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[2:24] » service.

[2:24] >> Please stand for the pledge of

[2:26] allegiance.

[2:29] I pledge algiance to the flag of the

[2:32] United States of America and to the

[2:35] republic for which it stands. One nation

[2:38] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[2:42] justice for all.

[2:47] » Roll call of members, please.

[2:52] Gary Rock here. Mark Buckeye here. Barb

[2:55] Bosler here.

[2:57] Yeah.

[2:58] >> Christy Coulter here.

[3:00] >> Surab.

[3:03] » Shelley Schmemellsley. Yeah.

[3:05] >> John Carroll

[3:06] >> here.

[3:08] >> Lawrence Smothers

[3:08] >> here.

[3:09] >> And welcome Sharon Grass.

[3:11] >> Welcome.

[3:14] >> We have a corn.

[3:17] We have a quorum.

[3:19] Approval of the agenda.

[3:21] >> Make motion to approve the agenda.

[3:23] >> I second.

[3:24] >> Got a motion and a second. All in favor?

[3:26] >> I. I

[3:27] >> opposed.

[3:29] Motion carries.

[3:31] Approval of the minutes from August

[3:33] 24th, 2026.

[3:42] [laughter]

[3:43] [clears throat]

[3:48] Heat. Heat.

[4:20] I make a motion to approve the minutes

[4:23] from August 24th

[4:28] as present.

[4:30] >> I have a motion.

[4:32] >> I second.

[4:32] >> I have a second. All in favor?

[4:37] >> Opposed?

[4:38] Motion carries.

[4:40] >> Public works report.

[4:44] » Hello. Hi, Ninja.

[4:47] >> All right. Uh, [clears throat] clean the

[4:49] park pump, the pump in the pond, changed

[4:51] the spray head on it. I don't know if

[4:52] anybody's noticed it. Kind of spreads

[4:54] out a little further. I kind of like

[4:55] that. Uh, put together [clears throat]

[4:58] two new ADA picnic tables at Big

[5:00] Pavilion. Powerwashed the big pavilion

[5:03] along with the concrete floors and

[5:04] tables. painted the picnic tables at the

[5:07] big pavilion. Started edging the trail,

[5:10] trimmed low hanging branch or limbs

[5:12] throughout the park, mostly ones that

[5:14] were hanging over the walking trail. Um,

[5:18] [clears throat] we got our mower back

[5:19] from Flees. Everything seems to be

[5:21] working

[5:22] good, so hopefully I don't have to go

[5:25] back out there. Weekly painting of the

[5:28] soccer fields. Worked on removing more

[5:30] asphalt from the tennis courts. sprayed

[5:33] the weeds around playground equipment at

[5:34] Parquette.

[5:36] Uh we had our 7th annual disc golf

[5:38] tournament was held on 9:20, had 48

[5:42] players and we raised $865 for Hope for

[5:44] autism. So that's pretty successful.

[5:47] Um the pieces for the playground

[5:50] equipment at Pinkley were ordered. We

[5:52] powerwashed all the shelters at Per

[5:54] Marquette. One of them is painted and

[5:56] the others are unscheduled to be

[5:57] painted.

[5:59] And uh the big pavilion entry is poured

[6:01] and trash cans will be installed later

[6:04] this week.

[6:06] And that's all I got.

[6:09] >> What are you guys doing on that menu

[6:10] split?

[6:11] >> What's that?

[6:11] >> That menu split he was talking about

[6:13] last month.

[6:14] >> Uh that'd be a Cory question. I don't

[6:16] know if he ordered it yet or not.

[6:17] >> Okay. I had no idea that

[6:18] >> he has not, but we talked about it

[6:20] today. So he's going to get it ordered

[6:21] and get it installed before winter gets

[6:23] here.

[6:24] >> Get those ordered or anything?

[6:26] >> Uh

[6:27] >> no. I don't know if I mentioned last

[6:28] time, one of the items on the capital

[6:30] budget is a sign printing machine. So, I

[6:32] didn't feel like ordering and paying for

[6:34] them when we can print them ourselves.

[6:35] >> No, I didn't know that.

[6:36] >> Yeah. Not It's for the city, but we'll

[6:38] print signs for the park. So,

[6:42] >> good to know.

[6:44] >> Any other questions?

[6:46] >> One question.

[6:48] [clears throat]

[6:49] >> Any idea who trimmed the bottom of the

[6:51] blue atlas cedar at Main Street Park?

[6:54] >> At Main Street Park? Yeah. What does

[6:56] that mean? Okay. I didn't know.

[6:58] >> Yeah, we did that.

[6:59] >> Okay.

[7:00] >> When did we do that, John?

[7:02] >> I don't.

[7:03] >> It's been a while.

[7:04] >> Okay. Just wanted to make sure it was

[7:07] us. And then

[7:07] >> Okay. No. Yeah, it was us. Oh, I do have

[7:10] a question for Dave. That black, we

[7:12] ordered a black top for a trash can.

