[1:38] Recording in progress.
[2:38] » Penny, we're just going to give it
another minute and see if
[2:41] anyone else
is pulling up here. But, we do have
[2:45] quorum, so we'll be able to have the
meeting.
[2:48] » Okay.
[3:08] » probation
[4:22] » All right. Well, um
we'll see if anybody else joins us a
[4:26] little bit late, but we might as well
get going since we have quorum. Uh it's
[4:29] 5:05. I'll call the Parks, Recreation,
and Forestry Committee meeting to order.
[4:32] It's Wednesday, August 26th, 2026.
Um we do have a quorum and the agenda
[4:38] was properly posted. It's a hybrid
meeting taking place both on Zoom and
[4:42] here in Village Hall.
Then we can move to item three, public
[4:46] appearances. Public's opportunity to
speak about any subject that is not a
[4:49] specific agenda item.
Um Charlie, we do have you for item
[4:54] five. Do you want to talk then? We'll
just talk during that portion. Does that
[4:58] sound okay?
>> At your pleasure.
[5:00] » Okay. I don't think it'll take us real
long to get to item five, so.
[5:05] All right. Uh then
uh item four, discuss and consider the
[5:08] minutes of the Parks, Recreation, and
Forestry Committee meeting on July 23rd,
[5:12] 2026.
Any edits um or comments or a motion on
[5:18] the minutes?
>> Motion to approve the minutes.
[5:23] » Thank you, Jerry.
>> Second.
[5:25] » And second by Penny. Thank you. Any
further discussion?
[5:29] Hearing none, all those in favor say
aye.
[5:31] Aye.
>> Aye.
[5:33] » Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion
carries. Thank you. Then um up to item
[5:38] five, the cottonwood tree update. Um
I don't know if we'll do Sean can
[5:46] present his memo and then Charlie if you
want to come up and we can have
[5:50] discussion about that. Charlie did fill
out a wish to speak form
[5:55] for that item. So
Sean if you want to kick off your memo
[6:00] that you prepared for us, please.
>> Okay.
[6:03] Great. We also do have James here too.
So if we have any cottonwood questions
[6:08] as we get into things. Um
I put a rather lengthy memo in your
[6:13] packet. Um hopefully everybody's read
that verbatim.
[6:18] But I I just wanted to kind of just
highlight the memo a little bit rather
[6:22] than go through it
word for word. So I'll just kind of I'll
[6:25] do that right now. Um obviously the the
purpose of this is to evaluate evaluate
[6:30] the management options available for
mature cottonwood trees in the village.
[6:34] And you know with James and I kind of
looking at things, we estimate that
[6:37] there are less than about 50 cottonwood
trees in the village, most around
[6:40] private property and in slash near
retention areas. So we we currently do
[6:46] not have any cottonwood street trees.
Um
[6:50] obviously the cottonwood is a native
Wisconsin tree species for recognized
[6:54] for its rapid growth, broad canopy, and
environmental benefits. Female trees
[6:58] produce cottonwood seeds
during late spring and early summer that
[7:02] are commonly perceived as a nuisance
because they accumulate on sidewalks,
[7:05] lawns, streets, and park facilities.
Although the seasonal cottonwood can
[7:09] generate complaints, the cotton itself
is generally a maintenance issue rather
[7:14] than a public safety concern.
Decisions regarding these trees should
[7:17] therefore be based on
on overall tree health, structural
[7:21] integrity, maintenance costs, and and
risk to the public rather than solely on
[7:25] seed production.
Um so I I wanted to
[7:30] again apologize for the lengthy um memo,
but I wanted to make sure that you guys
[7:34] had some options to look at and I tried
to lay those out the best that I could.
[7:39] Um so if If do nothing
um and just kind of leave things the way
[7:42] that they are, um the advantage to the
that is it preserves a mature preserves
[7:48] a mature tree that provides significant
shade and aesthetic value.
[7:52] Continues to provide environmental
benefits including carbon sequestration,
[7:57] which is capturing the CO2 from the
atmosphere, storm water interception,
[8:01] air quality,
and wildlife habitat. Maintains existing
[8:05] landscape character, avoids removal
expense. Mature trees provide
[8:11] ecological benefits, more ecological
benefits than newly planted trees.
[8:16] Disadvantages to doing nothing, annual
production of cotton seed can create a
[8:19] nuisance conditions in parks, streets,
sidewalks, and residential areas. And
[8:24] also disadvantage would be increased
maintenance. So those are just kind of
[8:28] the highlights of the do nothing.
Option two is treat and maintain.
[8:33] Advantages, it extends the useful life
of the tree, reduces the likelihood of
[8:37] branch failures through proactive
maintenance, protects the community's
[8:42] investment in mature tree canopy, delays
significant expense of a removal and
[8:47] replacement. Um
and that would allow for ongoing
[8:52] evaluation as as tree conditions change.
Um disadvantages, recurring maintenance.
[8:59] So if we if we wanted to require
treatment, it is a recurring thing, it's
[9:04] not a one-time cost.
And the treatment does not eliminate the
[9:09] cottonwood production, it just reduces
the cottonwood production.
[9:13] Um
if we
[9:17] wanted to do tree removal, so asked that
that all of those cottonwood trees be
[9:21] removed. Advantages, biggest biggest
advantage is it eliminates future
[9:26] cottonwood production and associated
maintenance.
[9:28] Removes safety concerns with declining
trees, reduces long-term liability
[9:32] associated with maintaining an aging
tree. Disadvantages, the immediate
[9:36] removal costs are high. Likely $3,000
roughly on a mature mature tree.
[9:43] Um the loss of shade and then the
reduction in wildlife habitat.
[9:48] Um municipal considerations, uh things
that I just wanted to throw in there,
[9:52] the village has a responsibility to
maintain public trees in a manner that
[9:55] protects public safety while preserving
the long-term health health and value of
[9:59] the forest urban forest. While
cottonwood production can be
[10:02] inconvenient, it is generally not
sufficient justification by itself for
[10:06] removing
a healthy tree. Decisions should instead
[10:09] be based on objective criteria such as
structural conditions, public safety,
[10:13] maintenance requirements, site
restraints,
[10:16] uh and then the overall life expectancy.
Um
[10:21] If we wanted to address this
ordinance-wise,
[10:24] um
um adopting an ordinance that
[10:26] specifically regulates female cottonwood
trees um from everything that I've seen
[10:30] and and folks that I've talked to is is
generally not recommended. Species
[10:35] specific ordinances can create
enforcement challenges, increase costs
[10:39] to property owners, and encourage
removal of healthy healthy trees that
[10:42] continue to provide significant public
benefits. Cotton production is a natural
[10:46] characteristic of the species and and
does not by itself
[10:50] constitute a hazardous condition.
Instead, municipalities typically
[10:54] regulate trees through broader tree
maintenance and public safety ordinances
[10:57] that apply equally to all trees. And so,
what we kind of already do is we refer
[11:03] to ordinance 294 three and then uh D
which addresses hazardous private trees,
[11:08] requires property owners to maintain
maintain trees
[11:12] so they do not create hazards to the
public. The ordinance uh addresses dead
[11:16] or dying trees, trees with structural
defects, trees interfering with sidewalk
[11:21] streets, utilities, or public
infrastructure, and uh authority for the
[11:25] village to require pruning or removal
after inspection. So, which is those are
[11:30] all things that we do James does on a
daily basis that we're, you know,
[11:34] constantly addressing any any hazard
trees that are out there and and a good
[11:38] example is we we just sent a letter to
the
[11:41] homeowner. What what's that daycare on
N?
[11:45] Um
>> Preschool City Kids, I don't
[11:47] » Yeah, right right right across from
Cottage Grove School. There were some
[11:50] trees hanging down branches hanging
down. We sent them a letter. They cut
[11:54] them they cut them off. Everything's is
is much better.
[11:57] Um
Public tree planting policy rather than
[12:00] regulating existing cottonwoods the
village could adopt a policy limiting
[12:04] future planting of female cottonwood
trees on municipal property.
[12:08] Um the policy could include uh approved
street tree list which we do have and
[12:13] cottonwoods are not specifically called
out. Correct, James?
[12:18] » They're not on the list.
Excuse me, they're not on the list, but
[12:23] we can put them on the prohibited list.
We can add that.
[12:28] » Um
Uh diversity goals, uh selection
[12:32] criteria based on maintenance
requirements, um
[12:35] replacement standard for trees that are
removed. Um this allows the village to
[12:39] gradually diversify its urban forest
without necessarily removing
[12:43] um healthy trees.
So, and then my recommendation based on
[12:47] um
what I saw, what I who I talked to, what
[12:50] I read,
um was basically um
[12:53] if we wish to reduce future main
maintenance concerns with cottonwood
[12:56] trees, the preferred long-term strategy
is to adopt an urban forestry policy
[13:00] that discourages future planting of
female cottonwood trees on municipal
[13:04] property while maintaining a diverse,
resilient, um sustainable public tree
[13:09] canopy.
Um so
[13:12] it is recommended based on available
information, um it is recommended that
[13:16] the village continue to evaluate female
cottonwood trees individually rather
[13:20] than adopting a specific or
species-specific ordinance.
[13:25] So, in a nutshell
that's the that's the information that I
[13:30] came up with. So, again, I wanted to
provide the committee with some possible
[13:34] options. Um obviously, those are not all
of the options. Uh you guys can think of
[13:39] something different, but
um open to questions, thoughts
[13:44] based on
my memo.
[13:50] » Um
[13:54] and I was wondering, James, was there
anything else you want to add
[13:58] from that on your daily work?
>> I I would add that um just to clarify to
[14:02] the committee that we do not have any
cottonwood trees in the boulevards
[14:07] within the public right-of-ways.
Where we have them is in the drainages,
[14:12] retention areas. So,
what we want to consider is access
[14:19] um in identifying these trees, cuz
access will be difficult. And removals,
[14:25] these are big trees,
may need to be contracted out to take
[14:29] down if removal is an option
versus treatment.
