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Park Board Agenda – 7/11/2012

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BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING
KEVIN WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS
ROOM 301, CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012
12:00 NOON

AGENDA

1.CALL TO ORDER

2.MINUTES June 20, 2012

3.CONSENT AGENDA
a. Request Re: Execute Agreement with J.H. Rudolph & Co. Inc. for Parking Lot
Improvements to Helfrich Park, State Hospital and McDonald Golf Course. – Boberg
b. Request Re: Approve and Execute Landscape Maintenance License with John Matzen for
NE Corner of Vann Park. – Boberg
c. Request Re: Approve and Execute Landscape Maintenance License with Madeleine Schmitt
and Sharon Burke for Median at Corner of Alvord Blvd. and Washington Ave. – Boberg
d. Request Re: Execute Agreement with Eco Logic, LLC for Invasive Species Mapping and
Management Plan for Wesselman Woods and Howell Wetlands. – Boberg
e. Request Re: Approve Participation by Swonder Ice Arena with the Easter Seals
Rehabilitation Center Safe Halloween Coupon Book. – Crook
f. Request Re: Approve and Execute Independent Personal Trainer Agreement with Jenny
Madden for Swonder Fitness Center. – Crook

4.OLD BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Approve and Execute Certificate Regarding Disbursements for Costs of Issuance
for the Parks Refunding Bonds. – Johnson
b. Request Re: Approve and Execute Supplemental Easement Agreement with Fligeltaub for
Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage. – Boberg
c. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement with Blankenberger Brothers Inc. for
Additional Work for the Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage. – Boberg

5.NEW BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Approve Budget Transfers and CIP Reprioritizations. – Boberg
b. Request Re: Any Other Business the Board Wishes to Consider and Public Comments.

6.REPORTS
a. Denise Johnson, Executive Director

7.ACCEPTANCE OF PAYROLL AND VENDOR CLAIMS

8.ADJOURN

Stay COOL at Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden

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Visit Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden for some cool summer fun even when the temperatures are hot. Explore your way through Amazonia, Indiana’s own indoor world class South American tropical rainforest and visit with the jaguars, howler monkeys, and several other animals. The temperature in AMAZONIA is always in the low 70’s. Stop by the Rainforest Grill and grab a frosty treat such as soft serve ice cream, frozen beverages, or a cold R.C. product to take with you while you enjoy trekking through destinations such as Africa and Asia. Children will enjoy splashing in the Entry Plaza fountains in order to cool off in the summer sun. There are also bumper boats and paddle boats to take out and enjoy on the water. Both the Kley Building and Discovery Center are air conditioned and have exciting exhibits to enjoy while cooling down. Don’t let the summer heat deter you from a cool Zoo adventure!

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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This feature is sponsored by Chris Walsh For Vanderburgh County Clerk. Chris Walsh is a veteran county administrator that strongly supports our local law enforcement professionals . Chris is a candidate that possess a non-partisan attitude with a consumer friendly demeanor. Chris also stands against unification of city and county governments.

This ad paid for by the committiee to elect Walsh Clerk, Kelly Walsh, Treasurer.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, July 05, 2012.

Jasper Hibbs Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman – Class C Felony

Febrick Hill Possession of a Synthetic Drug – Class D Felony

Trafficking with an Inmate – Class A Misdemeanor

Johnny Jackson Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman – Class C Felony

Strangulation – Class D Felony

Criminal Confinement – Class D Felony

Stephen Luckett Theft – Class D Felony

(Two Counts, Habitual Offender Enhancement on both Counts)

For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Carly Settles at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at csettles@vanderburghgov.org.

Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.

SENTENCE CHART

Class

Range

Murder

45-65 Years

A Felony

20-50 Years

B Felony

6-20 Years

C Felony

2-8 Years

D Felony

½ – 3 Years

A Misdemeanor

0-1 Year

B Misdemeanor

0-180 Days

C Misdemeanor

0-60 Days

Mayor Winnecke to Tour LST 325

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EVANSVILLE, IN – On Monday, July 9, 2012, at 10:45 a.m. Mayor Lloyd Winnecke will tour the LST 325
with Chris Donahue, a member of the USS LST Ship Memorial Board of Directors. Mayor Winnecke will
discuss the current status of the ship with LST 325 board members and crew. He was invited to tour the
ship after a recent negotiating session with Donahue to discuss the city’s future relationship with LST
officials. Media representatives are welcome on the tour.