[7:14] Where's that going?

[7:15] >> Sarah's garden.

[7:17] >> Okay. I was wrong and Cory was wrong.

[7:21] Hey Jeff, out on the walking trail of

[7:24] Valley Spring, that barricade, is that

[7:26] getting a lot of run off off that?

[7:27] >> It's getting run off. Uh, we still need

[7:29] to back fill there. I got a pipe. We

[7:32] just need to put like some kind of

[7:34] drain. Yep. So,

[7:36] >> it's on the list once the grass stops

[7:38] growing. So,

[7:41] >> that slowed down a whole bunch, hasn't

[7:42] it?

[7:43] >> It has slowed down. So, good deal. Just

[7:45] have to mow one more time. Yes. Grass

[7:48] has grass has we have it.

[7:50] >> Yeah.

[7:54] » Thank you.

[7:56] >> You're welcome.

[7:56] >> Public discussion. Pierre Marquette

[7:59] flash pan land and water conservation

[8:02] fund grant.

[8:03] >> As we posted a survey a couple weeks ago

[8:06] and and when I put that out on the

[8:08] website, I just let the public know that

[8:10] we would have a public discussion

[8:11] tonight. So, I did want to also give you

[8:14] a few updates. Um the RPC is helping

[8:18] write that grant. Um it is quite the

[8:20] extensive grant application uh with an

[8:24] complete environmental review. So it

[8:26] used to not have a complete

[8:27] environmental review. So I mean I can't

[8:30] go into the whole list of things but

[8:31] right there's cultural resource review.

[8:34] Uh there's review of the ground, a

[8:37] review of the dark sky, a review of uh

[8:41] the any water changing course, whether

[8:43] it's disturbed ground or not. Most of

[8:46] these things are not going to be um

[8:49] uh prevalent on this piece of ground.

[8:51] It's formerly disturbed ground. There

[8:53] was a pool there, but they're going to

[8:54] help us through that process. So that's

[8:56] number one. Two, uh we got a So if you

[9:00] remember, the grant is 50/50 matching.

[9:04] The city's put 100,000. Rotary's 25,000.

[9:07] Uh Bloomsdale Excavated Excavating uh

[9:10] will help us with the dirt work. I don't

[9:12] know what that value will be, but I've

[9:14] kind of tentatively put down $25,000.

[9:17] And then we got another donation

[9:19] commitment from the um Spring for Down

[9:23] Syndrome Group of another $25,000.

[9:26] >> So that's a $75,000 in [clears throat]

[9:29] uh committed donations, 100,000 from the

[9:32] city. uh looking for another um it'd be

[9:34] great to have another 25,000. Then we'd

[9:37] be at 200,000. We'd apply for a grant

[9:39] for 200,000. They'll match and that'll

[9:42] be a $400,000 total.

[9:44] >> So the be

[9:47] donation is considered a monetary that's

[9:49] goes into that match.

[9:50] >> It's an incind. Okay.

[9:53] >> Yes.

[9:54] >> So it can we find like if say there was

[9:56] another inind that could work too.

[9:59] >> Yes. I mean, I've uh talked to some

[10:02] local concrete contractors if they would

[10:04] want to donate time. Donating the

[10:07] concrete would be a little much, but um

[10:10] we'd take it. Um what else? Somebody

[10:14] wanted to run the water lines. Uh

[10:16] obviously purchasing the splash pad,

[10:19] whoever we whoever wins that bid will

[10:20] install those lines, but we have to run

[10:22] water line to where they're going to go

[10:25] off or to the uh uh pump. U so anybody

[10:30] who would want to donate those and of

[10:32] course we'd take cash, but things are

[10:35] really lining up. You know, I can't say

[10:37] that we'll win this grant, but things

[10:39] are really looking good so far.

[10:41] >> You know what happens if we don't get

[10:43] the grant? Then I think we need to come

[10:46] back and talk about do we need to scale

[10:48] back and just put a smaller splash pad

[10:50] in. Uh at $400,000

[10:53] right now. I mean again we're at the

[10:56] very tippy beginning of this process.

[10:59] This is a splash pad that probably won't even uh we won't even know if we

[11:04] won the grant till probably a year from

[11:06] now. Okay. Uh 6 months to a year. Uh,

[11:10] and so then we have to go out to bid and

[11:13] then we would build a splash pad. Um, so

[11:16] >> I think it would be very important to

[11:18] keep the public in the know. So we don't

[11:22] right now everybody's hyped. They think

[11:24] it's going to be next, you know, like is

[11:26] coming and they don't understand the

[11:28] politics behind it. So I think it's

[11:29] imperative that we

[11:30] >> Yeah. You don't want them to come next spring and say, "Where's our splash

[11:33] pan?" They get all discouraged. And

[11:35] >> there will not be a splash pad in the

[11:37] summer of 2027, right? So yeah, um but I

[11:41] think if we don't win the grant, then we

[11:42] come back and we say maybe instead of

[11:44] and again these numbers are all

[11:46] tentative. Instead of a 50x75 splash pad

[11:49] with some wonderful features, you know,

[11:52] maybe it's, you know, 35x 50 um with a

[11:57] few less sun shades and a few less

[11:58] features or we go back to our donators

[12:01] and ask if they want to double their

[12:03] donation. Um, so

[12:07] but right now things look good.

