Park & Rec Board Minutes - 5/12/2014
Unapproved
CITY OF MUSKEGO
PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
MINUTES
May 12, 2014
5:00 PM
City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Plan Commission Representative
Mrs. Koble moved to nominate Mr. Jerald Hulbert in absentia as Plan Commission
Representative. Mr. LeDoux seconded. No other nominations. Upon a voice vote, the
motion carried.
Kelly Koble made a motion to approve Plan Commission Representative, Butch
LeDoux seconded.
Motion Passed 5 in favor.
President
Mr. Hyde moved to nominate Mr. Toby Whipple as Board President. Mrs. Koble
seconded. No other nominations. Upon a voice vote, the motion carried.
Kelly Koble made a motion to approve President, Brett Hyde seconded.
Motion Passed 5 in favor.
Vice-President
Mrs. Koble moved to nominate Mr. “Butch” LeDoux as Vice-President. Mr. Hyde
seconded. No other nominations. Upon a voice vote, the motion carried.
Brett Hyde made a motion to approve Vice-President, Butch LeDoux seconded.
Motion Passed 5 in favor.
Secretary
Mr. Hyde moved to nominate Mrs. Koble as Secretary. Mr. LeDoux seconded. No other
nominations. Upon a voice vote, the motion carried.
Brett Hyde made a motion to approve Secretary, Butch LeDoux seconded.
Motion Passed 5 in favor.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES April 14, 2014
Mr. LeDoux moved to approve the minutes of the April 14 meeting, seconded by
Alderman Borgman. Upon a voice vote, the motion to approve carried.
Butch LeDoux made a motion to approve APPROVAL OF MINUTES April 14, 2014,
Alderman Borgman seconded.
Motion Passed 5 in favor.
COMMUNICATIONS
Personal Appearances
Cory O'Donnell - Belle Chasse 3 Discussion
The Board members reviewed and discussed the Bluhm Park improvements being planned for
by Belle Chasse subdivision (Neumann Companies). Improvements shown to the Board by
Cory O’Donnell included a raised boardwalk to aid people going from the park to the recreation
trail during wet periods of the year, re-grading/raising of the rugby field area to help drain water
away from this sport area during wet periods of the year, and also planned was a 6’ wide
asphalt trail from Durham Drive to the playground area on the south side of McShane Drive.
After discussion, it was requested to allow for more grading buffer around the west side of the
rugby field to allow for team benches/bleachers. Mrs. Koble moved to conceptually
approve all the Bluhm Park improvements as presented with the additional
grading/raising of the rugby field on the west side, contingent on city staff approval.
The motion was seconded by Mr. LeDoux. Upon a voice vote, the motion carried.
Kelly Koble made a motion to approve Cory O'Donnell - Belle Chasse 3 Discussion,
Butch LeDoux seconded.
Motion Passed 5 in favor.
Art Dumke - Boxhorn warehouse improvements/lease extension
Art Dumke, owner of the Boxhorn Gun Club (BGC), presented to the Board the need for
storage for their business. Research was done to see if a new storage facility could be
planned for by Boxhorn Gun Club on their owned property and planning staff said that there
was no practical usable space that would allow for this. BGC was before the Board to see if
there was interest to continue discussion on extending the lease that expires the end of May,
2014. BGC would like to be offered a longer lease with interior improvements being made to
the warehouse and paid for by BGC. These improvements would include a full interior wall
dividing the interior into equal halves for use by BGC and the city, an opening for a roll-up
garage door and exterior single door, along with the removal of the small, narrow exterior
building. These costs were estimated to be $4,600 and paid for by BGC. Also discussed,
were exterior improvements to the warehouse to make it more aesthetically pleasing to the
public. Those improvements include painting, rain gutters, aluminum trim, new service door,
railings, and misc. These costs were estimated to be $14,000 and the city would want to cost
share at 50%. The Board would like to discuss at a future meeting the new lease and asked
staff to work out the lease details with Mr. Dumke. Mr. Brett Hyde moved for the lease
extension of the current lease thru 12/31/14, in order to work out the details for the new
warehouse lease. Alderman Borgman seconded the motion. Upon a voice vote, the
motion carried.
