - shifts and 00:02:00.322 --> 00:02:06.763 - Completing any tasks with a smile and going above and beyond to assist staff and ensuring that 00:02:06.763 --> 00:02:13.678 - all participants have the type of great experience our events are known for So thank you Kate for all 00:02:13.678 --> 00:02:20.797 - of your hard work Thank you, and I just want to say really quickly I just want to say thank you to Emily 00:02:20.797 --> 00:02:27.102 - and everybody at the parks and rec and especially the community of volunteer coordinators um 00:02:27.554 --> 00:02:32.984 - It's a lot of really great work. I also want to make it I want to share that like I'm a part of this 00:02:32.984 --> 00:02:38.737 - program because of the opportunity that was granted to me by the Monroe County pretrial diversion program, 00:02:38.737 --> 00:02:44.274 - so I think the work that they're doing Emily included is Really incredible and gives us an opportunity 00:02:44.274 --> 00:02:49.758 - to not just move forward but make progress as well, which I think is really important. So Yeah, thank 00:02:49.758 --> 00:02:52.446 - you very much. Yes. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. I 00:02:57.410 --> 00:03:09.189 - That your handsome dog up there in the slide cake. Yeah Okay Okay, and then in b2 we have a staff intro 00:03:09.189 --> 00:03:20.516 - of Daniel Melwood Hello Daniel Melwood Been working at Cascades for as part-time for four years now 00:03:20.516 --> 00:03:27.198 - and just now recently got the full-time labor position and 00:03:27.714 --> 00:03:36.635 - About a month ago working here with Brad Scroggins as the superintendent So I'm just really grateful 00:03:36.635 --> 00:03:45.555 - to both him and keto and Jason Sims and everyone that cascades everyone here for the opportunity and 00:03:45.555 --> 00:03:55.006 - We look forward to making cascades even better than it is Okay. All right. Great. Thank you Okay, and then 00:03:55.298 --> 00:04:01.523 - We have next in the staff intros, we have Tristan Berube? Berube? Berube, yes. Berube, okay. So hi, 00:04:01.523 --> 00:04:07.873 - my name is Tristan Berube. I'm a first year master's student at the O'Neill School at IU. I'm getting 00:04:07.873 --> 00:04:14.472 - my master's in environmental science with a concentration in water resources. I got my undergrad bachelor 00:04:14.472 --> 00:04:20.698 - at Purdue University in environmental geoscience with a minor in environmental politics and policy. 00:04:20.698 --> 00:04:25.118 - And I'm excited to work on projects with the Parks and Rec Department. 00:04:26.338 --> 00:04:34.341 - Okay, welcome Tristan. Thank you All right, and then our next staff introduction is Stefania Should 00:04:34.341 --> 00:04:42.345 - I try you you tell me how to say your name. All right, Stephanie Agama. Okay. All right. So My name 00:04:42.345 --> 00:04:50.748 - is Stephanie Agama I am a freshman at IU studying finance and international business at the Kelly School 00:04:50.748 --> 00:04:55.230 - of Business and I got placed here as a cogs scholar and 00:04:55.394 --> 00:05:05.973 - So I'm basically here to help out and just I guess attend events and do whatever I can Okay, great. 00:05:05.973 --> 00:05:16.551 - Great. Welcome. Thank you And finally in our staff intros we have Zoe mine urban green space fellow 00:05:16.551 --> 00:05:20.254 - Zoe Oh, okay. All right Okay, okay 00:05:21.314 --> 00:05:29.070 - Okay, and then we will move into our section C other business Where Sean Marler will tell us about the 00:05:29.070 --> 00:05:36.676 - agreement with Marvel lighting for switch our pavilion LED lighting Good evening. I don't think I've 00:05:36.676 --> 00:05:44.734 - ever been first before Sean Marler switch our recreation facilities general manager. I'm here to recommend 00:05:44.734 --> 00:05:48.574 - for approval contract with Marvel lighting for the 00:05:48.898 --> 00:05:55.440 - amount of sixty one thousand two hundred thirty six dollars This money and the contract is 00:05:55.440 --> 00:06:03.061 - for the installation of secondary lights and the pavilion at switch yard park. It'll add It was 12 Excuse 00:06:03.061 --> 00:06:10.538 - me 24 24 additional fixtures to improve the lighting there since we open switch yard the two complaints 00:06:10.538 --> 00:06:13.342 - we were always getting in the pavilion 00:06:13.506 --> 00:06:19.895 - Were the sound and the lights so we addressed the sound a couple years ago with the dampening panels 00:06:19.895 --> 00:06:26.411 - And now we're going to take a shot at addressing the lighting The complaints were that it just was too 00:06:26.411 --> 00:06:32.864 - dark around the in the evening. We often have some events where they need lighting and it is a little 00:06:32.864 --> 00:06:39.443 - dark the 12 existing lamps there are very attractive. They're very nice but they're actually meant more 00:06:39.443 --> 00:06:41.278 - as accent lights than actual 00:06:41.986 --> 00:06:50.355 - Heavy functional lights, so it is a little bit dim for some events. Okay All right Happy to answer any 00:06:50.355 --> 00:06:59.130 - questions on All right move to Approve agreement with Marvel lighting for switch yard pavilion LED lighting 00:06:59.130 --> 00:07:06.686 - All right, and all those in favor. Hi. All right motion. Carry. Thank you Sean. Thank you. I 00:07:08.386 --> 00:07:16.185 - Then next up and see to Frank Southern ice arena rental agreement template Chris Hamrick Except it's 00:07:16.185 --> 00:07:24.448 - keto. Yep, this is busy today. So I'm pinching again for Chris. Okay, Satoshi keto sports service division 00:07:24.448 --> 00:07:32.556 - director stuff recommends approval of Frank Salson Center facility rental agreement form after analyzing 00:07:32.556 --> 00:07:36.958 - and evaluating previous partnership agreement at FSC and 00:07:37.410 --> 00:07:44.711 - Staff indicated that there are no partnerships, but rather simple rental agreements. Therefore, the 00:07:44.711 --> 00:07:52.159 - arrangement should be terminated and new facility rental agreement form was created. Just to give you 00:07:52.159 --> 00:07:59.825 - background, Frank Salson Center will accommodate five to seven rental groups each year. Staff previously 00:07:59.825 --> 00:08:05.374 - created partnership agreements for each rental group, but will now use this 00:08:05.538 --> 00:08:14.095 - rental template agreement instead Any deviation from the terms laid out in the template agreement would 00:08:14.095 --> 00:08:22.486 - require the approval of the board? Happy to answer any questions Okay, that sounds like a good way to 00:08:22.486 --> 00:08:30.796 - streamline things What kind of partners are these or what kind of kind who rents this for this under 00:08:30.796 --> 00:08:33.758 - this agreement? Braids organization 00:08:33.858 --> 