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MINUTES OF THE USER COMMITTEE MEETING <br /> November 17, 2000 <br /> 10:00 -11:30 am in the Parr Room of the Education Center <br /> Present: Bill Hirsh, Jim Denker, Tim Rhay, Renee Grube, Charlie Warren, John Crane, Scott <br /> Landgreen, and Pat Bonney. Arnold Hultberg arrived at 10:20 am. Absent: Jarvis Gomes, Jeff <br /> Lankston, Mitzi Colbath, and Teri Higgins. <br /> 1. Review of Minutes. Comment on minutes by Jim Denker. With regard to the field paint, <br /> Sheldon was the first field painted and had 2 coats put on at full strength. Jim said for the <br /> remaining schools, the paint was diluted and only one coat was put on. That worked much <br /> better. <br /> 2. Update on Remaining YSP /Stadium Construction. All is substantially complete. There <br /> will still be punch list items to be taken care of. The rest rooms will be open all the time. They <br /> will only be locked when fields are locked. <br /> 3. Update on Bleachers Acquisition. The District has gone out to bid twice and both times <br /> bids came in over budget. We are about to try for a third time. Fund raising continues: <br /> Corporate donations so far amount to about $10,000 per region. Other sources : <br /> - Beverage venders (4J gets some funds) $320,000 <br /> t of - Board must decide regarding commercialism <br /> - Contingency still has some funds that could be used for bleachers <br /> - Coke/Pepsi contract will provide funds <br /> 4. Update of fields Use this Fall. Jim Denker reported the new fields got lots of usage and lots <br /> of requests. At South there were 6 -7 soccer teams and 3 football teams. Varsity teams got top <br /> priority. Everyone who used the field liked it. No reported injuries to knees, ankles, shins, or <br /> heads. Heard many positive comments and concession sales were up. More people (students, <br /> families, & alumni) came to games than ever before. Younger kids would come to games and <br /> go play in the sports parks if they got bored. <br /> Arnold Hultburg shared a memo from some of the Sheldon Area Neighbors on how the new YSP <br /> and field affected them, personally. Many of the "problems" mentioned got ironed out as the <br /> season progressed. It appears that a few neighbors are sabotaging the perimeter gate /locks <br /> system by purposely unlocking gates during events (after the coach has locked the gate). The <br /> purpose of having them locked during events is to prevent people from parking on Norwood. <br /> Bill Hirsh suggested this be taken up at a Neighborhood meeting. Arnold suggested having a <br /> security person man the gate the first half of the game to train & educate neighbors & others. <br /> Regarding the twisted metal left near the ball diamond that was mentioned in Arnold's memo, <br /> Bill will ask Teri Higgins to have the contractor remove it and also the contractor's sign. <br /> t re Regarding the discuss ring, Jim Denker will ask Mike Olson to check out the concern that a <br /> good male thrower could land his discuss inside the new field. <br />