Brett Hyde made a motion to approve Art Dumke - Boxhorn warehouse
improvements/lease extension, Alderman Borgman seconded.
Motion Passed 5 in favor.
Written Correspondence
Request to waive fees for Bluhm shelter by Cub Scout Pack 176
Board members reviewed the request for usage of Bluhm Park shelter by Cub Scout Pack 176
on June 1. The waiver of fees was requested. Mrs. Koble moved and Mr. Hyde seconded.
Upon a voice vote, the motion carried.
Kelly Koble made a motion to approve Request to waive fees for Bluhm shelter by
Cub Scout Pack 176, Brett Hyde seconded.
Motion Passed 5 in favor.
Request to waive fees for Veterans Memorial Park by Cub Scout Pack 100
Board members reviewed the request for usage of Veterans Memorial Park shelter by Cub
Scout Pack 100 on May 31. The waiver of fees was requested. Mr. Hyde moved and Mrs.
Koble seconded. Upon a voice vote, the motion carried.
Brett Hyde made a motion to approve Request to waive fees for Veterans Memorial
Park by Cub Scout Pack 100, Kelly Koble seconded.
Motion Passed 5 in favor.
Water Bugs Ski Team Roster
The 2014 ski roster was discussed.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Discuss options/recommendations for recreation facilities
Use of other facilities for recreation programs was discussed. At last month’s meeting, staff
was asked to research possible options for programming to be held at the Library and
Muskego Fire Department. Both were discussed along with possible use of Lake Point Church
and Fox River Church. The Board would like staff to ask the Fire Department to reconsider
their decision of no use of their kitchen facilities for children’s cooking classes to address their
concern of parking. Demolition costs for the razing of the Horn building are being finalized
while trying to secure a second quote for the exterior wall that needs to be built once the
programming portion of the building is removed. This will be a continued agenda item for next
month.
NEW BUSINESS
ALDERMAN’S REPORT
Alderman Borgman told Board members there was going to be a detailed presentation on the
city facilities needs assessment that was going to be held at the Committee of the Whole
meeting on Tuesday, May 13, at 5:45 p.m. He invited all Board members to attend.
STATUS OF PROJECTS
Park Arthur - Project Update
Paving and restoration work will start this week, all weather dependent. Punch list items are
also being addressed. There was 1 complaint in regards to our first night game’s use of field
lights at field #4. The resident was saying there was light spill over to his home. A photometric
plan was emailed to the resident that showed there was 0.00 light spill-over at the entrance to
the park off Martin Drive and his home was further away than the entrance. Pieper Power said
they would try to come out and measure the light spill-over to this area when the lights are on
again for baseball on field #4. Teams have been asked to turn off the lights as soon as they
are done and to be more conscious of the surrounding neighbors. The resident will be
updated once Pieper is done. There were no complaints with the other 3 field’s lights.
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
OTHER BUSINESS
COMMUNICATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW
Announcements only. No discussion or action will be taken.
Adaptive Ski lesson update @ Idle Isle Park for June 7. Transportation to the park will be
done with conversion vans and cars so there is no special request. Park use costs were
reminded to the coordinator (boat launch/parking) and that and use of the Water Bugs pier
would need their approval, there is no removal of the beach buoys, and once out on the lake,
all lake rules apply.
Our current Class recreation registration software will no longer be serviced after 2017. Staff
will be researching the new software (Active-Net) that is cloud based. The Board will be
updated on this along with future budget costs for this change.
The Muskego Warriors and Muskego Storm will be signing on with Pepsi for use of 2 coolers
and the ability to purchase product at a reduced price. All responsibility rests with these two
groups and nothing is signed for by the city.
Next meeting date - June 9, 2014
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mrs. Koble moved for adjournment at 5:50 p.m. Mr. Le Doux
seconded. Motion carried.
Kelly Koble made a motion to approve ADJOURNMENT, Butch LeDoux seconded.
Motion Passed 5 in favor.