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1. Director St. Clair distributed a copy of the 2013 annual report for the Parks Department to the Board members. He thanked Mr. Bradley for putting it together. He gave the members a synopsis of the highlights. 2. He explained that several years ago the department did a land swap in Voorde Park. A section of land on one end of the park was sold to Hoosier Tank for their expansion. A section on the other end of the park was given to parks from District 11 Little League with the understanding that it might be used for a special needs little league diamond or diamonds there or elsewhere. To date we haven't been able to do this because of the difficulties in obtaining the land to build"Miracle Park". He felt that they are becoming disappointed with the inability to do this and wanted to show good faith by donating $3,000 to the Challenger Little League from the proceeds of the past Blues and Ribs concerts. He has been working with Attorney Greene to make the payment. She said that there is no underlying agreement in place to allow the payment. She is putting together a purchase agreement for the land that would include the payment. Mr. BonDurant made a motion to approve the payment of$3,000 to District 11 Little League for the purchase of the land adjacent to Voorde Park subject to the contract stating that. Ms. Hill seconded the motion and it was passed. 3. Director St. Clair remarked that recently the Maintenance Department participated in Rebuilding Together and Communiversity Day in various parks in conjunction with Notre Dame. He thanked all involved. 4. He commented on recent violence that was linked to various parks in news reports. The actual violence was not in the parks. He wanted to reassure the Board that Park Police are patrolling the parks and that they are keeping an eye on activity in the parks that may be suspicious. IX. Comments by the Golf Operations Director 1. Mr. Nowacki reported to the Board that dogs and dog walking in the golf courses has become a problem. It is mostly a problem at Elbel. People are walking or running dogs on the course during play. He is concerned that the dogs and owners could be injured. Attorney Greene was going to look into what penalties could be levied based on the ordinance. 2. He requested permission to levy a $5/person service charge if food and beverages are brought in from an outside vendor or source. Golf staff would still need to be present to serve the food or beverages and this would offset the loss of revenue from not buying food and beverage through the concessions. Mr. BonDurant made a motion to approve the outing charge for outside food and beverage for both Erskine and Elbel. Ms. Hill seconded the motion and it was passed. President Goodrich expressed his objections to the charge, stating it would discourage outings from coming to our courses. 3. He informed the Board that aerifying will take place at the end of April and beginning of May. 4. Three greens at Erskine are in danger of needing to replace half of them due to the - - 4 - -