[14:36] » Thank you. Um questions?
>> Question for James, are there
[14:41] other than willow trees, which comes to
mind, are there other trees to fill the
[14:45] need of what you just described in those
wetland areas, you know, where you want
[14:49] to maybe help that tree take care of
some of the over-flooding challenges and
[14:54] things like that? Are there other
species of trees that are desirable to
[14:57] plant in those wetland kind of areas
that would be beneficial, or for the
[15:01] most part, no?
>> Um
[15:04] depending on how well these areas are
drained, you could go to certain oak
[15:08] trees. Um
more beneficial, lower maintenance. Um
[15:13] yeah, the cottonwoods need to be checked
on versus
[15:17] from breaking apart in storms. Um
willows, as well. We've had issues with
[15:22] Willows and the retention areas that
have fallen apart and we're in there too
[15:27] often
to to deal with those.
[15:31] So, there are other options if we had to
replace the cottonwoods.
[15:37] » And that would bring up a budget part of
things too. It's like if we were going
[15:41] to cut those down and want to replace
that's obviously an additional expense.
[15:45] Um,
out of that 50 James, what do you think
[15:49] how many of those 50 would you guess are
on public property?
[15:53] You know, can you know, obviously our
our our storm water drainage areas is
[15:56] the most
>> We've
[16:00] if we include thorough examination of
what we have out there. I think Thaden
[16:05] is a big area that could have
cottonwoods.
[16:09] I would say we have at least 50 on
our public
[16:15] drainages and retention areas
and that would not include private
[16:21] private property. So, the 50 number is
probably that we're going to have to
[16:27] deal with.
[16:31] » Thank you. Charlie, if you want to come
up and
[16:34] thanks for bringing this item forward
for discussion and I appreciate you
[16:38] being here
tonight to help us continue that.
[16:47] » So, I'm Charlie Rogers. I live on Old
Town 211 Royal Street.
[16:52] And the whole start of this was never to
remove all the cottonwood trees in
[16:57] Cottage Grove. That was never even
discussed or brought forward.
[17:02] All of the ordinance that I supplied to
you guys were all what are considered
[17:06] complaint driven.
Meaning if there's a problem, excuse me,
[17:11] then a complaint is filed and then the
solutions are either treated or
[17:15] something else.
And that's something that we're dealing
[17:19] with in my neighborhood, okay?
Um
[17:23] the
public nuisance we understand quite
[17:26] well.
But the thing that I want to stress
[17:28] tonight is the flammability of this
situation.
[17:32] Um
during Fireman's Festival, which is the
[17:36] peak shedding time for these trees,
there is anywhere from 3 to 5 in of
[17:42] can I say fluff, or do I have to call it
cottonwood seed?
[17:46] » We know fluff.
>> Okay. There's anywhere and again, it
[17:49] depends on the season because they go
through cycles. Some years are better,
[17:53] some years are worse. Um anywhere from 3
to 5 in of this fluff
[17:58] in the parking lot behind my house and
on our property also.
[18:04] Um somebody throws a cigarette butt down
and Heidi hopefully has the a video that
[18:10] we can show you about the flammability
of this substance.
[18:14] Uh it's not
not it's very lethal, okay?
[18:19] Um and we're not you know, like I said,
we're not asking James to be the police,
[18:23] tree police, and go out looking for
trees.
[18:26] All we're asking for is a
complaint-driven
[18:29] ordinance to say, we have a problem,
here is how we solve the remedy, okay?
[18:35] You either treat your tree or remove it.
Okay? Um because it is a fire hazard.
[18:42] Okay?
Um
[18:45] and the
it's a mechanism before it has to go to
[18:50] like a legal situation, which none of us
want. I mean, we're we're working with
[18:55] our neighbor to
if she can't or I if they can't afford
[18:59] it, we're willing to help them, okay? Uh
you know, we're not bad neighbors, but
[19:05] it's a situation where
and I don't know, Heidi, do you want to
[19:08] put that up, the flammable part?
But imagine the liability that would
[19:14] happen if someone threw a cigarette butt
down in these 3 to 5 in of fluff with
[19:19] all the cars parked there
during the festival.
[19:31] And then I'll I'll finish, too, is as
far as the cost to implement this
[19:35] um is minimal to to none. And again, if
there was a complaint in a course, there
[19:40] would be a small cost for James to go
out or the paperwork to be filed. But,
[19:44] as far as the cost would be minimal to
the village
[19:48] in my opinion.
[19:51] And again, it uh
on the uh municipal considerations
[19:58] con
consist cons
[20:00] causes a hazardous condition.
[20:05] I'll emphasize that. Causes a hazardous
condition.
[20:09] And hopefully the
And again, I don't know if if any of you
[20:12] watched the videos that I asked you to
last meeting.
[20:16] Um
it's not
[20:19] a little.
It's an explosive
[20:24] flame.
[20:34] I don't know I don't know whether the
volume will come through there, so I'll
[20:36] just
check out my sound of
[20:42] Now, this is
>> I gathered a bucket of cotton and this
[20:45] will demonstrate how flammable the
cotton
[20:47] This is in my fireplace, my fireplace.
Jesus.
[20:54] » Imagine the parking lot of that.
[20:58] Or a neighborhood.
>> I've gathered a bucket of cotton and
[21:02] this will demonstrate how flammable the
cotton is. This is in my fireplace.
[21:09] » Jesus.
[21:13] » Tell my wife.
My wife actually did a small experiment
[21:17] in the backyard along the fence line
thinking it would be a small little
[21:23] flame and this this was only like 3 in.
That's of course an exaggeration. Um,
[21:28] and it
freaked her out. Luckily she had water
[21:32] available to put it out, but it just
took off.
[21:36] Um, and again,
you have a festival, you have a parking
[21:40] lot full of cars, and you got 3 or 5 in
of that.
[21:44] That can
consist consider be a hazard of
[21:48] condition in my opinion.
So, um, I would just ask you to
[21:52] reconsider.
Um, minimally I would like to have an
[21:56] ordinance that says you can't plant
female cottonwoods. Like
[22:00] Madison's had one for 50 years.
Um, ideally I'd like a complaint driven
[22:07] ordinance.
[22:10] And again, I appreciate you guys' time.
Um,
[22:14] and again, it's to me it's a safety
hazard. It's not a nuisance anymore,
[22:18] it's a safety hazard. Okay? Thank you.
[22:23] » Thanks, Charlie.
Um,
[22:27] so, uh,
[22:30] Sean, did you have any chance to talk to
legal about our current ordinance and
[22:36] how
maybe specific situations, you know,
[22:41] given proximity to,
you know, high traffic type events that
[22:47] maybe it is more of a um,
[22:50] a hazardous nuisance or like how how can
we objectively
[22:57] apply that ordinance
for various situations, I guess.
[23:02] » Overall, legal wants us to stay out of
private tree issues as much as we can.
[23:08] Um we
we typically now address hazards that
[23:13] are going to fall that could fall onto
into the right-of-way,
[23:17] onto a car or, you know, into the
street, sidewalk, that that those
[23:22] situations. Typically, if it's a private
tree and it looks like it's dead in the
[23:26] backyard, we we don't get involved in
those. I think we have um on a couple of
[23:31] occasions where it was very imminent
that it could fall on a
[23:36] um
on another property, but um
[23:41] overall, their suggestion is that we
kind of stay out of that. Um we could
[23:47] James, I think we could simply we could
add this to the prohibited street tree
[23:52] list as James as James mentioned. Um
that really would only give us govern
[23:57] and governance on the street tree. I
don't know we would have to we would
[24:03] have to definitely change the ordinance
to make it so that they couldn't do it
[24:06] as a private street tree. James,
anything to add to that?
[24:10] » Um I would
I would think
[24:15] getting it on the prohibited list and
then
[24:19] if
I see
[24:22] trees being planted on private property
and something doesn't look right
[24:26] and I can I would need something to cite
that, you know, that can't be planted
[24:33] even on private on the private side of
things.
[24:37] I just need clarification on that.
And what I what my boundaries are and
[24:42] what I can enforce, so to speak.
>> To Charlie's point about that, that
[24:49] feels like that's making you be the tree
police. That seems like you have a lot
[24:53] of other things going on and that that
would be a real
[24:57] challenge to go around peeking in
backyards and
[25:01] » And
also to go with what Charlie said is
[25:04] that
this would be complaint driven, you
[25:06] know, so that we're not going to ask I
don't think we would ever ask James to
[25:10] just go drive around and look for
cottonwood trees, but more like if the
[25:13] neighbors are you know, if there's a
complaint driven then if there is a
[25:16] complaint then it gives us an
opportunity to to do something. We don't
[25:19] have anybody in the village that does
any you know, sidewalk inspections or um
[25:24] uh
uh long grass all of that stuff is
[25:27] complaint driven. So that that could be
the same type of a situation. We could
[25:31] absolutely do that for sure.
[25:37] » So that would be more not just add cuz
that's an easier administrative thing to
[25:42] add them to the prohibited street tree
list because that's not an ordinance,
[25:45] but if we wanted to create no new
plantings
[25:48] then that would need ordinance, right?
>> I believe so since we don't currently I
[25:54] think it could be
added to the nuisance ordinance that's
[25:58] already there. We could just add another
line I again I don't know exactly how
[26:02] that works on the legal end of things,
but we could certainly add it to that or
[26:05] we would have to create its own section,
but
[26:08] adding it to the to the street tree list
is an easy one because our ordinance
[26:12] currently states that it's a fluid
document and if somebody wants a copy of
[26:16] it they have to contact me because we
are changing that and James you know,
[26:20] James will chime in and say hey no, we
can't we can't have this one on the list
[26:23] anymore. So that's an that's an easy one
for sure to just put it on the
[26:27] prohibited list, but it doesn't Nobody I
mean are people actually planting
[26:32] cottonwood trees anymore? I mean
>> No, the nurseries
[26:36] don't offer them because to
municipalities in particular because we
[26:41] don't nobody wants them
in the public right-of-ways for the
[26:46] the hazard is they mature they just die.
