2022-03-09
Blair Park Board Meeting Minutes for March 9, 2022
Call to Order: The Blair Park Board meeting was called to order
by President Neil Jensen at 7:00 p.m.
Present: Neil Jensen, Sarah Boeka, Joe Burns, Todd Wick, Betsy
Anderson and Park Superintendent Pat Long.
Approval of Minutes: The February 8, 2022 minutes were
approved by Sarah Boeka and seconded by Todd Wick.
Approval of Minutes: No bills were submitted.
Enterprise Publishing Volunteer of the Year Award Presentation
Greg Forbes from Enterprise Publishing was in attendance to
present the Volunteer of the Year Award to Brent Fullmer. Mr.
Fullmer was recognized for his vision and the construction of the
mountain bike trail at Black Elk Neighardt Park. He was awarded
$500 and publically donated this money to further construction
and maintenance of the mountain bike trail. His plans call for
future construction of a pump track to include additional berms
and table tops. In attendance for this presentation were bike trail
volunteers Kerry Kremke and Noah Keyes.
Old Business:
1. Arbor Day celebration at Rhodes Park at 1:00 on
4-29-2022.
This year’s Arbor Day celebration is scheduled for Friday
April 29th at 1:00 p.m. and will take place at Rhodes Park.
Students from Blair Public Schools will plant a Tulip tree,
Magnolia tree and Japanese Lilac tree. In honor of the
day each participating student will all be given a seedling
shrub to take home and plant.
2. Complied list of trees and bushes that we would like to
consider planting at Generations Park.
The tree selection subcommittee met and compiled a list
of trees to be submitted to the city for planting
consideration at Generation Park.
New Business:
1. Appoint subcommittee from Park Board to review all
received bids from playground companies for playground
renovation at Ridge View Park and the new playground at
Southern Hills subdivision.
The entire board took time to review the submitted bids for
Ridge View and Southern Hills Parks. Bids were received
from Creative Sites, American Playground and Fry and
Associates. The bids will continue to be evaluated and
recommendations will be presented to the city council at
the March 22, 2022 meeting.
Adjournment: Betsy Anderson’s motion to adjourn the meeting
was seconded by Joe Burns. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Betsy Anderson March 13, 2022