00:08:41.781 - Skate a hockey group braids junior senior. Are you hockey club? figure skating what else okay, so So 00:08:41.781 --> 00:08:49.705 - somewhere I may have misread it, but it said that was typically six times a year I must have misread 00:08:49.705 --> 00:08:57.863 - that as a six groups or because I would think that these all those groups were in it a lot mm-hmm okay, 00:08:57.863 --> 00:09:00.766 - then my other my other question is I 00:09:01.058 --> 00:09:08.089 - I think it's two hundred ninety five dollars an hour or something like that is what the fee is How did 00:09:08.089 --> 00:09:14.915 - we come up with that amount? Have we looked at? Similar I mean, I know it's so expensive to operate 00:09:14.915 --> 00:09:21.878 - that facility and I just want to make sure we Thought through how much we're charging for that. Yeah, 00:09:21.878 --> 00:09:28.158 - we look at other areas Columbus fishers they have ice arena and that they look at look at a 00:09:28.354 --> 00:09:37.796 - Their fees and try to make it competitive All right. Thank you. Thank you Move to approve the Frank 00:09:37.796 --> 00:09:47.332 - Southern ice arena rental agreement template Okay, all those in favor aye Motions carried. Thank you 00:09:47.332 --> 00:09:57.246 - keto. Thank you. Thank you and then in C3 we have the agreement with adventurous play for Brian Park and 00:09:57.794 --> 00:10:04.645 - Ages two to five playgrounds surfacing replacement Amy. Hi, I'm Amy lion back operations coordinator 00:10:04.645 --> 00:10:11.631 - and I am here to recommend approval of the contract with adventurous play to remove existing Surfacing 00:10:11.631 --> 00:10:18.550 - and replace it at the Brian Park two to five playground The contract is for thirty seven thousand one 00:10:18.550 --> 00:10:25.401 - hundred that was well under budget for what we had put aside So that's gonna allow us to do a couple 00:10:25.401 --> 00:10:26.622 - of other projects 00:10:26.722 --> 00:10:33.729 - And we're got great recommendations for this new company. So we're excited to have another vendor that 00:10:33.729 --> 00:10:40.804 - can do surfacing And is the since the one there is 17 years old is the type of surfacing different from 00:10:40.804 --> 00:10:47.606 - yeah right now It has rubber tiles right they pull apart and then weeds grow in them and they start 00:10:47.606 --> 00:10:54.477 - to really break down So this is going to be a solid rubber surface one Uniform surface they're gonna 00:10:54.477 --> 00:10:56.382 - it's called poured in place 00:10:56.546 --> 00:11:03.359 - So it will be just solid. Okay. And do you have to shut down the playground for very long? There will 00:11:03.359 --> 00:11:10.172 - be a short closure, he said. He estimates about four days, so not too bad. Okay. So this is the first 00:11:10.172 --> 00:11:16.852 - year with this company? Yes, this is the first time we're using them. And they can highly recommend 00:11:16.852 --> 00:11:23.799 - it? Yes, I actually did ask for recommendations and talked to someone, one of their, who they've worked 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:24.734 - with in Ohio. 00:11:28.674 --> 00:11:39.301 - Yeah, they're pulling out the rubber tiles that are there that are really old and they're gonna just 00:11:39.301 --> 00:11:49.928 - break that down to the there's concrete underneath we're gonna power wash the concrete get it really 00:11:49.928 --> 00:11:55.294 - clean and then they'll pour in the new surface and 00:11:55.394 --> 00:12:09.472 - the same same footprint path or footprint That's the existing playground surface right now No, just 00:12:09.472 --> 00:12:23.550 - this one project, yeah All right move to approve agreement with adventurous play for Brian Park and 00:12:23.842 --> 00:12:32.320 - 2-5 playgrounds surfacing replacement All right, and all those in favor aye All right motion is carried. 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:40.556 - Thank you. Thank you All right, and then we have some more LED lighting in c4 Rebecca Swift will tell 00:12:40.556 --> 00:12:42.494 - us about that agreement 00:12:42.626 --> 00:12:48.505 - Yes, Rebecca Swift operations development division director. This is the one we just couldn't do in-house 00:12:48.505 --> 00:12:54.051 - The ceilings are just too tall at Banneker Community Center Thanks to funding from our economic and 00:12:54.051 --> 00:12:59.707 - sustainability development department They are funding this project as well as the LED conversion and 00:12:59.707 --> 00:13:05.309 - multiple city-owned properties including the animal shelter sanitation fire station four and five so 00:13:05.309 --> 00:13:10.855 - they are funding this project and put together the contract packet but as a park property we wanted 00:13:10.855 --> 00:13:11.742 - to make sure we 00:13:11.874 --> 00:13:19.844 - Gave it through for your approval Happy answer any questions Move to approve agreement with Cassidy 00:13:19.844 --> 00:13:27.575 - electric for LED replacement at Banneker Center All those in favor. Hi. All right motion. Carry. 00:13:27.575 --> 00:13:35.864 - Thank you, Rebecca and then Haskell Smith has a couple of items c5 is the agreement with Davey resource 00:13:35.864 --> 00:13:38.494 - group for Kirkwood tree planting 00:13:40.450 --> 00:13:46.937 - Good evening Haskell Smith City Forester staff recommends the approval of this agreement with Davie 00:13:46.937 --> 00:13:53.489 - tree expert company to remove five poor health trees and replant 20 trees around the downtown square 00:13:53.489 --> 00:14:00.430 - and along Kirkwood and some of the raised bed planters The mount not to exceed eighty five hundred dollars 00:14:00.430 --> 00:14:07.111 - and the funding source is the bicentennial bond There's been Some work to improve some of the downtown 00:14:07.111 --> 00:14:08.798 - the Kirkwood corridor and 00:14:09.378 --> 00:14:16.250 - One of the suggestions was to plant more trees. So we've worked to increase the number of trees along 00:14:16.250 --> 00:14:22.988 - Kirkwood and I thought it'd be a good time to get some of the old ones out that aren't looking very 00:14:22.988 --> 00:14:29.793 - healthy and Yeah, happy to answer any questions about that And are these trees the ones that you see 00:14:29.793 --> 00:14:36.665 - that have the metal grating around them? Okay, not all of them some I think five of these are the and 00:14:36.665 --> 00:14:38.686 - then 15 are in the raised bed 00:14:38.946 --> 00:14:46.123 - planters on like corners and they were flowerbeds 13 of them used to be flower beds and landscape beds 00:14:46.123 --> 00:14:53.161 - and now we're converting them to tree pits Okay, and I assume trees in that environment don't expect 00:14:53.161 --> 00:15:00.269 - to last quite as long as Trees in a more natural environment. Yeah, I mean with any urban tree. Yeah. 00:15:00.269 --> 00:15:04.798 - Yeah the lifespan is likely shorter than the natural environment 00:15:10.562 --> 00:15:20.239 - World trees in what sense like they're dying they're damaged they've been Brutalized over the years 00:15:20.239 --> 00:15:30.012 - of just living in an urban environment Orment or just missing. Yeah To some extent yeah, if somebody 00:15:30.012 --> 00:15:38.334 - gets a hold of one too hard potentially And then there will be 20 20 new ones, right? 