That's what they do and they don't break
[26:51] apart from the top down, they they'll
break loose at the roots. So, they're
[26:55] just a known
hazardous tree once they mature and
[27:01] nobody wants to deal with them in the
public right-of-ways, so
[27:04] that's why the ones we we've identified
are all within the drainages, retention
[27:09] areas
where they're kind of out of the way and
[27:12] they they're old older trees.
>> Sure, they're not in an area that they
[27:17] drop a branch and someone walking or a
car or something along those lines which
[27:22] yeah, street trees.
>> I discussed with Shawn, we do have some
[27:25] on private side of the Door Creek
drainage through Community Park that
[27:30] could fall into the park. So, that's
something I would be watching at
[27:35] watching and I I do monitor that edge
cuz we're always removing some trees
[27:39] that kind of fall limbs that fall into
the park.
[27:43] So.
>> Okay, so that
[27:47] kind of covers that aspect of safety and
I'm glad Kevin's here now too because
[27:52] maybe he's heard some things from the
fire side about fire hazards of
[28:00] Use your There's some on the Yep, thank
you.
[28:02] » Yeah, I'm sorry. We really don't talk
about that type of stuff. It's so few
[28:05] and far between. In fact, when Charlie
pointed it out, it kind of shocked me as
[28:09] much cotton as there was. But I do agree
with Shawn and with the forester as far
[28:13] as putting them on the prohibited list
and kind of placing it like on the on
[28:16] the complaint basis just like tall grass
and stuff like that. No no no a nuisance
[28:21] item.
[28:29] » Um
Are there questions, thoughts?
[28:36] » One thing in my travels of trying to
collect information
[28:41] I was looking for a tree service to to
call and I
[28:45] Google it and I picked the one that said
save a tree because I like save a tree.
[28:49] And I just so happen to get
talked to the the arborist that is
[28:53] actually treating the tree um next to
Charlie's. And so that's where I got a
[28:58] little bit of the information as far as
the cost and things go. So I believe
[29:01] Charlie that they're are they at least
sounds like they have plans to treat
[29:05] that tree?
>> Uh we have not heard back.
[29:08] » Okay.
>> Like I said, we're still offering to
[29:10] help if she needs or if they need it.
[29:15] But again,
the last conversation
[29:18] we had with her,
um
[29:21] they were going to do it but it's a
spring treatment. It's not a a fall
[29:24] thing.
>> Yep.
[29:25] » Um
so
[29:28] again,
I'm I'm trying to solve a problem
[29:32] without having to go over the next step.
And as far as
[29:37] um wood trees
in the village,
[29:40] well,
that tree shed enough cotton wood to see
[29:44] that
I pulled cotton wood exactly out of my
[29:48] yard all year long.
So
[29:51] you don't have to
you don't have to buy it cuz you got a
[29:54] lot of wood shed.
And community park, your trees down
[29:57] there,
I know pickleball people came up to our
[30:01] park at Bicentennial because they
couldn't play down there. It was
[30:04] shedding so bad that they were getting
it in their mouths and stuff.
[30:08] All the rest. So
and that's a nuisance.
[30:11] That's not
That's not
[30:12] » Yeah.
>> In In talking with um the arborist from
[30:18] Save a Tree, he he also said the same
thing that Charlie did that cottonwood
[30:23] trees work uh
a
[30:25] along a similar cycle to what oak trees
work when it comes to dropping acorns.
[30:29] They work in
they fluctuate every year. About every 5
[30:32] years they have a max drop. And it could
have been this could have been the worst
[30:37] that it's been. Not saying that it's
right or wrong. It's just they work in
[30:40] cycles. Some years it's it's less than
others. Um
[30:44] And there's one other point that I
wanted to make but I don't remember what
[30:47] that was. So
[30:50] I'll come back to that.
[30:56] » I know during dry periods there's like
no burn
[31:00] orders that
Does Is there ever a
[31:04] something like that during cottonwood
season or is that No.
[31:12] Right. Yeah, that I mean Yeah, cigarette
butts can light up all sorts of stuff.
[31:50] Charlie was just giving us the timeline
for the trees for those of you online
[31:54] that
it lines up with festival time when it
[31:58] drops the seeds when there's the most
traffic and most people in the area and
[32:05] you know, kind of the highest
risk time it seemed you know, that the
[32:10] most traffic.
Peak. Yes. Peak of the park lines up
[32:15] with peak of the cottonwood.
[32:23] So I guess it seems we don't have like a
consideration. It's just cottonwood tree
[32:28] update but it seems like consensus is
definitely
[32:32] add to the prohibited street tree list
because that is like a no-cost
[32:37] administrative
[32:41] portion. Is that kind of
Is it Are we understanding that right?
[32:45] Doesn't
>> Yeah, I mean it's a great place to
[32:48] start. Put it on that list. That way in
case someone does call and say it's a
[32:51] nuisance, we can be like, "Well, it's on
our prohibited tree list and this is how
[32:55] we would take care of it." So, yeah.
I'm
[32:59] not sure if that gives us the ability to
address a private tree.
[33:06] Um that's where I think I mean we can
definitely put it on the the the street
[33:10] tree list, but we don't really have that
problem. That's not where the problem
[33:13] lies. The problem lies with the private
trees. So, I think that's where if we're
[33:17] looking to
>> Yeah.
[33:18] » I think we would have to do some sort of
an ordinance adjustment.
[33:21] » How does that work uh
putting that in alignment with someone
[33:25] that has like an unkempt yard, like long
grass, stuff like that? I mean, could we
[33:30] modify that ordinance or put it in with
that?
[33:32] » I believe that's the same nuisance
nuisance ordinance.
[33:34] » Nuisance
>> ordinance. Um and that's where I would
[33:36] have to just check with legal and and
see what we can do there. So, if that's
[33:40] the direction that you would like me to
go, then I can come back to you in at
[33:44] the during the September meeting and
tell you what that looks like.
[33:47] » Yep. Yep.
>> So, direction that that I'm just to make
[33:51] sure the direction that I'm hearing is
investigate whether we can add that to
[33:57] the current nuisance or what that would
look like to make it
[34:01] Are we looking to make it illegal?
>> No, not a not a legal tree.
[34:06] » A a cottonwood tree or how do we want
>> It it's it's more of a nuisance. So,
[34:09] like there's male trees and there's
female trees and there's ones that have
[34:13] that drop the the cotton and some that
don't. So, it's got to be more of a
[34:17] nuisance. If someone would call and
complain, then it can be addressed.
[34:21] » But then how are we addressing that?
That's what That's what we need to You
[34:24] know, it's like are we going to Are we
going to require Is the village part of
[34:27] this ordinance? Is the village going to
require either that it be treated or
[34:31] removed? Are would
>> Is that are those the two options that
[34:33] you guys are thinking?
>> Yeah, cuz if if they want to keep their
[34:36] tree then treat it. If they don't want
their tree then remove it.
[34:40] » So and and all that is based on a
complaint driven. So just in this
[34:45] example, Charlie comes to to me to us
and says, here we go, then we then we
[34:50] start taking taking a look at that tree.
Is that what you guys are thinking? I
[34:53] just want to make sure I'm clear.
>> 100%.
[34:56] » Jay?
>> Yes.
[34:58] » Yeah. And Penny or or Amy, anything to
add?
[35:03] » Um I'm a little
Oh, is that me? I have an echo. Um okay,
[35:08] just taking this to an extreme. What if
my lovely neighbor has a tree and they
[35:13] never rake and it's really dry and
there's 5 in of leaves that might pose
[35:19] maybe not as combustible but the same
type of um nuisance. I mean
[35:26] then what? Do we have to start really I
mean this is one specific tree
[35:31] but there are other trees that could
cause the same type of situation. I just
[35:37] want to be really careful that we don't
you know, become this weird HOA type of
[35:42] community where I'm going to complain
and you have to treat and I don't know.
[35:48] I'm just hesitant about jumping to that.
[36:00] » Thanks, Penny.
Um
[36:03] Amy?
Do you have any I just want to make sure
[36:06] that we
get everybody online that
[36:13] wants to add in.
[36:17] Um cuz it's yeah, it's I just want to
make sure we get an opportunity for
[36:21] everyone. I mean that that is um
that is an interesting point because
[36:27] different trees can pose, you know,
different types
[36:30] of hazards.
Um, you know, things drop, things that
[36:35] are poisonous for
dogs or
[36:41] Yeah, that that does kind of it
opening up the door on
[36:47] you know, what constitutes a hazard, I
guess, is um
[36:51] an interesting way to um
to look at it.
[36:58] But also recognizing that, you know,
that
[37:01] the fluff is quite um flammable.
[37:10] I mean, we could take it to the
village board and get, you know, them to
[37:14] weigh in also
and give us some
[37:19] additional information or
direction.
[37:25] » Yeah, I I mean, the
[37:29] That one. Yeah, sorry. I I I mean, the
fluff is flammable, just like Penny
[37:33] says. Everyone has trees, they all drop
leaves. Leaves are flammable, too.
[37:38] Um,
but this is a little different, I think,
[37:40] as far as cottonwoods go. We're trying
to eliminate cottonwoods for reasons.
[37:45] Um, and there's a way to treat them so
that they don't drop their cotton.
[37:49] Uh, every other tree that drops leaves,
you can't treat them so they don't drop
[37:52] their leaves. It's kind of a different
situation. This is more of a
[37:57] trying to
put a leash on the cottonwood issue.
[38:02] Uh
And I don't think it would be like
[38:04] people's leaves falling in their
neighbor's property.
[38:07] Uh, because there's actually an avenue
to treat this as far as treating the
[38:11] tree to eliminate the cotton. That's
kind of the way I look at it.