[12:12] Does anybody know anything?

[12:14] Let's see if they want.

[12:15] >> Do you have anything to say?

[12:18] >> Uh, sure. I'm not horrible. [laughter]

[12:22] >> Hi. I um I'm Audrey Kangari. I My

[12:25] husband was busy this evening, so I've

[12:27] got my kids here with me, too. that we

[12:29] live on KSGM. So, when I saw the survey

[12:32] on Facebook, I immediately shared it

[12:34] with everybody, including my family who

[12:37] all lives out of town, um even my sister

[12:39] who lives in Minneapolis, cuz I said,

[12:41] "This would be so wonderful for our

[12:44] community." And um I understand the

[12:48] timing of it. Um I I do know with my

[12:51] kids, so my twins are seven and my

[12:54] oldest just turned 10, but we're at the

[12:56] stage of life where we are traveling to

[12:59] communities to be able to use their

[13:01] swash pads. We've been to Perville,

[13:02] we've been to Fesus, we've been to

[13:04] Herculanium. And so speaking on behalf

[13:06] of families who are in the same stage as

[13:09] us, this would be a draw for people. And

[13:12] I was thinking even of um even today of

[13:15] families that come for baseball and

[13:17] softball tournaments where they are

[13:18] there at the fields all day long and

[13:21] they have younger siblings that are

[13:23] running around. That would be a

[13:25] wonderful break for them in the summer.

[13:27] You know, if they're there at the

[13:28] fields, they've got an hour or two

[13:30] between games. That would be a wonderful

[13:32] opportunity for them. So, I I just

[13:35] wanted to come because I know sometimes

[13:36] having a face to a project like this can

[13:39] be really helpful, too. So if there's

[13:41] anything I'm not like volunteering for

[13:43] all [laughter]

[13:46] I know Mr. Ba I um I'm a school

[13:48] counselor at St. Jen Elementary so I

[13:51] know him through that capacity. Um but I just like I said I know that sometimes

[13:55] having um having faces behind a project

[13:58] like this especially um you know just

[14:01] sharing with the public too getting

[14:02] people behind it you know if there come

[14:04] to be hiccups like that. So I I just I

[14:07] am really excited for this project. So,

[14:09] I think anything going in in Pier

[14:10] Marquette, we love the wider trail. I

[14:13] know that um there have been other plans

[14:15] at different times, but um I just wanted

[14:18] to share that people are taking

[14:19] advantage of those things and um it

[14:22] would be really wonderful to have

[14:23] something on that side of the community

[14:25] for families who live on that side. So,

[14:27] thank you.

[14:28] >> Well, thank you. And if you know anyone

[14:30] that has an extra 100 grand lay

[14:33] >> absolutely [laughter]

[14:34] I wish that I was in a position I could

[14:36] offer that to you, but yes, I will. I

[14:38] will start making some connections. It

[14:40] was nice to meet you and thanks for

[14:41] coming.

[14:42] >> Absolutely. Yeah. Nice to meet you, too.

[14:44] Thank you very [clears throat] much.

[14:45] >> Thank you. Thank you.

[14:48] >> And is there an excellent help?

[14:50] >> Yeah. [laughter]

[14:51] >> Sorry. As I mentioned, I've never been

[14:53] in before, so thanks for coming.

[14:56] >> Thank you for coming.

[14:57] >> Bye, kids.

[14:58] >> You guys say bye.

[14:59] >> Bye.

[15:05] own business resolution

[15:09] LWCF grant application.

[15:11] >> So, of course, to build up the grant

[15:13] application. Um, I'm asking multiple

[15:17] organizations to adopt a resolution

[15:19] supporting the grant application. The

[15:20] board of alderman have done that

[15:21] already. Uh, so I'm asking the park

[15:23] board to do the same.

[15:30] discussion. We have a draft, don't we?

[15:32] Yeah. This this Yeah.

[15:53] introduce

[16:00] a motion for this. I need a motion to

[16:05] support this straightforward.

[16:07] >> We need we need motion to approve the

[16:09] resolution. Correct.

[16:10] >> Correct.

[16:11] >> I would make a motion.

[16:12] >> We need to make a motion.

[16:13] >> Yeah.

[16:14] >> Yes. We have

[16:15] >> We got a motion doing it.

[16:16] >> Oh, sorry. You can't hear over here.

[16:18] >> I know. I got a horse voice.

