MEMBERS PRESENT: Marty Drury, Chairman; Steve Wolfe, Vice-Chairman; Commissioners Doug Arrowsmith (arrived 7:35 p.m.), William Mazzara (arrived 7:20 p.m.), Bette Nasholm, John Parks, Bill Terian
ABSENT: Commissioner Bob Schwartz
ALSO PRESENT: Bill
Serchak,
Chairman Drury called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
It was determined that a quorum was present.
Commissioner Nasholm moved, Commissioner Parks
seconded to approve the minutes of August 15, 2005 as presented. Vote unanimously carried.
Chairman Drury stated the following correspondence was received:
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Information from Michigan Skate Parks, LLC, with
locations in
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A letter, dated May 2, 2005, from a
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Greenways Initiative, Green Forum IV, to be held
on October 5, 2005 at the
- Email from Oakland County Fiscal Services regarding a list of grant opportunities offered by Federal, State and various Foundations.
There was no public present.
An Easement Agreement would be submitted with the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) Grant Application, which grants an easement from the Huron Clinton Metropolitan Authority (HCMA) to the Township for the purpose of trail construction, use, operation maintenance and repair.
The Township Board at their meeting of August 17, 2005
postponed the naming of the Milford Recreational Trail in order to verify that
the HCMA and
The Commissioners discussed the open skate event to be
held in Central Park in
TOWNSHIP PARKS & RECREATION LOGO COMMITTEE
It was reported that the Township Board has approved the logo and the Commission could use the logo for various events with the permission of the Supervisor. Commissioner Terian stated that he discussed legally protecting the logo with Mr. Donald Green, Township Supervisor. Mr. Green responded that he would review the matter with the legal counsel.
The Commissioners discussed at length the purchase of a banner for use at various future functions that the Commission could be involved in. It was determined that Commissioner Wolfe would pursue obtaining price quotes on a 3’x3’ banner and report back to the Commission.
The Commissioners discussed obtaining shirts and other clothing with the logo on them for use at various Parks & Recreation functions. Commissioner Arrowsmith presented the logo on Compact Disc (CD) to be stored at the Township Office.
FUTURE TOWNSHIP PARKS
Commissioner Terian reported that the Land Acquisition Criteria Committee (LACC) would be meeting on Tuesday, September 20, 2005.
There was no new information reported about possible park locations at the Garrett Development, southeast corner of South Hill and Maple Roads or the DTE property, Cooley Lake and Duck Lake Roads.
ADOPT-A-ROAD (RCOC)
Commissioner Mazzara reported that the Parks & Recreation Commission has received approval from the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC). He said he would attend a mandatory training session at which trash bags and vests would be issued. He felt a spring and fall cleanup would be sufficient.
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COMMUNITY PICNIC UPDATE
Commissioner Parks and Commissioner Mazzara reported that the picnic to be sponsored jointly between Township and Village Parks & Recreation Commissions would be Saturday, October 15, 2005 in Central Park. It would begin at 3:00 p.m., with food, children’s games, prizes, a pumpkin hunt, inflatable bouncers and face painting. A movie would be shown on an inflatable screen, which was purchased by the Village. They asked for all Commissioners to volunteer for the event.
COMMUNITY CONTACTS/ORGANIZATIONS LIST
Commissioner Terian reported that he has created a list of community contacts, which could be added to. They discussed using the list for an information/announcement fan out and a volunteer database and felt that emails should come from the Township. Commissioner Terian agreed to maintain the list. Chairman Drury said he would discuss use of the list with Supervisor Green.
VILLAGE PARKS
& RECREATION LIAISON
Commissioner Parks agreed to replace Chairman Drury as the liaison to the Village Parks & Recreation.
COMMISSION VACANCY
Chairman Drury announced that Lewis Tripp has resigned as Commissioner, which creates a vacancy. He asked the Commissioners to direct anyone who might be interested to speak with Supervisor Green.
NEW BUSINESS
SECRETARY APPOINTMENT
Chairman Drury announced the Commission needed a new Secretary to replace Mr. Tripp.
Commissioner Nasholm moved,
Commissioner Arrowsmith seconded to nominate
Commissioner Terian as Secretary for the remainder of
the year. Vote unanimously
carried.
2006 BUDGET
Chairman Drury stated that Supervisor Green has requested the Commission to recommend an amount for use as the Parks & Recreation budget for 2006, based on events they plan to be involved in. The Commissioners discussed various expenses they might incur.
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Commissioner Mazzara moved,
Commissioner Arrowsmith seconded to recommend a
budget of $6,000.00 for 2006. Vote
unanimously carried.
COMMISSIONER’S COMMENTS
Commissioner Parks mentioned a disc golf tournament to be held in Camp Dearborn and asked if the Commission would like to be involved.
NEXT MEETING
Monday, October 17, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in the Milford Police Conference Room.
ADJOURNMENT
Chairman Drury adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m.
Charter Township of Milford,
Bill Terian,
Secretary