[38:23] It's kind of our next steps,
um
[38:27] we could have
kind of a
[38:32] ask the village board or report up to
the village board and just see if they
[38:35] have any feedback
and ask
[38:38] the legal team what that might look like
in a ordinance and how much that might
[38:42] cost. I don't know if we can authorize
the cost for an ordinance or if that has
[38:46] to go through public hearing at plan
commission also. I'm not sure where it
[38:50] lies in ordinance or if the village
board I mean obviously the village board
[38:54] would have to approve an ordinance
change also.
[38:56] » I guess to add to what I already saying
I I would like to first hear the like
[39:01] the legal
piece of that and for them to be able to
[39:05] share with us
maybe addressing some of what Penny's
[39:09] saying does that then apply to
all these other things that could happen
[39:13] that somebody could say, "Oh, you know,
their dried grass because it's 4 ft tall
[39:18] is flammable and you know."
So I think to get some guidance from our
[39:23] legal
folk would be first step. I don't I feel
[39:26] like
the village board might have the same
[39:29] kind of debate and discussion as we will
and come to similar
[39:34] kind of conclusions. So I feel like
we're the park rec and forestry group
[39:37] they want us to come up with a
recommendation and I feel like we can do
[39:41] that.
Um so I but I would think I would first
[39:44] just like to see what a legal
Okay.
[39:48] » Yeah, I I I feel the same way.
>> Yeah, I feel like let's
[39:51] let me tie this all together
and um I can address the
[39:56] the ordinance part of things in the memo
as well and you know, present the whole
[40:00] thing to the board. I think I feel like
that they would just say the same thing
[40:04] that let's get more information, you
know, when it comes to that ordinance
[40:06] part of things and
and then
[40:09] to at the village board meeting we will
have legal present as well. So if
[40:13] there's any outlying questions that
happen, you know, during that discussion
[40:17] they can chime in at that point. So, um
if everybody's good with it, then that's
[40:21] what I'll do. I'll get I'll just
continue to get information on what that
[40:25] ordinance looks like and what that
entails and
[40:28] you know, if they feel like
this is a a good thing to try and force,
[40:32] you know, to try and force through is is
just see what their general
[40:37] temperature is.
[40:41] » Okay. Other direction for Shawn on next
steps here.
[40:49] Okay. All right. If nothing else, then
it looks like we'll get some more
[40:53] information again and
and
[40:56] it's good it's a spring treatment um
time frame cuz we have some more time to
[41:02] figure out how this um might look for
us.
[41:06] Yeah. Thank you, Charlie.
Anything else on this item?
[41:11] All right. Then we can move to uh Shady
Grove Park update.
[41:16] » Yeah, Shady Grove is done uh with the
exception of we're still working through
[41:20] some electrical things um just to get
power
[41:24] into the shelter and then power to the
AED. There is currently not an AED in
[41:28] there yet, but that's because we we
don't have power in there. That that
[41:31] that that will be addressed here in the
next week or so and so then the park
[41:35] will be completely finished and
ready to roll. So, we're in a good spot.
[41:42] Happy that this one's done.
>> I drove by the other day and there were
[41:46] about four families there playing, so
it's great. Um questions for Shawn on
[41:50] Shady Grove Park.
[41:53] All right. Then we'll keep moving to the
Juniper Fields Parkland update.
[41:58] » So, had some initial discussion with uh
Strand and Blake from Park Architecture
[42:03] um for the Juniper Fields and um
it it's looking like we will
[42:12] yeah, the September meeting, Blake will
be here and we'll start to talk about
[42:15] how that lays out and what we like with
that. So, he was pretty encouraged by
[42:20] what was there um and what they designed
kind of we want to maybe tweak some
[42:26] spots and maybe try and extend some some
green space as much as we can into the
[42:30] hill kind of over by the pool, but um
overall I think we're in a we're in a
[42:34] great place.
So, something to look forward to for
[42:37] that budget meeting which will be in
September, but we'll we'll bring Blake
[42:41] in and and kind of hammer that out.
[42:45] » Great questions on the Juniper Fields
Parkland.
[42:51] All right, then we'll keep going um item
eight discuss and consider Outlot five
[42:56] signage. There are a couple of mock-ups
and quote estimate in the packet.
[43:05] » Yeah, just let me pull that up quick so
I can
[43:08] share the renderings with you.
[43:15] Okay, I think Amy's on too, but we
talked about this a little bit at
[43:20] previous meetings
and um let me just share, hopefully,
[43:26] share the two items that we came up
with.
[43:33] There we go.
[43:39] Okay, so this was the first option.
Um
[43:43] I don't know if I can make this any
bigger.
[43:46] Um let me let me Can I clarify, Shawn,
is that the one that's considered the
[43:50] larger sign?
>> Yes. Let me let me let me do the let me
[43:53] try this
real quick to get you a better picture.
[44:05] » While he's doing that, I'll just say
that um um
[44:10] the verbage that's being used on the
sign is something that I put together
[44:15] based on what I found through the
historical society, what I know, you
[44:20] know, personally and from the neighbors
in that neighborhood,
[44:24] um
and I tried to make it something that A,
[44:28] Shawn and I discussed how the sign
should look so that it looks like other
[44:31] signs, you know, in our village, but
also um I wanted to make sure that it
[44:37] touched on the history of Cottage Grove
and more specifically the Fading Horse
[44:42] Farm that was there, but also touched on
the conservancy and the different
[44:48] wildlife that we have here in the
village and
[44:52] you know, that makes their home in that
area.
[44:58] » So,
as you can see in your screen, this is
[45:00] the larger of the two signs. I'll just
show you quickly the smaller.
[45:05] Um I really really I think Amy did a
great job with this and I really like
[45:10] how this particular sign lays out um in
comparison. It's a bigger sign, so this
[45:16] this sign would be um in size compare
comparison to uh the one at Bakken Park
[45:22] or our larger parks, our larger park
signs. We have two different size signs.
[45:27] Take uh Red Hawk, that is that is more
like it's even it's a little bit smaller
[45:31] than that, but um the one that I like is
is it's going to be the larger sign. And
[45:37] I just think it laid out really well. I
like the colors.
[45:40] Um one thing I just want to make sure
we're okay with Horseshoe Park um in
[45:44] calling it that,
um
[45:46] but also just looking for a
recommendation. Uh I did put the two the
[45:51] two costs in there. Um let me pull that
up. I don't remember what that was off
[45:57] the top of my head.
>> 1,800 and 2,200.
[46:00] » Yeah, 1,800.
Yeah.
[46:03] So.
>> And Horseshoe Park obviously is an odd
[46:07] to the Fading Horse Farm, but also where
that Outlot is specifically is the shape
[46:12] of a horseshoe.
[46:17] That does work out perfectly.
>> Do you want a motion, Shawn?
[46:21] » Yeah, just
Uh, the smaller sign is 18 18. The
[46:25] larger sign is 21 93. Just so that
that's
[46:27] » Yeah, they're they're pretty comparable
in price, but I like the layout of the
[46:30] larger sign. It's easier to read from
from the road.
[46:34] So, my motion would be to go with the
larger sign.
[46:38] » Second.
>> Motion motion and second. Um, further
[46:42] discussion.
Um, what does the
[46:48] budget look like for that? Or I think
maybe some people might have been
[46:52] interested in contributing or how does
it look?
[46:55] Um.
Or would this be something that we'd
[46:59] build into the budget for next year and
install next year? I guess is
[47:03] » Those are the two options. Yeah, I
currently I don't have $2,000 laying
[47:08] around to do this right now. Um, I
thought there was some talk of possibly
[47:12] donations, but if we don't have that
this year and and if we if we purchase
[47:17] it we're looking at about 8 weeks to get
it. So, either
[47:21] we try and do it in donations or it is a
budget proposal for for next year, which
[47:26] I don't think that a $2,000 budget
proposal is going to be a big deal.
[47:34] » Do we want to add on to the
motion or just give Shawn direction from
[47:39] here on how we want to
work work on it?
[47:43] » Do the Amy, is has there been any
push for conversations about donations
[47:49] for the sign?
[47:53] » Um, I do have a neighbor that is willing
to
[47:58] um donate some money. I was not sure on
the pricing of the signs.
[48:04] Um
so I can't I can't give you a dollar
[48:08] amount, but I think that they would
throw in a good amount
[48:13] toward that.
So
[48:16] » Yeah.
>> Um even if we could get half of it
[48:21] I I haven't posed it to the neighborhood
yet because we hadn't
[48:26] chosen the sign, but I feel like there
would be people in that neighborhood
[48:30] willing to donate.
I could be wrong, but I know for sure
[48:33] one of them has agreed to yes.
>> Yeah, I mean I'm one of your neighbors
[48:37] and I probably would donate like 500
bucks to this
[48:40] um just because it is really nice.
Uh but knocking on people's doors, I'm
[48:44] sure we would we would get donations,
but if we sit on our heels the village
[48:49] will pay for it next year, so.
Kind kind of the way to look at it.
[48:55] Can Can you remind me and then the other
thing was I I forget where we were going
[48:58] to place this.
>> Yeah, I don't think we came up with an
[49:02] exact location, but I believe inside the
sidewalk.
[49:05] Um just inside the sidewalk is where
what I would recommend, you know, a few
[49:09] feet off so somebody doesn't hit it on a
bike or scooter, but then also not so
[49:13] far in that it obstructs the green
space.
[49:15] And I would rather not put it on the
between the sidewalk and the curb.
[49:19] That's just it's more likely to be
damaged, snow plow, whatever in there,
[49:24] so.
That's That would be what my thought
[49:26] would be. Somewhere kind of Amy, I don't
know if you thought differently, but I
[49:29] thought like somewhere right smack dab
in the middle, you know, between the two
[49:32] houses on the on each side of it.
Um
[49:35] that's what I envisioned.
>> Between the
[49:40] Oh, no.
Cuz I thought when you and I first
[49:43] talked
I don't think that's a good place only
[49:46] because there's so many kids that go
there and play
[49:50] they have running baseball games there
and kickball games. And so that would be
[49:54] kind of in where they play. So I was
thinking more toward the curve.
[50:00] » I think we're we're talking about the
same thing, but I just I'll bring it up
[50:03] here quick.
