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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - PRAB - 02-02-2017 MEETING MINUTES CITY OF MILTON PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Thursday, February 2, 2017 7:00 PM Council Chambers, Milton City Hall CALL TO ORDER Meeting was called to order by Mr. Stachowski at 7:08 PM. ROLL CALL Roll call was taken by Mr. Stachowski. MEMBERS PRESENT Scott Stachowski Joey Costanzo Dave Shannon Ron Hill Van Kottis Phil Cranmer Sue Rekuc OTHERS PRESENT Jim Cregge, Parks and Recreation Director Tom McKlveen, Parks and Recreation Program Manager Steve Krokoff, City Manager, City of Milton Quorum was announced by Mr. Stachowski. APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA A motion was made by Mr. Shannon and seconded by Mr. Hill to approve the agenda. The vote passed unanimously. February 2, 2017 Special Called PRAB Meeting Minutes APPROVAL OF PAST MINUTES N/A PUBLIC COMMENT None COMMITTEE REPORTS None UNFINISHED BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS 1. Discussion of MOU a. Overview of MOU – Jim Cregge 2. Open to the Public a. Hopewell Youth Association - Juan Salas i. Questioned groups using the fields without renting them ii. Asked the question “how to encourage players to come back to Milton”? iii. Altering the MOU to remove competing programs was the recommendation b. North Georgia Recreation – Brandon Allen i. North Georgia Recreation schedules boys and girls youth lacrosse c. Alpharetta Youth Softball Association – Matt Priel i. He’d like to see the MOU continue for programs such as softball ii. Of the player registrations, he estimates 80% of registration is recreational level d. Halftime Sports – Kim Coleman i. Halftime Sports provides the City of Milton with the youth basketball programming ii. Wants to know how to get the Alpharetta participants back into Milton February 2, 2017 Special Called PRAB Meeting Minutes iii. Mentioned having a City gymnasium would certainly help his program e. New Found Life - Natalie Lester i. New Found Life provides the City of Milton with the youth football programming (Milton Steelers) ii. Looking for better support from the City iii. Asked to remove football from the MOU f. New Found Life – Tim Lester i. Asked the question: Why rent to the City of Alpharetta if they won’t rent to Milton? g. New Found Life – Allen Brock i. Spoke in support of the Milton Steelers program h. New Found Life – Bob Stewart i. Spoke in support of the Milton Steelers program i. New Found Life – Brent Bechard i. Marketing to the kids using the professional names ii. Proper marketing will bring kids to the program iii. Mr. Hill mentioned the idea of a “Program Partner Day” where they all do registration and fun activities at the park at the same time. j. New Found Life – Tom Owens i. Declined to speak and indicated a support of all that had been said about the Milton Steelers. k. DJ McDuffy i. Spoke on behalf of parents in New Found Life ii. Offered a marketing opportunity to all Program Providers ADJOURNMENT Motion made to adjourn by Mr. Shannon. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Rekuc. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote. The meeting was ended by Mr. Stachowski at 9:03 PM.