Putting us all On the Dole: An article about the Federal Government Destroying a Culture of Responsibility

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Excerpts:

“One in seven of all Americans is now on food stamps, but that’s not enough for the bureaucrats at the Department of Agriculture. They’re determined to increase that number, and to do that they must eliminate the “mountain pride” of certain Americans, who value personal responsibility and independence above all else, and get them on the government dole. It’s something like ethnic cleansing, or would be, if the feds mocked the pride and culture of any other ethnic group, whether in the mountains, valleys, flatlands or somewhere else.”

” A vigorous breed, hardy, assertive, individualistic, thrifty, trained in the democracy of the Scottish kirk, they were the material out of which Jacksonian democracy was to be fashioned, the creators of that western type that in politics and industry became ultimately the American type.” Just the sort of material, you might say, to frustrate a community organizer with illusions of hauteur.”

“SNAP has put out a brochure it calls a “tool kit,” which is shamelessly insensitive, since a tool kit suggests “work,” and this goes athwart the pride of the dole, which the feds are attempting to substitute for pride in the mountains. A section of the tool kit called “Common SNAP Myths” tells how important the feds think it is to reach people who have “beliefs” and subscribe to “myths” that make them reluctant to live on relief with charity from strangers.”

“The Daily Caller reports that the food-stamp agency has dispatched agents to overcome mountain pride with parties and games, and CNN reports that over the past four months, the agency has spent nearly $3 million on radio commercials soliciting Americans to sign up.”

““I think it’s a deep problem,” he tells the Daily Caller, “when [federal] officials think it is their duty to overcome ‘mountain pride’ or the American sense of independence and individual responsibility.”

“Neither the senator or anyone else begrudges helping the hungry or helpless; indeed, it’s a Christian’s duty, as a Scots-Irishman would readily concede. But destroying the culture that tamed the frontier and shaped America will be beyond the power and ability of a messiah from Chicago.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/6/pruden-putting-us-all-on-the-dole/?page=all#pagebreak

Detroit Entrepreneur to Replace Blighted Homes with Tree Farming Operation

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Excerpts:

“Three years ago, financial-services entrepreneur John Hantz proposed converting as much as 10,000 acres of vacant private and city-owned property here into the world’s largest for-profit urban farm, restoring swaths of land to the tax rolls and changing the face of Detroit’s blighted East Side.”

“Separately, the city approved last week a Michigan State University initiative to explore the viability of a $100 million urban-agriculture research center in Detroit that could span as many as 100 acres.”

“Large-scale farming in Detroit still faces a number of legal, political and logistical challenges, including concerns about soil quality, the price of the land and the impact on neighbors. The land sale also needs formal approval from the mayor and the city council.”

“Detroit has more than 200,000 vacant parcels—almost half of them residential plots—that generate no significant tax revenue and would cost more to maintain than the city can afford. Finding new uses for this land has become one of the most pressing challenges for a city that lost a quarter of its population in the past decade.”

“Mr. Hantz proposes to ease that burden by buying about 2,300 parcels and planting oak trees, then maybe fruit orchards and hydroponic vegetables. The hardwoods could be harvested and sold within a decade to customers looking for young trees, according to Hantz Farms.”

Detroit “cannot create value until we create scarcity,” Mr. Hantz says. “Large-scale farming could begin to take land out of circulation in a positive way.”

“Hantz is offering only $300 a parcel, one-tenth of what city officials wanted. It has agreed to clear the land and demolish as many as 200 structures—at an estimated cost of more than $2 million, offset in part by tax credits and state assistance—before beginning to pay roughly $60,000 a year in taxes on the land.”

LINK to Article

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304898704577479090390757800.html?KEYWORDS=detroit

Winnecke Visits Farmers Market: Official GAGE Press Release

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Contact: Abby Elpers MEDIA RELEASE
Marketing Communications Manager July 6, 2012
Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville
Ph: (812) 401-4243

Mayor Winnecke Visits the Market
Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau Farmers’ Market

EVANSVILLE, IN (July 6, 2012) – At 10:00 a.m. Mayor Lloyd Winnecke will visit the Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau Farmers’ Market in Downtown Evansville – Located between Second and Sycamore Streets. With record high temperatures forecasted again today Mayor Winnecke will visit with market participants selling fresh produce, flowers, herbs, handmade crafts, and baked goods.

The Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau Farmers’ Market takes place every Friday in Downtown Evansville from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. through September 28th.

BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS: 7/11/2012 Meeting Agenda

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BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING
KEVIN WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS
ROOM 301, CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012
12:00 NOON

AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. MINUTES June 20, 2012

3. CONSENT AGENDA
a. Request Re: Execute Agreement with J.H. Rudolph & Co. Inc. for Parking Lot
Improvements to Helfrich Park, State Hospital and McDonald Golf Course. – Boberg
b. Request Re: Approve and Execute Landscape Maintenance License with John Matzen for
NE Corner of Vann Park. – Boberg
c. Request Re: Approve and Execute Landscape Maintenance License with Madeleine Schmitt
and Sharon Burke for Median at Corner of Alvord Blvd. and Washington Ave. – Boberg
d. Request Re: Execute Agreement with Eco Logic, LLC for Invasive Species Mapping and
Management Plan for Wesselman Woods and Howell Wetlands. – Boberg
e. Request Re: Approve Participation by Swonder Ice Arena with the Easter Seals
Rehabilitation Center Safe Halloween Coupon Book. – Crook
f. Request Re: Approve and Execute Independent Personal Trainer Agreement with Jenny
Madden for Swonder Fitness Center. – Crook

4. OLD BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Approve and Execute Certificate Regarding Disbursements for Costs of Issuance
for the Parks Refunding Bonds. – Johnson
b. Request Re: Approve and Execute Supplemental Easement Agreement with Fligeltaub for
Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage. – Boberg
c. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement with Blankenberger Brothers Inc. for
Additional Work for the Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage. – Boberg

5. NEW BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Approve Budget Transfers and CIP Reprioritizations. – Boberg
b. Request Re: Any Other Business the Board Wishes to Consider and Public Comments.

6. REPORTS
a. Denise Johnson, Executive Director

7. ACCEPTANCE OF PAYROLL AND VENDOR CLAIMS

8. ADJOURN

IS IT TRUE July 6, 2012

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Civic Center Sidewalks Well Watered During Drought

IS IT TRUE July 6, 2012

IS IT TRUE the people of Evansville have been officially put on notice that the conditions with local water due to the drought conditions are severe enough to merit that they are asked to conserve water?…this happens from time to time and that voluntary compliance to conserve in times that mother nature’s wrath creates unfavorable conditions is a time when people can pull together and build the character that comes from joint sacrifice?…that in such time we look to our elected leaders to set the example for the rest of us?…that this morning, the sprinklers at the Civic Center and in the public areas of downtown Evansville were all spraying water on grass, sidewalks, and streets as though we were living in Canada and water were not experiencing drought conditions?…if this is the kind of example and leadership that is coming from the City of Evansville that owns the water department then we are is one sorry situation?…the aristocratic model of you save some bread so I can have a feast has no place in a water shortage?…the City of Evansville and the Water Department employees who allowed these sprinklers to come on when everyone else is being asked to conserve ought to have some consequence?…that we suspect whomever is in charge simply did not have the presence of mind to even think to turn the sprinklers off?…that you get what you vote for?

The Green Green Grass of Government
IS IT TRUE that we have been asked whether or not the artifacts of Roberts Stadium that are being auctioned off by Wilson Auction were subject to an RFP process when the auction company was chosen?…we understand that one of the owners of Wilson Auction and Mayor Winnecke’s Chief of Staff Steve Schaeffer are great friends?…it would have been prudent if the auction company choice had been made as a result of competitive bidding?…it seems as though this may have happened as a result of someone having no presence of mind too?

IS IT TRUE that the “official” unemployment rate held steady at 8.2% for the month of June with the economy only adding 80,000 jobs?…the “official” underemployment rate is still hovering around 18%?…the problem with both of those numbers as pointed out in today’s Washington Post is that people who have used all of their unemployment benefits, are discouraged from searching for a job, or who have essentially gone underground and are working for cash are not counted?…the unofficial but more accurate unemployment and underemployment rate is thought by people in the know to be closer to 25% than any of the official reports dare to admit?…that a large number of people who used up the last of their benefits contributed to the flat “official” report of 8.2%?

IS IT TRUE that the Vanderburgh County Council is on a shopping spree?…they are considering purchasing the old EVSC headquarters building behind the green grass Civic Center and have approved the purchase of two new cars for the County Assessor’s office?…our County Council also approved two 10-year tax abatements for a new food-production business that MIGHT CHOOSE to come to Vanderburgh County?…we may just know soon whether or not our elected officials and their surrogates can actually buy a few jobs?