>> Okay.
[50:04] » Just so that everyone
>> Probably cuz I know you and I went over
[50:07] it and you put it where I would have put
it.
[50:14] Maybe that is more toward the middle.
>> Yeah.
[50:16] » it is kind of toward the
[50:19] I think they got it.
>> I I don't know if we can place it
[50:22] between the curb and the sidewalk.
Then it would be an obstruction if a car
[50:26] would hit it.
>> No, the curve c u r v e
[50:29] curve curve on the curve on the on the
turn on the
[50:34] » Yeah, right where that cursor is.
>> Yeah, and I the A you what I was say I
[50:37] don't know if you can see my cursor, but
I was thinking like somewhere
[50:40] » Yep.
>> in this area here. So it'd be between
[50:42] the between the sidewalk and the trees.
So not on the in the park row or in the
[50:46] terrace. You know, somewhere in this
vicinity right here. It is a single
[50:50] sided sign, so it would be facing the
street as opposed to you know,
[50:54] perpendicular to the street. So that's
kind of the location that I was
[50:57] » what I That's exactly what I was
thinking. Right there is I was saying
[51:01] curve not curb.
>> Yep.
[51:02] » c u r v e, so yes, on the curve. Yes.
Yep.
[51:07] » So do now that we've kind of picked a
design and is it everybody is good with
[51:13] the
>> We can vote on that.
[51:14] » Oh, we haven't voted yet.
>> Right, we haven't voted on that part. Do
[51:17] we want to add something for the
for the budget to that motion?
[51:21] » a question?
>> Oh, yes, Penny, go ahead.
[51:24] » Okay, so excuse my ignorance. I have not
been to this Dayton Natural Area, but
[51:30] what you're showing on screen, do people
go in there and walk around?
[51:37] Is that true? Is are there paths and
things for people to walk?
[51:41] » No, there's there's an ATC clearance. It
is not a path. There's not paths back
[51:46] there. That is a
That is incorrect.
[51:51] » So
my question then is
[51:55] naming it Horseshoe Park to me park
suggests a place that I can go
[52:02] and do park things.
Um
[52:07] I love the nod to the Horseshoe. I think
that part is awesome, but I'm just
[52:12] thrown a little bit by the park. And
again, I haven't been into this
[52:15] wonderful area, so
>> Horseshoe open space. I I mean it is
[52:20] people use it as an open space park.
Like they play, like I said,
[52:25] pick up kickball games and
they've go and hit some golf balls and
[52:30] they
I don't know. We We fly kites out there.
[52:37] » And people do use it for recreation
then.
[52:40] » Yeah.
>> It's good.
[52:42] » Yep.
>> I think and just to clarify Penny your
[52:45] question that it's the part that's mowed
or the green space
[52:49] is like the park area, but the
conservancy is like 20 acres, right?
[52:53] It's like that whole big area behind
that that that's not really accessible.
[52:58] » Yeah.
[53:01] » Yeah, this this whole area, if you can
see my cursor, this whole area is
[53:05] considered Dayton and it is dedicated
parkland. So in our in our parks and
[53:11] open space plan it is even outlot five
is considered parkland. So we could call
[53:16] it a park if we can call it whatever you
want, but we could rightfully call it a
[53:21] park.
>> And so maybe I don't know if you were
[53:24] thinking this maybe I'm assuming this
Penny, but what you're saying is if we
[53:27] name it a park, it's a park and people
are in it
[53:30] that's okay.
And that they can use it somehow.
[53:36] Is that where you're kind of going or am
I reading into that?
[53:39] Like if I I to start walking back in
that 20 acres I can do that because it
[53:43] says it's a park.
[53:47] » I might be confused if I looked at the
list of Cottage Grove parks and I went
[53:51] there and where's but
Again, I'm not familiar. This is I know
[53:56] um
you know
[53:59] this is a a project that
Amy is driving and Kevin lives by it.
[54:05] I'm just not familiar enough with the
with the acreage to know
[54:11] if park's a good name for it or not.
[54:16] » Yeah, I mean from what I understand it's
it's a Faden I mean it's a park but it's
[54:20] more a natural area.
Um you know, is park the right word for
[54:25] it? I don't know. Is natural area a
better word for it? Horseshoe natural
[54:28] area?
It's a lot of lot of verbage. Calling it
[54:33] a park is fine. I mean we have multi we
have multi-use spaces.
[54:39] » I'm sorry, Kevin.
>> Yeah, no, it's fine.
[54:42] Yeah, we have multi-use spaces and this
is just one giant multi-use space for
[54:46] the kids in the neighborhood to play
ball or frisbee or whatever.
[54:53] » It's if you imagine like
[54:58] like a kickball field
that's the size that that general area
[55:03] is. That's the widest area.
And so like I said
[55:09] you know people go there and hit golf
balls, they go there and fly kites and
[55:16] but it's only that one
space.
[55:21] Like it doesn't it's not it's big enough
for a kickball field, it's not big
[55:26] enough for anything else. You can't play
kickball and fly a kite.
[55:30] Um
it's just an open space but that whole
[55:35] area is called Faden Natural Area. And
Faden Natural Area runs from
[55:41] you know, the post office to Outlot 5
all the way down to
[55:47] um Overby
uh Taylor Prairie Taylor Prairie School,
[55:52] yeah. I mean, it's it's that whole area.
So, Outlot 5 is one
[55:58] lot within Faden Natural Area.
>> So, would it would To me, it makes
[56:04] better sense to call it
Faden Conservancy.
[56:09] Um part I believe, you know, part of all
of this process is to maybe
[56:15] take Faden out of everyone's thought
process as to something that's
[56:18] developable if that's a correct way to
say that. So, to me, if we if we call it
[56:23] Faden Conservancy
it that to me, that just means like it
[56:28] is what it is and this is what it's
going to be. I don't disagree with
[56:31] Penny. If we start calling it a park, do
do people then expect us to treat it
[56:36] more like a park and develop it like
>> So, then it would it Yeah, so then it
[56:40] could be Faden Conservancy and Horseshoe
Natural Area.
[56:48] » Yeah, I think we definitely don't want
to give the impression that people
[56:51] should come and
hike through all of these woods.
[56:56] Cuz we're not Yeah.
That's kind of what we were trying to
[56:59] avoid a little bit.
>> Right.
[57:03] » Well, although it does say on the sign
something, "Please keep to the open
[57:07] space."
>> Okay, that's a
[57:10] that is a good
Yeah, if we can pair the naming with
[57:15] that the I think
>> Yeah.
[57:17] » Or enforce it, yeah.
>> Or if you can somehow think we're just
[57:20] renaming Outlot 5. It's not going to be
called Outlot 5. It's going to be called
[57:24] something else, and that might be
Horseshoe Park.
[57:28] Because if we say Faden Conservancy,
then that's the whole area. Where if we
[57:32] say Horseshoe Park, it's just the area
that's mowed.
[57:37] But I mean, as far as a park, we don't
really have There's no
[57:41] we don't have to develop park parkland.
We can just kind of leave it, too. So.
[57:45] » We can. It's just more about the about
the appearance of what that's going to
[57:49] be. And it would
even if we were to develop it, Outlot 5
[57:54] would be part of the park. So, I think
we could call the overall area Staden
[58:00] Conservancy and call it
good.
[58:04] You know, if everybody's okay with that.
Amy?
[58:06] » I'm fine with that.
>> I'm fine with that, too. Can I just One
[58:09] more thing. Um what do we call
the woods behind the composting site?
[58:14] » Oaken Gate.
>> Is it called what?
[58:17] Oaken Gate Park or just
>> It is Oaken Gate Park. Yeah.
[58:20] » Okay. So, we do name that up there.
Nobody That's not something that we do
[58:24] anything with other than
>> Yep.
[58:27] The only difference is that in my mind
would be the availability
[58:31] the the availability to develop Oaken
Gate. We can't really develop because
[58:36] it's all trees. Staden, we could develop
that if we wanted to. So, that's why I
[58:40] like I like the conservancy part of
things. And if you guys are good with
[58:45] that, then I can I can have them redo
the proof and we can I can bring that
[58:49] back in September. We can talk about
that and then maybe between now and
[58:53] September Amy can have an idea of what
we're looking you know, what we might
[58:57] have donated for that and make a
decision as to purchasing this year or
[59:00] next year.
>> Good compromise. I like it.
[59:04] » One thing on the sign, I was wondering
if
[59:07] someone wanted to donate, do we
Like I've seen in other places like a
[59:12] little plaque that says this bench was
from this family. Like, is that
[59:17] something that we would want to put on
the bottom of the sign? Like
[59:22] » Yeah.
>> Like the the Murphy family or
[59:24] » Yeah.
They do a really nice job of we could
[59:27] create like a a another hanging sign off
of the bottom.
[59:31] And then that could be you know sign
donated by and you know whoever is on
[59:37] there would be
memorialized. Yeah, since this is a
[59:40] one-sided sign you could just put a
plaque on the backside of it too.
[59:44] Yeah.
I like that I mean if we're going to do
[59:46] it I like the idea of making sure that
people can see that as well. You know so
[59:49] let's let's memorialize the donors and
get them out there for if that's what
[59:53] we're going to do. So I can I I will add
that it'll probably increase the cost a
[1:00:00] little bit but I will add have them add
a donor panel to that a small donor
[1:00:04] panel. Like do we have any idea
how how many people we think would be on
[1:00:11] there? Like that cuz that's going to
decide the size of that sign.
[1:00:15] I mean we Amy do you think we're talking
a handful excuse me a handful of
[1:00:19] families or 30 families?
>> I can't that would donate.
[1:00:24] » Yeah.
>> I can't honestly answer that. I only
[1:00:28] know
of the one and you probably know who I'm
[1:00:31] talking about that specifically said
>> Sure.
[1:00:34] » that
he would donate a good chunk of it.