[16:20] >> I have a motion.

[16:21] >> I have a mo Yeah,

[16:23] >> I need a second.

[16:24] >> I I second that motion.

[16:29] [laughter]

[16:29] >> Roll caller. Mr. Yay voice.

[16:32] >> All in favor?

[16:33] >> I

[16:34] >> oppose.

[16:36] Motion carries. [clears throat]

[16:37] >> Thank you.

[16:38] >> Who's this?

[16:38] >> Do you mind if I go ahead and introduce?

[16:41] >> Sure. I should have done this earlier

[16:42] when I spoke about the uh land and water

[16:46] uh the the splash pad during public

[16:49] discussion, but I do want to introduce

[16:51] Amanda Waldridge.

[16:52] >> Hi.

[16:53] >> So, she'll be joining us and taking

[16:55] meeting minutes and setting up the

[16:57] meeting and all those wonderful things.

[17:00] So, welcome.

[17:01] >> Thank you. Thank you. Welcome.

[17:02] >> Welcome. Welcome aboard.

[17:07] [clears throat]

[17:08] >> Trail committee.

[17:12] Uh, did we skip some stuff? No.

[17:17] >> Yeah, we did. [laughter]

[17:22] » You did a good job already,

[17:24] >> Pierre de Lumiere.

[17:27] >> I think we're right on schedule. Um, we

[17:30] have 10

[17:33] total displays at this time plus the one

[17:37] the city is providing. goal was 15. Uh

[17:41] we have two to three applications out

[17:43] even though the deadline was supposed to

[17:44] be October 1st. They require board

[17:46] approval. So we've kind of tenatively

[17:48] stretched that out for them until the

[17:50] 15th. So we may have another three. Uh

[17:53] the timers are in. They came in today.

[17:56] Venmo will be set up this week. That

[17:58] took a a lot, but [laughter] we're

[18:01] there. We're there. Um we have all the

[18:04] receipts for everything that we've

[18:06] spent. Do you want us to email to you as

[18:09] they come in or do you want them just

[18:10] kind of once a month?

[18:14] >> Once a month is fine.

[18:15] >> Okay. And she has an expense report just

[18:17] documenting everything that's come out.

[18:19] >> Beautiful.

[18:19] >> Um other than that, we do we're going to

[18:22] have some remaining budget. We've kind

[18:23] of discussed before

[18:26] if it's substantial.

[18:28] Do we want to maybe buy some decorations

[18:31] on our own to fluff up the park? That'll

[18:34] be in a private heroine friends of the

[18:36] park meeting after this. Um, don't we

[18:40] have some Do we have some stuff that we

[18:43] used to use?

[18:44] >> Glowups.

[18:45] >> No. No. Like lights from the old city.

[18:49] >> I mean, there's some pole lights, but I

[18:52] mean, you decorate, you have big

[18:53] ornaments and snowflakes.

[18:55] >> So, after the 15th, we're going to get

[18:56] together and kind of discuss what we

[18:58] have, what we need, what we choose to

[19:00] spend the money on if we do. Uh other

[19:02] than

[19:03] >> friends of the park money.

[19:04] >> Yes. Yep. So that'll be a Friends of the

[19:06] Park meeting. Nothing that has to happen

[19:08] tonight. Um other than that, we did have

[19:10] a Friends of the Park meeting about the

[19:12] donation box that would be permanent in

[19:15] the park, which does require the board

[19:17] to [snorts] be involved in. Gary had

[19:19] mentioned maybe shifting from just a

[19:21] little janky box on the side of the road

[19:25] to like an info center. Uh we kind of

[19:28] looked at some different ideas on that.

[19:30] He'd be able to drive up to it. It'd

[19:31] have all the information for the park.

[19:33] It would have flyers, event schedule,

[19:36] things like that. But that's really he's

[19:39] the man with the knowledge on it, not

[19:40] me. [laughter]

[19:43] >> Are you talking about like a kind of

[19:44] like what we have up here, the cemetery

[19:46] where you have a board, an info board, a

[19:48] flat info board.

[19:49] >> More like what's down at Gage Park.

[19:52] >> Okay.

[19:53] >> Yeah. So, it have an interchangeable

[19:54] like a plexiglass front where we could

[19:56] get in and then a donation box would be

[19:58] mounted to that. It's nothing imminent.

[20:00] If we can do it, it'd be great because

[20:02] every time we hold an event at the park,

[20:04] we've got that donation box sitting

[20:06] right there.

[20:07] >> And then people could [snorts] It'll

[20:08] have the Venmo

[20:10] >> thing so people can Venmo if they feel

[20:13] like they want to contribute.

[20:16] >> If we can't make that happen this year,

[20:17] we'll get by. We'll craft something up

[20:19] for a donation box.

[20:20] >> Yeah.

[20:21] >> I'm a Venmo.

[20:25] [clears throat]

[20:25] >> Anything else there?