00:15:39.138 --> 00:15:52.339 - The fiber being replaced and then there's 15 additional trees planted that didn't exist before Yeah, 00:15:52.339 --> 00:16:03.710 - 20 total so 15 additional trees between the square and Kirkwood corridor East Kirkwood 00:16:06.370 --> 00:16:16.786 - Move to approve agreement with Davey resource group for Kirkwood tree planting All those in favor aye 00:16:16.786 --> 00:16:27.202 - Motion is carried and then Haskell also has c6. Just the third quarter risk report for urban forestry 00:16:27.202 --> 00:16:28.734 - Yeah, so we're 00:16:29.666 --> 00:16:36.759 - Chugging along here this year. We had 50 high-risk trees identified by tree keeper earlier this year 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:43.923 - I think we're down to just a handful of those. I've reassessed all of them Some are on a pruning list 00:16:43.923 --> 00:16:51.087 - for deadwooding actually scheduled for next week Fewer being removed. I've got some on a plant health 00:16:51.087 --> 00:16:58.110 - care program and One's getting a cable in it to alleviate. So here shortly the 50 trees will be not 00:16:58.242 --> 00:17:08.580 - The high-risk list anymore outside of that just as a few key points We're up to a little over 1200 trees 00:17:08.580 --> 00:17:18.721 - pruned on the year 260 removed a schedule of 730 to be planted and we've Between all that and then our 00:17:18.721 --> 00:17:27.582 - inspection and inventory. We've worked on about 5,000 trees this year. Oh And then I have 00:17:28.866 --> 00:17:36.773 - Seven new tree grates to go in and the downtown area. We'll get that scheduled just as soon as we can 00:17:36.773 --> 00:17:44.524 - Okay, never a downtime No the tree. Okay All right. Any questions about this for Haskell? I noticed 00:17:44.524 --> 00:17:52.353 - in the report you had that information or the picture and I've seen them on the as I've been walking 00:17:52.353 --> 00:17:55.454 - around the this is not a pedestrian and 00:17:55.650 --> 00:18:01.777 - Walkway on the greats if it's I think your report said if it's more than a half an inch off I'm just 00:18:01.777 --> 00:18:07.965 - I mean I get why that's there and I'm aware that People trip on that and there have been lawsuits and 00:18:07.965 --> 00:18:14.274 - it probably came from risk management or the insurance company or something like that I'm just a little 00:18:14.274 --> 00:18:20.158 - curious about the wording a little bit why it doesn't just say caution or something like that. I 00:18:20.322 --> 00:18:26.414 - We have since changed stickers. It should say caution if there's one that still says pedestrian walk 00:18:26.414 --> 00:18:32.807 - away It was supposed to be removed. It might have just been one that we missed Yeah, there's one actually 00:18:32.807 --> 00:18:38.839 - where in the city building over by force. I saw it this morning. So it In the city building over by 00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:44.568 - 4th Street Or the my old office on 4th Street that the city now owns where the fire department 00:18:44.568 --> 00:18:50.238 - was temporarily So, okay, so did they do say caution now and then I guess is there a plan for 00:18:50.498 --> 00:18:56.592 - Repairing those or making sure that we don't and instead of putting a sticker on all of them Can we 00:18:56.592 --> 00:19:02.870 - get do how do we and I don't know how easy that is I assume it's a little bit of a hassle that changes 00:19:02.870 --> 00:19:08.416 - every time we have some flooding or Who knows what happens if they get out of whack again? 00:19:08.416 --> 00:19:14.754 - I'm sure yeah, everyone's a little different. We we do a lot of different things We can expand the tree 00:19:14.754 --> 00:19:19.934 - grades to if the roots are pushing them up if it's something where there's just been 00:19:20.034 --> 00:19:27.661 - Soil build up we pull them back remove the soil and readjust them Sometimes they just have to be replaced 00:19:27.661 --> 00:19:35.000 - or removed We're looking at different things for long term rather than mulch to go in there But yeah, 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:42.770 - everyone's a little different slow and steady the caution is just to kind of Let folks know in the meantime 00:19:42.770 --> 00:19:48.670 - until we can get get there to fix them. Yeah. Thanks Appreciate that Move that we 00:19:49.154 --> 00:19:57.886 - Approve the quarter three risk report for urban forestry All those in favor, hi All right motion carried. 00:19:57.886 --> 00:20:06.289 - Thank you Haskell. Thank you guys and then in c7 Tim Street will tell us about the general budget for 00:20:06.289 --> 00:20:14.526 - 2026 Good evening park commissioners Tim Street director of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Kim is 00:20:14.526 --> 00:20:18.398 - gonna pull up budget presentation here tonight 00:20:18.594 --> 00:20:24.724 - This is basically the same presentation that I gave to City Council a few weeks ago regarding our general 00:20:24.724 --> 00:20:30.738 - fund budget I've trimmed out a few things that the board of park commissioners would already know about 00:20:30.738 --> 00:20:36.694 - our departments and I don't need to go over with you, but it is still a great overview of Where we are 00:20:36.694 --> 00:20:42.072 - at this moment in time and where we are going So just a reminder that for parks the board of 00:20:42.072 --> 00:20:48.318 - park commissioners has authority to approve our non-reverting budget of which I will actually be back up to 00:20:48.482 --> 00:20:56.306 - Our first version of that for 2026 to you in section D And the park commissioners basically present 00:20:56.306 --> 00:21:04.287 - a recommendation to the City Council On whether or not to adopt the general fund budget, but the City 00:21:04.287 --> 00:21:11.486 - Council is the fiscal authority for the general fund budget Things working That's all right 00:21:36.674 --> 00:21:43.535 - While walk him is pulling that up. I'll just mention In the packet is the full printout of every account 00:21:43.535 --> 00:21:50.330 - and there's about 20 something parks general fund accounts. Forgive me. I'm forgetting the exact number 00:21:50.330 --> 00:21:57.125 - right now That range from you know sports divisional accounts, you know, there's a general fund account 00:21:57.125 --> 00:22:03.790 - for the pools There's a general fund account for community events. There's a general fund account for 00:22:03.790 --> 00:22:04.574 - gardens and 00:22:04.674 --> 00:22:11.432 - That full breakdown of the budget is in the packet if you'd like to see exactly how things are allocated 00:22:11.432 --> 00:22:18.060 - for 2026. But the presentation is meant to give you more of an overview. I always love this slide that 00:22:18.060 --> 00:22:24.625 - Julie Raimi puts together for us just as an overview of everything we have to offer and everything we 00:22:24.625 --> 00:22:31.125 - represent to the community. We're a big part of keeping our community running and making Bloomington 00:22:31.125 --> 00:22:32.734 - a vibrant place to live. 00:22:33.154 --> 00:22:39.932 - Some of the numbers that stand out to me on there is the almost 24,000 public trees that we have inventoried. 