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SOUTH BEND BOARD OF PARK COMIVHSSIONERS REGULAR MEETING MARCH 21, 2011 The Board of Park Commissioners of the Park District of the City of South Bend, Indiana met on Monday March 21, 2011 at the O'Brien Administration&Recreation Center, 321 E. Walter St., South Bend, Indiana for its regular meeting. Notice of the date,time and place of the meeting were duly given as required by law. Park Board members present were as follows: Mr. Robert Henry,President Dr. Thomas Kelly Mr. Garrett Mullins Park Board members absent were as follows: Mr. Robert Goodrich,Vice President Staff members present: Phil St. Clair, Superintendent; Bill Carleton,Fiscal Officer; Betsy Harriman, Administrative Director; Susan O'Connor,Recreation Director; Randy Nowacki,Director of Golf Operations; Terry DeRosa,Zoo Director; Richard Payton,Development Director;Matthew Moyers, Special Projects Manager;Paula Garis, Special Events Supervisor;John Walczewski, Softball Commissioner; Cheryl Greene,Acting Park Board Attorney I. The meeting was called to order by Board President Robert Henry at 4:04 p.m. II. The first order of business was the interviewing of interested citizens. 1. Mr. Joseph Kernan, of the South Bend Silver Hawks baseball team,reported to the Board regarding the status of the improvements to the stadium and the upcoming season. The season will open in three weeks and construction is ongoing. The new artificial field is being installed. He is confident they will be done by opening day. Due to this,the Notre Dame game will be moved to campus. He thanked the City Administration,Park Staff, and the Park Board for their support during the whole process. 2. Mr. Jonathon Geels of Keep South Bend Beautiful informed the Board that his organization had 200 hours of volunteer service last year doing clean ups in parks. They participated in"Parking Day", an international event. In April they will participate in Keep America Beautiful Month,National Landscape Architecture Month, and National Volunteer Month. Their kick off clean up will be April 16. A design charrette will held at the Zoo April 30. They will have a kiosk at the East Race regarding the hydro electric power project. III. The next order of business was unfinished business. 1. Request to Award Chemical and Fertilizer Bids opened at February Meeting-Randy Nowacki Mr.Nowacki requested that the Board award the chemicals and fertilizers bids that were opened at the February regular meeting based on his recommendations. - - I - -