[1:00:39] » Well
>> So again that was before I knew I think
[1:00:41] I threw out like $1,200 to him
because I did not have any idea what the
[1:00:46] sign would cost but I figured it would
at least cost that. So
[1:00:51] » Six thousand
>> know. It has It has only been
[1:00:56] discussed in like what ifs at this
point.
[1:01:00] » So
>> But the last time I went to that
[1:01:02] particular guy he specifically said yes
I'm still in.
[1:01:06] » So I think that
um
[1:01:10] I don't think it's going to change the
cost significantly but maybe between now
[1:01:14] and um
the next one the next meeting we can
[1:01:17] figure out who those people might be and
then I can get you know Amy if you can
[1:01:21] do that in the next couple weeks, um you
know, just whoever's interested, and
[1:01:26] tell me who that is, I can just I can
have that sign created
[1:01:29] uh along with the proof pretty pretty
quickly.
[1:01:32] » So,
[1:01:37] » So, it might be um partially village,
partially donation-funded, so then that
[1:01:41] would be built into next year's budget,
kind of installation in the spring. Is
[1:01:46] that kind of a timeline that we think
could be
[1:01:49] » depending on what what is if we how many
funds we collect donate I mean, that I
[1:01:54] could have some some enough money left
over in the budget to do it this year
[1:01:58] depending on how that looks. And I will
100% know that
[1:02:02] after we decide what, you know, if we
have any donors.
[1:02:06] » Okay, so it looks like we have enough
direction on the funding, um and we have
[1:02:09] a motion and second to approve the sign.
We did make the slight change in
[1:02:14] Conservancy.
Um
[1:02:17] Is there other any other things that I
didn't capture in that, or are we any
[1:02:22] other comments or questions before we
take a vote?
[1:02:29] All right, hearing none, all those in
favor of the signage, say I.
[1:02:34] » I.
>> I.
[1:02:36] » I. Any opposed? Any abstained?
Motion carries. Thank you for
[1:02:43] the work on that, Amy and Sean.
>> Amy did it all.
[1:02:47] Not all of it, most of it.
>> And that historical
[1:02:50] » I did it.
Yep.
[1:02:53] The Historical Society,
um Paula Sieversen helped uh get me in
[1:02:58] touch with people through the historical
society, but yes, there were
[1:03:04] I love the praise, but I didn't do it
alone.
[1:03:09] » All right, great. Thank you.
Um item nine then is discuss uh
[1:03:13] Fireman's Park master plan, which
um there is another memo in the packet.
[1:03:20] Um
There's some some various things we have
[1:03:24] to consider when looking at this park.
So, Shawn, if you want to
[1:03:27] go over that memo.
>> Yeah.
[1:03:29] Um
again, another lengthy memo, not quite
[1:03:32] as bad as the first one. Um during the
festival, we with help we kind of
[1:03:38] noticed that
the driveway
[1:03:40] road going through the the park is in
pretty bad shape and it's really kind of
[1:03:45] starting to heave in spots. So,
rather than just look at
[1:03:52] fixing those individual spots, I just
wanted the committee's thoughts on do we
[1:03:57] want to look at a bigger picture when it
comes to Fireman's Park. And so, I I
[1:04:02] kind of gave you a few options here.
Um
[1:04:07] so, the memo outlines uh addressing the
condition of the driveway that runs
[1:04:10] through the park. Um it's kind of it's
definitely outlived its useful life and
[1:04:15] we should consider whether the
appropriate approach is to repair,
[1:04:18] um completely replace the driveway or
take the opportunity to
[1:04:21] overall look at the park. Um so, option
one is evaluate and repair, replace the
[1:04:26] worst sections. So, we would we would
look at look at what's there
[1:04:31] the overall
all of the driveway and identify the
[1:04:34] sections that were the worst in the
poorest conditions and only only those
[1:04:38] areas in dire need of repair or
replacement would be addressed.
[1:04:42] Um
obviously, this would be the least
[1:04:44] expensive the least expensive option and
it would extend the useful life of the
[1:04:48] driveway without making a significant
investment. Um however, this approach
[1:04:53] does not address underlying conditions
the entire of the entire driveway or
[1:04:57] provide opportunity to make broader
improvements. So, one of the underlying
[1:05:01] conditions that we deal with is the
waterline that goes through there. It's
[1:05:04] extremely low. It's only
six
[1:05:07] maybe a foot maybe a foot down below.
Um it's not it's not in great shape and
[1:05:13] so that would be something that we
wouldn't address in in this.
[1:05:18] Um, option two
um uh the exi- the existing driveway
[1:05:23] would be
would be removed and replaced in its
[1:05:25] entirety. As part of that project, we
would also recommend addressing related
[1:05:29] infrastructure needs including storm
water management, ADA compliance, and
[1:05:34] improvements to the existing water
service.
[1:05:36] Um, it's a larger investment um than
than repairing only the worst sections,
[1:05:41] um but it would provide a long-term
solution and allow the village to
[1:05:44] address several infrastructure needs at
the same time.
[1:05:48] And option three is just doing a master
plan. Um, just kind of really looking at
[1:05:52] the park. There aren't We don't have a
ton of options there. Um, in things that
[1:05:56] we could do.
Um, one that I that I really liked and I
[1:05:59] kind of spelled that out as option three
um would be to re- relocate the
[1:06:03] concession stand, the restroom
concession
[1:06:06] um area, create kind of like a two-story
press box facility,
[1:06:11] um and we we we could move that to where
the current red shed is.
[1:06:16] Okay? So, remove the red shed from that
area and then relocate that red shed
[1:06:21] somewhere
closer to the vicinity of where the
[1:06:24] existing um
existing hamburger stand is. So, whether
[1:06:30] that be right in that location or maybe
you know, it could be down the tree line
[1:06:34] a little bit closer. All that all that's
up to be decided. Um, but the good thing
[1:06:39] about that is is that we could reuse
that building. So, it could be
[1:06:43] disassembled and then reassembled
um in a different location. Obviously,
[1:06:47] we need new concrete to put down there,
but um you know, I I we don't like the
[1:06:51] flow of what that provides right now,
but it was the only option obviously
[1:06:55] when it was built. So, putting that our
storage facility kind of right in the
[1:06:59] middle of the ball park and right in the
middle of all the traffic areas isn't
[1:07:03] optimal, but
um
[1:07:06] it's it's it's just what we have to deal
with. So, if we were to go that route,
[1:07:10] those would be the the the changes that
I would suggest.
[1:07:14] Um
don't have costs on any of this stuff
[1:07:16] cuz I wanted to get your your guys's
opinion on this before we moved moved
[1:07:20] anything forward. And this could
possibly, depending on the direction we
[1:07:23] go, it's either a budget proposal in the
in the simplest form if we just take
[1:07:28] care of the problem areas for next year,
or it's a bigger picture item if we go
[1:07:32] option three and go, you know, like and
where that fits into the financial
[1:07:37] management plan, I can't tell you that.
So,
[1:07:41] um ultimately, uh I just wanted to get
your your thoughts on this and which
[1:07:45] direction you guys would like me to
move.
[1:07:51] » And
>> before anybody jumps in, option three,
[1:07:53] that is just It was just something that
I pulled out that we're not locked into
[1:07:57] anything. I mean, there could we if if
option three is what you wanted, we
[1:08:01] would definitely investigate this
further and make sure that that was, you
[1:08:04] know, the direction that we wanted to
go. In
[1:08:07] um in talking with Blake, he kind of
looked at the overall park and, you
[1:08:11] know, the farther we get line shelter,
nothing that we need to do there. The
[1:08:15] shelter's in great shape. It's old, but
it's in it's in really sound shape. And,
[1:08:19] you know, I wouldn't Moving the
playground uh we we like the playground
[1:08:22] where that's at. So, rest of the park I
I I think I don't think we'd touch.
[1:08:27] That's all I got.
[1:08:32] » Okay.
[1:08:35] Uh did you think to talk to the festival
chair and see if any of these ideas
[1:08:40] would be intrusive to the festival?
>> Negative.
[1:08:45] » No.
Um
[1:08:47] the sh- the shed is is nice where it is
cuz it's kind of in the back corner.
[1:08:52] At some point, the hamburger stand's
going to have to get replaced.
[1:08:56] Um
when that happens, does it need to be
[1:08:58] there?
Uh there were talks of taking the
[1:09:02] Oldtimers Pavilion and leveling that and
building something nicer there,
[1:09:05] something like what we had at Bakken
Park.
[1:09:08] Um, two-story so that people can kind of
observe the field and stuff like that.
[1:09:14] Issue,
Fireman's Park is called Fireman's Park
[1:09:18] because the fire department owned it.
Years ago it was donated to the village
[1:09:23] for a dollar in lieu of maintenance and
repairs.
[1:09:26] Uh, as far as the Fireman's Festival
goes,
[1:09:30] it used to be this great big thing and
it's had to shrink over time because of
[1:09:34] things that were done in this committee.
I'm fortunate enough to say and I don't
[1:09:38] want to get on that soapbox and reap it,
but we used to have a old-fashioned
[1:09:41] horse pull for almost 60 years and we
can't have it anymore because there's a
[1:09:46] retention pond where the horse pull was.
Um,
[1:09:52] talking about leveling the shelter,
talking about moving a shed and putting
[1:09:58] it right where our beer tent is.
Uh, I don't like talking about it until
[1:10:03] the festival's done.
Uh, the thing that we need to do for
[1:10:06] safety's sake is to repair the sections
that are damaged. It would be nice just
[1:10:10] to replace all the asphalt.
And then, who knows, 5 10 years from now
[1:10:15] when the festival's over, if it is over
at that time,
[1:10:19] to look at building a bigger or larger
shelter and putting it closer to the
[1:10:23] field. Uh, maybe looking at paving that
whole area back there where the beer
[1:10:27] tent goes for parking, something like
that.
[1:10:30] Uh, but like I'm tasked with carrying
the festival for the next five years and
[1:10:35] who knows, someone might want to pick it
up after that. Um, I got five more
[1:10:40] years, we'll get it get it to 100, but I
really want Cottage Grove to retain the
[1:10:44] ability to keep a festival going.
