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Mr. Goodrich made a motion to approve the minutes of the regular Board meeting held on March 19, 2012 as mailed. The motion was seconded by Ms. Hill and approved. VII. Approval of Maintenance Vouchers A motion was made by Mr. Mullins to approve maintenance vouchers for March 2012 totaling $1,091,172.40. It was seconded by Ms. Hill. There being no further discussion,the motion was passed. VIII. Business of Director St. Clair 1. Director St. Clair informed the Board that the Botanical Society memorandum of understanding isn't ready to be presented yet. Several small changes need to be made to the final language and he hoped the memorandum of understanding would be ready at the next meeting. 2. He distributed the meeting minutes of a meeting held with the Rotary Club,Notre Dame, and Wightman Petrie. It was about the project at Howard Park for the Rotary's 10011 anniversary. It listed potential upgrades in the park. 3. The annual Tree Give Away will take place this week end and City Forester,Brent Thompson,will be giving away 330 trees to celebrate the 15`1 consecutive year the City has been given the Tree City USA designation. 4. The three major projects that are ongoing are work at Coveleski,the Conservatory, and Voorde Park. 5. In partnership with the Community Foundation and Mr. Richard Pfeil, a splash pad at Potawatomi Park is planned. A $50,000 grant is being applied for from the Indiana Department of Tourism. He distributed information on the grant. 6. Also,we are working with the Center for History and the Historic Preservation Commission. We are digitizing the records from the City Cemetery. Scanners have been procured and volunteers will be recruited to scan the thousands of records. 7. Director St. Clair distributed copies of the activity reports the Mayor's office requests on a biweekly basis. IX. Comments by the Recreation Director 1. Ms. O'Connor reported that the recent Mom-Son Dance was held two weeks ago and was sold out with 381 participants. 2. The Leeper Tennis Center opens this Saturday. 3. Ball diamond reservations started April 2. 4. 140 teams have registered for softball leagues thus far. 5. The O'Brien Fitness Center had 6,201 visits to the fitness center and 1,548 participants in group fitness classes during March. 6. The Blues and Ribs Fest planning is ongoing at the new venue. X. Comments by the Interim Zoo Director 1. Ms. Arriaga announced that an amur leopard arrived from the Audubon Zoo as part of a breeding loan. - - 3 - -