THE GLEN ELLYN PARK DISTRICT’S THIRTY MINUTE MIRACLE

The Glen Ellyn Park District Board of Commissioners conducted two meetings on Tuesday, February 2. Glen Ellyn Life videotaped the meetings. Commissioner Julia Nephew and Commissioner Bill Dallman were not present; Commissioner Jay Kinzler missed the Special Meeting, but arrived later during the Workshop Meeting.

The first was a special meeting for a Resolution authorizing the dedication of a right of way to the Village of Glen Ellyn (.127 acres along St. Charles Road) as part of the St. Charles Road Improvement Plan. The Resolution passed unanimously. Details of this Resolution (10-03) are located in the Board Packet on the Glen Ellyn Park District website: http://www.gepark.org/assets/PDFs/Board%20Agendas/2010/020210WM.pdf

The Workshop Meeting included a request from Superintendent of Recreation Kathleen Esposito and Ed Kemp, Vice-Chairman of Golden Eagles Football for a By-Laws revision for Golden Eagles Football. Specifically they are requesting that 2 additional coaches be added to their Board. Superintendent Esposito commented that all Park District sponsored organizations have a set of By-Laws; they are similar in nature but specific to the individual group. All revisions have to come before the Board of Commissioners for revision. This will be placed on the Consent Agenda for the February 16 Regular Board Meeting.

During Matters from Staff, Marketing and Communications Supervisor Kathleen Talenco addressed the Board concerning the late arrival of the Park District announcement of the Ackerman Sports and Fitness Center Open House. Several households in Glen Ellyn received the mailing after the event. Talenco has been working with the Post Office to determine how this happened, how to prevent time sensitive bulk mailings from being delayed in the future, and if there is any way to recoup any of the Park District’s cost for the mailing due to the USPS error in sending out this information.

Superintendent of Parks Dave Scarmardo announced that the Glen Ellyn Park District did not receive the OSLAD (Open Space Land Acquisitions and Development) Grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) for Churchill Park. According to Scarmardo, they missed the cut by 1 point in the judging. He further remarked that the State cut the funding for the project from 17 million last year to 12 million this year. The District may reapply. The Grant proposal was covered in the June 9, 2009 article of the Glen Ellyn Park Bench, Education Emphasized at Churchill: http://theglenellynparkbench.blogspot.com/2009/06/education-emphasized-at-churchill.html

Superintendent Scarmardo also provided an update on the roof leak at the Ackerman Sports and Fitness Center. PBS (Professional Building Services) and T.A.Bowman have determined a solution to the issue of the ice dam which damaged the south west corner of the building in January. T.A. Bowman will utilize this method in the other 3 corners of the building as a preventative measure. These improvements to the roof will be at no charge to the Park District. T.A. Bowman Roofing will also pay to replace the maple flooring on the basketball court that was damaged in the course of this roof leak. They will wait until the conclusion of the basketball season.

During matters from Commissioners Melissa Creech announced that on Monday, February 1 Commissioner Julia Nephew and her husband Eric Bergman (Democrat party nominee for District 4 Forest Preserve District Commissioner) gave birth to twin daughters. Congratulations Commissioner Nephew.

Commissioners Sandy Minogue and Ron Aubrey thanked Staff for all of their hard work at the Ackerman Open House. Board President Ed Hess commented that the Glen Ellyn Police Department reported between 4,000 – 5,000 cars entered the Ackerman facility the day of the Open House. Hess further added that the Fitness Center has 430 memberships, for a total of 900 members (individuals, couples and families).

As for the thirty minute miracle: the meeting adjourned at 7:30 PM!