00:22:39.932 --> 00:22:46.649 - As Haskell said, never a dull moment. The 38 miles of trails, the 11 pickleball courts, and we are currently 00:22:46.649 --> 00:22:52.996 - at 64 full-time staff. And ultimately, if I had to just parse our mission down into a short statement, 00:22:52.996 --> 00:22:59.466 - as I did for the council, I would say we make Bloomington a healthier, greener, and more connected place 00:22:59.466 --> 00:23:01.438 - to live and play for everybody. 00:23:01.602 --> 00:23:08.332 - And that is more connected both in the physical sense We build trails literally connect people through 00:23:08.332 --> 00:23:15.192 - the community and also of course through a programmatic sense And that our parks offer places for people 00:23:15.192 --> 00:23:22.248 - to connect with one another and to connect with the environment in a wide variety of ways Just to highlight 00:23:22.248 --> 00:23:28.782 - a few 2025 successes we completed a whole slew of park success ability projects with our final ARPA 00:23:28.782 --> 00:23:29.566 - dollars and 00:23:29.762 --> 00:23:35.988 - One of which will actually be celebrating this Friday four to six, which is the building trades Accessibility 00:23:35.988 --> 00:23:41.649 - improvements which are complete and lovely There were other things like the the tactile map here at 00:23:41.649 --> 00:23:47.479 - switch our park that we unveiled this summer I want to thank Sean Marler He put a lot of work into the 00:23:47.479 --> 00:23:53.195 - research along with the Community Council for accessibility on coming up with this tactile map which 00:23:53.195 --> 00:23:57.950 - is just an incredible way for us to represent our inclusive values to everybody and 00:23:58.306 --> 00:24:04.472 - We are in the midst of working on our master plan for 2026 to 2030. I'll touch base on that a little 00:24:04.472 --> 00:24:10.943 - bit more. We've had great success with some various studies and grants for the Banneker Center, including 00:24:10.943 --> 00:24:17.231 - a Ball State Historic Architecture Preservation Study that has given us recommendations on how to take 00:24:17.231 --> 00:24:23.335 - care of the building from a grad student in historic architecture there, as well as a DNR grants to 00:24:23.335 --> 00:24:28.158 - replace the front steps that the board has approved and will be starting soon. 00:24:28.994 --> 00:24:35.472 - We of course Becky Higgins retired and Leslie Brinson has stepped in as our recreation division director 00:24:35.472 --> 00:24:41.642 - She's very busy right now while she waits to fill her previous position But she's doing a great job 00:24:41.642 --> 00:24:48.058 - excited to have her You've seen even tonight a number of sustainability improvements like the LED going 00:24:48.058 --> 00:24:54.475 - in in the various facilities Completed some infrastructure projects. Those are a lot of those are still 00:24:54.475 --> 00:24:58.238 - finishing up yet this year paving RCA court basketball court 00:24:58.882 --> 00:25:08.835 - crack repair at the pickleball at RCA Miller showers paving repairs and a new cemetery path connecting 00:25:08.835 --> 00:25:18.014 - to West Adams and Let's see planters and growth you've seen that be a topic Joanna has has led 00:25:18.242 --> 00:25:24.129 - Great revival of the the downtown courthouse square planters It's very tricky to balance being native 00:25:24.129 --> 00:25:30.190 - forward and of course pleasing opinions of everybody But I think that has been a big success and I think 00:25:30.190 --> 00:25:36.135 - the Kirkwood planter project that you just heard about Replacing trees is exactly the type of project. 00:25:36.135 --> 00:25:37.982 - We need to be thinking about it 00:25:38.658 --> 00:25:45.739 - brings more trees, the environmental benefits of those, the heat island mitigation benefits of those, 00:25:45.739 --> 00:25:52.681 - while also reducing the incredible burden that we discovered we had in taking care of 60-something. 00:25:52.681 --> 00:25:59.623 - What was that number? 93 downtown planters. That is a lot of planters to be taken care of. So we're 00:25:59.623 --> 00:26:04.830 - trying to really work smart and focus on quality, not quantity, of things. 00:26:05.122 --> 00:26:11.471 - And of course, just our community reach through all of our various programs, after-school programs, 00:26:11.471 --> 00:26:17.884 - community events, Fourth of July Parade, Stay Cool Bloomington pool days, as mentioned, were a vital 00:26:17.884 --> 00:26:24.424 - part of making Bloomington a vibrant place to live. We just received official news after attending the 00:26:24.424 --> 00:26:30.773 - National Rec and Park Association Conference last week that we were re-accredited for the next five 00:26:30.773 --> 00:26:33.630 - years. We were also a beta standards tester. 00:26:33.762 --> 00:26:40.357 - for new standards for national accreditation So big kudos to Leslie Brinson for leading us through those 00:26:40.357 --> 00:26:46.889 - new standards. These are our visitors that came to us in June and it's it's a good experience to invite 00:26:46.889 --> 00:26:53.233 - people in to basically Poke around at everything you do and find the cracks and and offer us ways to 00:26:53.233 --> 00:26:55.934 - to maybe improve just that little bit more 00:26:58.882 --> 00:27:06.430 - Of course, we've opened Hopewell Commons continues to be a focus for us to activate And I want to highlight 00:27:06.430 --> 00:27:13.419 - the farmers market as a particular success this year I think about a month ago. We passed the total 00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:20.548 - attendance that we had for the entire year last year It's a vibrant active space for the community 60 00:27:20.548 --> 00:27:23.134 - plus vendors and I think a stat that 00:27:23.362 --> 00:27:31.109 - highlights the