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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK <br />KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK <br />PARC COMMITTEE <br />Committee Members Present: <br />Other Council Present: <br />Others Present: <br />NOVEMBER 14, 2016 4:20 P.M. <br />Randy Kelly, Dr. David Varner, Oliver Davis, John <br />Voorde, Citizen Member John Mazurkiewicz <br />Karen White, Jo Broden, Regina Williams- Preston, <br />Tim Scott, Gavin Ferlic <br />Kareemah Fowler, Joseph Molnar, Michael <br />Passavoir, Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand <br />Agenda: Aaron Perri and Mic Perry — Venues, Parks and <br />Arts Dept. Update <br />Committee Chair Randy Kelly called the meeting to order with one (1) item on the agenda. <br />Aaron Perri and Mic Perry — Venues, Parks and Arts Dept. Update <br />Aaron Perri, Venues, Parks, and Arts Department, 321 East Walter Street, South Bend, IN, <br />served as presenter of this update. He stated that Elbel Park was closed for the season, which <br />allows for the opportunity to replant and replot the course. This is an effort to reinforce <br />ecological diversity, but also to reduce much of the maintenance cost. He also explained that <br />they would most likely be including the name "Preserve," playing to the ecological - <br />environmental theme. He updated the Committee on the First Tee of Michiana which was <br />officially presented to the PARC board. He stated that it was about getting more youth into golf <br />and making it a more sustainable sport, long -term. This is primarily to take place at the <br />Studebaker golf course. Mr. Perri informed the Committee that there would be personnel <br />changes to ensure long -term business success of the operation. TJ Mannen is returning to his old <br />post as Golf Pro, "his bread and butter," from the post of Director of Golf which he'd taken on <br />ten (10) months prior. This allows them to bring in someone of substantial experience in business <br />development. <br />Karen White asked Mr. Perri where his department was in the post- budget process of <br />reorganizing staff. Mr. Perri responded that the Venues, Parks, and Arts Department has twelve <br />(12) positions posted, mainly in experienced divisions, and that currently there is no timeline on <br />455 County-City Building • 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard • South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Phone 574- 235 -9221 • Fax 574- 235 -9173 • TDD 574 - 235 -5567 • www.SouthBendIN.gov <br />JENNIFER M. COFFMAN ALKEYNA M. ALDRIDGE JOSEPH MOLNAR <br />CHIEF DEPUTY/ CHIEF OF STAFF DEPUTY/ DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK <br />