Uh, and then moving the moving the food
[1:10:49] shelter or the food stand on the back
side of the backstop,
[1:10:54] people are going to have to walk from
where the beer tent is all the way over
[1:10:58] to the far corner to get any food. It's
I'm I'm not for it.
[1:11:03] I I would like to see the asphalt fixed
at minimum and maybe the driveway redone
[1:11:07] at best. But as far as a master plan
goes, I don't know how you talk about
[1:11:11] that
uh until after the festival's done.
[1:11:21] » I think it's very valuable that you're
on this committee coming because I think
[1:11:26] uh
having that perspective and that area is
[1:11:29] really important. So, I appreciate your
um
[1:11:32] you're being on the committee and
uh
[1:11:35] because we like to I mean, that's
exactly why this is on the agenda so we
[1:11:39] can talk about um you know, what
we want to make the right Yeah.
[1:11:46] right um decision for all the users of
the park. So, I think um you know,
[1:11:50] that's why it's here so we can talk
about it. So, thank you.
[1:11:56] Other thoughts?
[1:12:00] » So, I was when I read it, Sean, thanks
for providing us with that.
[1:12:04] Um
you know, obviously cost and I don't
[1:12:07] know what and this is we're talking
about for next year, right?
[1:12:11] » Correct.
>> Um
[1:12:12] » Correct.
>> So, you'd have to get the TBDs to be
[1:12:16] actual dollar amounts for us to consider
what direction we want to go with that.
[1:12:22] » Correct.
Um
[1:12:25] you know, so my first thought was you
know, number two because if you you
[1:12:27] know, all of that stuff needs to be done
anyway and it's you know, it feels like
[1:12:32] that
you know, obviously option one is the
[1:12:35] the cheaper route, but it it's going to
be needing to be readdressed sooner than
[1:12:39] later the rest of the pieces found in
option two. Is that fair to say?
[1:12:43] » Yes.
>> So, I just rather
[1:12:46] do that
if if it's somewhat cost effective to do
[1:12:51] that. So, that was my thought. I was
>> Option I'm sorry, Jay. Option two?
[1:12:55] » Okay.
>> Um and then
[1:12:58] the only other thing I had was
for as long as I've been on here, I've
[1:13:02] heard about the hamburger stand and how
it's fallen apart and it wiring is
[1:13:08] unsafe and it's not ADA accessible and
at some point I think we need to
[1:13:13] move that forward sooner than later.
Um
[1:13:16] but
that
[1:13:19] doesn't have to be in this option.
>> And I think we can we can select more
[1:13:24] than one option here, too.
>> Right. I was just going to say I'm
[1:13:27] trying to come up with a variation.
>> Yeah. So, I mean, whether that's option
[1:13:30] one or we just And so, just I just today
um
[1:13:35] looking at option one, what we're I just
got this from Kyla, we're looking at
[1:13:39] roughly 35,000 to replace the There's
two
[1:13:43] » So, that's significant.
>> two large areas. So, 35,000 to replace
[1:13:48] that. And again, that is just fixing the
blacktop that that is there. Um option
[1:13:53] two we'll have to dive into that cuz
that's obviously under some underground
[1:13:57] stuff. Um and and we can and we can do
either option one or option two and
[1:14:02] still look at master planning option
three because again, this has to be
[1:14:06] inserted, you know, this is likely a
very high dollar amount. Um so, this
[1:14:11] would need to be inserted in the finan-
financial management plan. And right
[1:14:15] now, I think, you know, just for
example, I think the Heidi you can help
[1:14:18] with this, but I think the community
park shelter isn't has been punted until
[1:14:22] like 2030.
So, you know, where this is going to
[1:14:26] fall into that plan, you know, we could
be talking 20 years before this actually
[1:14:29] gets funded. Um to So,
obviously the the the quickest fix is to
[1:14:34] do either one or two.
>> Yep.
[1:14:36] » And two, you know, if if one is 35,000,
two's got to be
[1:14:41] » Double that.
>> double at least.
[1:14:43] » Okay.
>> Um and that's
[1:14:46] And again, I can investigate that and we
can look at what that looks like. It's
[1:14:49] going to take probably some money to do
that to get Strand involved and really
[1:14:52] look at, you know, are we talking about
curbing and you know, what are we what
[1:14:56] are we all or we or you know, would be
included in in doing the infrastructure
[1:15:00] stuff. So again, absolutely get a better
price for that.
[1:15:06] » Right. And if we're adding curbing and
things like then that's going to be
[1:15:11] storm water calculations and
um
[1:15:16] » Yeah, I mean I like to
um
[1:15:19] because we're getting a lot more done,
but I honestly think doing just the
[1:15:22] option one would be better.
Cuz if we start doing curbing and then
[1:15:26] have to do storm water retention and all
these other things
[1:15:30] » It's a lot of money.
>> it's going to take up the space that the
[1:15:32] festival uses as far as the beer tents
go. As far as where the fencing goes,
[1:15:37] where the rides go, where where
everything
[1:15:40] we we put a lot into a small area now
since we lost that whole area across the
[1:15:45] street. Uh and I I I liked I like seeing
the pickleball courts over there. I like
[1:15:51] seeing the tennis courts. I like seeing
that park finished. But it does squeeze
[1:15:55] us into the kind of the area that we
use. So squeezing us even more with
[1:16:00] um something that's going to be
impossible. It's going to end up killing
[1:16:03] the festival and I don't want it to do
that.
[1:16:06] Um
we we just want the asphalt fixed,
[1:16:08] honestly.
[1:16:12] » And
the Yeah, the the intention it's not the
[1:16:17] intention of any of this to affect the
festival. One one iota.
[1:16:22] Um I did have a conversation with the
the fire chiefs just about whether we
[1:16:27] need even need that through road through
there, whether that needs to be there.
[1:16:33] Um and according to the the fire chiefs
it does need to be there. And and I'm
[1:16:37] not 100% sure,
but it some of it is that it's platted
[1:16:42] that there's a street through there. So,
if you go on Google, it says it's a
[1:16:45] complete through street. So, there could
be
[1:16:48] you know, the village could replat that
and that might change things, but right
[1:16:53] now it is considered a through street
there. So,
[1:16:56] um
Yeah,
[1:16:59] again, just options in what we're doing.
Option three is the pie in the sky type
[1:17:04] of a scenario and obviously several
years down the road. What the only
[1:17:08] difference between two and three or one
and two is how much are we going to
[1:17:13] stick into the infrastructure
underground and does that affect option
[1:17:17] three?
You know, because we've stuck let's just
[1:17:20] say $100,000 into this and then if we
decide down the road to move it and do
[1:17:25] things different, have we wasted that
money? I don't think that we have, but
[1:17:29] it's just what I want you guys to think
about.
[1:17:35] » Thanks, Shawn. So, it kind of looks like
maybe we need to just firm up option
[1:17:41] one's
cost. Yeah.
[1:17:46] » Do we Do you want me to investigate
option two's cost? So, that would be
[1:17:50] replacing all of it
um and then doing some infrastructure
[1:17:55] improvements as well.
[1:17:59] » I mean, maybe if Strand I don't want
Strand to spend a whole time a lot of
[1:18:03] time on it initially. Like, do they
think we'd need to make
[1:18:07] more storm water retention just like a
very high level general like if we
[1:18:13] really do all of this, are we going to
have to make more ponds? Is it going to
[1:18:16] like significantly affect the footprint
of what we have currently? I I guess
[1:18:22] that might just be interesting
information to know before they do like
[1:18:25] a whole deep dive into like real
hard costs.
[1:18:29] » And I think that we can get general
answers from either just Kyla on that.
[1:18:33] Like, are we talking an additional storm
water pond for this? I can't believe
[1:18:37] that we are because we're not
we're not adding any impervious surface
[1:18:41] to it. Um right now any water that
collects just runs off to the side. So,
[1:18:46] they would push it through a you know a
storm sewer likely. I'm not a storm
[1:18:50] person storm water person but likely
into the pond that is already there.
[1:18:54] But, I think I can get some answers on
that and general numbers without a whole
[1:18:59] lot of cost any cost being incurred.
So, if that's if you guys are good then
[1:19:05] do you want do you want to insert a
master plan into the overall picture?
[1:19:12] Not that we have to make that decision
now but do you want me to investigate
[1:19:15] that for the future that you know maybe
next year we at budget time or financial
[1:19:20] management plan time we we insert that
into it or do you want to just leave
[1:19:24] that alone completely for now?
>> I would be okay talking to you about it
[1:19:28] as far as the festival
aspects go so that we don't
[1:19:33] kill the festival.
And Kevin, that's never that's never a
[1:19:37] part of this.
>> I No, no, no, no. You've said that like
[1:19:39] three times now and I do I I just want
to be clear that nothing is going to
[1:19:43] happen down there without approval of
everybody involved.
[1:19:46] » I I fully understand but if a shed gets
put where the beer tent goes, if the
[1:19:50] hamburger stand gets removed and moved
down closer to the backstop, it all
[1:19:54] affects the festival. So, just so I'm
saying that.
[1:20:00] » Um maybe in the interim it might be I
don't know if we can
[1:20:07] if we should put it on an agenda or if
it's just asking like um outreach to the
[1:20:12] stakeholders in the So, we got fire and
festival and hometown and MG baseball
[1:20:21] like kind of the stakeholders of the
park.
[1:20:24] Um maybe
>> Hm? Pickleball group that was part of
[1:20:29] the park.
>> Right. Across the street but
[1:20:32] um
kind of get those
[1:20:35] um stakeholders together to see if
there's like cuz that I mean
[1:20:41] like I've heard the hamburger stand
situation has been talked about forever,
[1:20:45] and so by not
investigating how much it's going to
[1:20:49] cost, we're just going to keep talking
about how
[1:20:52] it's
like needs to be replaced. So
[1:20:57] » Well, I can tell you right now that it's
working
[1:21:00] fine enough for festival.
