2024-11-25 Parks Committee Minutes City of Albertville Parks Committee
Monday, November 25th, 2024
Minutes
Present: Leroy Berning, Tim Guimont, Rob Olson, Alanna Lau, Lauryn White
Not Present: Pat Adamski
1. Central Park
1. Playground - City Council has approved the design. Adam is now in the
process of submitting the plans to the engineer for bidding.
2. Dugout Shelters - The Albertville Lions are going to sponsor the dugouts. This
will most likely happen next fall after baseball season has completed. The
design we are looking at is the hardyboad sides with a shingled roof. It was
also brought up that the hill behind the existing cement may need to be
revamped to accommodate the new dugout. We will look at this in the spring.
3. Water Feature - City Council likes the updated design. We briefly discussed
sponsorship vs memorial plaques for the feature. We will discuss this more at a
later date.
4. Lights - The installation of the lights is happening now. The bases are in, and
the lights should be next.
5. Legion Ball Update - There will be a tournament here in 2025. They are looking
at needing bleachers for the fields and fencing. We discussed that bringing in
bleachers from other fields for this event will be plenty of seating.
6. Field Updates - Field #3 improvements have been done. The netting will be
installed in the spring. Field #1 needs new lights. Tim is going to get quotes for
new lights. The poles are in rough shape. We also discussed needing
scoreboards for fields 1 &2. Tim is going to ask Adam for a quote on
scoreboards.
2. Other Updates
1. Main Street Updates - We discussed the verbiage for the Main Street sign. No
decisions were made.
2. Joey Bongarts Bench - Tim and Leroy are working on picking out a bench.
3. Linwood Park Updates - The courts and fencing have been torn out. They will
be replaced this spring. The plan is to put it all back together in it's original
state once the surfacing is complete.
4. Hunters Pass - The updates here are complete.
5. Pickleball Courts - Leroy presented a hockey rink to pickleball courts
conversion idea. The idea would turn our Central Park Hockey Rink into
pickleball courts during the summer months. Leroy and Tim are going to look
into pricing and do some research on whether this could be a good option.
6. Explore Your Parks Night 2025 - Tentative date of May 15th, 2025
3. Open Seat on Committee - Met with Nina Durand and have sent her name up to
council for approval to join our committee.
Next Meeting : January 27th @7:OOpm