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01-01-2021 PRCEM MINUTES Parks, Recreation & Community Education Advisory Board February 1, 2021 Members present were Jeff Hoeft, Liz Marcus, Tim Peterson, Craig Juhnke, Ashley Gabbert, Jo Ellen Kimball, Josh Kamrath. Also present were Sara Witte and Jody Harms. The meeting was called to order at 5:15 pm. A motion was made by Liz Marcus to approve the minutes from the October 5, 2020, meeting. Craig Juhnke motioned to approve. Old Business A. Fall Programs Numbers a. A document was provided with fall enrollments. B. New Projects a. Burich Arena exterior surface project was moved from 2021 to 2022. Monies will be used towards a new parking lot at the recreation center. The digging project through the parking lot this past fall has shown the need for a new parking lot as a priority. C. Facility Usage/Campground a. A comparison of 2019 to 2020 reservations was presented. There were 174 more sites reserved in 2020. The campground opened about month later than usual and five to the electric sites were closed to maintain proper social distancing. New Business A. PRCE Director Update a. Lynn Neumann was verbally offered the job and she accepted. No other information is available. b. There were over 30 applicants. This was reduced to 12 applicants for the first round of interviews. From there, applicants were reduced to six for the second round of interviews and then down to two finalists. Finalists interviewed with city and school staff. B. Facility Openings a. Lap Swimming opened February 1. b. Senior Center opened February 2. c. Open Skate will be offered at Burich Arena (West Rink) beginning Saturday, February 6, from 2:00-3:30 pm. Twenty-five skaters is the max allowed to skate at one time. No reservations it is a first come, first served. C. Annual Reports st a. A paper copy of the 2020 annual report will be available for the March 1 meeting. b. Instead of each coordinator presenting their updates at the advisory board meeting this year, a tour of their facility will take place instead. We’re stepping outside the box! D. Tour of Event Center/Senior Center a. September Jacobsen, Coordinator of the Hutchinson Event Center, gave a guided tour through the facility, answered questions, and provided rental information. Board Member Items a. Discussion of relocating the dock at Cedar Park to the bay area at the campground. Sara will research more on this b. Discussion on providing public outdoor basketball court(s). JC Women’s park has someone interested in becoming a new sponsor for this park. Since the JC Women’s group no longer exists, this new sponsor may be able to provide this need for the community. Also, discussion of what would be available at Park Elementary with the current building project. c. The Robert’s Park dock is in bad shape and needs repairs. The DNR recently repaired the boat landing ramp. Sara will provide more information. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 6:30 pm. Next Meeting: March 1, 2021