real effectiveness of our community relations team is that they specifically targeted 00:27:31.109 --> 00:27:38.932 - a campaign to Increase reach on social media for the farmers market and thanks to Caleb and Julie and 00:27:38.932 --> 00:27:46.602 - that team We saw a four thousand percent increase in Facebook interactions on the community farmers 00:27:46.602 --> 00:27:50.590 - market page The average visited visitors it's about 00:27:50.978 --> 00:27:58.904 - I think at the time I ran this it was like 5200. It's maybe even inched up a smidge since then but over 00:27:58.904 --> 00:28:06.907 - 5,000 weekly visitors to the farmers market 5000 plus Just a reminder I touched on this at the beginning 00:28:06.907 --> 00:28:14.605 - Parks is a little bit Partitioned in the way we maintain our city finances from the rest of the city 00:28:14.605 --> 00:28:16.510 - and that state codes are 00:28:16.610 --> 00:28:24.300 - sets up a separate general fund cash balance for Parks and Rec. We started this year with about a $3.8 00:28:24.300 --> 00:28:32.064 - million cash balance. We have a healthy cash balance, which I'm grateful for as we enter some uncertain 00:28:32.064 --> 00:28:39.828 - financial times. That is what it is there for, is to help us navigate uncertainty and mitigate whiplash 00:28:39.828 --> 00:28:43.486 - decisions and effect on the community offerings. 00:28:43.714 --> 00:28:50.700 - We are funded through a combination of property tax and program revenues. Four of the past five years, 00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:57.890 - our general fund has finished with a surplus. We do typically start the year with a slight deficit budget 00:28:57.890 --> 00:29:05.352 - that allows us freedom to navigate projects and various things that happen throughout the year, understanding 00:29:05.352 --> 00:29:10.846 - we can budget for 100% staffing all year as well, but we never actually achieve. 00:29:11.426 --> 00:29:19.271 - They move up, they move on, positions are hard to fill for a while, and that always affects things too. 00:29:19.271 --> 00:29:26.815 - And the non-reverting account I will talk about separately. This just shows our last five-ish years 00:29:26.815 --> 00:29:34.661 - of budget. As you can see through the COVID years, I believe the first year down there is 2020. Looking 00:29:34.661 --> 00:29:36.094 - over the captions. 00:29:36.738 --> 00:29:43.317 - The last one is six, so five, four, three, two, no, the first year there is 2021. You can see a lot 00:29:43.317 --> 00:29:49.896 - of our supplies and services did increase, as well as a steady increase in personnel those years. A 00:29:49.896 --> 00:29:56.475 - lot of inflation, a lot of rising costs of things. Since then, we have really stabilized our supply 00:29:56.475 --> 00:30:03.251 - and services budget. And the major increase that we're seeing, we actually prepared a budget this year 00:30:03.251 --> 00:30:06.014 - where our supply and services and capital 00:30:06.178 --> 00:30:12.963 - Totals were actually flat and actually a little bit down from last year But the major increase we're 00:30:12.963 --> 00:30:19.883 - seeing year over year is the effect of the city's salary study for civil employees and the anticipated 00:30:19.883 --> 00:30:26.937 - effect of a raises for our AFSCME employees This is just what I was talking about our category two three 00:30:26.937 --> 00:30:31.102 - and four budgets which is everything that's not personnel and 00:30:31.330 --> 00:30:38.058 - Actually reduced from four point five six to four point three eight million Even though that included 00:30:38.058 --> 00:30:44.786 - support for Hopewell Commons for the first time Our park security is in ARPA for the final year. It's 00:30:44.786 --> 00:30:51.647 - already been obligated in ARPA for 2026 that is obviously a large expense that when ARPA funds go away, 00:30:51.647 --> 00:30:52.702 - we will have to 00:30:52.802 --> 00:30:59.530 - Really figure out so things are great for 26 with security, but we know we've got that looming Contract 00:30:59.530 --> 00:31:06.452 - out there that we need to figure out as we prepare for 2027 Category one increased about a million dollars 00:31:06.452 --> 00:31:12.987 - from various salary impacts and we did eliminate one vacant position That was created before my time 00:31:12.987 --> 00:31:16.286 - as director and that we essentially found a way to 00:31:16.706 --> 00:31:23.380 - manage our processes and everything without this position. It had been held vacant, and we decided now 00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:30.054 - was the time to go ahead and eliminate that position. So while we have a healthy cash balance, we have 00:31:30.054 --> 00:31:36.598 - a healthy outlook, I have every confidence we're gonna finish this year again with either very close 00:31:36.598 --> 00:31:43.337 - to the mark we set or right in the neighborhood in terms of finishing with the surplus. It's clear that 00:31:43.337 --> 00:31:45.022 - with Senate Enroll Act 1, 00:31:45.410 --> 00:31:52.455 - We're still trying to understand the property tax cap limitations of that that are gonna phase in over 00:31:52.455 --> 00:31:59.363 - time. The city as a whole still has a lot of decisions to make about whether or not to enact a local 00:31:59.363 --> 00:32:06.203 - income tax. So I feel very comfortable for 2026. We have a budget that will allow us to continue to 00:32:06.203 --> 00:32:12.222 - offer all of the things we need to do for our community. But we have to be really smart 00:32:12.418 --> 00:32:18.645 - Moving forward we are going to feel these impacts more in the future I know municipally we go through 00:32:18.645 --> 00:32:24.934 - these periods of expansion and contraction We are looking at things like when full-time positions open 00:32:24.934 --> 00:32:31.161 - up as vacants making sure we evaluate those Is this something that we need? Is this something that we 00:32:31.161 --> 00:32:37.022 - have to have we are looking at things like our program offerings like our downtown planners and 00:32:37.122 --> 00:32:44.116 - We need a real focus on quality over quantity. We've had an incredible period of growth and new capital 00:32:44.116 --> 00:32:50.975 - items and Switchard and Hopewell and Bicentennial projects these last years, and I think as you know, 00:32:50.975 --> 00:32:58.036 - our master plan is very much focused, and we were fortunate that we'd already selected this focus before 00:32:58.036 --> 00:33:04.896 - we knew anything about Senate Enrollment Act 1 on financial sustainability. Next year's budget, after 00:33:04.896 --> 00:33:06.846 - that tangent from me, sorry, 00:33:06.978 --> 00:33:13.250 - has about 260,000 in proposed capital needs. Critically, Banneker Center building repairs identified 00:33:13.250 --> 00:33:19.646 - from our historic architecture study to really work on solving some water penetration issues with that 00:33:19.646 --> 00:33:26.290 - historic building. Various equipment replacement and a replacement maintenance vehicle, all just replacing 00:33:26.290 --> 00:33:33.121 - things that we need to replace periodically. I mentioned key challenges, property tax caps, aging facilities. 