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Park Board Agenda – 12/5/2012

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BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING
KEVIN WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS
ROOM 301, CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012
12:00 NOON

AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. MINUTES November 21, 2012

3. CONSENT AGENDA
a. Request Re: Execute Agreement with Arc Construction Co. Inc. for ADA Improvements
at Golfmoor Park. – Boberg
b. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Suzanne Hill for Transcription
Services. – Hayes
c. Request Re: Approve and Execute Golf Professional Agreement with Dave English for
Fendrich Golf Course. – Johnson
d. Request Re: Approve and Execute Golf Professional Agreement with Dave McAtee for
Helfrich Golf Course. – Johnson
e. Request Re: Approve and Execute Golf Professional Agreement with Mike Wassmer for
McDonald Golf Course and Wesselman Par 3. – Johnson
f. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Oracle Elevator Co. for
Elevator Maintenance at Swonder Ice Arena. – Nadeau
g. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Jered Hemingway for Personal
Training Services at Swonder Fitness Center. – Nadeau
h. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Shane Hemingway for Personal
Training Services at Swonder Fitness Center. – Nadeau

4. OLD BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Recommendation on Quotes for Tepe Spray Park Equipment. – Boberg

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

6. REPORTS
a. Amos Morris, Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden
b. Denise Johnson, Executive Director

7. ACCEPTANCE OF PAYROLL AND VENDOR CLAIMS

8. ADJOURN

Service Roads Near Lloyd Expressway Targeted for Litter Clean-Up

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EVANSVILLE, IN – Clean Evansville volunteers will target areas around one of the city’s busiest traffic
interchanges during the monthly litter pick-up on Saturday, Dec. 1, from 9 to 11 a.m. The “Clean
Teams” will gather at locations near the Lloyd Expressway and U.S. 41 to collect litter along service roads
and through some neighborhoods south and west of the interchange.

Team 1 will be led by Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and David Herrenbruck from Fifth Third Bank. Team 1 will
start at the intersection of East Franklin and Canal streets. Team 2 will be led by First Lady Carol
McClintock and Ann Ennis from Ruth’s House. Team 2 will start at the intersection of South Kerth
Avenue and Sycamore Street. Team 3 will be led by Clean Evansville committee chair Timothy Weir from
Accuride. Team 3 will also start at the intersection of East Franklin and Canal streets.

The teams will move from the interchange west toward Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. They will meet at
the parking lot behind the Civic Center adjacent to the CK Newsome Community Center to deposit trash
collected during the clean-up. Clean Evansville partner Allied Waste will haul the trash to the landfill.

Keep Evansville Beautiful coordinates volunteers for the monthly clean-ups. Anyone interested in joining
or forming a team should contact Mike McGarrah at 425-4461.

USI Student Ceramics Sale is “one day only” this year

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The Art Department is holding its annual Student Ceramics Sale this year, but the sale will go on for one day only – from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, December 3, in University Center West.

There are also 100 bowls leftover from the recent successful Empty Bowls Evansville fundraising event. Proceeds from the sales of those bowls will go to the Tri-State Food Bank and United Caring Shelters of Evansville.


Source: USI.edu

Mayor Winnecke’s statement on the passing of Jim Price

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Mayor Lloyd Winnecke offers the following statement on the passing of former Evansville City Councilman Jim Price.
“I’m saddened to hear of Jim’s passing. Not only was he a dedicated public servant to this community for many years, he was also a great gentleman who always treated the public with dignity and respect. Jim’s contributions to the city will be long remembered, and he will be missed.”
Lloyd Winnecke
Mayor

BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS MEETING

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REGULAR MEETING
KEVIN WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS
ROOM 301, CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012
12:00 NOON

AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. MINUTES November 21, 2012