[20:27] >> That's it. I mean, things are falling

[20:29] into place.

[20:30] >> Yeah, it's it's a it's a few shy of

[20:31] where I wanted to be, but I think we'll

[20:34] get the last few.

[20:35] >> I do.

[20:36] >> Good start.

[20:36] >> Yeah.

[20:37] >> And I've got the for uh the St. Genevie

[20:42] Friends of the City Park. I do have our

[20:45] >> financials.

[20:45] So, I'll go ahead and pass

[20:48] these out. So, we are all

[20:52] above board.

[20:53] >> Very minimal spending. Thanks to the

[20:55] donors. Yeah. Um the loops, the drops,

[20:57] they're in. They're done.

[20:59] >> Cuz right now we've spent

[21:02] just on for the flyers

[21:06] and the uh

[21:08] >> drops It's like

[21:10] >> less than $200.

[21:11] >> Yeah. You know, $180 something like

[21:14] that.

[21:14] >> We've been correct.

[21:15] >> So [laughter]

[21:18] that's it for us. And I think we've

[21:20] mentioned this [clears throat] before,

[21:20] but the the project is being funded

[21:24] through donations to Friends of the

[21:27] Park.

[21:27] >> Yes.

[21:29] And hopefully we'll have if anybody

[21:32] wants to help out and donate to the

[21:37] friends of the park for the event then

[21:41] or you know just to donate so we can you

[21:44] know someday match you know help match

[21:47] some of these uh u grants you know we

[21:51] will have the Venmo set up hopefully by

[21:54] tomorrow by the end of the week.

[21:56] >> Basically it all goes back to the park.

[21:58] That's it. Raise money for the park.

[22:00] That's it. [clears throat]

[22:03] » So,

[22:06] >> good job, ladies.

[22:08] >> Trying. We'll see. [laughter]

[22:15] » How many like I'm sorry, you were saying

[22:17] a couple more people.

[22:19] >> I have three more pending applications

[22:21] that require board approval.

[22:24] >> So, we're going to extend

[22:26] >> the same three. Uh-huh.

[22:28] >> Oh,

[22:29] >> no.

[22:29] >> Okay.

[22:31] >> Different

[22:31] >> cuz I got to put mine in too. So,

[22:34] >> four and counting.

[22:36] >> Okay.

[22:36] >> So, how many is that total?

[22:38] >> Oh, sorry.

[22:38] >> Huh?

[22:39] >> How many would that be total?

[22:40] >> Uh, with the cities, we're at 11 right

[22:43] now. If we got the remaining 3 plus you,

[22:45] we'd be at 14. And that I mean, we were

[22:48] aiming for 15 to keep it small this

[22:51] year. I really didn't want to go over

[22:52] 15.

[22:53] >> Are we doing one

[22:55] >> the park story? Oh, we can.

[22:57] >> I know. I mean,

[22:57] >> put me on a craft mission.

[22:59] >> There you go. I will do it.

[23:01] [clears throat]

[23:02] >> I'll sponsor.

[23:03] >> You will?

[23:04] >> Okay. Well, sounds like parks board's

[23:06] doing one. Uh, too.

[23:08] >> So, on the 15th, we'll have a a little

[23:10] friend of the park meeting and figure

[23:11] out what we're putting up there.

[23:14] >> Did your other three ever?

[23:15] >> No, kind of.

[23:18] >> We still have a few of the uh Did you

[23:21] bring a copy of the fire?

[23:24] >> Okay. Um, we we've give we still have a

[23:27] couple of more of the flyers to give out

[23:29] to some

[23:30] >> I can't give them out anymore. We're so

[23:31] close to

[23:32] >> organizations.

[23:34] Yeah, but I've got them.

[23:35] >> So, [clears throat] so

[23:39] >> if anybody wants one,

[23:41] >> it's interesting to me how everybody's

[23:43] using French

[23:47] >> and all of their events now.

[23:50] >> Like I just discovered St. Genevie. Oh,

[23:52] we're French. just [laughter]

[23:56] >> I think we were all at a loss on what to

[23:58] name it and none of us had any ideas.

[24:01] [laughter]

[24:01] >> It was pretty creative.

[24:03] >> I like it.

[24:04] >> I do. I like

[24:11] » Okay, moving on.

[24:14] >> Let's see where we should go now. Pick a

[24:16] spot. Uh

[24:19] accessible picnic tables, big pavilion.

[24:22] So, just want to give you a quick

[24:23] update. I put a picture of them at your

[24:25] seat. There were two. They are there

[24:28] now. Uh, we do not have them labeled,

[24:31] but it's pretty evident that they are

[24:33] accessible picnic tables. Uh, we are

[24:35] going to label them. And, uh, as Jeff

[24:38] mentioned in his report today, there was

[24:40] an accessible, I guess you'd call it a

[24:43] ramp. Um,

[24:45] >> yeah. Connects the parking lot to the

[24:47] big pavilion.