00:33:33.121 --> 00:33:36.350 - We continue to deal with extreme weather and growth 00:33:36.482 --> 00:33:43.053 - I'm really glad we didn't have the microburst of 2024 again this year, but we did have a tornado that 00:33:43.053 --> 00:33:49.688 - our urban forestry and ops crews had to spend a lot of time dealing with. And of course, vandalism and 00:33:49.688 --> 00:33:56.259 - bad behavior continues to be a drag on our resources as well. Just a brief update on master plan, and 00:33:56.259 --> 00:34:02.829 - I mentioned this was prepared for the council board. You're more aware of this than they were, so I'm 00:34:02.829 --> 00:34:05.406 - not gonna go into this in great detail, 00:34:05.602 --> 00:34:12.276 - Spring and summer we went through a lot of our initial input gathering from the public in the fall We've 00:34:12.276 --> 00:34:18.949 - been working on these items coming up for October site visit community workshop survey Provider workshop 00:34:18.949 --> 00:34:24.606 - and then this winter will be the time where we actually take all of this community input 00:34:24.898 --> 00:34:32.005 - it gets turned into our community needs assessment and from that community needs assessment comes our 00:34:32.005 --> 00:34:39.251 - actual master plan goals and our decision making with how will we finance, how will we prioritize where 00:34:39.251 --> 00:34:46.218 - our limited dollars go. I'll touch on this at the end of the meeting. So that said, that is the end 00:34:46.218 --> 00:34:53.534 - of the presentation for the Parks General Fund. And I'm happy to answer any questions about that budget. 00:34:53.858 --> 00:35:01.744 - Before you all make a motion Thank you Tim You had just a couple things maybe three or so in the capital 00:35:01.744 --> 00:35:09.479 - projects Are there other things that you feel like are urgent? But the just not sure if the money will 00:35:09.479 --> 00:35:17.364 - be there or are they're not so urgent. It's okay to wait or I Think we have a lot of other high-priority 00:35:17.364 --> 00:35:20.894 - capital facility needs out there and equipment 00:35:21.218 --> 00:35:27.886 - as well. I think we've identified the ones that are the most critical that we feel comfortable that 00:35:27.886 --> 00:35:34.954 - we can fit in our general fund budget request and pay for with our property tax and general fund revenues 00:35:34.954 --> 00:35:41.823 - that come in. There's a couple other things that you'll see in the non-reverting as well that are more 00:35:41.823 --> 00:35:48.691 - dealing with enterprise accounts. I think critically, we are looking at the master plan and concluding 00:35:48.691 --> 00:35:50.558 - that process before we make 00:35:50.946 --> 00:35:59.012 - some other big decisions about investments. We've stood up here with the council and with you and talked 00:35:59.012 --> 00:36:07.156 - about our aging facilities, in particular our 1950s and 60s two pools, the ice arena, the Banneker Center 00:36:07.156 --> 00:36:14.915 - and the Winslow Sports are all in particular aging facilities that have a lot of needs. We're trying 00:36:14.915 --> 00:36:19.678 - to get a better understanding of what bonding will look like, 00:36:20.066 --> 00:36:26.288 - now and in the future, understanding when we have some capital bonds from parks that have been issued 00:36:26.288 --> 00:36:32.571 - in the past that are going to expire on the property tax register and what opportunity we have to then 00:36:32.571 --> 00:36:38.732 - make a smart investment, a targeted investment that considers the community needs assessment and put 00:36:38.732 --> 00:36:45.198 - those dollars most critically to where the community has the most needs. All right, and then just another 00:36:45.198 --> 00:36:48.126 - quick question. You've got the budget worksheet 00:36:48.738 --> 00:36:55.347 - Report that you run down just the pools on the ice arena have lease payments on them I believe in the 00:36:55.347 --> 00:37:02.021 - pool line that would be the solar panels that are at the pool And I believe in the ice arena line that 00:37:02.021 --> 00:37:08.500 - would be both the lease payment for the Zamboni Okay, that's what I thought did not to purchase the 00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:14.526 - Zamboni and lease it instead but also the solar panels that are on Frank Southern Center, so 00:37:14.914 --> 00:37:24.063 - The 2017 solar panel deal installed a lot of solar capacity and we're still paying for that debt service 00:37:24.063 --> 00:37:33.299 - for a while. Okay All right. Thank you. Any other questions for Tim? No, do we need a motion to I believe 00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:42.709 - a motion to recommend approval to council. Okay move to Recognize and approve the 2026 parks and recreation 00:37:42.709 --> 00:37:44.190 - general budget I 00:37:44.354 --> 00:37:55.980 - All those in favor aye All right, and then we'll move into our section C Report or D. Sorry reports 00:37:55.980 --> 00:38:08.071 - to hear about Bee City USA designation with Joanna Here to share the exciting news with you Bloomington 00:38:08.071 --> 00:38:11.326 - is officially a bee city we 00:38:11.906 --> 00:38:19.737 - Okay, I'll give you a little background I worked with the Environmental Commission to put together the 00:38:19.737 --> 00:38:27.720 - the Bee City Resolution and we presented it to Common Council on September 3rd for a review and approval 00:38:27.720 --> 00:38:33.118 - and it was approved and we are moving forward with our commitments and 00:38:33.218 --> 00:38:42.755 - to Bee City USA and basically Bee City is an initiative from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation 00:38:42.755 --> 00:38:51.684 - Insects and basically we are working together departmentally to create pollinator habitat, but we want 00:38:51.684 --> 00:39:00.094 - to connect the dots throughout the community. So the Bee City designation gives us a platform to 00:39:00.450 --> 00:39:09.158 - to do that, and we also, you can go to the next one, Kim. We also have, okay, a unique partnership. 