3. CONSENT AGENDA
a. Request Re: Execute Agreement with Arc Construction Co. Inc. for ADA Improvements
at Golfmoor Park. – Boberg
b. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Suzanne Hill for Transcription
Services. – Hayes
c. Request Re: Approve and Execute Golf Professional Agreement with Dave English for
Fendrich Golf Course. – Johnson
d. Request Re: Approve and Execute Golf Professional Agreement with Dave McAtee for
Helfrich Golf Course. – Johnson
e. Request Re: Approve and Execute Golf Professional Agreement with Mike Wassmer for
McDonald Golf Course and Wesselman Par 3. – Johnson
f. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Oracle Elevator Co. for
Elevator Maintenance at Swonder Ice Arena. – Nadeau
g. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Jered Hemingway for Personal
Training Services at Swonder Fitness Center. – Nadeau
h. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement Extension with Shane Hemingway for Personal
Training Services at Swonder Fitness Center. – Nadeau

4. OLD BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Recommendation on Quotes for Tepe Spray Park Equipment. – Boberg

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

6. REPORTS
a. Amos Morris, Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden
b. Denise Johnson, Executive Director

7. ACCEPTANCE OF PAYROLL AND VENDOR CLAIMS

8. ADJOURN

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday, November 28, 2012.

Harold Allen Sexual Battery – Class D Felony

Richard Davis Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)

Kelvin Velazquez-Gonzalez Resisting Law Enforcement – Class D Felony
Criminal Recklessness –Class A Misdemeanor
False Informing – Class B Misdemeanor
Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Ever Receiving a License – Class C
Misdemeanor

Nicholas Grayson Possession of Marijuana – Class D Felony

Paul Hein, Jr. Dealing in Methamphetamine – Class B Felony
Operating a Motor Vehicle After Forfeiture of License for Life – Class C
Felony
Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Resisting Law Enforcement – Class A Misdemeanor

Ronald Mayes Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony

Herbert Moore Theft – Class D Felony
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Kelsey Tatum Operating a Vehicle with a BAC of .15 or More – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)

Thomas Taylor Operating a Vehicle with a BAC of .15 or More – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)

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
Class A Felony 20-50 Years
Class B Felony 6-20 Years
Class C Felony 2-8 Years
Class D Felony ½ – 3 Years
Class A Misdemeanor 0-1 Year
Class B Misdemeanor 0-180 Days
Class C Misdemeanor 0-60 Days

Weinzapfel for Congress idea being floated on Facebook

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This post was removed by Editor by request of Alex Jarvis because he states that this was an issue 15 years ago and isn’t accurate today!

IS IT TRUE November 29, 2012

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The Mole #??

IS IT TRUE November 29, 2012

IS IT TRUE today we start off by thanking and honoring a great citizen of Evansville who passed from this earth yesterday after a long illness that didn’t always keep her down as it would have many others?…Marjorie (Marge) Soyugenc worked brilliantly and tirelessly for many years to make Evansville a better place?…her service as an innovator, a board member and in general as a person who could get things done will make Marge irreplaceable in this community?…Evansville and many other communities need a group of people with the spirit and competence that Marge exhibited?…this guy could go on for several pages with real stories about her positive actions and influence?…the CCO simply wishes to thank Marge and challenge others to live such an excellent life?

IS IT TRUE that two winning Powerball tickets were sold last night that are worth over $300 Million each?…given the fact that tax rates on the “evil” rich are about to increase and tax rates on investment income are likely to see dramatic increases there are advice columns all over the news world today advising the winners to take the lump sum right now, pay the 2012 tax rates to the United States and even consider moving out of the country to avoid future tax increases and confiscation schemes like the big hikes in inheritance tax?…just because the big check will say $300 Million does not mean they will get $300 Million?…the pre tax lump sum payout according to multiple websites is about 65% of the marquee number or $195 Million for a smiling $300 Million winner?…at today’s highest federal, state, and local tax rates on our “evil” rich of right at 50% that would mean the smiling $300 Million winner would actually cash a check for $97.5 Million when every taxing authority took their bite and enforced their rules?…that is less than 1/3 of the headline number?…if that smiling winner dies after the first of January and passes this unearned windfall to their heirs they will only be passing about $40 Million (13.3% of headline) on to their heirs?…with the authority to run a racket like this it makes one’s head spin at how any government could be in a bind for money?…weren’t all of these lotteries sold to us to make our schools solvent forever?…it looks like government pulled the wool over our eyes on this one too?