[24:48] >> Oh, the approach. That approach.

[24:50] >> Yeah. It's actually got a little curb on

[24:52] it to help keep the pee gravel in place

[24:54] [clears throat] hopefully. So,

[24:56] >> so, uh, good deal.

[24:57] >> That was installed today. New trash cans

[24:59] will go in and then I have asked public

[25:02] works to restripe that parking lot. Of

[25:04] course, it'll have ADA accessible

[25:06] parking. Also,

[25:07] >> we're going to see if Bowman come in and

[25:11] resurface it for us. At least like we'll

[25:14] crack fill it and then just do like a

[25:16] >> sealer sealer over it and then restripe

[25:19] it. But I laid it out. I could have one

[25:23] big handicap spot and then I think I

[25:26] came up 19 parking spaces.

[25:29] So

[25:32] I think that help out.

[25:35] >> I think the table looks great.

[25:36] >> Yeah, it does.

[25:38] >> Two, both of them.

[25:39] >> Yeah, I was up there the day they were

[25:41] putting them together. Roughly they're

[25:43] >> not cheap.

[25:44] >> I want to say

[25:47] 600 a piece. Still

[25:51] not bad. There's

[25:52] >> one of our other tables right there.

[25:58] » Yeah.

[26:01] » Okay.

[26:03] >> That's good.

[26:04] >> Master plans, committee reports,

[26:06] fundraising.

[26:08] >> Well, we're working. We have the

[26:11] >> airum ears

[26:12] >> and then whatever we collect for the um

[26:17] the uh pumpkin glow.

[26:19] >> I think that's 100% free. There's no

[26:21] profits in that.

[26:22] >> We we just set out a a

[26:25] >> I think for donations

[26:27] >> a donation can is what we do.

[26:29] >> Gary, do you know when we're going to be

[26:31] getting pumpkin?

[26:34] When we're going to get be getting a

[26:36] >> October the 11th. 11th. That's when

[26:38] everything's getting delivered.

[26:39] >> No, I'm just picking them up.

[26:41] >> Well, that's

[26:43] working on that yet.

[26:44] >> Okay.

[26:44] >> The 11th on the pumpkins. Are they going

[26:46] to get till the

[26:48] >> Yeah,

[26:49] >> till the 30th.

[26:50] >> Yeah. As long as you don't

[26:52] be all right.

[26:53] >> Let Let me know when you

[26:55] >> I thought it was the 23rd.

[26:56] >> Yeah, it's the 23rd.

[26:57] >> Y'all moved it during the last

[26:59] >> That's why we moved it. I just That's

[27:02] why I'm confused. It was the tw We

[27:05] thought it was the 23rd, but then you

[27:07] had something else.

[27:09] >> You had something and then Shelly

[27:10] didn't.

[27:11] >> Right. I mean, I remember all of that,

[27:12] but

[27:13] >> So, we moved it to

[27:15] >> the 29. The night the Friday.

[27:18] >> Yeah.

[27:18] >> The We usually do it on Friday.

[27:23] >> It isn't.

[27:25] >> It's the Friday.

[27:26] >> How could the 30th?

[27:28] >> The 29th or whatever.

[27:30] >> The 30th. Because you had you even asked

[27:33] in there if she would take her kids the

[27:35] night before Halloween or something like

[27:37] that.

[27:38] >> No, it was the 23rd because it was it

[27:41] was with the art walk.

[27:42] >> I know. But but because there nobody You

[27:45] couldn't be there. Couldn't be there.

[27:49] >> Shel couldn't be there.

[27:51] >> That's what I was confused too. I didn't

[27:53] know that we actually said agreed on

[27:56] >> we'll get together after Friday night

[27:58] and kind of

[27:59] >> cuz I just because it doesn't fall on

[28:01] the art walk has and we discuss that too

[28:04] like that has nothing to do with

[28:05] >> I'm open either date it does not matter

[28:07] to me but I

[28:09] >> the reason I liked it on the art walk I

[28:11] mean it simply cuz it's like the fourth

[28:14] Friday of the month

[28:15] >> you can always say it's the fourth

[28:17] Friday of the month every year it's just

[28:20] easier to

[28:21] >> but I No, I I mean I understand I get it

[28:24] has typically it has been that way. This

[28:27] year just happened to fall on too many

[28:29] other commitments which is going to keep

[28:32] continuing to happen to this town

[28:34] because there's just so much town for so

[28:36] many events.

[28:39] [clears throat] But um if we the 30th is

[28:42] great

[28:44] that makes me happy.

[28:47] Is that still okay with you?

[28:49] >> That's okay with me.

[28:52] Anybody else going to help us out? You

[28:54] know, 30th

[28:57] » because otherwise it's going to be if we

[28:59] did it the 23rd,

[29:02] we're looking at a few, you know,

[29:05] >> did it last year with about four people.