But I I would like to see something
[1:21:04] nicer
like what we have at Backen Park.
[1:21:09] But we have to be careful at how we do
that and when we do it so that we don't
[1:21:13] remove something and leave something not
there when festival happens.
[1:21:18] Or if we put a date on it are people
going to think that's going to be the
[1:21:21] end of festival? So
we just got to be careful.
[1:21:25] » Right, and you know, MG baseball, too.
We don't want to be doing something like
[1:21:30] right in the middle of their season and
um
[1:21:34] and what their needs are if they wanted
to contribute some portion for what, you
[1:21:38] know, if they needed some extra space on
it that
[1:21:44] it would just be interesting to hear
from stakeholders like how how we can
[1:21:49] recommend to the village board when to
put in anything any funding toward that
[1:21:55] if if they would like to. I don't I
guess get their input and bring it back
[1:22:01] to us and we can help
pass a recommendation and
[1:22:07] up if we want to add something to the
next
[1:22:11] financial management plan, but in the
meantime, it seems like just doing this
[1:22:15] necessary driveway work is kind of
>> Yeah, we we just wanted the asphalt
[1:22:19] fixed. This does not have to be an
opportunity to make a master plan.
[1:22:23] And on the flip side of that, I don't
want to just fix it and not have people
[1:22:28] have an opportunity to look about look
at other changes. So, I you know, I
[1:22:33] don't disagree with that at all and
and great point about the stakeholders
[1:22:38] um
and and getting you know, if we were to
[1:22:41] go to the master plan level, absolutely
would I would include MG into that and
[1:22:46] as well as all the chiefs that were in
there. So, we wouldn't do anything you
[1:22:49] know, like in the master plan wouldn't
be a master plan until it's approved by
[1:22:53] all of the folks that are involved. And
I just yeah, to get something out of the
[1:22:57] district I you know, I don't know that
that's going to happen, but we I I would
[1:23:00] definitely want to ask them because
uh like Kevin Connor, you know, he want
[1:23:04] he wanted to see like a uh
a locker room space so that the kids
[1:23:08] could shower and change and things like
that and you know, that's a huge
[1:23:11] building as opposed to just a concession
stand, you know, with with a few
[1:23:15] bathrooms or whatever. So, um I think we
can you know, we can do one or two and
[1:23:20] still look at three down the road. You
know, if that's what you want to do. If
[1:23:23] you don't want to even look at a master
plan, we don't have we don't even have
[1:23:26] to address that. I just wanted you guys
to have the all the thought you know, as
[1:23:30] many thought processes as we could
before we
[1:23:33] put money into something.
[1:23:37] So, am I hearing
um
[1:23:40] investigate option two more
and just see what that looks like
[1:23:45] uh an approximate cost
with option two? I mean, we know roughly
[1:23:50] option one is a roughly 35,000 to
replace a couple of those really bad
[1:23:54] spots, but then we're you know, we throw
in the infrastructure that's going to
[1:23:58] change that. So, is that what I'm
hearing? Check on two.
[1:24:01] » Yes, I think
>> Okay.
[1:24:02] » Heidi said it well is that there's no
cost
[1:24:05] » Right.
>> associated with that. So, that's
[1:24:07] important. And so, just yeah, let's see
and I think it is important to maybe
[1:24:12] back to Kevin's point to learn is like,
oh, you're going to need to put in
[1:24:15] retention ponds and things like that. Um
you know, that
[1:24:19] that's a little bit more involved than
just replacing the asphalt and I would
[1:24:23] then probably lean just towards doing
replacing the asphalt, but
[1:24:27] good to have the information.
[1:24:34] » You think you'll be able to have that
for budget so we can consider adding
[1:24:37] that? Okay, great.
>> I think we can.
[1:24:40] I definitely, yep.
>> Okay.
[1:24:42] » I see no reason why we can't I I can't
have that for budget time.
[1:24:46] » Great. Thank you.
Any other thoughts on um
[1:24:49] on then Fireman's Park?
[1:24:54] All right, then uh we'll move to item
10, director's report.
[1:24:59] » All right, cool. Um fall winter guide is
out now.
[1:25:03] Um new classes, special events, and
department information there. So, if you
[1:25:08] haven't had a chance to download that,
please do.
[1:25:10] Um our flag football
unfortunately has started. It's all good
[1:25:15] and bad at the same time cuz I mean
summer's over, but
[1:25:17] um that's where we got 15 15 teams um
with grades K through eight. We got a
[1:25:23] few young ladies playing this year, not
as much as not as many as I'd like to
[1:25:27] see, but we are getting some more
um participation
[1:25:31] um from girls in our flag football
program. Um
[1:25:35] we've added some new enrichment classes
this fall for both adults and youths
[1:25:38] youths. Did I just say youth? Youths.
[1:25:44] Um we're we're trying out a a company
called Kid
[1:25:48] um Sci or excuse me, Club Sci Kids,
which will be offering uh geology,
[1:25:53] fossils, and rocks at Granite Ridge. And
we're we're going to be doing some 3D
[1:25:58] printing offerings at Glacial Drumlin.
So, we're we're excited to to do some
[1:26:03] new opportunities and those are
definitely areas that we are not
[1:26:06] covering right now. Um we added three
classes for our watercolor with Betty,
[1:26:11] which that that was just amazing. The
first one filled immediately and we had
[1:26:14] a waitlist um and interest and that
continues to grow. So, we actually when
[1:26:19] I left we were doing a watercolor
class at at MSB now.
[1:26:24] Um, we've also partnered with um,
Lindsey at
[1:26:27] Expressively You in Deerfield do offer
some monthly canvas painting classes and
[1:26:32] some pop-up art programs.
Um, back by popular demand is our puzzle
[1:26:36] exchange competition.
Um, we're partnering with the puzzle
[1:26:39] company for an event um, with the theme
being I love Wisconsin. So, dress in
[1:26:44] your favorite Wisco team swag gear,
whatever thing cheese heads and badger
[1:26:49] colors. So, more information on when
that date is. Um, we just uh, last week
[1:26:53] we had our fourth annual community night
out. Um, was a was a good big success.
[1:26:58] We had incredible wea- weather.
Um, with good vendors there cotton candy
[1:27:03] and more. Um, chamber helped us a ton
with that so we appreciate their work
[1:27:07] and con- continued support from Rugby
for hosting the movie again this year.
[1:27:11] So, this year I don't know if you're
down there but we put the movie um, on
[1:27:15] the competition side so on the east side
east field and folks were able to sit in
[1:27:19] the bleachers and watch the movie from
there or they could sit on the field as
[1:27:22] well. So, we had a good turnout. Um,
tomorrow night Rockin' and Bockin'
[1:27:28] um, Nirvana. We got um,
sponsored thankfully from Lauf and Berg
[1:27:33] Lawn Care as well as Strand.
Um, it's the band is Nirvana. So, it's a
[1:27:38] 90s cover band. So, hopefully, you know,
Jay will don some um, some flannel and
[1:27:45] um, get down there. Music is from 6:00
to 8:00. It's supposed to be a beautiful
[1:27:48] night. Um, we got food like five food
trucks are scheduled to be there. We'll
[1:27:51] see actually how many show up. Um, and
then the Lions Club will be there
[1:27:55] selling malt beverages.
Um, so we're excited for that tomorrow
[1:27:59] night. That that should be a lot of fun.
Wear your flannel. Heidi, you got lots
[1:28:02] of flannel?
>> Yep.
[1:28:03] » Yep. Okay.
Um,
[1:28:05] on the park side um, staff has been
helping with uh, helping James and doing
[1:28:10] some pruning and clean up, aerating and
overseeding our sports field. Um we've
[1:28:14] had some irrigation head issues that
we've been taking care of, creating the
[1:28:18] flag football fields,
um doing some tree watering at Shady
[1:28:22] Grove, and then also we I don't know I
think I may have told you about we there
[1:28:27] was a commercial shot at Backen Park at
the Wheels Park
[1:28:31] um
two or three weeks ago.
[1:28:33] Um they were shooting a commercial for
hacky sack, believe it or not.
[1:28:37] Um so we kind of cleaned things up and
we got rid of some the wood chips that
[1:28:40] were in the entrance area and we put
stone in there because that's just a
[1:28:44] it's a huge maintenance issue, but um
James has been out uh doing a lot of
[1:28:49] pruning
throughout the village. We got a an
[1:28:52] extensive list from the post office
about trees that are hitting postal
[1:28:56] vehicles, and so we're kind of trying to
attack some of that stuff.
[1:29:00] And we're kind of getting ready to get
cranked up for the winter when we when
[1:29:03] we're really out doing a whole ton of
pruning.
[1:29:07] I think that's all I got for now.
[1:29:11] » Not going on. Thanks, Shawn. Any
questions for Shawn on his report?
[1:29:18] All right. And then we'll move to item
11, future agenda items. So we'll have
[1:29:22] um Juniper Fields Parkland,
and we'll have budget.
[1:29:27] Does that kind of sum up
major items?
[1:29:31] » Uh we'll have the sign,
uh Zayden sign. We'll bring that one
[1:29:35] back. And then was there one other one?
>> Oh, the cottonwood tree.
[1:29:39] » Cottonwood tree, yep.
>> Yep. So cottonwood legal
[1:29:43] things about that. Um
Anyone else have anything else for next
[1:29:48] agenda?
[1:29:51] All right. Then uh we'll be back
uh to our regular schedule um
[1:29:56] Thursday, September 24th.
[1:30:02] All right. If there's nothing else then
all we have left is item 12.
[1:30:07] » Motion to adjourn.
[1:30:10] » I'll second.
>> Motion and second to adjourn. That's
[1:30:13] non-debatable. All those in favor say
aye.
[1:30:14] » Aye.
>> Aye.
[1:30:16] » Aye.
>> Thanks so much everybody for the good
[1:30:19] conversation this evening. I appreciate
it. Hopefully, we'll see you tomorrow at
[1:30:22] back in.
[1:30:27] » Recording stopped.