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MCC Advisory Board Minutes 06-15-2006COMMUNITY CENTER ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, JUNE 159 2006 - 4:30 p.m. Board Members Present: Harvey Kendall -Chair, Dick Quick -Vice Chair, Bob Grabinski, Sandra Theros and Clint Herbst Staff Members Present: Kitty Baltos-Director 1. Meeting called to order by Harvey Kendall at 4:30 p.m. 2. DISCUSSION ABOUT SIGN FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON HIGHWAY 25: Guest Sandy Suchy, Chamber of Commerce and Planning Commissioner. Kitty Baltos met with Sandy, Clint, Glen, and Joe Hartman from the Liquor Store to discuss options for signage along Highway 25 for the Community Center and for the Liquor Store. Since that meeting, Sandy suggested a plan that would involve replacing the current Chamber kiosk sign with a combined Chamber and Community Center sign with a reader board. This sign would provide space for downtown merchants to have a sign, for a specified period of time, identifying their business. Albertville currently has the same type of sign and cost approximately $40,000 to build. They receive revenues from the advertising merchants to cover the cost to have the sign built. Jeff O'Neill had updated Kitty on possible improvements on the Town Center sign to include a reader board and signs for each of the renting businesses. Kitty was concerned about the low height of the reader board and the number of messages that would be on the board and thus the visibility for the community center. The Board consensus was to look into directional signs on 25 for the Community Center and explore the option of the Chamber/Community Center sign on Hwy. 25 and Co. Rd 75 corner. 3. Consideration of adding items to the agenda: a. Sportsman Show (8) b. Email for monthly activites (9) 4. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING MINUTES FROM THE MAY 18, 2006 REGULAR MEETING. MOTION by Dick Quick to approve the minutes as submitted, SECOND by Sandra Theros, MOTION PASSED with Cling Herbst and Bob Grabinski abstaining. 5. Update Items: a. Usage summary through May 2006: Kitty noted that usage was just under what we had for May 2005. She noted that there were more groups in June this year than last year. The staff is tracking the fitness area usage on an hourly basis, but did not have that information available at the meeting. Bob Grabinski noted the low numbers for bike park usage in relation to the skate park. Sandra Theros questioned if there had been any problems with the Wheel Park users this year. Kitty reported that they had not had any problems. 6. DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEEL PARK OPTIONS: As requested by the Board, Kitty is continuing to research options for the current wheel park space, if it is decided that maintaining the wheel parks is not a viable option. She brought information on both an outdoor pool area and a wave pool. The space available, while maintaining sidewalks, would be approximately 13,000 square feet. The Board directed Kitty to get revenue and usage information from Bunker Beach. The Board felt that if anything was done, it would be good to have it be attractive to a broader age group. 7. CONSIDERATION OF SETTING MEETINGS FOR 2007 PRELIMINARY BUDGET: Harvey Kendall asked if there were any big items. Kitty was planning on reviewing the Community Center five year plan and the items that were deleted from the 2006 budget to determine what would need to be added to the 2007 budget. She didn't feel that there was any reason to meet beyond the normal monthly meeting on July 20`h 8. UPDATE ON SPORTSMAN SHOW: The event date is August 5t" and 61" at the Moose Sherritt Ice Arena. This is one week prior to anticipated due to a conflict with the Anoka Game Fair being the next two weekends. An intern has been hired to assist with getting this event up and running. On a side note, the question was raised about the community center taking over concessions at the ballfields. Kitty reported that this would not be happening in 2006 perhaps 2007. Kitty suggested that the community center look to setting up a concession area at the Freeway Fields. The Board agreed that it would be a good idea to do something temporary this year to see how the usage might be in determining the viability of doing something more permanent. 9. EMAIL FOR MONTHLY ACTIVITIES: Sandra Theros wanted to make sure that she was still on the email list for activities. She said that she hadn't gotten anything recently. Dick, Bob and Harvey also requested to be added to the list. 10. MOTION by Dick Quick to adjourn the meeting at 5:35 p.m., SECOND by Sandra Theros, meeting adjourned.