[29:08] >> Requested volunteers this year, so we're

[29:10] going to look on some volunteers.

[29:12] >> We're going to do carve the pumpkins

[29:17] >> before. Did you get that?

[29:18] >> As much as we could.

[29:19] >> Well, clean clean the insides. Yeah,

[29:22] >> I had mentioned that and Dick wasn't

[29:25] like he was he looked at me like so I

[29:27] read that as he's

[29:30] party

[29:31] >> the carving.

[29:32] >> Yeah. When [clears throat] we were

[29:32] talking Yeah, that sounds fun. Yeah.

[29:34] Yeah.

[29:35] >> No, it's not going to be fun. Be a

[29:37] [laughter] mess.

[29:37] >> It's going to be a mess.

[29:39] But we

[29:41] >> in the long run, I think it's going to

[29:42] be easier than let's work for everybody

[29:44] else. Well, if if four or five of us

[29:47] show up, my husband's volunteered

[29:48] [clears throat] to help gut them and get

[29:50] it ready. I mean, we can get them done.

[29:52] Even if we get half of them done, that's

[29:53] going to help. So, we'll just do that on

[29:55] our own.

[29:56] >> Or we can get volunteers.

[29:58] >> Yeah. And hopefully the weather will

[30:01] cooperate and just start getting a

[30:02] little cooler so we don't have sweating

[30:05] while we're carving pumpkins cuz

[30:07] >> now we have to [clears throat]

[30:07] re-evaluate on where to do that at since

[30:11] we're not doing the prep party anymore.

[30:13] But we're going to meet after this.

[30:15] >> Yeah. I don't And I don't see why some

[30:17] You couldn't I'm just hypothetical. You

[30:20] take five home, you take six home, you

[30:22] take 10 or whatever. Let's just do it at

[30:24] home.

[30:25] >> Yeah, that's fine. Bring them.

[30:26] >> Why not just do them at the park?

[30:28] >> I was going to say or, you know,

[30:30] >> not have to transport anything.

[30:33] >> Get a big tub, dump,

[30:35] >> you got it.

[30:37] >> Those of us want those of us that want

[30:39] to have, you know,

[30:40] >> I said we're going to get together after

[30:41] this and kind of hunker down on all of

[30:44] those details. I think

[30:46] >> because even that way, I mean, like she

[30:48] has a large family. Maybe some of her

[30:50] family members would carve some and

[30:52] bring them out.

[30:54] >> Clean them. You mean

[30:56] >> um

[30:57] >> Yeah, we could.

[30:58] >> Cuz we can't have like a whole bunch of

[31:00] pre-carved pumpkins sitting there

[31:02] waiting if it's 100° out like a lot.

[31:04] >> Yeah.

[31:05] >> Well, if you're doing if you're only

[31:07] going to do it the night before.

[31:09] >> Yeah,

[31:09] >> that's what I'm saying. That's fine. But

[31:10] if we were

[31:11] >> Oh, you're talking like weeks ahead. No,

[31:13] >> not weeks, but And if the pumpkins are

[31:16] going to be down there anyway, you know,

[31:19] we can just do them down there.

[31:20] >> That's what I do. Everybody just show up

[31:21] and show up.

[31:22] >> Bring your knife.

[31:24] >> Yeah. Everybody is nobody, then we're

[31:26] screwed.

[31:27] >> There's the picnic tables down by

[31:29] Sarah's garden, too.

[31:31] >> Yeah.

[31:34] >> Well, and also we have we'll have a

[31:36] meeting

[31:38] that Monday before. So,

[31:42] >> yes.

[31:43] >> Kind of re-evaluate last minute needs.

[31:45] >> Uh, when are you getting the Are you

[31:48] getting the hay?

[31:50] >> The bales.

[31:50] >> I'm working on it.

[31:52] >> Do what?

[31:53] >> I'm going to work on it cuz you said

[31:54] Paul wasn't available this year, right?

[31:56] >> Yeah. He didn't do it this year.

[31:59] >> Gary, I did buy two of those giant

[32:02] industrial coffee pots that y'all were

[32:04] wanting.

[32:04] >> I saw you posted that.

[32:06] >> We've got two of them. That way, we can

[32:07] run one. Mhm.

[32:09] >> And then as it's running, heat the

[32:11] second one up. So we always have two,

[32:14] you know, one hot at, you know, at a

[32:15] given time. So

[32:16] >> I have one from a restaurant that I gave

[32:18] you.

[32:19] >> Oh, I paid nothing for these. It was

[32:22] [laughter]

[32:23] >> okay. Now we have them for future

[32:24] events.

[32:28] » The pumpkin.

[32:30] All

[32:30] >> right.

[32:33] Okay.

[32:33] >> We're going to have a little meeting

[32:35] after this about the pumpkin glow. So if

[32:37] we want to move on, we can do that.

[32:39] >> Well, let's just do that then.