00:39:09.158 --> 00:39:17.952 - Oh, oh, oh, I have it, pardon me. Okay, how exciting. Okay. Maybe, okay. I think we skipped one. But 00:39:17.952 --> 00:39:26.747 - we have a unique opportunity in that IU was just accredited as a Bee City, a Bee Campus this spring, 00:39:26.747 --> 00:39:27.966 - so they have, 00:39:28.162 --> 00:39:34.859 - Started the process. So we are looking forward to partnering with them to sort of navigate through all 00:39:34.859 --> 00:39:41.687 - of our requirements, but we Are also excited just to for the opportunity to work with Indiana University 00:39:41.687 --> 00:39:48.385 - This Bloomington was their last campus to be certified They're all their campuses throughout the state 00:39:48.385 --> 00:39:52.286 - are officially be campuses as far as I know so we also have 00:39:52.834 --> 00:40:00.101 - Nearby city Columbus, which is a bee city. So we are yeah, we have lots of support locally So it just 00:40:00.101 --> 00:40:07.439 - it makes sense that we would expand the network So the I'll give you some of the background. Okay, you 00:40:07.439 --> 00:40:14.920 - guys are all pretty well aware that pollinators are struggling and Fun fact, Indiana has over 430 native 00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:17.342 - species of bees. That's a lot and 00:40:17.474 --> 00:40:26.232 - So, and that does not include honey bees, but they're critically important to the ecosystems throughout 00:40:26.232 --> 00:40:34.737 - the state and region and world. So, we're excited to connect with community members such as Sycamore 00:40:34.737 --> 00:40:41.726 - Land Trust, Indiana University I mentioned, potentially Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, 00:40:42.530 --> 00:40:50.828 - Monroe County identify and reduce invasive species and and many others to connect the dots like I said 00:40:50.828 --> 00:40:58.965 - to educate the community on the importance of pollinators and why We should preserve habitat useless 00:40:58.965 --> 00:41:07.022 - pesticides and Plan be proactive because we know climates are changing habitats are changing and we 00:41:07.022 --> 00:41:11.614 - need to adapt so together we can share our knowledge and 00:41:11.842 --> 00:41:21.216 - Hopefully build a more pollinator Friendly community and region so Basically, I won't read all this 00:41:21.216 --> 00:41:30.590 - but we also Prioritize insects with them through our partnership with project wingspan, which is an 00:41:30.590 --> 00:41:40.057 - initiative of the pollinator partnership to do native seed collection events to share throughout the 00:41:40.057 --> 00:41:41.182 - region with 00:41:42.562 --> 00:41:49.655 - Communities and individuals to create pollinator habitat on their own properties through plants and 00:41:49.655 --> 00:41:56.889 - seeds So we're excited to just see I build build on what the good works that we're doing so I Can you 00:41:56.889 --> 00:42:04.195 - know me I can just go on and on about this. This is like this is exciting stuff So some of the the dry 00:42:04.195 --> 00:42:08.734 - dry information as the the Bee City liaison I'm responsible for 00:42:10.530 --> 00:42:17.531 - Guiding the committee and submitting annual reports and just taking care of all of the details, but 00:42:17.531 --> 00:42:21.662 - we will encourage the committee to take an active role and 00:42:22.818 --> 00:42:29.734 - We'll be excited to see where this partnership goes. So we do Get to us dollar sign. We have another 00:42:29.734 --> 00:42:36.650 - sign. We have Bird City tree city Bike our bicycle friendly city. So now we're gonna have a bee city 00:42:36.650 --> 00:42:43.565 - and we're yeah We're just looking forward to making Bloomington even better than it is We do have an 00:42:43.565 --> 00:42:51.166 - annual fee of $400 which is determined based on our city's population and the Environmental Commission will be 00:42:51.970 --> 00:42:59.394 - covering that through their budget, but one of the fun things that I'm looking forward to is access 00:42:59.394 --> 00:43:07.041 - to kind of behind-the-scenes information from the Xerces Society about pollinator Initiatives and just 00:43:07.041 --> 00:43:14.466 - new news how we can be better at what we're doing. So This is good and that will also save us money 00:43:14.466 --> 00:43:20.702 - because we spend money to send staff to trainings and buy materials and whatnot and 00:43:21.922 --> 00:43:31.261 - There's that and I will stop and turn it over to you Okay. All right. Thank you. Appreciate it. Yeah 00:43:31.261 --> 00:43:40.508 - exciting news. All right. Yes And no any questions any questions for Joanna City city city and when 00:43:40.508 --> 00:43:47.998 - we also the bike seat, you know, yes and And tree city for blooming sing. Mm-hmm 00:43:48.514 --> 00:43:57.959 - Yeah, we're pretty great, huh? Thanks. All right. Thank you Joanna And then finally in section D Tim 00:43:57.959 --> 00:44:07.311 - will return to tell us about the draft of the 2026 parks non-reverting budget And that is right you 00:44:07.311 --> 00:44:17.598 - can pick right up where I left off here Okay, would you just advance it one there's only a couple slides here 00:44:18.050 --> 00:44:24.708 - Thank you So as mentioned this report tonight is just informational you all do not need to approve the 00:44:24.708 --> 00:44:31.755 - non-reverting budget at this time We present it to you. So you have a chance to look at it ask any questions 00:44:31.755 --> 00:44:38.348 - And if there is a question or an issue that we want to go through more in depth we can do that and we 00:44:38.348 --> 00:44:45.265 - will bring the non-reverting budget back to the board at the start of January to appropriate it officially 00:44:45.265 --> 00:44:46.558 - in the new year and 00:44:47.170 --> 00:44:55.708 - So the parks non-reverting budget is our enterprise fund that captures revenues from all of the non 00:44:55.708 --> 00:45:04.674 - tax and non admission Revenues that we get so there is an ordinance a local municipal ordinance in title 00:45:04.674 --> 00:45:13.725 - two that says all of the general admission funds from things like the ice arena the pools the golf course 00:45:13.725 --> 00:45:16.030 - go to the general fund and 00:45:16.450 --> 00:45:24.513 - but all of the enterprise funds, so things that we do, swim lessons, concessions, selling things, certain 00:45:24.513 --> 00:45:31.891 - programs that people pay to register for, all of those things support the non-reverting account. 