IS IT TRUE the CCO would suggest that the big winners take their winnings over 30 years, stay in the USA, and do not worry about tax rates?…statistically speaking a large number of lottery winners find themselves on the dole after having done their time in evil rich pergatory?…only by keeping that money out of their own hands would a future on the dole be removed from the world of possibilities?…the USA is becoming a better and better place to be on the dole so just pay your taxes, sit on the couch, and keep that reality TV blaring?

IS IT TRUE it is now widely asserted by people in the City of Evansville government that we “NEED” a hotel in downtown Evansville to make the Centre, Ford Center, and the Victory Theatre profitable?…Roberts Stadium was profitable and successful with no hotel close to it?…the Centre and the Victory Theatre consistently lost money with the 600 room Executive Inn right there next to them?…that was true before the Executive Inn fell into disrepair?…the Executive Inn even lost money and changed hands many times without financial success?…it is a foregone conclusion that without a substantial incentive ($20+ Million) from the City of Evansville there will be no private investor come forward to make the kind of investment needed ($50 Million or so) to construct and operate a convention hotel in downtown Evansville?…we are now told as we were with every other money losing public works project in downtown Evansville that “THIS WILL MAKE PRIVATE INVESTMENT FLOCK TO TOWN”?…when the Executive Inn was thriving there were about 30 storefronts empty downtown, when the Executive Inn was demolished there were about 30 storefronts empty downtown, so we wonder why anyone would think that a new hotel half the size of the Executive Inn with storefronts of its own will be any different?

IS IT TRUE what we really wonder is when the delusion that just one more brick and mortar project will revitalize downtown Evansville as a retail center will come face to face with the reality that bricks and mortar are not the winning lottery ticket to success?…we guess after squandering taxpayer money on a hotel that someone else will own the next step will be for the City of Evansville to subsidize restaurants, clothing stores, bars, and nick-nack shacks to “revitalize” the downtown?…the truth of the matter is that Evansville is a one-mall-town and always has been?…that is unlikely to change no matter how much taxpayer money is spent on downtown dreaming?

House Fire, 731 S. Cullen Ave.

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Fire Investigator Jennifer Hunt has finished her preliminary investigation on the cause of this morning’s blaze. Hunt pointed out that the majority of the fire damage was confined to the southeast corner of the basement. Although the cause of the blaze has been ruled as Undetermined at this time, Hunt doesn’t believe it to be Incendiary in nature.

Heavy smoke was reported by arriving Fire units shortly after 7 AM this morning making the actual location of the fire difficult to find. Although the actual fire damage was confined to a small area, the residence received moderate to severe smoke damage throughout the structure.

Six Stations responded to the blaze and Firefighters were on scene for approximately 2 hours.

Tri-State AIDS Holiday Project

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3rd Ward City Councilwoman Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley

by Stephanie Brinkerhoff Riley

I am writing you today about a project that I support, the Tri-State AIDS Holiday Project.This project met the needs of 560 adults and 354 children throughout the Tri-State last year.This year the project is serving 375 low-income households impacted by HIV/AIDS from 36 counties in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky.By working with medical providers, we are helping households with family members who are on disability because they are too ill to work and families that are still working but having trouble making ends meet.

For so many, the gifts we give these households are the only boost they will get during the holiday season. For those who have made deliveries, and it’s very moving to brighten the day of the families that are struggling both financially and emotionally.We can only raise funds for this project with your support. Any donation you make is greatly appreciated, and will work to make a real difference in the lives of these families.

A donation from you allows us to provide each of these families a $100 grocery store gift card. Your gift today also allows us to concentrate on getting groups together to sponsor gift needs and organize deliveries to 375 low-income families throughout the Tri-State.

Checks can be sent to: TSA Holiday Project, PO Box 2901, Evansville, In 47728.Or, you can make a secure donation online at: www.AIDSHolidayProject.org.

Thanks for caring about this cause and for any support you can give this important project!