08-02-1990BLAIR PARK ADVISORY BOARD
August 2, 199�
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���� Board met at the park Office at 7:30 p~m.i1�/n
- The Advisory o residing Others pres�nt ��re Marilyn
ad the
President George Wilson presiding.
and Ed Jipp~ Marilyn re
Gentry, Roger Hohensee, Bob LeonarT'ey were approved as read^
minutes of the July 5th meeting. Th
Monum��t � tm
of the proposed glair. Monument. t the presented the stat«sioes of Nathan Hunt's memorandum about for
% mioran�s. He supplied cmp e conception of a concrete support � � and an architect's �on
legal aspects an
the wooden cross. approved.
George announced that the proposed city budget was app ing (1990) has arrived and has
ordered in the spr ent will be made.
Playground equipment F ding has been approved, and paym new fiscal year
been installed. «n und equipment for the ne t
The amount budgeted for playground
$2000 will be in a holding accoun
will be $2000, and an additional f llowing year~
to supplement the amount for the o
ined the tether ball pole and cable. He
to find
George has e«am installed, He and Bob will try recommends that a swive l b e t
an appropriate cable.
d to recommend that the Park Office be moved to the
Roger moved Motion seconded and carried^
city owned log cabin.
t that was formerly at the Blair playground equipment parks There are two spring �m�s«
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partments is being moved into the par ^ Elk/Neihardt Par�, and a
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which has been installed at Black is
tether ball at Steyer
a slide -
swing se t which will be placed south o� �
Park.
tentative and Parks
Plans for a en RV park at Pony Park '- funds from the State Games � The
to apply and for 25% of the funds romt station and shower
the be
Commission f the Board was that a dump s � � and eight pads
concens«sio the plan. They also felt that driveway �-�
included n
should be given asp halt surfaces if at all possible.
was not present, Ralph Steyer wa nt but he left some reports:
re�sin� nicely. The basic se
1 Mapping of the parks is prog the information to a I�rge
are finished, and he is transferring re Austrian pine and nikko fir
r�l�minary map. 2. There are 50 or more
the park. There are also
pr d for permanent locations in i�er Mapl�s and
which are ready which Ralph is planting. 3. Two Sp Neal
some potted trees w been received from Dr. a
$100 for the Blair Arboretum have nt� e d and $20 as been sent for a
Sievers The trees have been planted, d a note of appreciation from
^ NSA. (George will sen
membership in the .
tme Board.)
Community Forester for the Nebraska Forest Service,
Dave Mooter' C o notebook full of information for the Tree Board. nt a large 3 ring no� book for inƒormation that would be belprul
S oger wi1l study the boo f fferinQ a ser with the idea of series of inƒorma��v offering publication.
Blair citizens fall or spring � ^
' er for a --�
Blair Blair newspaper « . �^ or spring articles to the a ^. �-
Marilyn Gentry
Secretary, pro-tem.