00:45:31.891 --> 00:45:39.498 - This year, the non-reverting account started with a $1.4 million cash balance and is anticipated to 00:45:39.498 --> 00:45:44.062 - finish with a surplus. It's performing very well this year. 00:45:44.546 --> 00:45:50.483 - Of course at any time I apologize that should say additional appropriations may be approved in the future 00:45:50.483 --> 00:45:56.196 - There are from time to time needs that come up that we bring back to the board throughout the year to 00:45:56.196 --> 00:46:02.022 - adjust the non-reverting budget But the the bottom line is that we aim to keep that cash balance steady 00:46:02.022 --> 00:46:03.422 - the non-reverting budget 00:46:03.522 --> 00:46:10.775 - Also pays for the Twin Lakes revenue bond that is included here We have two years left of paying that 00:46:10.775 --> 00:46:17.957 - revenue bond, which would be a significant accomplishment when we finish that But as you can see the 00:46:17.957 --> 00:46:25.211 - the current year budget 2.08 million with 2.3 million in expenses As mentioned it is a deficit budget 00:46:25.211 --> 00:46:29.406 - on paper We will outperform that this year. We will finish 00:46:29.602 --> 00:46:36.422 - in the black, I'm thinking by at least 100 grand. Part of that is we don't want to get overzealous with 00:46:36.422 --> 00:46:43.308 - revenue estimates. And part of that is we can budget full expenses, but there's always things that don't 00:46:43.308 --> 00:46:49.866 - finish. So I am working on this. I want us to get this a little bit more in line in the future, but 00:46:49.866 --> 00:46:56.490 - we don't have any budget performance issues. And as you can see, next year's budget, 2.07 versus 2.2 00:46:56.490 --> 00:46:58.654 - million is a lot closer in line. 00:46:58.754 --> 00:47:05.961 - Part of that was the 2025 budget also included the one-time new turf investment at Twin Lakes rec center 00:47:05.961 --> 00:47:13.030 - This year's budget still contains a few things like that a piece of equipment for the golf course that 00:47:13.030 --> 00:47:18.590 - they're non reverting funds can support and other one-time expenses so that said 00:47:18.754 --> 00:47:25.686 - We could take questions on the non-reverting budget now, or as you study the chart that we gave you, 00:47:25.686 --> 00:47:32.892 - we have a lot of time between now and when we officially appropriate it in January to make any revisions 00:47:32.892 --> 00:47:39.892 - or comments or answer any questions. Okay, any questions at this point for Tim? I don't have any. No, 00:47:39.892 --> 00:47:46.686 - I don't either. Thank you. Yeah, thank you, Tim. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. All right, and then, 00:47:46.914 --> 00:48:02.407 - Finally, in our section E, we'll see if we have any public comment here in person or online. If anyone 00:48:02.407 --> 00:48:10.078 - online has a comment, please raise your hand icon. 00:48:18.242 --> 00:48:25.418 - Okay. All right, and then we will go back to Tim for any final announcements Kim I'm gonna make you 00:48:25.418 --> 00:48:32.880 - do work. Well, oh you're ahead of me. Thank you Okay upcoming things master planning site visit October 00:48:32.880 --> 00:48:40.343 - 7th to 8th We will be having staff meetings on various topics related to the master plan and then three 00:48:40.343 --> 00:48:45.438 - main events so on October 7th from 6 to 7 30 p.m. That's a Tuesday and 00:48:45.666 --> 00:48:52.053 - We will have our community workshop at switch yard Park Pavilion. This will be a public meeting workshop 00:48:52.053 --> 00:48:58.380 - Not open mic time, but we're gonna have some different stations where people can interact Find out what 00:48:58.380 --> 00:49:04.463 - we've discovered so far in our master planning process from the questionnaire that we put out learn 00:49:04.463 --> 00:49:10.790 - about the mailed statistically valid survey we're getting ready to do and also provide some other input 00:49:10.790 --> 00:49:14.014 - on where parks should go what we should be doing and 00:49:14.402 --> 00:49:21.926 - October 8th at the Convention Center. We are hosting a provider network luncheon. This is parks and 00:49:21.926 --> 00:49:29.601 - rec staff and We've invited a lot of organizations that provide services that overlap with what parks 00:49:29.601 --> 00:49:34.718 - and rec does This is in fact to identify areas in the community and 00:49:34.978 --> 00:49:41.326 - between parks and these providers but also amongst themselves. I think we are richer when all of these 00:49:41.326 --> 00:49:47.551 - organizations can work together, identify service overlaps or service gaps in areas like fitness and 00:49:47.551 --> 00:49:53.715 - outdoor rec, youth programs, youth camps, and a number of other categories, arts, music venues that 00:49:53.715 --> 00:49:59.878 - we've identified where parks touches a lot of these areas and it is a chance to bring the community 00:49:59.878 --> 00:50:04.254 - together in what is admittedly a very interesting time for funding and 00:50:04.418 --> 00:50:11.269 - Maintaining these community program offerings to identify overlaps gaps and opportunities for collaboration 00:50:11.269 --> 00:50:17.676 - And then we will have the park board work session that you all have been invited to to get an update 00:50:17.676 --> 00:50:24.591 - officially on the master plan with our consultants From 5 to 6 p.m. On October 8th in the Allison conference 00:50:24.591 --> 00:50:30.998 - room from here. We'll do the survey and Then we will really get into the meat of developing the plan 00:50:30.998 --> 00:50:33.726 - this winter Kim, can you advance one more? 00:50:35.586 --> 00:50:41.929 - Since I had the slides up already, and there are so many community events coming up, I thought I would 00:50:41.929 --> 00:50:48.149 - just put a list here of probably missing something critical, too, that you all can yell at me later, 00:50:48.149 --> 00:50:54.369 - but Trick or Treat Trail, Howl at the Moon, Dealer Departed Cemetery Tours, Skate and Scare. The ice 00:50:54.369 --> 00:51:00.651 - arena is actually open now. They've been experimenting with a little bit of an earlier soft open this 00:51:00.651 --> 00:51:03.422 - year to see how feasible it is. I appreciate 00:51:03.714 --> 00:51:10.582 - their innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. It has been going well, and we've been able to retain some 00:51:10.582 --> 00:51:17.515 - groups here in Bloomington that would previously be renting ice time in Columbus. So experimenting there 00:51:17.515 --> 00:51:23.789 - to see how do we maximize the facility. Festival of Ghost Stories, Bloomington Pumpkin Launch. 00:51:23.789 --> 00:51:30.656 - As I mentioned, I'm not even touching on everything. October is a really busy time for our event staff, 00:51:30.656 --> 00:51:33.694 - for the community connection that we provide. 00:51:34.114 --> 00:51:39.793 - Apart from the work session our next full Board of Park commissioners meeting will be Tuesday October 00:51:39.793 --> 00:51:45.527 - 21st at 4 p.m. Back here. So that is one of our alternate days that we had to schedule this year Okay. 00:51:45.527 --> 00:51:51.150 - All right. Great. Lots of things to look forward to in October. All right. Thank you, Tim Thank you. 00:51:51.150 --> 00:51:56.606 - And with that I will adjourn the September meeting of the Bloomington Board of Park commissioners