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Minutes for the Public Services Committee meeting on September 15, 2004.
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Council Public Service Committee Meeting Minutes
9-15-04
Huntington Building; Haworth Room
4:30 p.m.
Council Members Present: Cecil Providence, Dave Young, Ann Williams, Judy Fur, Tim McCall
Others: Jason Wilkie, Keith Inman, Captain Durham, Linda Womack, Dianne Phelps,
1. Approval of minutes
2. Called to order at 6:35 p.m. by Dave Young
3. Introduction of guests
4. ASU ROTC orienteering course at Craighead Forest Park (Captain Durham)
a. Introduction of Captian Durham by Jason Wilkie
b. Captain Durham explained how they were going to put large orange signs in the park to conduct orienteering for ROTC and other military groups.
c. Option is to put a plastic covering over the signs.
d. Proposal is to let other organizations use it.
e. Jason Wilkie said he didn’t mind the course being there, but his recommendation is to not use these signs. He would prefer something much less intrusive to the aesthetics of the park.
f. Captain Baggett: Not currently doing that kind of training. Not likely they would use it.
g. Committee Voted to table action until the October meeting.
5. NEATA Contract for Allen Park (Linda Womack and Dianne Phelps)
a. In a previous meeting the committee approved a contract that NEATA would provide the staff and fees would be charged.
b. Tim McCall questioned whether charging fees was a good idea. Mr. Wilkie talked with Jim McKinnon after the previous meeting and he said Mr. Wilkie needed to clear it with Susan Clifford.
c. Susan Clifford told Jason Wilkie no. The city couldn’t charge fees.
d. Jason Wilkie reported to Mayor what Susan said.
e. Mayor asked to meet with Susan and Jim. They met on August 26th. Apparently there was some confusion (on my or her part as to what Mr. Wilkie described) and she had done some research. Susan after the meeting said we could charge fees as long as we set aside 1-3 courts for walk-up free use. We need to try to f...
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