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SOUTH BEND BOARD OF PARK CONMUSSIONERS REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 12, 2011 The Board of Park Commissioners of the Park District of the City of South Bend, Indiana met on Wednesday October 12, 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 Mr. Robert Goodrich,Vice President Mr. Garrett Mullins Ms. Amy Hill Park Board members absent were as follows: None Staff members present: Phil St. Clair,Director of Parks;Bill Carleton,Fiscal Officer;Betsy Harriman,Administrative Director; Susan O'Connor,Recreation Director;-,Randy Nowacki, Director of Golf Operations; Laura Arriaga, Interim Zoo Director; Mike Dyszkiewicz,Maintenance Superintendent; Thomas Bodnar,Park Board Attorney I. The meeting was called to order by Board President Robert Henry at 4:01 p.m. II. The first order of business was the interviewing of interested citizens. 1. Mr. Marty Flavin and Ms. Meghan Hoser addressed the Board. They are film students at Notre Dame and were inquiring about using Howard Park as a location for a short film they are doing the week of October 24. After some discussion,the Board gave them approval to shoot their film in Howard Park. III. Potawatomi Zoological Society-Ms.Marcy Dean,Executive Secretary 1. Ms. Dean reported that the zoo train is still running and will continue to do so until the end of October. 2. Zoo Boo will be held in a week and a half. Preparations are underway. They are expecting 10,000 visitors over the three evenings. 3. Otter exhibit landscaping will take place this week. Sod will be replaced by rocks. 4. A list of events for 2012 is being prepared. Three events will be held on Zoo grounds, the Family Walk,Members' Picnic, and Zoo Brew. She will present a formal presentation regarding these events at next month's meeting. 5. She presented the final statistics for the Butterfly exhibit. There were 19,193 paid admissions, 2,077 unpaid, 274 passes, and 473 patrons that reentered. 6. Ms. Dean gave the Board a listing of zoo related expenses that the Zoo Society had paid during the year. Mr. Henry asked if she could send any further reports prior to the meeting. She said she would forward them prior to the next meeting. - - I - -