[32:40] >> So there's not a solid date yet, right?

[32:43] >> I thought there was.

[32:44] >> I think [laughter]

[32:45] >> since that's only really down under new

[32:47] business, but

[32:51] >> okay, trail committee. I'm back to that.

[32:53] That's all right. Good job.

[32:56] Still waiting to hear from um DNR on our

[33:01] RTP grant.

[33:04] >> When is that usually awarded?

[33:07] what I've been told is November, but um

[33:10] it's you know I think I submitted the

[33:14] application in November of 2025.

[33:19] >> Okay. Yeah.

[33:23] » Is that it?

[33:24] >> Yes, sir.

[33:24] >> Playground committee,

[33:29] » bathroom committee.

[33:34] » Is that me, too?

[33:34] >> Yeah, it's you, too. Uh Cory will be

[33:37] ordering the mini split and installing

[33:39] it uh in the coming weeks. So good.

[33:42] >> Uh that's about uh

[33:45] all I got.

[33:47] >> So new business pumpkin globe in there.

[33:51] >> It says October 23rd on it.

[33:54] >> That is what I was told to put there.

[33:57] >> Okay. New park at Progress Point.

[34:01] >> Uh you have some photographs at your

[34:04] seat. So, you know, I wanted to inform

[34:08] you of it. I mean, we can certainly chat

[34:10] about it, but I mean, it's been putting

[34:11] in put in by a private developer,

[34:14] McBride, and then it'll be handed over

[34:17] to the city as will the trail and the

[34:20] streets and the infrastructure um that

[34:22] are will be part of the subdivision. Um,

[34:26] I did not bring a map, but if you've

[34:29] been out along Progress Parkway

[34:31] recently, they've moved a lot of dirt

[34:34] out there and they've um

[34:37] >> installed constructed uh a new entrance

[34:41] to the property off of Progress Parkway.

[34:44] So, if you can imagine turning into it

[34:46] from the south, uh there'll be some

[34:49] mailboxes

[34:51] and um behind the mailboxes, maybe,

[34:56] don't quote me on this, 100 ft will be

[34:59] the playground. So, that's where the

[35:01] playground will be. And then, of course,

[35:03] you'll drive into the subdivision and go

[35:05] on from there. [clears throat]

[35:07] >> So, each house their their mailboxes are

[35:10] going to be on Progress Parkway. There's

[35:12] a there's a mailbox unit basically. You

[35:16] So when the mail's delivered, yeah,

[35:18] you'll go to the uh I don't know what

[35:21] it's called.

[35:22] >> The entrance to the subdivision

[35:23] basically. You'll go and you'll have

[35:25] your key. You will get your

[35:26] >> So this park just consists of a

[35:28] playground.

[35:29] >> Correct. That the the city will be

[35:31] responsible for.

[35:32] >> Correct. There's no mowing.

[35:36] >> I mean, there'll be mowing of other

[35:37] areas around the trail, but not this

[35:40] area.

[35:42] The HOA will be responsible

[35:44] for the maintenance of the common

[35:47] grounds. The HOA common grounds will mow

[35:50] around the trail.

[35:51] >> Could the HOA be responsible for the

[35:54] park?

[35:55] >> No, cuz we've already been down that

[35:57] path and that is not

[36:00] um

[36:00] >> what trail

[36:03] >> the trail that they'll install from

[36:06] Parkwood out to Progress Parkway.

[36:13] There's

[36:14] >> I can bring a map next time. You know,

[36:15] this has been through PNZ and the board

[36:17] of alderman. Um, so there's it's all

[36:20] platted out, but I can bring a map and

[36:21] like show it to you next meeting.

[36:24] >> It's on Facebook, too.

[36:25] >> Yeah, I was going to say I saw it on

[36:26] Facebook

[36:29] >> and I guess I shouldn't say what trail,

[36:30] but where is the trail? So, from I don't

[36:34] mean to be reiterating, but from

[36:35] Parkwood along that little creek, I

[36:38] guess we'll call it, and then it'll come

[36:40] up by the playground on the back side,

[36:42] there'll be an offshoot to the

[36:43] playground, and then it'll connect to

[36:46] the sidewalk. Then you can take the

[36:48] sidewalk out to Progress Parkway, cross

[36:51] the street, take the trail that's

[36:54] existing, and go to the community

[36:56] center, water park.

[36:59] Okay.

[37:03] Sounds good.

[37:04] >> Okay,

[37:06] good.

[37:11] Any other business?

[37:18] No one wants

[37:25] motion.

[37:27] >> I got a motion.

[37:28] >> Y

[37:31] I have a motion.

[37:33] I move.

[37:34] >> What are you looking at me?

[37:36] >> We need a second.

[37:37] >> I have a second. All in favor? I oppose.

[37:43] Meeting adjourned. Just

Ste. Genevieve, (Mo, USA) Park Board Meeting, September 28, 2026

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